Thousands of Bukovina Jews Evacuated into Soviet Interior

July 8, 1941
The maority of the 4!,""" Jews of #$ernowit$, ca%ital of Bukovina, succeeded in
leavin& the city %rior to its occu%ation 'y the (a$i army, it was re%orted here today) *ost
of them have 'een %ermitted 'y the Soviet authorities to evacuate into Soviet interior,
es%ecially into the Jewish collective farms of Southern +kraine, the re%ort stated) ,rior to
retreatin& from #$ernowit$, the Soviet soldiers set the city afire)
-erman re%orts released here today descri'ed the shootin& of hundreds of Jews in
*insk as .sni%ers/) They said that .*insk is now a hea% of smokin& ruins/) -erman
aviators returnin& from air0attacks to their 'ases re%ort that hu&e tracts of land in the war
$one re%resent now nothin& 'ut smolderin& ruins) (umerous towns and villa&es are
com%letely 'urned down, the %o%ulation havin& fled with the retreatin& 1ussian armies)
The city of 2ladimir02olynsk, in the ,olish +kraine, where there was a lar&e Jewish
%o%ulation, is now one hea% of ashes) The city was in flames for three days and the
entire %o%ulation fled into the nei&h'orin& woods to seek shelter there from the 'om's
and the heavy tank fire)
3escri'in& the occu%ation of *insk, the Berlin radio heard here today stated that when
the -erman troo%s advanced into the city they found nothin& 'ut .smokin& ruins/) The
(a$i radio confirmed the mass0shootin& of Jews as .sni%ers/ and said that the maority
of the %o%ulation of *insk is scattered in the fields and in marshes)
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1etreatin& (a$i <rmies Intensify <nti0Jewish Terror in +kraine
3ecem'er =1, 1941
>hile the (ew ?ear finds thousands of Jews 'ravely fi&htin& in the ranks of the Soviet
<rmy in the front lines, ready to &ive their lives for the defense of their country and the
defeat of @itlerism, movin& re%orts continue to reach here of the mass0murder of civilian
Jews 'y the (a$is in occu%ied Soviet territory, es%ecially in the +kraine)
The full story of the massacres of Jews carried out 'y the (a$i military command will
%ro'a'ly not 'e known until the Soviet army, in its %resent unceasin& drive a&ainst the
retreatin& (a$i troo%s, re&ains the Jewish0%o%ulated cities of Aiev, Berditchev and
Bhitomir where the (a$is are re%orted to have slau&htered tens of thousands of Jews
without dis%layin& any mercy even to women and children) *eanwhile, the latest re%ort
from Aiev which reached here today throu&h secret channels &ives a horri'le %icture of
what has ha%%ened to the Jews in that city since the (a$i occu%ation)
The re%ort reveals that in addition to e8ecutin& %ractically the entire Jewish male
%o%ulation of Aiev on the char&e that the Jews who remained in the city were CSoviet
s%ies and &uerrillas,C the (a$i military command ordered thousands of Jews confined in
mined cemetery &rounds) The victims, most of them women, were then 'lown u% 'y the
e8%lodin& mines) Those who survived were machine0&unned to death 'y the -erman
soldiers) DEarlier re%orts estimated that !9,""" Jews were murdered in Aiev when the
(a$is first occu%ied the city)E
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<ttri'utin& their %resent retreat to CJewish s%ies,C the (a$i military forces, accordin& to
the re%ort, issued an order in the middle of 3ecem'er re;uestin& all the remainin& Jews
in Aiev to re%ort to the occu%ation authorities on a certain date) <ware of the fact that the
order meant a new Jewish massacre, many Jewish mothers killed their children and
committed suicide, while elderly Jews threw themselves to death 'y um%in& from o%en
windows) Gor days, the re%ort says, their 'odies remained untouched on the sidewalks
of the streets of the city) The %athetic scenes of Jewish women killin& their own children
and later takin& their own lives have driven many Jews to insanity, and one can now see
