Istvánovits Eszter - Almássy Katalin (szerk.): A nyíregyházi Jósa András Múzeum Évkönyve 52. (Nyíregyháza, 2010)
Helytörténet - Bene János: A nagy gazdasági világválság hatásai Nyíregyházán
A nagy gazdasági világválság hatásai Nyíregyházán Nyíregyháza város Nyíregyháza város háztartása bíztató jelekkel mutat a kibontakozás felé. Nyírvidék 54: 32. 1933. február 9. 3. Szombaton Szombaton délután 5 órakor ünnepélyes keretek között nyitják meg a Sóstói strandfürdőt. Nyírvidék 53: 142. 1932. június 25. 1. Bene János Jósa András Múzeum Nyíregyháza H-4401 Pf. 57. e-mail: benejan@jam.nyirbone.hu Effects of the great economic world crisis in Nyíregyháza The town, which had been pushed back to the periphery from the former central position in result of the Trianon peace treaty, was affected by the great economic world crisis in a very disadvantageous situation. After a short upswing, Nyíregyháza had to face numerous unsolved problems from 1927. One of them, the most important one, was the increasing unemployment and impoverishment. Neither private nor public constructions, large investments took place. It was difficult to create opportunities for jobs in the bottle-neck industry of Nyíregyháza, which meant first of all building industry and processing industry. Together with the unemployed heads of families, the number the people who remained unprovided for increased and masses of peasants of farmsteads who became impoverished because of the declining marketing possibilities joined them. The leaders of the town sought a way out from this situation by relief work with state aid and the extension of various relief operations. The building of the airport, the cleaning and “re-organisation” of the Sóstó lake and then the construction of the nationally famous open-air cold pool were accomplished in the early 1930’s with relief work, and relief workers - mostly craftspeople - worked in a few investments of the treasury and the town especially in the construction of the Damjanich barracks. Within relief operations, free dinners, food and fuel were distributed among the distressed people and families. Nevertheless, relief work could not solve the problem. It mostly meant only temporary, short-term jobs. The town of Nyíregyháza finally found the way out of the crisis in the economic boom that started in the late 1930’s. János Bene Jósa András Museum Nyíregyháza H-4401 Pf. 57. e-mail: benejan@jam.nyirbone.hu 319
