The Jews in Bessarabia (Initial pages)

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Map of Bessarabia:
The Jewish Population before the 29 December 1930 Census

Translated by Sheli Fain

Counties	No. of settlements in the county	Number of people	Percentage of total Jewish population in the region	Percentage of the total population in the county
Orgheiev (Orhei)	25	19,566	9.5	7
Ismail	5	6,433	3.1	2.9
Akkerman	12	11,400	5.5	3.3
Beltz	24	31,916	15.4	8.3
Bender	12	16,954	8.2	5.5
Khotin	21	36,510	17.5	9.2
Soroca	26	29,510	14.3	9.3
Cahul	3	4,444	2.1	2.3
Kishinev	11	50,603	24.4	12.1
Total	139	206,958	100	7.2

Legend:

9 county capital cities

7 cities and villages with 3,001 - 10,000 Jews

29 settlements and villages with 501 - 3,000 Jews

30 rural settlements with 201 - 500 Jews

64 rural settlements with 101 - 200 Jews (not marked)

[Title page]

David Vinitzky
Jewish Bessarabia and its struggles
Between the Two Wars 1914-1940

Volume A

The Zionist Library “Bessarabia Scrolls” Publishing

Jerusalem 1973 (5733)

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Dedication in Memory
Of my youth companion and faithful wife
On our short life's journey together
Manya, nee Drachlis
Who perished in the Transnistria Inferno, Bogdanovka, 2 Tevet 5702,
22 December 1941
And to our only daughter, 9 year old Shlomit,
She disappeared on the trail of affliction.
Both without a trace!

[Copyright page]

“Bessarabia Scrolls”: Public Committee

Tzvi Schwartz, Advocate, Chairman; Michael Landau, Vice-Chairman; Issachar Haimovich, Treasurer, David Vinitzky, Secretary, Josef Barafael, Miriam Bernstein-Cohen, K.A. Bertini, Eliezer Drachlis, B.I. Michali, Minister Nathan Peled.

This book was published on paper provided by the Hedera Paper Company, with their gracious assistance.

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