insane Jews runnin& wild in the streets of Aiev, %rovokin& com%assion on the %art of the
+krainian %o%ulation which is livin& under the same (a$i terror and is ho%in& for the day
of li'eration from the (a$i yoke)
Similar re%orts are reachin& here also from other Jewish0%o%ulated cities in the (a$i0
occu%ied +kraine) *ilitary orders com%el the Jews in every townshi% in the +kraine to
re%ort an masse at certain desi&nated %laces, from where they are led away under
military &uard, without any'ody ever hearin& of them a&ain)
JEditorKs note 9"114 This article refers to the 1941 massacre known as Ba'i ?ar)L
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988 Jews E8ecuted in ?u&oslav #oncentration #am%s 'y (a$is
3ecem'er 91, 1941
The anti0Jewish terror which is ra&in& in Ser'ia and #roatia as %art of the (a$isN attem%t
to crush &uerrilla resistance has taken another 988 lives it is revealed here today 'y
?u&oslav circles)
In the concentration cam% at +$ice, in Ser'ia, 98" Jewish internees and 1"" Ser'ians
were e8ecuted, the ?u&oslav sources disclose) <mon& the Jews who were shot were
many women and children and two a&ed men, 3r) -uttman and *) Hevy) In a
concentration cam% in #roatia ei&ht Jewish su%ervisors were e8ecuted on char&es of
aidin& the &uerrillas, when =4" Jewish %risoners, includin& 49 youn& &irls, esca%ed from
the cam% and succeeded in reachin& the mountain stron&hold of the Ser'ian forces)
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@undreds of Jews 3riven to 3eath in (a$i #oncentration #am% in ,oland
<u&ust 16, 1941
Fne fifth of the several thousand Jews confined 'y the (a$is in the incredi'ly vile
.Jewish/ concentration cam% in Jaslo, southern ,oland, died from e8haustion, hun&er
and %hysical mistreatment durin& the first two weeks of their im%risonment, accordin& to
a re%ort received here today 'y the ,olish -overnment0in0e8ile)
The re%ort states that the Jews in the Jaslo cam% are all herded in a small enclosure
near the local %rison) (o food is &iven to them for days on end) >hen they do receive
some, it is the leavin&s of the other %risoners) In the enclosure they are 'ein& ke%t under
the most de&radin& and 'rutal conditions) *any of them are from time to time 'rou&ht to
the %rison lavatories and locked u% there) They must remain in the lavatory even when it
is 'ein& used 'y other %risoners) <s many as ten Jews are usually confined in one stall)
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(a$is Frder Jews to 3is%lay Blue0white Gla&sI Thousands <rrested on Sa'ota&e
#har&es
July 9", 1941
Jews in the Soviet towns occu%ied 'y (a$i troo%s have 'een ordered to dis%lay small
'lue0white fla&s from the windows of their houses as %art of the strict surveillance of the
Jewish %o%ulation which the (a$i military authorities have instituted, it was re%orted here
today) In houses %artly occu%ied 'y Jews, the fla&s must 'e dis%layed from the windows
of the rooms where the Jews live)
The re%ort discloses that the (a$i military authorities have arrested 1,M"" Jews in
Bialystok char&in& them with sa'ota&e, which is usually %unished with death) M"" Jews
have similarly 'een arrested in Hom$ha and many hundreds are re%orted arrested an
.sa'oteurs/ in Brest0Hitovsk, Hwow, ,r$emysl and in %ractically all cities of the 2olhynian
area)
In Aowel, 2olhynia, some 9,""" inha'itants, most of them Jews, are re%orted to have
'een killed when the city was 'om'ed 'y -erman air force %rior to its 'ein& occu%ied 'y
the -erman troo%s) The ,ester Hloyd, leadin& Buda%est news%a%er which %u'lished this
re%ort, also re%orted mass0e8ecutions 'y (a$i troo%s of Jews in 1ovno, a city in
2olhynia si8ty kilometer from (ovo&rad02olynsk where furious fi&htin& 'etween the
1ussian and the -erman armies has 'een &oin& on since last week)
