The Mefkure Tragedy: An Inquiry into the Slayer's Identity

Identifier
irn504116
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1994.A.0129
  • RG-25.009
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
  • Romanian
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn504116

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

  • Albert Finkelstein

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Albert Finkelstein donated the photocopy of his essay to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Library in June 1989. The Library transferred the essay to the Archives in Aug. 1994.

Scope and Content

Contains information about the 1944 sinking of the merchant ship Mefkure which was used to transport approximately 300 Romanian Jews to Palestine. The author attempts to prove that the German military sunk the Mefkure, and not the Soviet military as was previously believed. Also contains a list of the victims' names.

Corporate Bodies

  • Mefkure (Ship)

Subjects

  • Palestine--Emigration and immigration.
  • Passenger ships.
  • Jews--Romania.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Romania.
  • Submarine boats.
  • Romania--Emigration and immigration.
  • Ships--Passenger lists.

Genre

  • Research papers.
  • Document
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