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Original printed poster on green paper. With the coat of arms of Budapest. Issued by the Mayor of Capital City of Budapest. Ca. 65 × 100 cm. Official poster details the final list of buildings on the Buda side designated for Jewish residency during the Holocaust. Following the German occupation of Hungary in March 1944, Budapest implemented a unique method of ghettoization by assigning specific "yellow-star houses" instead of creating a traditional ghetto. These houses, marked with a yellow star at the entrance, became the compulsory residences for nearly 220,000 Jews in Budapest. Initially, a larger number of houses were designated for Jewish residency, but a subsequent decree on June 16, detailed in this poster, significantly reduced these locations. This reduction was part of a revised plan to concentrate the Jewish population into fewer buildings, primarily in central areas. In addition to controlling and concentrating the Jewish population, it appears that part of the plan was to use these buildings and their Jewish inhabitants as indirect human shields during Allied bombing campaigns. The Buda side experienced a far greater reduction in the number of houses allocated for Jewish residency compared to the Pest side. Of the original list, 374 buildings were removed in Buda with only 2 new addresses added, while in Pest, 480 buildings were deleted but 145 were added. The decree specified that Jews must move into these houses by June 24, 1944, and that the houses be marked with a yellow star. Non-Jewish residents who remained in these buildings were required to display a sign stating "Itt nem laknak zsidók!" ("No Jews Living Here!") on their front doors, using an official form provided by the authorities. The process was meticulously detailed to ensure that only non-Jewish residents could obtain and display this sign. The use of these yellow-star houses continued until November 1944, when, following the Arrow Cross takeover, Jews were relocated to a formal ghetto. Ákos Farkas, the mayor responsible for implementing these decrees, fled Hungary in late 1944 and was later extradited and sentenced for war crimes. Literature: Karsai, E.; Karsai L. (eds.): Vádirat a nácizmus ellen. Dokumentumok a magyarországi zsidóüldözés történetéhez. Vol. 4. 1944. október 15.1945. január 18. Budapest: Balassi, 2014. p. 88. . Folded. In very good condition. Original printed poster on green paper. With the coat of arms of Budapest. Issued by the Mayor of Capital City of Budapest.

Original printed poster. With the coat of arms of Budapest. Issued by the Mayor of the Capital City of Budapest. 32 × 48 cm. Withdrew of the licence of the Jewish taxi drivers and transporters, the taxi and transport companies. Ákos Farkas was the mayor during the most difficult time for the Jewry of Budapest. He decreed numerous anti-semitic edicts and he was very active in the ghettoization of the Jews in Budapest that started in November 1944. As the Red Army approached Budapest, Farkas fled to Germany in late December, 1944. He was captured by the US troops and as war criminal extradited to Hungary in 1946. He was sentence 10 years imprisonment, he died in the prison in 1955. . Tanned due to acidic paper. Folded once. Small tears to edges. Overall in good condition. Original printed poster. With the coat of arms of Budapest. Issued by the Mayor of the Capital City of Budapest.

Original printed poster. With the coat of arms of Budapest. Signed in print by the Deputy Mayor of Capital City of Budapest. 315 × 475 mm. Order of the Deputy Mayor regarding the compulsory report of the stocks and other properties in Jewish possession. The so-called "redistribution of the Jewish properties on social basis" in Hungary has not started until the German occupation in 1944 March. The first statute about deportation was issued on April 7, 1944 and it contained orders regarding the deportees' properties too, that should be confiscated. The second act was on April 16, no. 1600/1944 referred in this appeal about the "aryanization of commerce and industry", which stated that the Jews must report their properties over 10.000 Hungarian Peng? (exchange rate on June 30, 1944: 1 USD = 33.51 Peng?), and to deposit it in banks. Any sales and purchase contacts before March 22, 1944 declared vacate to avoid worth saving. The bank-accounts belonging to Jews were blocked, they received new passbooks issued with a printed Star of David on them. The other statute this appeal refers to is the 1290/1944 enacted on May 26, ordains the banks to open their safe-deposits to inspect if there is any hidden "Jewish stocks" and other properties. Dr. Bódy calls the banks to report about all the Jewish possessions that they could find until June 16, 1944. Scarce document of the legal and financial background of the Hungarian Holocaust. [Ref.: Ungváry, K.: Nagy jelent?ség? szociálpolitikai akció" adalékok a zsidó vagyon begy?jtéséhez és elosztásához Magyarországon 1944-ben. In.: Évkönyv / 1956-os Magyar Forradalom Történetének Dokumentációs és Kutató Intézete. 10. Budapest, 2002. pp. 287321.] . Tanned due to acidic paper. Folded once. Two small tears at upper and lover edges. Overall in fine condition. Original printed poster. With the coat of arms of Budapest. Signed in print by the Deputy Mayor of Capital City of Budapest.