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Friday, February 24, 2017

List of victims of the Struma disaster, 75 years ago

The Romanian port of Constanta, on the Black Sea, was a major embarkation point for Jews attempting to leave Europe for Palestine. Thousands of Jews, desperate to escape the Germans, took the route by boat from Constanta via Turkey to Palestine, despite British immigration restrictions.

In December 1941, in Constanta, 767 Jews boarded a boat named the Struma. They planned to travel to Istanbul, apply for visas to Palestine, and then sail to Palestine. The Struma was unsafe and overcrowded, and lacked adequate sanitary facilities. Despite engine problems, it reached Istanbul on December 16, 1941. There, the passengers were informed they would not get visas to enter Palestine and, furthermore, would not be permitted entry into Turkey.

The boat was kept in quarantine in Istanbul's harbor for more than two months. Turkish authorities denied the passengers permission to land without British agreement to their continued journey to Palestine. On February 23, 1942, the Turkish police towed the boat out to sea and abandoned it. The next day, on February 24, the boat sank. Although the cause of the sinking is not definitively known, it is assumed that it was mistakenly torpedoed by a Soviet submarine. Only one passenger, David Stoliar, survived.

Here is a list of the victims. There are some inconsistencies between lists so this one is a superset created by JewishGen.


1	ABRAMOVICI Ghizela	260	GRUENFELD Laszlo 38	520	PITARU Ghizela 39
2	ABRAMOVICI Iosef 33	261	GRUMER Fritz	521	PITARU Sulem 41
3	ABRAMOVICI Jean 30	262	GRUNSTEIN Herman	522	PLAIN Denise ( Pusa) 5
4	ABRAMOVICI Matei 21	263	GRUPPER Filip 27	523	PLAIN Jacob 32
5	ABRAMOVICI Moise	264	GRUPPER Rachella 36	524	PLAIN Nehama (Anisoara) 31
6	ADANIA Silvian 25	265	GUTMAN Adeline 25	525	PLATZMAN Adrian 14
7	ADLER Gustav 38	266	GUTMAN Alexandru 27	526	PLATZMAN Moritz 43
8	ADLER Israel 19	267	GUTTENMAHER Smil 21	527	PLATZMAN Sofia 39
9	ADLER Oswald 45	268	HAFNER Luci 20	528	POMERANTZ I. Carol
10	ADLER Tilia 37	269	HAIM Denise 6	529	POPELINGHER Adolf 18
11	AGAR Simon Zeilig 33	270	HAIM Iacob 32	530	PRIKFER Marcel
12	AIZIG David 22	271	HAIM Nahoma	531	RABINOVICI Arnold
13	ALCALAY Sara	272	HAIM Sabina 30	532	RABINOVICI Ida 21
14	ALTER Bention 37	273	HAIMOVICI Angelina 20	533	RACHTER Bella 19
15	ALTER Betty 20 & SIN ALTER Betty	274	HAIMOVICI Carol 19	534	RADER H. Iehil 43
16	ALTER Esther 11	275	HAIMOVICI Virgil	535	RADULESCU Misu 20
17	ALTER Iacob 5	276	HALFIN Ida 55	536	RAZMILEN F Avram
18	ALTER Taube (Toni) 35	277	HALISCH Alfred 35	537	RAZMILEN F Mina
