Solomon Armin (1 results)

Original illustrated stiff paper wrappers, 16mo (pocket-sized), [8] pages. Identity booklet for Armin Solomon, a Jewish man, of Satu-Mare Romania, filled out with photo and official stamps in 1940, the year of re-annexation of Satu-Mare by fascist Hungary. Text in Romanian. Cover translates as, ?Registration Form for the Population Office.? The booklet includes a dashing three-quarter ID photo of a non-religious Solomon and shows his age (44), profession (freight forwarder), marital status (married), place of birth (?Corrie??), Date of birth (1895), hair (chestnut), forehead (?), eyebrows, nose (?normal?!), beard (shaven), face (oval), complexion (brunette), particularities (?large?). Satu Mare was part of Hungary until World War I and again between 1940 and 1944. Jews first appeared there toward the early eighteenth century? In 1715, however, when Satu Mare became a royal town, their influx came to a halt and Jews who had arrived earlier were expelled?.Jews did not begin to resettle until the 1820s. Jewish arrivals accelerated?by 1910 to 7,194 (representing?20.6% of the total population,.). By 1941, there were 12,960 Jews in Satu Mare?24.9 percent of the total number of residents? In 1920, Eliezer D?vid Gr?nwald became Satu Mare?s chief rabbi, and thus strengthened the original Ashkenazic movement. His yeshiva was attended by 400 students and was one of the largest in the region. In the 1920s, there were several Zionist organizations in Satu Mare (Mizra?i was especially strong) as well as a B?nai B?rith Concordia Lodge. In 1928, however, Rebbe Yo?el Teitelbaum, an ardent traditionalist and anti-Zionist, took over the position of chief rabbi, ensuring that the influence of Hasidism would increased again. Between 1920 and 1936, Aharon Roth, another well-known Hasidic rebbe, was active in the city; he was the founder of the Toldot Aharon community in Jerusalem. Satu Mare was reannexed to Hungary in 1940. Laws drastically restricting the economic activities and civil rights of Jews were implemented by the new administrative authorities. On 26 April 1944, a ghetto was set up in a section of the town bordered by Zr?nyi, Petofi, and B?thory streets. About 18,000 Jews were forced into this area from Szatm?rn?meti and its surrounding villages. They were transported to Auschwitz between 19 May and 1 June? (USMMM). Light wear, about Very Good Condition. (B) (Holo2-163-13-'LG).