[Plea for synagogue repair in Dunajska Streda (Hungarian: Dunaszerdahely)

Steiner, Rabbi Josef

Published by Czechoslovakia, 1948

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A large sheet, in acid free Mylar envelope. It is half in Hebrew, half in Slovak, dated 30 August 1948, with a photo of the bombed synagogue in Dunajka Streda. The writer, Rabbi Josef Steiner appeals for a donation from fellow Jews to help repair the synagogue, built by Rabbi Juda Aszadom. The synagogue was not repaired and was eventually torn down. Of the few Jewish inhabitants who survived the death camps a handful returned to the town. The rest of the survivors settled in Israel and elsewhere. The few remaining Jews who did return to live in Serdahely, as it was called by Jews, intermarried local Christians. "Zid. Nab. Obec. Dunajska Stread. Spoluveriaci! Jedna z mnohych nabozenskych obci, ktore boy postihnute krutym isudom sa obracia na vas a prosebnym volanim, pomahajte! V nedavno uplynulych casoch, ked krviprelievanie . . . [= Fellow believers, we appeal to you for help. . .]. Translation of a very small segment from the Hebrew: With the help of the Almighty, the Jewish community of Dunajska Streda. . . we ask you to hear our pleas. . . the great synagogue built by the great Rabbi Yehuda Assad was damaged in 1944 . . . see the photo below. . . help us rebuild it . . August 30, 1948. Rabbi Yosef Eliyahu HaCohen Steiner and the directors of the congregation. Dunajská Streda (Hungarian: Dunaszerdahely) (Danube = Dunaj Streda = middle = middle of the Danube or middle of the week, since in Medieval times had a permit to hold a fair on Wednesdays) Dunajská Streda is located on the so-called Rye Island A town of c. 15.000 inhabitants in Trnava region, c. 30 km southeast of Bratislava. It has 23.236 inhabitants (83.3% Hungarian; 1990 census). The town was in the Pozsony (in Slovakian: Prešporok) County of the Kingdom of Hungary to 1919/1920 (Czechoslovakian occupation / Treaty of Trianon). 1920-1938 part of Czechoslovakia 1938-1944 part of Hungary (after the Decision of Vienna). The Treaty of Paris (1947) reallocated it to Czechoslovakia. Seller Inventory # 007984

Bibliographic Details

Title: [Plea for synagogue repair in Dunajska ...

Publisher: Czechoslovakia

Publication Date: 1948

Binding: No Binding

Condition: Very Good