19	ANTONIER Jacques	278	HALISCH Jeannette 28	538	RECHTMAN Dela
20	ANTONIER Rodica	279	HARAS Sergiu	539	RECHTMAN Iacob 38
21	APFELBERGH H. Solomon 31	280	HASCALOVICI Iosef & Iosef	540	RECHTMAN Moni 8
22	APOGI Maximilian August 20	281	HASCALOVICI Rachela 30	541	REICHMAN Clara
23	APOTHEKER Aurel 44	282	HAISCALOVICI Sergiu 6	542	REICHMAN Henta 67
24	APOTHEKER Dina 38	283	HASSAN Eduard 20	543	REICHMAN Moritz 32
25	APOTHEKER Puiu Julius 17	284	HASSAN Iuditha 17	544	REICHMAN Silvia 28
26	APPEL Aron Alexander	285	HEFTER Harry 21	545	REINSTEIN Alfred 22
27	APPEL Emanuel	286	HEINIS Boris 21	546	RETER David 35
28	APPEL Feiga	287	HELENBRANT Louis 21	547	RETTER Bruno 20
29	APPEL Israel	288	HELLER Bertha 36	548	RINTZLER Fany
30	APPEL Zoltan 16	289	HELLER Henic 22	549	RINTZLER M Aviel 46
31	ARONESCU Mina	290	HELLER Leon 36	550	ROMAN Francisc 20
32	ARONESCU Siegfrid	291	HELLER Oswald 2	551	ROSEN Hugo 28
33	ARONOVICI Lulu 30	292	HELLER Pepi 54	552	ROSENBERG Dana
34	ARONOVICI Natalia 20	293	HERSCOVICI Edith 10	553	ROSENBERG Elisabetha
35	AURELIAN Alexandru 31	294	HERSCOVICI Hary 22	554	ROSENBERG Maria 12
36	AVNER Berthold 34	295	HERSCOVICI Marcel 44	555	ROSENBERG Simon
37	AVNER Mesalina Linzi 28	296	HERSCOVICI Maximilian 39	556	ROSENFELD Marcel 15
38	AVNER Saia Mendel 24	297	HERSCOVICI Moise 18	557	ROSENTZWEIG Aurica
39	BACALU Ihil 33	298	HERSCOVICI Saly 41	558	ROSENTZWEIG Etty
40	BACALU Marian	299	HERSCOVICI Teodor 21	559	ROSENTZWEIG Harry
41	BACALU Seina-Tvia	300	HERSCU Eva	560	ROSENTZWEIG Pincu
42	BACH Iuster Octav 24	301	HERSCU I Herscu	561	ROSENTZWEIG Solomon
43	BANC Baruch Debora 50	302	HERSCU Sali	562	ROSENZWITT Solomon
44	BANC Baruch Iosif Jose	303	HERSCU Sofia	563	ROTENBERG Saul
45	BARAT Eli Elias (Perets) 27	304	HERSER Malca 30	564	ROTTMAN Iancu 21
46	BARAT Sofia 20	305	HERSER Samuel 34	565	ROTTMAN Sonia
47	BARBER Rita	306	HERZBLUT Matilda 53	566	ROZEN Israel 25
48	BARBER Siegfried	307	HIRSCH Adalbert 38	567	ROZENTHAL Noel
49	BARON Adolf-Herbert	308	HIRSCH Gabriela 2	568	ROZENTZWEIG Betty
50	BARON Gusta	309	HIRSCH Roza 34	569	ROZNER Berl Bernard 52
51	BARON Marcel	310	HONIGSBERG Berta 20	570	ROZNER Etty 52
52	BARON Richard	311	HONIGSBERG Fritz 18	571	RUBINSTEIN Figa 33
53	BARTFELD Martin	312	HONIGSBERG Lisa 43	572	RUBSEL Mihail 29
54	BARUCH Cecilia 31	313	HONIGSBERG Ozias	573	SAFRAN Samuel
55	BARUCH Josef	314	HORENSTEIN Carol 30	574	SAILOFSCHI Ella 25
56	BEER Ionel 21	315	HOROVITZ Daniel	575	SALAMOVICI Simon
57	BEILICH Egon 17	316	HOSIN Sami	576	SAMUEL Leopold 34
58	BERCOVICI Alfred	317	IACOBOVICI Bernard	577	SAPIRO B. Mayer 21
59	BERCOVICI Cornel Adrian 2	318	IACOBOVICI Fainaru Pincu 46	578	SCHACHTER Blima 42
