Hungary Hungarian WW2 Soldbuch to Jewish man

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It took me me some time to realize this Soldbuch was special.

On the first page it mentions religion - in this case it says ISR - so somebody of the Jewish faith.

On another pagy you can see he was part of a Military Labour Unit.

In the beginning of the war these units were seen as a big risk of dying (especially by the Jewish who could no longer be in regular units). Later in the war it was seen as one of the few ways not to be deported so a chance of surviving.

By the looks of this booklet this is one of those persons. He joined in 1943 and the booklet is filled up to March 1945 which makes it very probable that he survived the entire war!

So I bought it as regular Soldbuch but it indeed was a rare find!

Regards, Erik

Edited August 23, 2012 by Nick