Evreii și „Steaua lui David” în timpul regimului Antonescu (1940-1944)
THE JEWS AND THE STAR OF DAVID DURING THE ANTONESCU REGIME (1940-1944)

Summary/Abstract: In the authorities' view, the Jews were spies of the enemy, either directly, Soviet Bolshevismor the Anglo-American imperialists. All the legislative measures, orders and ordinances taken by theauthorities, most of them having as issuer the Ministry of Interior, imposed on the Jews an exceptionalregime. After the outbreak of the anti-Soviet war, on June 21, 1941 and the great pogrom in Iasi in anumber of localities in Moldova, the obligatory port of the yellow star was introduced for Jews. Thefashion of stigmatizing Jews has its roots in the medieval period, being restored to contemporarypractice by Hitler's Nazi regime since 1933.This distinctive sign, an element of Jewish discrimination, was imposed sporadically on theterritory of Romania during the war. The sign was first introduced for the Jews who were obliged towork in the labor camps. Thus, by Regulation 2030, of July 12, 1941, signed by Antonescu, it was statedthat the Jews from these detachments "will have on their left arm a yellow bracelet, 10 cm wide. Thewearing of the distinctive sign was one of the many restrictive and discriminatory measures imposed onthe Jews of Romania in the Antonescu regime (1940-1944).

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