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    STUDIA EUROPAEA - Issue no. 3 / 2008  
         
  Article:   THE CONTRIBUTION OF MAYOR TEODOR POPOVICIU (FROM VÂRCIOROG, BIHOR COUNTY) TO THE SALVATION OF JEWS FROM “CERTAIN DEATH” (1944).

Authors:  ANTONIO FAUR. 		 
       
         
  Abstract:  The aim of this paper is to reveal the actions carried out for saving the Hungarian Jews from deportation to the Nazi concentration camps (1944). Based on original documents, the paper presents the contribution of the mayor of Vârciorog (Bihor County), a village situated on the Romanian territory, close to the Hungarian-Romanian border, to this risky endeavour. Teodor Popoviciu succeeded in helping hundreds of the Jews to illegally cross the border, thus saving them from certain death. His deed was acknowledged in a document (see Appendix) by the chief rabbi of Arad, Ioachim Schreiber, himself a participant in the efforts to save the Jews.

Key words: Jews, salvation, frontier, Teodor Popoviciu, Bihor
  
         
     
         
         
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