60	BERCOVICI Ignat	319	IANCHELOVICI Etti 10	579	SCHACHTER Burah 44
61	BERCOVICI Iona 33	320	IANCHELOVICI Frida	580	SCHACHTER Charlotte 35
62	BERCOVICI Margareta	321	IANCHELOVICI User	581	SCHACHTER Clara 11
63	BERCU Betty 26	322	IANCOVICI Moritz	582	SCHACHTER Eugen 7
64	BERCU Iosef 29	323	IANCU Clara	583	SCHACHTER H. Calman 40
65	BERLAND Eduard	324	IANCU Ioines 34	584	SCHACHTER Iosef 16
66	BERLAND Lazar Lulu 19	325	IANCU Itic 68	585	SCHACHTER Leon 26
67	BERLAND Lea Liza 49	326	IANCU Moise 30	586	SCHACHTER Max
68	BERMAN Fichel 29	327	IANCU Sofia	587	SCHACHTER Riven Paul 46
69	BERRY Waldi Willi 20	328	IOINA Iosif 28	588	SCHACHTER Ruhla 40
70	BINDER Iosef 47	329	IOSUBAS Itic 32	589	SCHACHTER Sura 22
71	BINDER Marcu 14	330	IRMAN Haia 27	590	SCHACHTER Titi]
72	BINDERER Leopold 23	331	ISTACESCU Adela	591	SCHAECHTER A. Leia 33
73	BIRSTEIN M Samy	332	ISTACESCU Alfred 8	592	SCHAECHTER Francisca 20
74	BLANK Osias	333	ISZAC I. Emerio 24	593	SCHALICK Gerson 41
75	BLUMENFELD Leiba 27	334	ITCOVICI Adela 24	594	SCHALICK Sonia 35
76	BRAUN Eugen	335	ITIC Avdel	595	SCHAPIRA Max 50
77	BRAUN Judit 3	336	ITIC Avram 21	596	SCHARF Clara 19
78	BRAUN Maria 37	337	ITICOVICI Adela	597	SCHARF Nessi-Ita 56
79	BRILL Frida	338	ITICOVICI Cornelia 18	598	SCHARF Smil 57
80	BRILL Marcel	339	ITICSON Albert	599	SCHATTNER Abraham Leo 33
81	BRILL Sonia	340	JUSTER Harry 20	600	SCHATTNER Beno 30 33
82	BRIRER Zoltan 39	341	JUSTER Mircea 22	601	SCHEMNITZ Ernest 28
83	BUCSPAN Enta-Zlata 55	342	KAFRISEN Moise 27	602	SCHEMNITZ Mina 26
84	BUCSPAN Grigore 54	343	KAHANE Ilie 22	603	SCHENKER Zecu Zecrand
85	BUTNARU Elias 20	344	KAHANE Julius Ilie 35	604	SCHERTZER Nicolae
86	BUTTER Alexandru	345	KANIUK Ernest 30	605	SCHIFF Alexandru 25
87	BUTTER Bertina	346	KANNA Gustav 20	606	SCHIFF Eva 23
88	CALICHMAN Avram 50	347	KATZ Armand 19	607	SCHMATNIK Leo 39
89	CALICHMAN Beila-Liula 45	348	KATZ Friederike 39	608	SCHMATNIK Trily 40
90	CAMERMAN Solomon 23	349	KATZ Sigmund 45	609	SCHMETTERLING Ernest Emanuel 19
91	CANETTI Isac 40	350	KATZ Zelig 20	610	SCHMETTERLING Frieda 49
92	CANETTI Jose Moise 7	351	KAUFMAN Sami 27	611	SCHMETTERLING Marcu 62
93	CANETTI Virginia 35	352	KELEN Nicolae	612	SCHMETTERLING Victor 22
94	CASSEL Mordehai 27	353	KELMAN Matilda 20	613	SCHNAPP Erich Heinz (Uri Zwi) 20
95	CIOBOTARU C.Z. Alfred 34	354	KESSELBRENNER Ghitel 55	614	SCHONBERGER A. Ladislau 21
96	CIOCANILE Jean-Marcel	355	KLEINBERG Mendel 28	615	SCHONBERGER Pavel 26
97	CLARFELD Motel 41	356	KLEIN Herman	616	SCHONFELD Hugo 18
98	COGANSCHI Adela-Ana 17	357	KLEIN Josef 38	617	SCHOR Julia 21
99	COGANSCHI Haia 45	358	KOERNER Zighi	618	SCHTERNBERG Moritz Brukenstein
100	COGANSCHI Iosef 57	359	KORN Malvina 20	619	SCHWARTZ Avram
