Mărculești

Mărculești (Romanian pronunciation: [mərkuˈleʃtʲ]) is a city in Florești District, in northern Moldova, with a population of 2,081 at the 2004 census. The city was once the site of a Jewish agricultural and mercantile colony, to its destruction in the Holocaust.[3]

For the commune with the same name in the same district, see Mărculești, Florești.
For other uses, see Mărculești (disambiguation).
Mărculești
Town
Mărculești
Coordinates: 47°52′7″N 28°14′51″E
CountryMoldova
DistrictFlorești District
Government
 • MayorIon Vîrlan (PCRM[1])
Area
 • Total5 km2 (2 sq mi)
Elevation
90 m (300 ft)
Population
 • Total1,396
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

In film and television

Filmmaker Matthew Mishory's 2015 documentary Absent was filmed in Mărculeşti, the site of a horrible atrocity in 1941 in which all of the village's Jews were massacred by the Romanian army.[4] The film introduces the current residents of Mărculeşti, some of who seem to be unaware (or unwilling to discuss) what happened.[5] Mishory's own grandparents lived in the village, escaping to Israel just before the start of the Holocaust. In an interview with Tablet, Mishory discussed the complex emotions of filming there: "The history of Mărculeşti and the Holocaust pose impossible intellectual and theological questions. All I can say is that my feelings about what happened in Mărculeşti are complicated. I remain a practicing Jew. And I also have serious doubts about human nature. I'm angry that people who live overlooking a killing field lie about their history. But I also have a lot of empathy for the current residents of the village and their difficult circumstances".[6] The film had its world premiere at the Astra Film Festival in Sibiu, Romania[7] and led to efforts to preserve Mărculeşti's abandoned Jewish cemetery.

References
  1. "Lista primarilor aleși în cadrul Alegerilor Locale Generale din 14 iunie 2015" (in Romanian). Central Election Commission of Moldova. 2015. Retrieved 2016-04-15.
  2. Results of Population and Housing Census in the Republic of Moldova in 2014: "Characteristics - Population (population by communes, religion, citizenship)" (XLS). National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Moldova. 2017. Retrieved 2017-05-01.
  3. "Markuleshty; Memorial to a Jewish Colony in Bessarabia (Marculesti), Moldova". www.jewishgen.org. Retrieved 2018-09-28.
  4. "Absent : A dark episode in Moldo-Romanian history". Cineuropa - the best of european cinema. Retrieved 2018-09-28.
  5. Eckerling, Debra L. (2018-05-16). "Moldovan Jews' Tragic History in 'Absent'". Jewish Journal. Retrieved 2018-09-28.
  6. "Now Streaming on Amazon, Masterful Documentary Captures the Haunting History of Moldovan Jews – Tablet Magazine". www.tabletmag.com. Retrieved 2018-09-28.
  7. "The 22nd Astra Film Festival kicks off". Cineuropa - the best of european cinema. Retrieved 2018-09-28.
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