A lakások, irodák és üzlethelyiségek fütésére tárolt tüzelöanyagkészletek bejelentése és a nagyobb készletek záe alá vétele (Declaration of fuel stocks stored for heating apartments, offices and business premises and insurance of larger stocks)
Budapest: Dr. Kállay Albert, 15th of November, 1944. First edition. Loose leaf. Double Elephant Folio (24 3/4 x 18 1/2" folded twice). Original salmon poster with black lettering. Issued by the Mayor of Budapest as Government Commissioner for Public Services on November 15, 1944. No. 506.480/1944-XV.
Announcement regarding the confiscation of heating supplies for the Jewish population in so-called "Yellow Star Houses" relating to apartments, offices and retail spaces. The supplies in these locations are to be redistributed among the non-Jewish residents in the neighborhood. In apartments and stores Jewish citizens were forced out of to live in the "Yellow Star Houses" the "Air Raid Commander" of each building if obligated to report the amount of the remaining heating supplies to the Mayor who then will decide about the redistribution. In addition, the duties of landlords and owners regarding heating supplies are specifically regulated. Finally, penal provisions for citizens in contempt of these orders are announced, including monetary fines and imprisonment for up to one year.
Ákos Farkas was the Mayor of Budapest during the most difficult time for its Jewry. Farkas decreed numerous anti-Semitic edicts and was active in the ghettoization of the Jews in Budapest starting in the month of November 1944. When the Red Army approached Budapest, Farkas fled to Germany in late December of 1944. There he was captured by US troops and extradited as a war criminal to Hungary in 1946. Farkas was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment. He dies in prison in 1955. Text in Hungarian. Minor wear along edges of poster. near fine. Item #41662
Price: $2,750.00