These were district organs of Romanian executive power that functioned from 1941-44 in the occupied territory included in the newly-created Governorate of Transnistria. They were headed by praetors and subordinate to their respective county prefectures ; and in turn held jurisdiction over village and city primarias. The preturas’ functions included, among other things, the organizing of ghettos.
Pretura Raionului Varvarovca