Vera Aharon has translated the entire book except for several chapters that her cousin Robby Gati contributed. Since this book was not written or published by the survivors there will be inserts of additional material that Vera remembers. These will be marked by*.

A short note on the Hungarian special characters. These pages should be viewed by setting the browser character sets at Central European (Windows). This is done in view menu, character set on Netscape, encoding on Explorer.

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Introduction

Dunapentele, a small town in the district of Fejér, Hungary,  is about 70 km south of Budapest, 46° 59'   N  18° 56', and 50 km from Székesfehérvár, a larger city with the population of 3,981 (1941). What makes this particular book different from other Memorial books is the fact that it was not written by survivors, as there was only one survivor from those deported, but by the residents of Dunapentele, in memory of those that lived amoung them. Most of the contributions were made by residents who where young children and young adults at the time. They are short sketches almost like a glimpse into the past.  Part of the family of Vera Aharon ( a holocaust survivor from Budapest),  lived in this town. Her grandfather was the former Cantor.  As a child Vera remembers her summer visits to her grandparents, aunt, uncle, and cousin. We offer this translation as a memorial to those who are gone and a way of life that is no longer.

I feel that I should make an explanation about Hungarian names.When married the wife takes on her husbands title with the addition of the suffix né<. The equivalent of Mrs.Josef Cohen. On the headstones there is usually the maiden name as well.

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