101	COHAN Izhac 22	360	KORNBLUTT Mauriciu 27	620	SCHWARTZ Clara
102	COHEN Adof 59	361	KORNBLUTT Zela 20	621	SCHWARTZ Frieda 27
103	COHEN Rosa 59	362	KRAUS Clara	622	SCHWARTZ Haia 36
104	COHEN Simon	363	KRAUS Marcel 37	623	SCHWARTZ Iosef Iancu 43
105	COHN Bercu	364	LANDAU Emil 31	624	SCHWARTZ Marcu Alter
106	COHN David Dudu 21	365	LANDAU Hortensa-Silvia 33	625	SCHWARTZ Miriam 1
107	COHN George Gigel 1	366	LANDAU Ruhla 30	626	SCHWARTZ N. Lupu 20
108	COHN I Zalman & Zanas 35	367	LANDMAN Heinerich	627	SCHWARTZ Rebeca
109	COHN Ionas 21	368	LANDMAN Jose	628	SCHWARTZ Solomon 37
110	COHN Ionel 19	369	LANDMAN Liza	629	SCHWARTZ Sorin
111	COHN Touba 34	370	LANDMAN Willy	630	SCHWARTZ Tamara 4
112	COIFMAN Paula-Haia 54	371	LANGENMAS Dvora 49	631	SCHWARTZ Henriette 29
113	COIFMAN Struli 53	372	LANGENMAS Ruth 17	632	SCHWARTZ Valentin 7
114	COJOCARU Carol	373	LANGMANTEL Armand 36	633	SCHWEIFEL Ana Sara 28
115	COTIGARU Debora 23	374	LANGMANTEL Eduard	634	SCHWEIFEL Manase Manole 31
116	COTIGARU Lupu	375	LANGMANTEL Margareta 10	635	SCHWEIFEL S. Mircea
117	CRAMER Iosif 18	376	LANGMANTEL Rachel 31	636	SEGAL Clotilda 29
118	DAIAN Haim Abraham 55	377	LAXER Adolf	637	SEGAL Filip 20
119	DAIAN Olga 13	378	LAZARESCU Bernard David 28	638	SEGAL Hermina 29
120	DAIAN Sara 50	379	LAZARESCU Heinerich	639	SEGAL Jeanetta 29
121	DAVID Etty	380	LAZARESCU Henta	640	SEGAL Jules 29
122	DAVID Rifca 61	381	LAZARESCU Paulina 29	641	SEGAL Lupu Ghizela 20
123	DAVIDOVICI Sofia 22	382	LAZAROVICI Leibu	642	SEGAL Lupu Leibu 53
124	DIAMAND Ghizela	383	LAZAROVICI Rene	643	SEGAL Lupu Robert 25
125	DIAMAND Nicu	384	LAZAROVICI Severin	644	SEGAL P Haim
126	DIAMAND Simona	385	LECKER Leon Leib 34	645	SEGAL Saul 33
127	DICHTER A. Ionel	386	LEIBOVICI Leonido Corucli	646	SEGAL W. Silen 29
128	DITZ Eugen 27	387	LEIBOVICI Basia 30	647	SEGALESCU Henrietta 22
129	DRATH S. Danil	388	LEIBOVICI D. Iacob 27	648	SENATER Fredrich 22
130	DULITZCHI Rachil	389	LEIBOVICI Haia	649	SIGMUND A. Iosef 21
131	EDELSTEIN Clara 29	390	LEIBOVICI Heinerich	650	SILBERBUSCH Gerhard 33
132	EDELSTEIN Jack 25	391	LEIBOVICI Silvia (Leonin) 51	651	SILBERMAN Eleonora 28
133	EDELSTEIN Leo 32	392	LEIBOVICI Leib-Itic	652	SILBERMAN Rubin 32
134	EISIC Louis 20	393	LEIBOVICI Lizica (Leonin) 441	653	SILBERSTEIN Gerson 36
135	EISIC Mircea 18	394	LEIBOVICI Luis 27	654	SILVIAN D. Emil 28
136	EKELSTEIN Roza	395	LEIBOVICI Marcu 25	655	SILVIAN Maxim
137	ELCOVICI Naftali 24	396	LEIBOVICI Simon	656	SIMON B. Simon 42
138	ELIAS Avram-Bernard	397	LEIBOVICI Solomon 37	657	SIMON I. Carolina known as STILOVICI 30
139	ELIAS Iosif	398	LEON Marcu 21	658	SIMON I. Iosef known as STILOVICI 30
140	ELIAS Medea	399	LEVI Haim 23	659	SIMON Lucian 19
