Popricani
Popricani is a commune in Iași County, Western Moldavia, 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.
Popricani | |
|---|---|
 Location in Iași County | |
  Popricani Location in Romania | |
| Coordinates: 47°18′N 27°31′E | |
| Country |  Romania |
| County | Iași |
| Population (2011)[1] | 7,393 |
| Time zone | EET/EEST (UTC+2/+3) |
| Vehicle reg. | IS |
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
- "Populaţia stabilă pe judeţe, municipii, oraşe şi localităti componenete la RPL_2011" (in Romanian). National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
- "'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. Archived from the original on 12 June 2011. 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.
