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Nine Suitcases
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These nocturnal passenger trains in wartime have their own peculiar sounds. The deportation wagons have a way of screeching, like an eagle or a vulture—whereas this kind of train whines and groans as…

Contributor:

Béla Zsolt

Places:

Budapest, Hungary

Date:

1947

Subjects:

Holocaust, Antisemitism, Community, Violence, Memory

Categories:

Literature, Memoirs & Diaries
To Our Readers (of Magyar Zsidó Szemle)
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We are calling upon the Hungarian general public and especially our Jewish coreligionists to support a new undertaking. Our undertaking does not seek to compete with an existing one; rather, it…

Contributor:

Wilhelm Bacher, József Bánóczi

Places:

Budapest, Austro-Hungarian Empire (Budapest, Hungary)

Date:

1884

Subjects:

Jewish identity, Scholarship, Jewish languages, Education, Community

Categories:

Science & Philosophy, Journalism, Political Culture
Óbuda Synagogue
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The Óbuda Synagogue in Budapest is the oldest functioning synagogue in Hungary. The building was inaugurated in 1821. Its restrained, neoclassical aesthetic was consistent with popular architectural…

Contributor:

Andreas Landesherr

Places:

Pest-Buda, Austrian Empire (Budapest, Hungary)

Date:

1820–1821

Subjects:

Ashkenazi, Art, Synagogue, Cities, Community

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Decorative Arts, Architecture
Photograph of building exterior with five columns.