Photos

Pollák family shop

By the shop of Schaye's family in Vallendar (clothes)

István Róna front of his shop

Sándor Lazarovits front of the meet shop of the Orthodox Congregation

in the family owned shoe shop

In 1690, Orthodox Jews (primarily from Poland) began settling in Subcarpathia. By 1939, the Jewish community of Munkács made up half of the town’s population and maintained a vibrant life. It drastically changed with the introduction of discriminatory laws, ghettoization. After World War II, the remaining and diminished Jewish population of Subcarpathia faced even greater hardship due to the intensifying antisemitism.

In 1690, Orthodox Jews (primarily from Poland) began settling in Subcarpathia. By 1939, the Jewish community of Munkács made up half of the town’s population and maintained a vibrant life. It drastically changed with the introduction of discriminatory laws, ghettoization. After World War II, the remaining and diminished Jewish population of Subcarpathia faced even greater hardship due to the intensifying antisemitism.

in the shoe manufacturing studio

shoe maker front of his shop

in the shoe manufacturing studio

in the shoe manufacturing studio