A house in Sarmas in which Romanians and Jews were tortured by Hungarians during the Sarmas pogrom.

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Overview

Caption: A house in Sarmas in which Romanians and Jews were tortured by Hungarians during the Sarmas pogrom.

Sarmas, located in Transylvania along the Hungarian border, had a Jewish population of only 126 in 1944. When the Hungarian Army occupied Sarmas on 5 September 1944, the population of the town pillaged all the Romanian and Jewish homes in Sarmas. On September 8th, the Jews were ordered to mark their homes with a yellow Star of David, whereafter they were rounded-up by Hungarian peasants from the town. The Jews were taken to the courtyard of a Romanian construction foreman, beaten severely, and then forced to work. On September 16th, 20 Jewish men were selected to dig mass graves. That evening, the 126 Jews of Sarmas were killed and buried.
Date: Circa 1944 September 16
Locale: Sarmas, [Cluj] Romania
Variant Locale: Sarmasu
Nagysarmas
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Muzeul National de Istorie al Romaniei

Photo Source: Muzeul National de Istorie al Romaniei

Copyright: Public Domain

Keyword: ATROCITIES EXTERIORS HOMES (PRIVATE JEWISH) JEWS POGROMS POGROMS (SARMAS)
Photo Designation: NAZI SATELLITE STATES -- Romania -- JEWS -- Pogroms -- Sarmas