Deportările în Transnistria. „Soluția“ românească la „chestiunea evreiască“: „Pe scânduri, acoperiți cu saltele, copii, adevărate cadavre, îşi aşteaptă ceasul morţii“

During World War II, tens of thousands of Jews were deported to Transnistria by Romanian authorities, mirroring Nazi plans. Many faced extermination through forced labor under dire conditions. The first deportation occurred on October 9, 1941, now commemorated as Holocaust Victims' Day in Romania. Antisemitic actions predated this, with prominent Romanian intellectuals promoting anti-Jewish sentiments. Ion Antonescu's regime institutionalized these ideas, leading to the systematic exclusion and persecution of Jews. The situation escalated in 1940, marking the beginning of the Holocaust in Romania, with violent pogroms and mass deportations. By 1941, the Romanian administration in Transnistria facilitated further atrocities against the Jewish population, resulting in significant loss of life and suffering.