Popricani
| Popricani | |
|---|---|
| Commune | |
  Popricani | |
| Coordinates: 47°18′N 27°31′E / 47.300°N 27.517°E | |
| Country |
 Romania |
| County | Iași County |
| Population (2011 census)[1] | 7,393 |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
Popricani is a commune in Iași County, Romania, part of the Iași metropolitan area. It is composed of nine villages: Cârlig, Cotu Morii, Cuza Vodă, Moimești, Popricani, Rediu Mitropoliei, Țipilești, Vânători and Vulturi.
Mass grave
In November 2010, a mass grave dating from 1941 was discovered in the nearby forest of Vulturi. It is believed to contain the remains of up to a hundred Jewish men, women and children murdered by Romanian authorities contemporaneously with the nearby Iași pogrom.[2][3][4] It is the first such grave found in Romania since the 1945 discovery of 311 bodies at Stânca-Roznovanu, also in the vicinity of Iași.[5][6]
An official report concluded that the grave contained 36 victims, and that those responsible for the killing had already been sentenced in 1948.[7]
References
- ↑ "Population at 20 October 2011" (in Romanian). INSSE. 5 July 2013. Retrieved 5 July 2013.
- ↑ "'Holocaust grave' discovered in Romania". BBC News. 5 November 2010. Retrieved 6 November 2010.
- ↑ "Holocaust-era mass grave discovered". The Press Association (UK). Retrieved 6 November 2010.
- ↑ "Descoperire istorică la Iaşi" (in Romanian). TVR. 5 November 2010. Retrieved 6 November 2010.
- ↑ Marinas, Radu (Nov 5, 2010). "World War Two mass grave of Jews found in Romania". Reuters Africa. p. 2. Retrieved 6 November 2010.
- ↑ Braham, Randolph L. (1997). The destruction of Romanian and Ukrainian Jews during the Antonescu era. Holocaust studies series East European monographs. Social Science Monographs. p. 73. ISBN 978-0-88033-380-1.
- ↑ Decizie fara precedent la Iasi privind masacrul evreilor, ziare.com, April 2014. Retrieved February 2015.
Coordinates: 47°18′N 27°31′E / 47.300°N 27.517°E