Satu Mare, Romania

Jews of the Szatmar District
(Satu Mare, Romania)

47°48' / 22°53'

Translation of
Szatmár vármegye Zsidósága

Editor: Sándor Halmos

Published in Nyíregyháza 2008

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This is a translation of: Szatmár vármegye Zsidósága
(Jews of the Szatmar District), Editor: Sándor Halmos,
Publisher: Nyíregyháza: Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg Megyei Önkormányzat Levéltára, 2008 (Hu 164 pages)

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Translated by Alex Revai

Foreword 7

I. “For the dead the birds sing” 9

II. From the Hungarian Conquest [of the Carpathian Basin] till the Holocaust 11

1. The Hungarian Conquest, the era of the kings of the house of Arpad 11

2. On the rugged roads towards emancipation 14

    About Jewish education 18

    About the taxation [of the Jews] 22

    Settling [of the Jews] in [the] Szatmar [district] 24

    Emancipation, Assimilation 26

3. Jews in the War of Independence 32

4. What the [Birth, Marriage and Death] registries tell us 39

5. Sinister shadows following the “Honeymoon” 42

6. History in Numbers 48

III. The Holocaust 59

1. From the legislative tools to the Death-camps 59

    Party policies and the Jewish Question 61

    Government policies, legislations, measures 64

2. Forced Labor Battalions, deportations, ghettoes 68

3. After the Holocaust. 73

IV. The Jewry of Szatmar 75

1. Szátmarnémeti 75

    History of the Jewish Community 75

    [Famous] Jewish personalities 80

2. Nagykároly 85

3. Mátészalka 94

4. Nagybánya 110

5. Csenger 115

6. Village Registries 118

V. Appendix (List of Names) 141

VI. Epilogue 157

VII. References 159

Addendum – Lists extracted from the text

List of Towns*

Szatmar District Necrology

Mátészalka Necrology

Csenger: Names on Martyrs' Memorial

* Demographic information for each town from various time periods is given which may include deaths from WWI and WWII.
Deaths from WWII have been transcribed and are listed under the Szatmar District Necrology.

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Foreword	7

I. “For the dead the birds sing”	9

II. From the Hungarian Conquest [of the Carpathian Basin] till the Holocaust	11
1. The Hungarian Conquest, the era of the kings of the house of Arpad	11
2. On the rugged roads towards emancipation	14
About Jewish education	18
About the taxation [of the Jews]	22
Settling [of the Jews] in [the] Szatmar [district]	24
Emancipation, Assimilation	26
3. Jews in the War of Independence	32
4. What the [Birth, Marriage and Death] registries tell us	39
5. Sinister shadows following the “Honeymoon”	42
6. History in Numbers	48

III. The Holocaust	59
1. From the legislative tools to the Death-camps	59
Party policies and the Jewish Question	61
Government policies, legislations, measures	64
2. Forced Labor Battalions, deportations, ghettoes	68
3. After the Holocaust.	73

IV. The Jewry of Szatmar	75
1. Szátmarnémeti	75
History of the Jewish Community	75
[Famous] Jewish personalities	80
2. Nagykároly	85
3. Mátészalka	94
4. Nagybánya	110
5. Csenger	115
6. Village Registries	118

V. Appendix (List of Names)	141

VI. Epilogue	157

VII. References	159

Addendum – Lists extracted from the text
List of Towns*
Szatmar District Necrology
Mátészalka Necrology
Csenger: Names on Martyrs' Memorial

* Demographic information for each town from various time periods is given which may include deaths from WWI and WWII. Deaths from WWII have been transcribed and are listed under the Szatmar District Necrology.