russian conquerors saw them as good jews catherine the great grand of the car it's the same civil rights as the native russian population. during the german occupation of crimea in the second world war that status meant the car ites were largely spared the persecution that their fellow jews suffered during the holocaust . and says mobile killing units murdered almost all of the crimea's other jewish inhabitants the reemergence of a jewish community in the region is nothing short of remarkable. the fact that crimean jews recently acquired russian citizenship doesn't seem to bother anyone here on the contrary. the look on plenty look at us that is