141	ELIAS Rozi	400	LIUBARSCHI David 57	660	SIMON Moise
142	EPSTEIN Matias 37	401	LIUBARSCHI Dora 54	661	SIMON Pesta 32
143	EPSTEIN Sara Rebeca 26	402	LIVESCU Matilda	662	SIN Smial Smaia 34
144	ERBST Matei 21	403	LIVOVSCHI Basia 60	663	SLOIMOVICI Emanuel 19
145	FARHI Henry 22	404	LIVOVSCHI Sara 29	664	SLOIMOVICI Peisah Iacob 30
146	FEIGHENBAUM Elias 29	405	LIVOVSCHI Smil Wolf 69	665	SLOMOVICI Maria
147	FEIGHENBAUM Estera Liza 23	406	LOBEL Horis	666	SLOMOVICI Rosa 16
148	FEIGHENBAUM Ruhla 53	407	LOCKER Gerta Marta & SCHOR Greta Marga	667	SLOMOVICI Smil 15
149	FEINGOLD Otto	408	LOCKER Siegfried & SCHOR Siegfried	668	SMIL Israel
150	FELD Margareta	409	LORIAN Silvian 27	669	SMIL Rifca
151	FELD Nicolae	410	LOTHRINGER Ilse 20	670	SMILOVICI Ana 20
152	FELDMAN Estera 40	411	LOWENSTEIN Carol 18	671	SMILOVICI Beno 26
153	FELDMAN Isak	412	LUCIAN Hana Mayer 31	672	SMILOVICI Burah 37
154	FELDSTEIN Avram	413	LUCIAN Ilie Mayer 8	673	SMILOVICI Ida
155	FELDSTEIN David	414	LUCIAN Mayer	674	SMILOVICI Leonard 44
156	FELDSTEIN Ghedrich 31	415	LUDOVIC Eduard 39	675	SMILOVICI Nora 17
157	FELDSTEIN Gheorghe	416	LUDOVIC Emanuel 36	676	SOLOMON David Lazar
158	FELDSTEIN Ghizela-Luisa 28	417	LUPOVICI Bluma 26	677	SOLOMON Dorel 20
159	FELDSTEIN Nely 23	418	LUPOVICI Smil 27	678	SOLOMON Efraim
160	FELDSTEIN Robert 28	419	LUPU Bertina 22	679	SOLOMON Virgiliu 17
161	FELDSTEIN Rozica 23	420	LUPU I. Strul 29	680	SONNENREICH Abram 33
162	FELDSTEIN Schefie	421	MAGAZANIC Ofser 67	681	SONNENREICH Rasela 30
163	FELL Solomon 22	422	MAGDER Edmond 50	682	SONNENREICH Sami 3
164	FELLER Gustav 29	423	MALLER Ladislau 22	683	SPAHARIU Dvoira 18
165	FICHER Lanca 40	424	MANDEL Iacob 16	684	SPEISER L. Bernard 20
166	FISCHER Jacob 40	425	MANOLE Lazar 22	685	SPIEGEL Avram 41
167	FISCHER L. Rozica	426	MARCOVICI Henry 20	686	SPIEGEL Clonde-Claudia 5
168	FISCHER Rudy	427	MARCOVICI Moise	687	SPIEGEL Lena
169	FISCHER Silvia	428	MARCU Iacob	688	SPIEGEL Mauriciu 7
170	FISCHER Zoltan 9	429	MARCU Sorina 22	689	SPIEGEL Soliem
171	FISCHMAN Maletta (Moleta) 36	430	MARCU Suzeta 24	690	SPIRER Basil-Julian 16
172	FISCHMAN Nissem 22	431	MARCUS Ana	691	SPIRER Rudolfina
173	FLEISCHER Anna 33	432	MARCUS Aneta Lupu 41	692	SPIRER Samuel 52
174	FLEISCHER David Sami 44	433	MARCUS Avram 28	693	SPIVACK Avram 32
175	FLEISCHER Robert 7	434	MARCUS	694	STAHL Desideriu 19
176	FLIGHELMAN Haim 18	435	MARCUS Ivette 7	695	STAHL Jacques 32
177	FLIGLER Max 31	436	MARCUS Lupu Herscu 42	696	STAROSTE Ester 44
178	FLINCKER Jeanette 51	437	MARCUS Malvina 21	697	STAROSTE Lazar (Eliezer) 60
179	FLINCKER Klaus Zoltan 15	438	MARCUS Marga Lupu	698	STEIN I. Moise
180	FLINCKER Richard 17	439	MARCUS Mendel 69	699	STEINBACH Reica 26
