Siegendorf Explained

Siegendorf
Pushpin Map:Austria Burgenland#Austria
Pushpin Mapsize:270
Pushpin Map Caption:Location within Austria
Coordinates:47.7833°N 48°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Burgenland
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Eisenstadt-Umgebung
Parts Style:para
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Rainer Porics
Elevation M:176
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:CET
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset:+1
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:7011
Area Code Type:Area code
Website:www.siegendorf.at

Siegendorf (Croatian: '''Cindrof''', Hungarian: '''Cinfalva''') is a town in the district of Eisenstadt-Umgebung in the Austrian state of Burgenland.

History

During World War II, a forced labor camp staffed by Hungarian Arrow Cross guards forced Jewish men from northern Transylvania located in Hungarian-occupied Romania, was located in Siegendorf. Nearly all of the inmates were executed by the Hungarian guards as the Soviet liberation forces were approaching when the guards pretended to want to march the Jewish inmates to an unknown location. Very few prisoners survived. Almost none of them documented their experience at this camp except one former inmate who incorrectly claims to be the "sole" survivor. Bear in mind, many survivors were not articulate and did not care to memorialize this experience in writing. But they have passed their experience along via their children and/or grandchildren. The Jewish slaves at the Siegendorf Camp were enslaved in a local gold mine.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: ASV Rasporak po prvi put dobitnik Hrvatskoga nogometnoga kupa. hr. hrvatskenovine.at. Hrvatske novine. 6 June 2013. 17 October 2023.