Sàndor (Alexandru) Ausch
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Sàndor (Alexandru) Ausch (February 2, 1922 - January 22, 2014),[1] served as the secretary [2] (and later, president) [3] of the Jewish Community from Târgu Mureș.
He has been recognized by various governments for his work leading and support the Jewish community in Târgu Mureș and throughout the rest of Transilvania, including with one knight hood from each of the governments of Romania ("Ordinul "Meritul Industrial și Comercial": în grad de Cavaler", Orders, decorations, and medals of Romania), awarded by Romanian president Traian Basescu on the anniversary of "Zilei Holocaustului" (Holocaust Day),[4] on October 8, 2009,[5][6][7] and Hungary - Knight of the Hungarian Order of Merit, granted by the László Sólyom to Sándor Ausch on March 15, 2007.[8][9]
Biography[edit]
Born in Deva on Feb 2, 1922, Sandor was educated in Deva, Târgu Mureș and Cluj-Napoca. During WWII, he spent approximately 2 years at a labor camp in Tasnad. Following an escape, he was imprisoned by Russian forces and kept for 4 years - 2 years on the Crimean peninsula, and 2 years in Odessa.[1]
He was recognized for his efforts as an active member and leader of the Jewish community in Targu Mures, with active contributions spanning 1984-2011 (including as president/chairman between 2005 and 2011), remaining involved part time as Honorary Chairman past his retirement in 2011 [1]
Statue by Marton Iszak[edit]
Inaugurated in May 2003, Sàndor fundraised for and lobbied for the creation of a holocaust memorial statue, based on designs from Márton Izsák.[10]
Renovations/restoration of Transilvanian synagogues[edit]
Working closely with Bernath Sauber his best friend and the then president of the community, Sàndor championed, fundraised for and oversaw the renovation work performed between 1998 - 2000 on the Status Quo Ante Synagogue (Târgu Mureș).[2] In his capacity, variously, as councilor, secretary and eventually president and chairman of the local community (with Teodor Schwartz as vice president),[11] he also saved from demolition and then rehabilitated synagogues in Târnăveni, Gheorgheni and Sighișoara.[1]
As one of the few remaining community members who remembered the required rituals, Sàndor officiated various high holidays in the synagogue - at first, alternating with his old friend Bernath Sauber, and, after Bernath's passing, performing the ceremonies and rituals on his own.[12] He continuously acted as a public face for the regional community, serving as a public facing source of historical perspective on anniversaries and events related to the local Jewish community.[13][14][15][1][16] As a result, the non-Jewish, larger community of the city, often referred to Sandor as the "rabi" [17]
Târgu Mureș Trust[edit]
The Târgu Mureș Trust is a Scottish charity fund established in the year 2000 by Ethne Woldman.[18][19] As part of his duties with the local community, Sàndor helped (as part of a larger committee of 3 trustees) administer and oversee the distribution of payments from the fund - providing social and community assistance (subsidies for cost of rent, glasses, food and medicine [20]) to as many as 200 former inmates of Auschwitz and other Nazi death camps. He also acted as host and guide for occasional visitors from Glasgow and elsewhere, touring and providing historical context for local remnants of the Holocaust.[21]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Death Announcement". 2014-01-22. Archived from the original on 2014-09-11.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 TÂRGU MUREȘ INAUGURAREA SINAGOGII RESTAURATE anul 2000 (in Hungarian and Romanian). TVR Cluj. 2000. Archived from the original on 2022-03-11. Retrieved 2022-07-25. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help)CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link) - ↑ Brown, Annie (2010-09-04). "How concentration camp survivor Leopold Karpelesz came face-to-face with his own Buchenwald photo". Archived from the original on 25 July 2022. Retrieved 25 July 2022. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Distincţii acordate cu ocazia Zilei Holocaustului". gov.ro (in română). 2009-10-08.
- ↑ "Basescu i-a decorat pe membrii Comisiei "Elie Wiesel"". Ziare.com (in română). 2009-10-08.
- ↑ "DECRET nr. 1.457 din 8 octombrie 2009". legislatie.just.ro. MONITORUL OFICIAL nr. 681 din 9 octombrie 2009. Retrieved 2022-07-29.
Se conferă Ordinul Meritul Industrial şi Comercial în grad de Cavaler: ... domnului Alexandru Ausch, preşedinte al Comunităţii Evreilor Târgu Mureş;
- ↑ Holocaust 1940-1945. 2009. p. 75. ISBN 978-606-92171-1-5. Search this book on
- ↑ "Event library the Jewish-related chronicle of 2007" (PDF). Hungarian Jewish Museum and Archives. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-01-02. Retrieved 2022-07-25. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "(translated)László Sólyom gave his celebratory speech in front of a full house in Cluj Napoca" (PDF) (Press release) (in magyar). KÖZTÁRSASÁGI ELNÖKI HIVATAL (Office of the president of the republic). 2007-03-14.
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2022-07-25. Retrieved 2022-07-25. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help)CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link) - ↑ "67 de ani de la deportarea evreilor din Transilvania de Nord" (PDF). Realitatea Evreieasca (in română). Archived from [/https://www.jewishfed.ro/downloads/realitatea/RE364-365.pdf the original] Check
|url=value (help) (PDF) on 2022-04-07. - ↑ Galambos, Eva (30 Nov 2009). "Fata in Fata!" (PDF). Realitatea Evreieasca. Târgu Mureş. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 July 2022. Retrieved 25 July 2022. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Russu, Valeriu (2006-11-06). "Noaptea de Cristal". Adevarul (in română).
- ↑ Ioana, Florea (2007-04-20). "Statistica evreilor din judetul muresh". Cuvantul liber. Archived from the original on 2007-12-15.
- ↑ "Filonul evreiesc al Mureșului". Ziarul de Mures (in română). 2009-09-29.
- ↑ "COLEGIUL DEMOCRATIEI – EDITIA A IX-A – CALENDARUL ACTIVITATILOR". September 2002.
Comemorare Kristallnacht. (Vizita la Sinagoga, Scoala Gen. nr.4), Prezentarea evenimentelor din 1938 — Ausch Alexandru
- ↑ "HOTARÂREA nr. 222 din 5 iulie" (PDF). tirgumures.ro/. CONSILIUL LOCAL MUNICIPAL TÎRGU MURES. 2007-07-05. Retrieved 2022-07-28.
Comunitatea Evreiulor .... Persoana de contact: Rabin: Alexandru Ausch
- ↑ Brown, Annie (27 January 2010). "How a caring Scot came to rescue of Auschwitz survivors". Archived from the original on 27 October 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2022. Unknown parameter
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Holocaust Education: Promise, Practice, Power and Potential. 2017. p. 176. ISBN 1317297229. Search this book on
edited by E. Doyle Stevick, Deborah L. Michaels
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2022-07-25. Retrieved 2022-07-25. Unknown parameter
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