Jewish Genealogy in Moldova: Why It Is Always a “Story About Borders”

Jewish genealogy in Moldova is a story not only about documents, but also about shifting borders, languages and regimes. One and the same person could be born in the Russian Empire, marry in Romania, live through the war under Romanian administration in the Transnistria zone and die in the USSR, without ever leaving their hometown. […]

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