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In July 2015 I attended “The journey on the path of Romanian Jews Holocaust and the valley of death – Transnistria”. In 2006, I also participated in a “Roots journey” to North Bukovina, that was organized by Mr. Danny Marian.

I think the current trip is the first historical event (and hopefully not the last !).

The mass murder of Northern Bukovina and Bessarabia Jews was conducted in July 1941, in which approximately 120,000 Jews were murdered.

The Village Chudey (Czudyn)

In early July 1941, all Jews in the Northern Bukovina village Chudey were murdered by the Romanian army.

In this journey, I felt it is a sacred duty to locate the place of the murder of the Chudey Jews. On  July 10^th 2015 I hired a taxi (a Hebrew-speaking driver) in Czernowitz and after a few hours ride and searches we got to the murder site, in the center of the village / town. Many of the village residents did not know or want to provide information about the murder site.

Our findings are detailed in the attached file:
1. Photos from murder site.
2. The building that housed the court house – the “GERICHT” and the prison.
The Jews were assembled in this village and killed.

Dr. Fanny Wald, in her book  “My victory – Memories”, in the chapter “The Romanians return to control of our region“, in pages 23-34 – “Pogrom” mentions this event. and brings a very important and exclusive testimony about this event. This book was published by her family in a limited edition.

Note: The 2015 Yad Vashem work plan included publication of the book (it was budgeted), and its publication is still under review.
See more in the following link.

The murder site of Chudey
and the house of Dr. Fanny Wald.