181	FRANGHIERU Aron 17	440	MARCUS Leon 29	700	STEINBACH Leo Henry 26
182	FRIEDMAN Desideriu 42	441	MARCUS Rosa 52	701	STERNBERG Manole 17
183	FRIEDMAN Ileana 19	442	MARGULIUS Aurel 23	702	STIER Anisoara 8 months
184	FRIEDMAN Nicolae 13	443	MARGULIUS Efraim 35	703	STIER Etty 21
185	FRIEDMAN Sofia 38	444	MARGULIUS Emil 25	704	STIER Samuel 31
186	FRUCHTER Iehuda 16	445	MARGULIUS Harry 20	705	STORFER Norbert 22
187	FRUCHTER Isac 18	446	MARGULIUS Margarita 18	706	STORFER Saul 31
188	FRUCHTMAN Henrieta 26	447	MATTES Lazar	707	STRAUSS Elisabeta
189	FRUCHTMAN Solomon	448	MAYER Artur 32	708	STRAUSS Israel Walter
190	FUCHS Mauriciu 29	449	MAYER L. Avram 27	709	SUCHARD William 30
191	GALATAN Moise	450	MAYER M. Avram 23	710	SUCHARD Sonia 27
192	GALATAN Posina 45	451	MAYER N Fany Felicia 24	711	SULIMOVICI Iosefleib 19
193	GALIA Jean Haralambie	452	MAYER Silvia 20	712	SULIMOVICI Rebeca
194	GANBIS I.Emanuel	453	MAYERSOHN Ana 26	713	SULIMOVICI Sami
195	GARTENBERG Arnold 33	454	MAYERSOHN Hana 40	714	SULITEANU Moritz 25
196	GARTENBERG Felix 31	455	MAYERSOHN Henry 43	715	SUREI Moritz
197	GARTENBERG Rifca 28	456	MEIROVICI Simon	716	TALISMAN David 17
198	GHELBER Batia	457	MENDELOVICI Haia 45	717	TAUBER Ana 38
199	GHELBER Heinrich 44	458	MENDELSOHN Eduard 29	718	TECUCEANU Isac 22
200	GHELBER Lea-Hude 39	459	MERLAUB I. Moritz 37	719	TENENBAUM Leo 28
201	GHELBER M. Danil	460	MIHALOVICI Alterescu 45	720	TERCATIN Itzhac ( Puiu) 26
202	GHELMAN Alexandru	461	MIHALOVICI Dorel 17	721	TERKEL Fania 24
203	GHELMAN Fania	462	MIHALOVICI Prima 40	722	TERKEL Lazar 26
204	GHELMAN Feiga-Fanea	463	MINDIRIGIU Aurica 35	723	TETTELZWEIG Ana
205	GHELMAN Moise	464	MINDIRIGIU Nachim Naftuli 41	724	TETTELZWEIG Isac 30
206	GHENTZER Ernestina	465	MITRANI Ionel 24	725	TZIMAND Jack
207	GHENTZER Magdalena	466	MOISE Ciprut	726	TZIMAND Saul 23
208	GHETEL Frida 32	467	MOISESCU Frusina 38	727	UNGAR Albert 20
209	GHETEL Solomon 45	468	MOISESCU Iosif 44	728	VOGEL Carol 43
210	GHETLER I. Macas	469	MOISESCU Mircea 10	729	WACHTEL Jova 21
211	GHETLER Iosif 49	470	MOISESCU Nelu 13	730	WAGNER Regina 49
212	GHETLER Leah-Lia 44	471	MULER Mintia	731	WAGNER Walter 21
213	GHINSBERG Adrian 7	472	MUNBLAT Samuel 19	732	WAGNER Wilhelm Israel 49
214	GHINSBERG Evelina 32	473	MUNTEANU Victor 26	733	WALTER Elisa 33
215	GHINSBERG Marcu	474	NACHMAN Estera 35	734	WALTER Mauriciu 33
216	GLANOVSCHI Gherson 30	475	NACHMAN Lupu 39	735	WALTER Mignon 5
217	GLICKMAN Avram 48	476	NACHMAN Mauriciu 21	736	WASSERMAN Toby
218	GLICKMAN Evghenia 33	477	NACHT Oscar 34	737	WECHSLER Elias 30
219	GLICKMAN Iacob 7	478	NADLER Albert	738	WECHSLER Etty Iehudith 21
220	GLICKMAN Liza 70	479	NADLER Iosef	739	WEINBERG Avram
