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Volunteers from the JewishGen Hungarian SIG created this database in loving memory of the Holocaust victims in the areas of pre-Trianon Hungary.  The database lists more than 17,500 martyrs whose names are recorded on Holocaust memorials in 28 communities in present-day Hungary, Romania, Slovakia, and Ukraine.

Let the words on the memorials speak for those lost to us . . .

REMEMBER

Our dear brethren who gave their lives in
sanctification of the Divine Name.
Shed a tear, say a prayer for the dear mothers and
fathers, for their innocent children, for the families extinguished.
Only YOU, who have survived the great destruction, can
say Kaddish for them.
May their dear memory be blessed.

-- Kisvárda, Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg, Hungary

For these things I weep; my eye, my eye runs down with water, because the comforter that should relieve
my soul is far from me; my children are desolate. Lamentations 1:16.
"In flame they covered your sanctuary -- they humbled the house of your name to the ground" Psalm 74:17

-- Nyiregyhaza, Hungary

Information on the Memorials:

Holocaust memorials generally only list names, titles, and descriptions of family members.  The following are translations of some of the descriptions used on these memorials:

1. És neje – and his wife
2. És Férje – and her husband
3. És gyermeke – and children
4. És Csaladja (also és cs.) – and family
5. És fia – and son
6. És leánya – and daughter
7. Özv. – abbreviation for özvegy, which means widow
8. a celá rodina – and family (in Slovak)

In Hungarian, the suffix "né" is added to the husband’s first name to indicate Mrs., e.g. "Grünwald Lajosné" means "Mrs. Lajos Grünwald". 

Some occupations are also listed on memorials, including:

1. Alelnňk – Vice President
2. Elnňk – President
3. Förabbi – Head rabbi
4. Gondnok – caretaker
5. Kántor – Cantor
6. Fökántor – Head cantor
7. tanító – Instructor (man)
8. tanítónő – Instructor (woman)

Further information on occupation names in Hungarian can be found in the Hungarian Occupations InfoFile.

Creation of the Database:

The Project Coordinator for this database was Carol Robinson, H-SIG Research Coordinator.  The database was assembled by volunteers from the JewishGen Hungarian SIG (H-SIG), serving as transcribers and validators.  Often the names were transcribed from photographs of the memorials taken during visits to ancestral towns.  The transcribers and validators approached this task with respect and made every effort to enter all names on the memorials accurately.  Please report any errors or volunteer to provide transcriptions and/or photos of other memorials to Carol Robinson, H-SIG Research Coordinator at caroljr@alamedanet.net.

Click on the links below to see images of the memorials (if available).

Database Format:

The fields displayed in this database are:

• Town, Megye, Country: The name of the town of residence during World War II; the megye (county), and country containing the town pre-Trianon.
• Name: Surname and Given Name of the individual.
• Memorial: Information about the memorial and its location.
• Image: If available, we have linked an image of the name on the memorial.
• Memorial Town, Megye, Country: The current name of the town where the memorial is located; the current megye (county) of Hungarian towns and the current region of Slovakian towns or their Romanian or Ukrainian equivalent; the current country of the town where the memorial is located.
• Comments: We used this field to list other available information that the transcriber chose to transcribe, for example titles or names before marriage.

Transcription Rules:

Names from the Holocaust memorials were entered exactly as they appeared on the original memorial.  If the name was abbreviated, it was transcribed exactly as abbreviated.  No changes were made in the spellings of the name, either.  Some but not all transcriptions included diacritical marks (the little accent marks used above certain letters).

Records in the database:

The database currently contains 17,468 records, as follows:

Town Name Before WWII	Current Town and Country	Donor / Transcriber	Number of Names
Albertsira	Albertsira, Hungary	Oblath András	116
Baja	Baja, Hungary	Peter Bakos / Ava Gorkin	1,350
Debrecen	Debrecen, Hungary	Orsolya Levai	146
Drégelypalánk	Drégelypalánk, Hungary	Esther Levinson	62
Eger	Eger, Hungary	Jerry Zeisler	734
Érmihályfalva	Valea lui Mihai, Romania	Fran Meng	36
Érsekújvár	Nové Zámky, Slovakia	Lang Tomás	2,453
Heves	Heves, Hungary	Ava Gorkin / Carol Robinson	349
Kisvárda	Kisvárda, Hungary	Peter Spiro / Carol Robinson	1,223
Mád	Mád, Hungary	Diane M. Rabson	333
Mezöberény	Mezöberény, Hungary	Norbert Diekmann	151
Mezöcsát	Mezöcsát, Hungary	Drs. Joseph and Ida Schwartz / Ava Gorkin	608
Miskolc	Miskolc, Hungary	Margarita Lacko	709
Mosonmagyaróvár	Mosonmagyaróvár, Hungary	Henry Wellisch	474
Nagykanizsa	Nagykanizsa, Hungary	Orsolya Levai / Ava Gorkin	2,029
Nagy-Kapos	Vel'ké Kapusany, Slovakia	Amos Zezmer / Carol Robinson	87
Nagy Károly	Carei, Romania	Agnes and Peter Grossinger	1,828
Nagy-Várad	Oradea, Romania	Fran Meng	19
Nyíregyháza	Nyíregyháza, Hungary	Lynn Saul	1,178
Pincehely	Pincehely, Hungary	Ujlaki Gyorgy	163
Szentes	Szentes, Hungary	Ujlaki Gyorgy	379
Tab	Tab, Hungary	Gila Miriam Chait	241
Tatabánya	Tatabánya, Hungary	Oblath András	215
Tiszakerecseny	Tiszakerecseny, Hungary	Erica Wiesel	36
Trencín	Trencín, Slovakia	Paul A. Strassman	1,561
Túrkeve	Túrkeve, Hungary	Elizabeth Green	62
Túrkeve	Túrkeve, Hungary	Elizabeth Green	345
Újfehértó	Újfehértó, Hungary	Peter Winter	441
Ungvár	Uzhhorod, Ukraine	Vivian Kahn / Carol Robinson	86

We offer our sincere thanks to the transcribers and validators, as without their donation of time and effort this database would not exist.  We also thank Jacob Michel, Erica Wiesel, and Judy Petersen for their help with Hebrew translations and Dr. Peter Hidas, Tom Klein and Pete Grossinger for help with Hungarian translations.  We also thank the support team from JewishGen: Warren Blatt, Michael Tobias and Joyce Field.

Notes on Searching the Database:

The Hungarian Holocaust Memorials Database can be searched via either the JewishGen All Hungary Database or JewishGen Holocaust Database interfaces.

In addition to the usual search of surnames and towns, you can use the "Global Text Search" of all fields to find all entries for a particular county (megye) or given name.

If you are searching for a hyphenated town name or county, you must enter only the name before the hyphen or after the hyphen, but not both.  At this time, the search engine is not capable of handling hyphenated names. JewishGen technicians are working on this problem.

Last Update: 2 Sep 2005   WSB
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