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3. Sárkány Miklós, druggist. He was born in 1914 in Szatmárnémeti. At first, on the Ham Janos Street then on the Kazinczy Street he had a drugstore. During the war he was in labor camp. He took part in the city cultural life and was a successful concert performer. He died in 1997 in San Francisco.
Opticians 1. József Katz, optician, was born in 1921 and died during deportation. 2. Artúr Markovits, optician, was born in 1909. He got acquainted with this profession in 1923, at the age of 14, while he was still a secondary school student. When in possession of an optician degree, he opened his own business. After the nationalization he became manager of the Kazinczy Street pharmacy belonging to the Máramaros Pharmaceutical Company, a position that he filled until the day of his retirement (The Máramaros Pharmaceutical Company comprised all pharmacies and optical stores of both Szatmár and Máramaros counties). Artúr Markovits’s workshop offered optician qualification to many young people, Jewish or Christian. Several members of the Markovits family learned the profession from him: his younger sister, Lili Markovits, his brother-in-law, Ali Marksamer, their daughter, Zsuzsa Meerbaum, his younger brother, Ernő Markovits and the latter’s wife. Artúr Markovits died on April 14, 1982 and was buried in the Szatmárnémeti Orthodox Cemetery. His son, Péter, is an active member of the Szatmárnémeti Jewish Community, and his daughter, Ani, lives in Israel.
3. Ernő Markovits, optician, learned the profession from his elder brother, Artúr Markovits. He immigrated to Israel and died in Herzlia.