Iași pogrom

Iași pogrom
Murdered Jews, adults and children, on a Iași street
LocationIași, Romania
47°09′25″N 27°35′25″E / 47.15694°N 27.59028°E / 47.15694; 27.59028
Date28–30 June 1941
Incident typeGenocide, mass murder, ethnic cleansing, pogrom
PerpetratorsIon Antonescu, Iron Guard, Romanian military and police, civilians from Iași, German military
Victims13,266
SurvivorsIancu Țucărman
WitnessesViorica Agarici, Curzio Malaparte
Documentation127 photographs

The Iași pogrom (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈjaʃʲ] , sometimes anglicized as Jassy) was a series of pogroms launched by governmental forces under Marshal and Leader Ion Antonescu in the Romanian city of Iași against its Jewish community, which lasted from 28 June to 30 June 1941. According to Romanian authorities, over 13,266 people, or one third of the Jewish population, were massacred in the pogrom itself or in its aftermath, and many were deported. It was one of the worst pogroms during World War II.