2. Szilágynagyfalu Nuşfalău Szilágypér Pir Szilágysomlyó Şimleu Silvaniei Szinérváralja Seini Szolnok-Doboka Someş Szováta Sovata Szurdók Surduc Tasnád Tăşnad Teke Teaca Teles Teleiu Terep Trip Torda Turda Vámfalu Vama Váncsfalva Onceşti Vármezö Buciumi Visóoroszi Ruscova Zilah Zalău Zsibó Jibou ----- For <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Hungarian name <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> North Transylvanian localities referred to in this study, see Appendix The county and district names and boundaries referred to in this study are those <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Hungary <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> 1940- 1944. For a review <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> legislative acts enacted against <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Jews, c<strong>on</strong>sult The Politics <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Genocide. The Holocaust in Hungary, 2d ed. (New York: Columbia University Press, 1994), pp. 125-130, 151-160. (Referred to hereafter as Braham, Politics.) For some details, see Tamás Majsai, “The Deportati<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Jews from Csikszereda and Margit Slachta’s interventi<strong>on</strong> <strong>on</strong> Their Behalf” In: Studies <strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Holocaust in Hungary, Randolph L. Braham, ed. (New York: Columbia University Press, 1990), pp. 113-163. For details <strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Hungarian labor service system, see Braham, Politics, chapter 10. For details <strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> background and c<strong>on</strong>sequences <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Horthy-Hitler meeting at Schloss Klesheim, see ibid, chapter 11. For <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> English versi<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> decree, see ibid, pp. 573-75. Ibid., pp. 575-78. Order No. 6136/1944.VII.res. dated April 4, 1944. Ibid., pp. 578-79. For a sample <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> a mayoral order addressed to a local Jewish community see ibid. Ibid, chapter 29. Decree No. 1.440/1944.M.E. For details <strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> gendarmerie districts, see Braham, Politics, chapter 13. Decree No. 1.610/1944. M.E. The objective <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> decree, which was issued ten days after <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Jews <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Carpatho-Ru<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>nia were being rounded up, was camouflaged under <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> title "C<strong>on</strong>cerning <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Regulati<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Certain Questi<strong>on</strong>s Relating to <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Jews' Apartments and Living Places." For <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> minutes <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Council <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Ministers meeting <strong>on</strong> this issue, see Vádirat a nácizmus ellen
(Indictment <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Nazism). Il<strong>on</strong>a Benosch<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>sky and Elek Karsai, eds. (Budapest: A Magyar Izraeliták Országos Képviselete, 1958-1967), Vol. 1, pp. 241-44. For a sample, see <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> text <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> announcement issued by Mayor László Gyapay in Oradea. Braham, Politics, p. 629. For details <strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> resistance movements and <strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> attitudes and reacti<strong>on</strong>s <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Christian church leaders, see ibid., chapter 10. These figures do not include <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Jews <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Maramureş County and <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> some districts in <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> neighboring counties that were geographically parts <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Nor<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>rn Transylvania but administratively parts <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Gendarmerie District VIII. These Jews fell victim to <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> drive c<strong>on</strong>ducted in Carpatho-Ru<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>nia and nor<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>astern Hungary. See ibid., chapter 17. For details <strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> compositi<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Jewish Councils and <strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> German and Hungarian elements involved in <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> anti-Jewish drive in Nor<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>rn Transylvania, see ibid., pp. 626-52. For testim<strong>on</strong>ies presented by <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> prosecuti<strong>on</strong> in <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> 1946 trial <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>ficials involved in <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> implementati<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> final soluti<strong>on</strong> in Nor<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>rn Transylvania, see Randolph L. Braham, Genocide and Retributi<strong>on</strong>. The Holocaust in Hungarian-Ruled Nor<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>rn Transylvania. (Bost<strong>on</strong>: Kluwer-Nijh<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>f, 1983). (Cited hereafter as Braham, Genocide.) The basic source <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> this work was <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> judgment (May 31, 1946) in <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> 1946 trial that took place in Cluj. Ministerul Afacerilor Interne, Dos. Nr. 40029. Ancheta Abraham Iosif si altii (Dossier No. 40029. The Case <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Josif Abraham and O<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>rs). Vol. 1, Part II, pp. 891-1068. (See also secti<strong>on</strong> Crime and Punishment.). On <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> anti-Jewish campaign in Nor<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>rn Transylvania in general, see also United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washingt<strong>on</strong>, DC, Archives (Cited hereafter as USHMM, Archives), RG-25.004M, Reel 42, File 5, and Reel 94, File 23. Am<strong>on</strong>g <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>se were <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Jews <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Borşa, Ciucea, Gilău, Hida and Panticeu. Am<strong>on</strong>g <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Jews first assembled in Gherla were those <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> villages <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Aluniş, Băiţa, Beudiu, Buza, Chiochiş, Dârja, Fizeşu Gherlii, Icloda, Lacu, Livada, Lujerdiu, Manic, Mateiaş, Nasal, Pădureni, Pui, Sic, Sânnicoară şi Sânmartin. For details, see Braham, Politics, chapter 29. For fur<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>r details, see Braham, Genocide, pp. 24-27, 123-141. Am<strong>on</strong>g <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>se were <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> small Jewish communities <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Beclean, Beudiu, Bobâlna, Icloda, Ileanda, Lăpuş, Mica, Reteag, Şintereag, Urişor, and Uriu. Those assembled in Gherla were eventually transferred to <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> ghetto <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Cluj. See Braham, Genocide, pp. 27-29, 178-187. See also USHMM, Archives, RG-25.004M, Reel 52, File 2044; Reel 72, File 40027; Reels 89-90, File 40029.b. Am<strong>on</strong>g <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>se were <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Jews from <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> towns <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Crasna, Şimleu Silvaniei, Tăşnad, and Zalău. On Şimleu Silvaniei, see USHMM, Archives, RG-25.004M, Reels 90, 92 and 94 , File 40029. On Tăşnad, Reel 50, Files 1106, 30(502), and 422(666). Am<strong>on</strong>g <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>se were <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Jews from <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> towns <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Buciumi, Cehei, Cehu Silvaniei, Jibou, Nusfalau, Pir, Simleu Silvaniei, Supuru de Jos, Supuru de Sus, Surduc, Tasnad, and Zalau. For fur<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>r details, see Braham, Genocide, pp. 29-30, 162-178. For documentary sources <strong>on</strong> Carei, see USHMM, Archives, RG-25.004M, Reel40, File12; Reel 50, File 446(678), and Reel 51, File 1130(III). Am<strong>on</strong>g <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Jews c<strong>on</strong>centrated in <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Satu Mare ghetto were those Aleşd, Apa, Batiz, Bixad, Cărăşeu, Carei, Craidorolt, Copalnic Mănăştur, Lechinţa, Livada Mică, Medieşu Aurit, Micula, Mireşu Mare, Negreşti-Oaş, Oraşu Nou, Seini, Şomcuta Mare, Trip, Vama and Viile Satu Mare. On Bixad, see USHMM, Archives, RG-25.004M, Reel 51, File 852(I). On Negreşti-Oaş, Reel 49, File714 and Reel 50,
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