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JEWISH FORCED LABOR in ROMANIA, 1940–1944 JEW ISH FORCED LABOR in ROM ANIA, 1940–1944 Dallas Michelbacher Indiana University Press This book is a publication of Indiana University Press Office of Scholarly Publishing Herman B Wells Library 350 1320 East 10th Street Bloomington, Indiana 47405 USA iupress . indiana . edu © 2020 by Dallas Michelbacher All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Information Sciences— Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1992. Manufactured in the United States of America Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Michelbacher, Dallas, author. Title: Jewish forced labor in Romania, 1940-1944 / Dallas Michelbacher. Description: Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2020] | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2019052306 (print) | LCCN 2019052307 (ebook) | ISBN 9780253047380 (hardback) | ISBN 9780253047434 (paperback) | ISBN 9780253047458 (ebook) Subjects: LCSH: Forced labor—Romania—History—20th century. | Jews—Romania—History—20th century. | World War, 1939-1945—Jews—Romania. Classification: LCC HD4875.R6 M53 2020 (print) | LCC HD4875.R6 (ebook) | DDC 940.53/1813409498—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019052306 LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019052307 1 2 3 4 5 26 24 23 22 21 20 For my parents, Leonard and Kathie Contents Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 1 “Work in the Community Interest” 11 2 Trial and Error 26 3 The “Review of the Working Jews” 58 4 In the Shadow of Belzec 75 5 The Apogee 100 6 Travails Ended, Justice Averted 133 Conclusion 151 Bibliography 157 Index 161 Acknowledgments I owe debts of gratitude to several people and organizations for this book. First, I would like to thank my mentor, Eric A. Johnson, for his guidance during my research, as well as Doina Harsanyi, Tim O’Neil, Joachim von Puttkamer, and Vladimir Solonari, who provided important feedback on my work. I also wish to express my appreciation to the Conference on Jewish Material Claims against Nazi Germany, which provided funding that was essential for the completion of this project. I also must thank the reference staff of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum for its assistance in my research process. In addition, I would like to thank Steve Feldman for his assistance with the publication process. And last, but certainly not least, I would like to thank my parents, Leonard and Kathie, and my wife, Michelle, for their invaluable support at every stage of this project. ix
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