Mircesti, Romania, Locals prepare the bodies of Jews removed from the Jassy-Calarasi death train for burial, 02/07/1941.

On 29/06/1941 Jews were brought from Jassy to a train station and were loaded on a trains. The windows were covered with boards and the carriages were closed. The trains were sent from Calarasi to Targu Frumos. The passengers on the trains did not receive food or water, and the heat and lack of space were unbearable. The train left Jassy with 2,430 Jews aboard, it stopped now and then to take out the dead bodies. When the train stopped in Mircesti 327 bodies were taken off the train and they were buried near Iugani. On 06/07/1941 after a six day and seven night journey, they arrived in Calarasi. The Jews who survived the journey were kept in a military camp yard and received help from the local Jewish community. On 30/08/1941 the 980 Jews who survived were returned to Jassy.