Jewish Community in Iasi collection

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn560344
• English
• overall: Height: 8.375 inches (21.273 cm) | Width: 15.750 inches (40.005 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Painted plaque dedicated to the memory of Sura Galpert and Ghidale Aron, who were likely murdered in the June 29, 1941 pogrom in Iași, Romania, the regional capital of Moldavia. It was created postwar, and donated to a synagogue in Iași by Estera Aron, the daughter of Sura and wife of Ghidale. In September 1940, Romania fell under the rule of a radical military coalition led by General Antonescu and the Iron Guard, a fascist, anti-Semitic military group that collaborated with the Nazis. In November, Romania joined the Axis Alliance and began passing many anti-Semitic laws similar to Germa...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn560345
• English
• overall: Height: 8.625 inches (21.908 cm) | Width: 12.625 inches (32.068 cm) | Depth: 0.125 inches (0.318 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Engraved plaque dedicated to the memory of Natan Mayer, who was killed during the June 29, 1941, pogrom in Iași, Romania, and his wife Malvina, a Holocaust survivor. It was created following Malvina’s death in 1984, and donated by their child to a synagogue in Iași. In September 1940, Romania fell under the rule of a radical military coalition led by General Antonescu and the Iron Guard, a fascist, anti-Semitic military group that collaborated with the Nazis. In November, Romania joined the Axis Alliance and began passing many anti-Semitic laws similar to Germany’s Nuremberg Laws. Romania...