Preface
Note on the Citation and Translation of the Documents
The Chisinau (Kishinev) Ghetto, 1941–1942: Creation, Administration, Liquidation
Paul A. Shapiro
Prologue: Documenting the Tragedy
Chisinau Reoccupied
“Curatirea Terenului”: Cleansing the Terrain
Chisinau Ghetto: Creation and Administration
Population of the Ghetto
The Massacres of Visterniceni and Ghidighici
Control of Ghetto Access and Egress
Escapes
Forced Labor
Deportation Orders
Final Preparations, Final Appeals
Liquidation of the Chisinau Ghetto
The Final Extortion: Corruption from the Top Down
The Aftermath
"Organized Plunder": Theft of Jewish Property and State Confiscations
Cleaning Up: Final Acts and Final Inhumanities, 1942
The End: Transnistria
Notes
Chronology of the Chisinau Ghetto and the Romanian Occupation of Bessarabia, 1941–1942
Brewster Chamberlin and Radu Ioanid
The Documents
Index