The Shoah (1939–1945)
Deportation of the Jews of Lendava
avril 1944·Lendava
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The Jewish families of Lendava, placed under Hungarian administration with the rest of Prekmurje, are gathered then deported with those of the neighbouring region.
Lendava, at the eastern edge of Prekmurje, was home to an ancient Jewish community, predominantly mercantile, with a synagogue and a cemetery. When the province was annexed to Hungary, it fell under the racial laws of Budapest, which stripped it of its businesses and rights without resorting to deportation. For three years, the community lived in dispossession. When German troops entered Hungary, the machinery was set in motion: in the spring, the families of Lendava were gathered together with those of neighboring towns, held in a ghetto, then led to the convoys leaving the province. Almost none returned, and the community ceased to exist.
- Period :
- The Shoah (1939–1945)
- Type :
- Shoah
- Region :
- Central and Eastern Europe
- Country :
- Slovénie
Jaša Romano, *Jevreji Jugoslavije* ; Randolph Braham, *The Politics of Genocide* ; Zvi Loker (dir.), *Pinkas Hakehillot Yugoslavia*, Yad Vashem.