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Botosani Today Take a Tour Old Botosani 5:33 New Botosani 5:29 4:15 9:54 Botosani History Botosani is a major city in northeast Romania and the capital of Botosani Judet (county). Early Jewish population is known from the 16th/17th centuries. Over the next few hundred years Jews leaving the Russian Empire, Galicia, and Germany headed south toward northern Romania (Moldovia and Bukovina).
Jewish population growth was very rapid throughout the 19th century. Botosani Judet and Dorohoi Judet became major Jewish centers along with Jassy. Dorohoi merged with Botosani after WW2. According to the, London, 1902-03 the Jewish population (25,000 in 1901/02) in Botosani was 72% - the highest percentage of any large city in the world at that time. Iasi (Jassy) was the 2nd highest at 58%.
Elias Schwarzfeld, writer and Romanian Jewish historian from Jassy, wrote two important articles which appeared in the American Jewish Yearbook, 1901-02: - From the Earliest Times to the Present Day pages 25-62 and - Since the Treaty of Berlin (1878) pages 63-87 Radu B. Rosetti (a.k.a. Verax) wrote his own view of how the Jews came to Romania in, 1904.
A key turning point in Jewish life in Romania occured in 1866 with laws that denied them citizenship, schooling, and economic opportunity. In 1878 the Congress of Berlin attempted to legislate basic rights for religious and other minorities, however it soon became apparent that nothing had changed for Jews in Romania. At the same time a new era of economic and religious opportunity opened across the Atlantic. It was not surprising that from 1890 to 1910 about 90% of all Romanians who emigrated to the United States were Jewish. , chapter IV. A large community remained up through the Holocaust and tried to regroup after WW2. However, the communist regime placed numerous restrictions on Jews including measures such as closing schools, outlawing all Jewish organizations and restricting occupations/professions that were common to Jews.
This time the new state of Israel was relatively close and a very friendly option. At first Jewish families slowly left for Israel until eventually a critical mass was achieved and the emigration rate increased significantly. The following table tells the story: YEAR Population of Romania Jews in Romania Total Botosani County Jews in Botosani County 1930 14,280,729 451,892 315,780 30,141 1956 17,489,450 146,264 428,050 10,098 1966 19,103,163 42,888 452,406 2,494 1977 21,559,910 24,667 451,217 1,171 1992 22,810,035 8,955 461,305 261 2002 21,680,974 3,941 452,834 115 Population numbers by ethnicity from census reports for the period 1930-2002, Romanian National Institute for Statistics. Botosani Links translate (a few pages) of text or web pages from/to English or other languages. Not perfect but free and very fast. Train route in pages 402-403. The Express train from Czernowitz to Bucharest completed the 331 miles in 16 hours in 1891.
In 2007 it took Botosani Research projects In 2008 a small group of dedicated Botosani descendants/researchers started a project to photograph and develop computer indexes for all Jewish civil records and registers (Mitrices) located at the Botosani branch of the Romanian State Archives. As of April 2017 all available civil records (over 120,000) records from locations with significant Jewish presence in the former historical counties of Botosani and Dorohoi are now indexed. Thousands more from other sources have also been indexed and additional documents relating to Dorohoi Jews are waiting to be indexed.
We dedicate our project to the memory of our friend and colleague who was one of the primary translators from the beginning. Facebook members can click above and non-members may search Facebook for 'Botosani-Gen' How You Can Help Help transcribe.
We still need people familiar with the Romanian language and Jewish names for future work. Help us photograph and acquire new records.
In order to keep costs low we hire local photographers and do all transcribing by unpaid volunteers. We need to pay for the photographer, archive fees, and small administrative costs. All money received go directly to acquiring records. For more information send email to: or the webmaster. Romania and Border Countries Additional Maps.