Photos

Hashomer Hatzair Hungary, laundry day

Laundry during the agricultural training of the "Al HaChoma" Kibbutz in the city of Topoľčany. The training was disbanded in March 1942 with the beginning of the deportations to Poland. Tamar Lifta is on the left.With cooperation of Nadav Mann / Bitmuna

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.