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-esta%o Header 1eaches Hithuania .to Su%%ress Jewish <nti0na$i <ctivities
July 9", 1941
The Jewish %o%ulation in (a$i0occu%ied Hithuania is re%orted to 'e in %anic over the
arrival at Aaunas of the notorious -esta%o official, 1ichmann, who is in char&e of Jewish
affairs at the -esta%o head;uarters in Berlin)
1ichmann, who was 'orn in the -erman colony of Sarona in ,alestine, and who s%eaks
a fluent @e'rew, is res%onsi'le for the arrests of thousands of Jews in -ermany and for
the merciless eviction of Jews from 2ienna and the ,rotectorate to the Hu'lin district) @is
arrival at Hithuania is re%orted as 'ein& for the %ur%ose .of su%%ressin& Jewish anti0(a$i
activities)/
The 3eutsche <ll&emeine Beitun& which reached His'on today from Berlin, re%orts that
.many Jews in Aaunas have already 'een %unished for the crimes they committed under
the Bolshevik re&ime/) The -erman news%a%er im%lies that e8ecutions of a lar&e
num'er of Jews have taken %lace) It adds that .the Jews who constituted forty %ercent of
the Aaunas %o%ulation are no lon&er seen in the street)/
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Thousands of Jews <mon& #ivilians Ailled in (a$i0soviet >arI !"" E8ecuted in Hu'lin
July 1", 1941
(ot less than 8"",""" civilians, includin& many thousands of Jews, have 'een killed
durin& the first 16 days of (a$i0Soviet war, it was estimated here today 'y <8el
Ber&en&ren, corres%ondent of the Swedish news%a%er <fton 'ladet, in a re%ort which he
wired from the -erman0Soviet front)
<ccom%anyin& the -erman -eneral Staff, this corres%ondent descri'es how do$ens of
towns and villa&es have 'een com%letely wi%ed out 'y the fire of -erman and Soviet
artillery) The Jewish0%o%ulated cities ,insk and Baranovic$ are entirely demolished, the
corres%ondent re%orts) Tens of thousands of homeless victims fill the woods and the
fields, includin& thousands of children who have lost their %arents) They are without food
and will not 'e a'le to find any shelter for many days to come)
The -erman and the Soviet armies, the corres%ondent continues, are not %rovidin& any
aid to the unfortunate civilians) (o medical aid is &iven even to the wounded)
The *oscow radio heard here last ni&ht re%orted that !"" women and children, maority
of them Jewish, were e8ecuted in Hu'lin %u'licly 'y the (a$is in retaliation for alle&ed
sa'ota&e) The victims were, accordin& to *oscow, rounded u% in their homes and led to
the Hu'lin %u'lic market where they were machine0&unned 'y -erman soldiers)
1enewed mass0e8ecutions which resem'le those of the early days of (a$i occu%ation
are also re%orted from the >arsaw district)
Ffficial -erman information which reached Stockholm today reveals that in addition to
e8%ellin& all Jews from the territory on the left 'ank of the 2istula 1iver in the >arsaw
district, the (a$i authorities have also e8%elled the entire Jewish %o%ulation from the
>arsaw su'ur's Boly'ors$, *okotow, #$erniakow and Sielce
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*ass) E8ecutions of Jews in ?u&oslaviaI 3rastic <nti0ewish Frders Issued
July =", 1941
*ass e8ecutions of Jews were re%orted today from ?u&oslavia over the (a$i0controlled
radio station in Bel&rade) The 'roadcast announced that .many Jews in Bel&rade were
shot yesterday for sa'ota&e)/
<t the same time the (a$i military command in ?u&oslavia issued a num'er of drastic
anti0Jewish orders %rovidin& amon& others for the free$in& of all Jewish holdin&s and the
immediate re&istration of all Jewish fortunes and 'usiness enter%rises)
The re%ort states that all commercial transactions concluded with Jews in ?u&oslavia
after <%ril !, the day 'efore the (a$is invaded the country, are considered void under the
new re&ulations) Jews, and hus'ands and wives of Jews, are 'arred from %racticin&
medicine, law and ournalism)
