Jassy, Romania: Romanian and German troops murder thousands of Jews and deported the rest with the active participation of local residents. It is estimated that there were 12,000 victims. Jassy had been considered the capital of Romanian anti-Semitism during the late 19th century when Alexander Cuza, the Romanian nationalist and anti-Semite, taught at the university. After the Antonescu government seized power in November 1940, the city of Jassy became the “capital of the Iron Guard.” [The ‘Iron Guard’ being a far right movement and political party in Romania from 1927 into the early part of WWII.]
– after Eli Birnbaum