Directory: Jews who were deported from Szeged to Auschwitz and Strasshof in June 1944

Scope and content

Contains:

List of Jews who were deported within three days from Szeged (Hungary) to Auschwitz and Strasshof on June 25, 27, and 28, 1944. The names are listed in alphabetical order.

There were 4,161 Jews living in Szeged in 1941. After the German occupation (March 19, 1944), the Jews were confined to a ghetto with the Jews from surrounding villages. On June 25, 27, and 28, 1944, the Szeged ghetto was liquidated. Three trains, containing approximately 8,500 people, departed from Szeged, Hungary. The first train went to Auschwitz where most of the people were murdered. The second train was uncoupled, with half going to Auschwitz and half ending at the Strasshof Labor Camp outside of Vienna. The third train went to Strasshof, where some of the people survived.
The content information regarding deportations from Szeged, was written by Dóra Pataricza (Archive of the Szeged Jewish Community / Szegedi Zsidó Archívum).

Notes for understanding the list with regard to marital status and gender-specific marking of surnames in Hungarian: If two names are listed under one birth date, the registered person is either a married woman (1) or a widowed woman (2):

1) If the deportee is a married woman, the full name of her husband is found directly above her first name and maiden name, with the suffix né appended to his first name. This form of mentioning the husband's name (first name ending in né) serves solely to define the wife's marital status. Consequently, it cannot be deduced from this whether the husband concerned was also deported from Szeged. The other data listed (including date and place of birth, other relatives, profession, last place of residence) therefore also refer exclusively to the woman. If the husband was also listed as a deportee, information about his person is recorded in a separate place on the list (first name without the ending né).

2) If the abbreviation "özv." is also found in front of the husband's name (also here: first name ending in né) this means that the woman concerned is widowed.
See: https://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Holocaust/0088_Dej.html

Existence and location of originals

Archive of the Szeged Jewish Community / Szegedi Zsidó Archívum
https://szegedjewisharchive.org/en/the-archive-of-the-szeged-jewish-community/