A city of northeast Romania north-northeast of Bucharest. It was the capital of the country until 1861 and temporarily during World War I. Population: 307,000.
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(in German, Jassy), city in northeastern Romania. In 1941, 51,000 Jews lived in Iasi, including many Refugees.
Ion Antonescu came to power in Romania in 1940, supported by the fascist, antisemitic Iron Guard movement. During his reign, Jews were subjected to persecutions such as random arrests, blackmail, torture, and confiscation of property and businesses. In November two synagogues were destroyed. Jewish community leaders bribed the Iron Guard to stop the persecutions, and for a few months the Jews were left alone.
Things changed when the Germans invaded the Soviet Union in June 1941. Iasi was a gathering point for German and Romanian troops heading for the front lines. After accusing the Jews of signaling to Soviet planes, Romanian and German government agencies instigated pogroms that began on June 28, 1941. Thousands of Jews were killed on the streets and in their homes, and thousands more were arrested. On June 29, called "Black Sunday" by the Jews, thousands of Jews were gathered in the courtyard of police headquarters. Most were shot by Romanian troops; 4,330 of the survivors, together with Jews from other parts of Iasi, were herded onto sealed cattle cars. Of those, 2,650 died of thirst or suffocation. Altogether, over 10,000 Jews were murdered in Iasi.
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Iaşi (yäsh) or Jassy (yä'sē) , city (1990 pop. 346,577), E Romania, in Moldavia, near the Republic of Moldova. Iaşi is the administrative and commercial center of a fertile agricultural region. Chemicals, pharmaceuticals, plastics, and textiles are produced. In 1565, Iaşi succeeded Suceava as the capital of the Romanian principality of Moldavia, a position it held until Moldavia and Walachia were united in 1859. The city was repeatedly burned and sacked by Tatars, Turks, and Russians. A treaty signed there in 1792 ended the second of the Russo-Turkish Wars of Catherine II. In Iaşi, long an important cultural center, the first book in the Romanian language was printed (1643) and the national theater was founded (1849). During World War I the city served as Romania's temporary capital while German forces occupied Walachia. Iaşi's large Jewish population was massacred by the Nazis in one of the worst pogroms in history. Soviet troops took the city in 1944. Iaşi is the see of an Orthodox archbishop and has a university (founded 1860) and other institutions of higher education. Landmarks include the 17th-century cathedral, the Church of the Three Hierarchs (17th cent.), and the Church of St. Nicholas (15th cent.), all outstanding examples of the Moldavian adaptation of Byzantine architecture.
| Dialing Code: The telephone dialing code for: Iasi, Romania |
The country code is: 40
The city code is: 32
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