Fther orders of the (a$i military command %rovide for the immediate re&istration of all
Jews) Those 'etween the a&es of 18 and M", 'oth men and women, will 'e %ut to forced
la'or) They are also o'li&ed to wear yellow armlets inscri'ed with the word .Jew/ and
are not allowed to enter movie theatres, %u'lic 'aths, s%ort stadiums, %u'lic markets and
restaurants) Jews are for'idden to return to the re&ions from which they fled as
refu&ees)
<t %resent of the M8,""" Jews who lived in what was formerly ?u&oslavia, =1,""" are
now under the domination of -ermany, Italy and @un&ary) In #roatia there are 99,"""
who are su'ect to anti0Jewish treatment and 8,""" remain in the Ser'ian section)
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(a$is ,lan .ewish States/ in 1ussia <s ,art of .'alkani$ation/ ,lan
(ovem'er =, 1941
,ossi'le creation of two .Jewish States/ in 1ussia as %art of the (a$i %lan for
.Balkani$ation/ of the Soviet +nion 'y creatin& Jewish, #$ech, ,ole, Slovak, Hithuanian,
Slovene and other states, was re%orted today in <llied circles here)
Gor some time it has 'een known here that many (a$i factions a&ree that it is
.uneconomic/ to concentrate Jews in &hettos where they are una'le even to &row their
own food) These &rou%s feel that it would 'e wiser to undertake the creation of a .&hetto
state)/
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Fnly Fne0third of #$ernowit$N 8",""" Jews 1emain <live, 1ussian #orres%ondent
1e%orts
June 91, 1944
<'out 9!,""" Jews remain in the city of #$ernowit$, ca%ital of the %rovince of Bukovina
P the survivors of a Jewish %o%ulation of more than 8",""" P it is re%orted here 'y the
noted Soviet war corres%ondent and %laywri&ht #onstantine Simonov who visited
#$ernowit$ while tourin& the fronts)
Siminov s%oke with the ra''i of the city, who s%ent the entire == months of the -erman
occu%ation hidin& in cellars) 3urin& this %eriod his wife and children died) The
corres%ondent descri'es him as .a very old man with a white 'eard, lon& white hair and
dee%ly wrinkled face)/ @e learned later that the ra''i was only !9)
#$ernowit$ was occu%ied 'y the -ermans on June 9!, 1941, only three days after they
had launched their attack on the +)S)S)1) Immediately after their entrance, the (a$is
ordered a re&istration of all Jews) Fn the 'asis of these lists they summoned =,""" to
!,""" youn& Jews to a%%ear at a desi&nated %lace every *onday) Ff these ten %ercent
were shot)
Fn these .Black *ondays,/ the ra''i told Simonov, the (a$is would hold those they did
not shoot until after 9 ,)*) when they were told to return home) @owever, since it was
unlawful for Jews to a%%ear on the streets after 9 ,)*), many of the Jews were killed 'y
1umanian units %atrollin& the streets)
<fter a'out ten weeks of this .cat0and0mouse/ &ame, the 1umanian authorities, who
were the nominal rulers of the city, %osted a %roclamation re;uirin& all the =",""" Jews
remainin& in the city to move to a &hetto area consistin& of four 'locks in which there
were =" houses) Gailure to move to the &hetto was %unisha'le 'y death) The ra''i
disclosed the almost un'elieva'le details of how 119 %ersons lived in a small 'ed0roomI
how %eo%le dwelt in court0yards, on roofs, in hallways, on stairs, and in every availa'le
corner of s%ace)
<fter they had 'een confined in the &hetto for some time, the Jews were notified one day
that they had one0half hour to %re%are for de%ortation to Transnistria) <'out !",""" of
the &hettoNs inha'itants were shi%%ed off in frei&ht cars) The others remind) Ff the
!",""" only a scattered few have returned to #$ernowit$, Simonov learned) The others
%erished in Transnistria from lack of food, shelter, clothin& and medical and health
facilities)
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(a$i E8ecutions of Jews in Fccu%ied 1ussiaI ,ro%a&andists ,osin& <s ,riests
(ovem'er 9, 1941
