Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Painted plaque dedicated to the memory of Sura Galpert and Ghidale Aron, who were likely murdered in the June 29, 1941 pogrom in Iași, Romania, the regional capital of Moldavia. It was created postwar, and donated to a synagogue in Iași by Estera Aron, the daughter of Sura and wife of Ghidale. In September 1940, Romania fell under the rule of a radical military coalition led by General Antonescu and the Iron Guard, a fascist, anti-Semitic military group that collaborated with the Nazis. In November, Romania joined the Axis Alliance and began passing many anti-Semitic laws similar to Germany’s Nuremberg Laws. Romania participated in the German attack on the Soviet Union in June 1941. On June 26, Romanian authorities accused members of the Iași Jewish community of being Soviet collaborators, prompting Romanian and German soldiers, local police, and civilians to carry out widespread raids, beatings, and murders during the next few days. On June 29, thousands of Jews were forced to march through the streets, with their arms raised, as observers hit them with projectiles and beat them with weapons. They were marched to the Chestura, the central headquarters of the police, where soldiers and policemen opened fire and massacred hundreds. That night, approximately 2,500 survivors of the massacre were forced into overcrowded, unventilated cattle cars at the train station. Hundreds of these evacuees died from injuries, suffocation, heat exhaustion, or dehydration during the 17 hour trip. The survivors were likely sent to ghettos in nearby towns.
- Date
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commemoration:
1941 June 29
- Geography
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use:
Iasi (Romania)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Comunitatea Evreilor din Iasi
- Markings
- front, center, painted, black paint : Instalația de lumină la candelabru / ~ ESTE DONATĂ DE ~ / Estera Aron / ÎN MEMORIA MAMEI MELE / SURA GALPERT / ȘI A SOȚULUI MEU / GHIDALE ARON / MORT AL KIDUȘ - AȘEM / SCUMPII MEI NEUITAȚI [The lighting installation for the chandelier / was donated by / Estera Aron / : In the memory of my mother / Sura Galpert / and of my husband / Ghidale Aron / who died a martir (kedoshim) - ( Kiddush Hasheam) / my dear ones - will never be forgotten]
back, center, painted, black paint : Instalația de lumină la candelabru / ~ ESTE DONATĂ DE ~ / Estera Aron / ÎN MEMORIA MAMEI MELE / SURA GALPERT / ȘI A SOȚULUI MEU / GHIDALE ARON / MORT AL KIDUȘ - AȘEM / SCUMPII MEI NEUITAȚI [The lighting installation for the chandelier / was donated by / Estera Aron / : In the memory of my mother / Sura Galpert / and of my husband / Ghidale Aron / who died a martir (kedoshim) - ( Kiddush Hasheam) / my dear ones - will never be forgotten] - Contributor
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Subject:
Sura Galpert
Subject: Ghidale Aron
Physical Details
- Language
- Romanian
- Classification
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Identifying Artifacts
- Category
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Plaques
- Object Type
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Plaques, plaquettes (lcsh)
- Genre/Form
- Plaques, plaquettes.
- Physical Description
- Thin, doubled-sided, oval shaped metal plaque painted gray with a narrow black border. The image on the front and back is identical and includes nine lines of centered black Romanian text painted in different fonts, flanked on either side by a black Star of David. There are 2 small, circular suspension holes at the top and the plaque is slightly warped. The surface is discolored and scratched throughout.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 8.375 inches (21.273 cm) | Width: 15.750 inches (40.005 cm)
- Materials
- overall : metal, paint, pencil
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The plaque was donated the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2016 by Abraham Ghiltman, President of the Jewish Community in Iasi (Comunitatea Evreilor din Iasi).
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 18:16:12
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn560344
Also in Jewish Community in Iasi collection
The collection consists of two plaques commemorating members of the Jewish Community of Iasi, Romania, who were killed during the Holocaust.
Date: 1941-1984
Plastic plaque memorializing Romanian Jews killed in the Holocaust
Object
Engraved plaque dedicated to the memory of Natan Mayer, who was killed during the June 29, 1941, pogrom in Iași, Romania, and his wife Malvina, a Holocaust survivor. It was created following Malvina’s death in 1984, and donated by their child to a synagogue in Iași. In September 1940, Romania fell under the rule of a radical military coalition led by General Antonescu and the Iron Guard, a fascist, anti-Semitic military group that collaborated with the Nazis. In November, Romania joined the Axis Alliance and began passing many anti-Semitic laws similar to Germany’s Nuremberg Laws. Romania participated in the German attack on the Soviet Union in June 1941. On June 26, Romanian authorities accused members of the Jewish community of being Soviet collaborators, prompting Romanian and German soldiers, local police, and civilians to carry out widespread raids, beatings, and murders during the next few days. On June 29, Natan was likely among the thousands of Jews forced to march through the streets, with their arms raised, as observers hit them with projectiles and beat them with weapons. This group was marched to the Chestura, the central headquarters of the police, where soldiers and policemen opened fire and massacred hundreds. That night, Natan and the approximately 2,500 survivors were forced into overcrowded, unventilated cattle cars at the train station. Natan was among the hundreds that had died during the 17 hour trip, likely from injuries, suffocation, heat exhaustion, or dehydration. The survivors were likely sent to ghettos in nearby towns.