221	GLICKMAN Rita 10	480	NADLER Marcel 33	740	WEINBERG Clara
222	GLUCKMAN Alfred 30	481	NADLER Marcela	741	WEINBERG Moise Aron
223	GLUCKMAN Sophie 24	482	NADLER Rosa 19	742	WEINBERG Natan 29
224	GOLDENBERG Iossi 26	483	NAGY Mauriciu	743	WEINBERG Rubin Dudi 30
225	GOLDENBERG Osias 24	484	NAHIM Ionel 41	744	WEINGARTEN Avram-Ida
226	GOLDMAN Alexandru 40	485	NAHIM Clara 31	745	WEINGARTEN Beniamin 18
227	GOLDMAN Hans 4	486	NAHIM Bruna 12	746	WEINGARTEN Meir
228	GOLDMAN Racla 7	487	NAIMAN Solomon	747	WEINGARTEN Tipora
229	GOLDMAN Tivi 32	488	NATANSON Sami 29	748	WEINSTEIN A. Simon 25
230	GOLDSTEIN Ana	489	NESTOITU Sara 54	749	WEINSTEIN Iosef
231	GOLDSTEIN Armand 25	490	NEUBERGER Ghitea 34	750	WEINSTEIN Moritz 25
232	GOLDSTEIN Eliezer 31	491	NEUBERGER Louis 46	751	WEINTRAUB Julian 38
233	GOLDSTEIN Marcu 50	492	NEUBERGER Valentina 8	752	WEISS Avram 29
234	GOLDSTEIN Moise Haim	493	NULLMAN Heinrich 18	753	WEISS Maria
235	GOLDSTEIN Simon	494	NULLMAN Isac 42	754	WEISS Paul 3
236	GOLDSTEIN Stefania 29	495	NULLMAN Sara 37	755	WEISSBERG Hedwig 33
237	GOTLIEB Bronislava 52	496	NURENBERG Mathilda 18	756	WEISSBERG Rudolf
238	GOTLIEB Heinrich 54	497	NUSSBAUM Andrei 19	757	WEISSLER Marcu 26
239	GOTLIEB Paul-Norbert 21	498	NUSSBAUM Berta 53	758	WEITMAN Avram 23
240	GOTLIEB Thea-Ruth	499	ORMEANU Goldenberg Otto 46	759	WEITRAUB Leon 19
241	GOTTESMAN Iacob 33	500	OSFELD Isac 25	760	WITENBERG Simon 28
242	GREIF Calman 24	501	PAUCKER Jean Leonard 27	761	WOLFSHAUT Hans 28
243	GROBDRUG Alexandru 22	502	PAUKER Rebeca Rifca 29	762	ZAHARIA Marcu 34
244	GROPPER Marcel	503	PEISIS Iosef 28	763	ZALMANOVICI Saul 28
245	GROSS Nora 26	504	PENCOVICI Leon 16	764	ZEITS Bendit 44
246	GROSS Victor Paul 16	505	PERITZ Aneta	765	ZEITS Rebeca 17
247	GROSSMAN Marcel	506	PERITZ Avram	766	ZEITS Sara 45
248	GRUBER Isac 34	507	PERLMUTER Sara 17	767	ZELERMAYER Carol
249	GRUENBERG Gabriel 25	508	PESKARIU Isac (Iancu) 25	768	ZELERMAYER Gusta
250	GRUENBERG Efraim 30	509	PESCARU Iancu	769	ZIGHELMAN Andrei-Puiu 6
251	GRUENBERG Ferdinand-Lica 24	510	PESCARU Sura 39	770	ZIGHELMAN Solomon
252	GRUENBERG Irina 21	511	PICHER Friderich 51	771	ZIGHELMAN Rasela 31
253	GRUENBERG Jean 21	512	PICHER Herbert Fani	772	ZILBERMAN Burah
254	GRUENBERG Leon 19	513	PICHER Herbert Iulius	773	ZILBERMAN Frida
255	GRUENBERG Moritz 42	514	PICHER Marcel	774	ZILBERMAN Isac 18
256	GRUENBERG Otto	515	PICHER Marian-Silvia 17	775	ZILBERMAN Pinhas 24
257	GRUENBERG Stella 19	516	PICHER Roza	776	ZILBERMAN Rebeca
258	GRUENBERG Wolf-Zeev 28	517	PINCU Herscu 40	777	ZILBERMAN Silvia
259	GRUENFELD Itzhac-Eizig	518	PINCU Iosefina 39	778	ZISMAN Sura 58
		519	PINCU Liviu 9	779	ZISMAN Zisu Rebeca
				780	ZISSU Avram
				781	ZOTKOVER Louis 21

