Massacres of Jews during the Russo-Turkish Wars

In the Russo-Turkish War of 1768–1774, massacres of Jews, who lived in what belongs to today's Romania, reportedly happened in every part of the Danubian Principalities.[1] Both the Ottoman Turkish Janissaries and Imperial Russian Army were responsible.[1] In one of the massacres in Galați in 1797, Jews were forced into the streets to be killed.[1] Some of the bodies were dropped into the Danube.[1] Jews who hid in a local synagogue were also burned alive.[1] Meanwhile, Ottoman Kalmyk soldiers committed similar massacres against Jews in Bucharest in the Russo-Turkish War of 1806–1812.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Paul Cernovodeanu, "Evreii în epoca fanariotă" ("Jews in the Phanariote Period"), in Magazin Istoric, March 1997.
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