Naufrage du Mefkure, Constanta, Roumanie, 1944

Constanta, Romania, Sinking of the Mefkure, 1944

Information sur la source

JewishGen
Ancestry.com. Naufrage du Mefkure, Constanta, Roumanie, 1944 [base de données en ligne]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
Données originales : This data is provided in partnership with JewishGen website.

 Naufrage du Mefkure, Constanta, Roumanie, 1944

Cette collection contient les noms d’environ 300 passagers qui étaient à bord du Mefkure lors de son attaque en 1944.

Many Jews from Romania, Hungary, and Poland boarded a ship known as the Mefkure at the port of Constanta, Romania on August 5, 1944 with the intention of traveling to Israel. When the ship was about 25 miles northeast of Igneada, Turkey, they were attacked. Any survivors were shot while struggling in the water. Only 11 people survived. Nobody knows exactly who attacked the ship. A monument was built to the memory of those who were murdered, and is located in Giurgiului Cemetery south of Bucharest. This collection contains about 300 names from this monument as well as age and last residence.

You can learn more about this database at the JewishGen website.