(h/t Josh K)

Last week Israeli Defense Minister Liberman offered to provide Gaza with a huge level of assistance, in return for Hamas shutting down their rocket attacks and closing their attack tunnels. In return, senior Hamas leader Mahmoud al-Zahar turned down the offer, claiming that if Gaza wanted to be like Singapore, it would have already done so.

The truth is that for a while, in the 1970's, Gaza rivalled -- and even surpassed -- Singapore.

In "What Occupation?", Efraim Karsh writes about how severe the situation of the Palestinian Arabs following the 1967 War:

The larger part, still untold in all its detail, is of the astounding social and economic progress made by the Palestinian Arabs under Israeli "oppression." At the inception of the occupation, conditions in the territories were quite dire. Life expectancy was low; malnutrition, infectious diseases, and child mortality were rife; and the level of education was very poor. Prior to the 1967 war, fewer than 60 percent of all male adults had been employed, with unemployment among refugees running as high as 83 percent. Within a brief period after the war, Israeli occupation had led to dramatic improvements in general well-being, placing the population of the territories ahead of most of their Arab neighbors.

...During the 1970's, the West Bank and Gaza constituted the fourth fastest-growing economy in the world-ahead of such "wonders" as Singapore, Hong Kong, and Korea, and substantially ahead of Israel itself.[emphasis added]

Similarly, CAMERA notes that

the Palestinian territories had one of the ten fastest growing economies during the 1970's, just behind Saudi Arabia (which benefited from the oil shock of 1973), and ahead of Singapore, Hong Kong and South Korea.

What both Karsh and CAMERA write is substantiated by the World Bank.

In 1993, The World Bank published Developing the Occupied Territories: The Economy

According to the World Bank report (paragraph 2.3):

This picture of crisis contrasts sharply with a longer-term view of past development. The Occupied Territories [OT] were among the top ten fastest growing economies in the world during the 1970s period when measured in terms of GNP growth (Figure 2). The expansion in GDP per capita was somewhat lower, but was still large by international standards.

That all came to an end with the Intifada -- but not quite.

In March 1995, the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs had a plan where Soon The Gaza Strip Will Be Competing with Singapore, thanks to

industrial parks which the leadership of the [Israeli] Foreign, Industry and Finance Ministries is planning at this very moment, under total secrecy. The goal: to establish between 8 to 11 such parks on the cease-fire line between Israel and the autonomous areas, which the Palestinian Authority will control within the next few months.

Foreign Minister Shimon Peres is the one who envisioned all this, and those close to him say with pride: We are getting closer to Singapore, Taiwan and Hong-Kong, in huge steps.

And then, after the vision arrives to develop the cities Gaza, Dir Al- Balah, Ofakim and Sderot it will be copied in the cease-fire line between Afula and Jenin, to Mt. Hebron and Tul-Karm, and will reach the entrance of Kochav Yair.

Each industrial park will be established for about 10,000 employees, and will sit on 2,000 dunam of land, with considerable financial assistance from foreign investors and also governmental subsidies. The Palestinians will run them, and be its workers, for the most part.

None of that came to pass.

And now Hamas says with pride not only that it has no interest in becoming another Singapore, but that if it really wanted to, it could do so without any help from Israel.

Regarding the former -- there is little doubt.
Regarding the latter -- there is little likelihood.
Either way, Gazans themselves have no say in the matter.

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