Chişinău Kishinev, Basarabia, Moldova
| Latitude | 47°0′50″N |
| Longitude | 28°55′00″E |
| City | Chişinău Kishinev |
| State/ Province | Basarabia |
| Country | Moldova |
Narrative
Chişinău
Кишинёв
Kishinev
Kiszyniów
קישינב
קישינאו
Narrative
On April 6-7, 1903, a large anti-Semitic riot, the Kishinev pogrom. took place.
The pogrom continued for three days, resulting in 47–49 Jews dead, 92 severely wounded, and 500 suffering minor injuries, plus, plundering and detruction of several hundred houses and many businesses.
The pogrom was believed to have been incited by anti-Jewish propaganda in the official newspaper of the time, Bessarabetz (Бессарабецъ).
Narrative
Beginning in July, 1941, Chişinău suffered from large-scale shooting and heavy bombardments by Nazi air raids.
On July 17, 1941, Red Army resistance in Chişinău fell.
Jews were transported on trucks to the outskirts of Chişinău, and shot in partially dug pits.
On August 1, 1941, a German lieutenant and three soldiers selected 411 Jewish intellectuals from the Chişinău Ghetto, and shot them 2 kilometres from town.
On August 6, 1941 members of the Chişinău police force executed 200 Jews, and threw them into the Dniester River.
On August 7 and 8,1941 525 Jews were selected from Chişinău Ghetto, and taken to the railway station at Ghidighic; only 200
returned.
On August 9, 1941, gendarmes from the Chilia Legion shot 451 Jews in the camp at Tataresti.
It is estimated that approximately 10,000 Jews were murdered during the initial occupation of Chişinău.
Narrative
On August 24, 1944, Chişinău was taken by the Red Army, as a result of the Jassy-Kishinev Operation.