Testimony of Abraham Hahamu, born in Raducaneni, Romania, 1902 regarding his experiences in Iasi

Testimony of Abraham Hahamu, born in Raducaneni, Romania, 1902 regarding his experiences in Iasi Life in Iasi before the war; community institutions; progression of antisemitism from 1922. Deterioration of living conditions for the Jews, from June 1940; Iron Guardsmen activities against the Jews, from September 1940; community activity saving Jewish lives and property; desecration and destruction of synagogues by the Iron Guardsmen, 1940; Romanian Army activities against the Jews, 1942; anti-Jewish municipal activities, 1943-1944; desecration of the Ciurchi ancient cemetery by Nc. Ifrim, the mayor; deportation of Jewish leaders to Targu Jiu, June 1940; deportation of the Podul Iloaiei Jews, April 1941; deportation of the Raducaneni, Sipoteni, Miroslave, Sculeni and Tiganasi Jews, June 1941; Iasi community help to the deportees; deportation to Transnistria; murder of Jews, 29 June 1941; murder of the Ungheni Jews near Dealul Roznov, apparently by Germans, 1941; outbreak of the war between Germany and the Soviet Union; anti-Jewish decrees; help to refugees from Poland; deportation to labor battalions; establishment of a Judenrat, December 1941; help to the needy; attempts to help Jews made by the Christian metropolitan; activities of the community's legal department; help extended to the Jews of Dorohoi and Saveni on their return from Transnistria, 1943; attempt to delay the deportation of those rescued from Bucharest.