1e%orts of mass e8ecutions of Jews 'y -erman military forces in (a$i0occu%ied 1ussia
are confirmed today in the <n&riff, the %ersonal or&an of -oe''els, 'y the mana&in&
editor of that %a%er who is now on the Soviet0-erman front actin& as war corres%ondent
there) The (a$i editor re%orts that Jews in the occu%ied territory are 'ein& .%unished on
the s%ot with the shar%est measures/ for offenses alle&edly committed a&ainst the
-erman army)
1elia'le information reachin& here today from (a$i0occu%ied 1ussia reveal that the
(a$is, in their effort to stir u% anti0Jewish animosity amon& the 1ussians and the
+krainians in the occu%ied territory, are trans%ortin& from Berlin lar&e num'ers of (a$i
a&itators dressed in &ar's of 1ussian %riests into the occu%ied towns, and villa&es) The
%ro%a&andists, s%eakin& 1ussian and +krainian, %ose as mem'ers of the 1ussian
church who alle&edly esca%ed from 1ussia to -ermany after the #ommunist revolution)
They a%%ear in local churches under the %rete8t of .'rin&in& 'ack -odNs word to the
1ussian %eo%le/ and utili$e their sermons for furious anti0Jewish %ro%a&anda) Their
efforts to im%ress the local %o%ulation with the idea that .@itler has come to 1ussia to
save the %eo%le there from Jewish communism,/ are however without success)
The re%ort also tells of the horri'le conditions under which the Jews in (a$i occu%ied
Soviet territory live) >hile the Jewish male %o%ulation has retreated with the Soviet
army, oinin& the 1ussian defense forces, a&ed Jews and thousands of Jewish women
are now entirely at the mercy of the -erman military authorities who drive them from the
smaller towns into 'ar'ed0wire &hettos in the lar&er cities) #autious not to anta&oni$e
the 1ussian and +krainian %o%ulation, the (a$i military authorities are attri'utin& every
act of sa'ota&e to Jews and are e8ecutin& hundreds of Jews .as measures of retaliation
for mis'ehavior)/
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GBI K'elieved @itler faked his deathK
<&encies 4 Hondon, Sun <%r 1" 9"11, 1M4"M hrs
The GBI 'elieved that (a$i dictator <dolf @itler faked his suicide in 194!, and tried to
track him down for nearly =" years after his death, accordin& to de0classified files)
Fn 99 <%ril 194!, @itler and his lover Eva Braun killed themselves in the Berlin 'unker)
(ow, MM years on, the GBI files reveal that the +S a&ency had maintained a detailed
dossier on the Guhrer and closely investi&ated any re%ort that indicated he still was alive)
The files reveal how GBI a&ents ranch in <r&entina, livin& in a hotel in 3enmark and in
(ew ?ork #ity) @e was 'earded, clean0shaven, suffered from asthma and stomach
ulcers, accordin& to informants who wrote their si&htin&s in to the then GBI director, J
Ed&ar @oover)
The GBI office in Hos <n&eles noted on 91 Se%t, 194!4 C@itler and !" of his closest family
landed a%%ro8imately 1" days after the fall of Berlin in two su'marines in southern
<r&entina) @itler has &rown a 'eard and is hidin& on a ranch)C
Fne theory @oover ordered his a&ents to %ursue was an e8tensive 110year %ro'e into
the %ossi'ility that @itler faked his own death with a 'o&us suicide in 194!)
Fne si&htin& came from a doctor in 19!4 who claimed to have treated @itler for an
intestinal disorder in St Houis) Fthers told tales of @itler dinin& in a >ashin&ton
restaurant in 194M, KThe ScotsmanK re%orted)
?ears later, the truth emer&ed from the files of S*E1S@ 00 1ussiaKs elite intelli&ence
service meanin& C3eath to S%iesC 00 which %roved from the re%orts of @itler aides in the
'unker that he shot himself)
@is ashes and 'ones, to&ether with those of his wife, were 'uried and u%rooted several
times in what was former East -ermany 'efore 'ein& disinterred one last time from a
military 'ase near *a&de'ur& in 196"s and flun& into a river)
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