Object numberM1995/074:002
DescriptionBlack and white photograph of a building in the village of Bogdanovca, circa 1990s.
An extermination camp was established in Bogdanovca in October 1941 by Romanian occupation authorities, in the district of Transnistria. Most of the people deported to Bogdanovca – some 48,000 – came from Odessa and about 7,000 from Bessarabia. The last transport arrived 1 December 1941; by then over 54,000 were held there. Typhus broke out. The district commissioner decided to kill the entire camp population. Taking part in the operation were Romanian troops, Ukrainian police, civilians from the town of Golta and local ethnic Germans (Volksdeutsche). The mass slaughter began on 21 December 1941. Sick and disabled prisoners, some 5,000, were locked into stables, set alight and burned to death. The rest of the prisoners were marched to a nearby forest, driven to the banks of a watercourse, clothes removed, ordered to kneel, and shot. The massacre went on for four days, in the course of which 30,000 Jews were murdered. Thousands also froze to death. Bogdanovca is a case of Romanian and German co-operation, a “solution” to a man-made sanitary crisis, together with Bucharest’s intention of removing Jews from territories under its control. A memorial was erected in Bogdanovca in 1991.
An extermination camp was established in Bogdanovca in October 1941 by Romanian occupation authorities, in the district of Transnistria. Most of the people deported to Bogdanovca – some 48,000 – came from Odessa and about 7,000 from Bessarabia. The last transport arrived 1 December 1941; by then over 54,000 were held there. Typhus broke out. The district commissioner decided to kill the entire camp population. Taking part in the operation were Romanian troops, Ukrainian police, civilians from the town of Golta and local ethnic Germans (Volksdeutsche). The mass slaughter began on 21 December 1941. Sick and disabled prisoners, some 5,000, were locked into stables, set alight and burned to death. The rest of the prisoners were marched to a nearby forest, driven to the banks of a watercourse, clothes removed, ordered to kneel, and shot. The massacre went on for four days, in the course of which 30,000 Jews were murdered. Thousands also froze to death. Bogdanovca is a case of Romanian and German co-operation, a “solution” to a man-made sanitary crisis, together with Bucharest’s intention of removing Jews from territories under its control. A memorial was erected in Bogdanovca in 1991.
Subjectvillages, destruction, Pre-war life, world that was
Object namephotographs
Dimensions
- width: 149.00 mm
height: 90.00 mm
Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Mr Chaim Fleyscher