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The following record lists the names of the family members in alphabetical order by families. No written documents survived with respect to members of the synagogue. The police and gendarmerie had kept a record of people of Jewish descent who did not belong to the synagogue, but these records have vanished. We used any written source available to us, but most of the information presented here was collected from survivors. The list contains close to 180 families and approximately 400 individuals. It is possible that there were more people of Jewish descent in mixed marriages or converted persons who would have been considered Jewish according the Laws Against Jews before World War II, about whom the contributors of this list did not have knowledge.

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ÁKOS	Sándor Dr., lawyer and wife Ilona Fuchs, First World War veteran captain. Original name Adler, they were converted. Two sons, Pál physician, Péter lawyer, both sons survived.
AMBRUS	Sándor pharmacist, his wife Flóra survived in Budapest.
AUSPITZ	Ferenc, WWI disabled, wife Christian, they were not deported. They have three children. Lajos lives in Israel, retired Lt. colonel, has 3 children and 6 grandchildren. György hungaricized his name to Ajtai, lives in Monor, has a soft drinks company, Wife Marika, son Zsolt. The third sibling, the divorced Erzsébet (Cöce) lives with them.
BAKONDI	Béla Dr. lawyer, clerk. Original name Steiner. Returned from MUSZ[1] Forced Labour Battalion. He married Baby Fehér, but later left Monor. Imre sen. (1904–1991) and wife Erzsébet Kovács (1909–1991). Erzsébet (Böske)'s father was the owner of the brush factory, they were Christian. Imre senior converted. They have one son, also Imre. Imre's father and the older Szigeti boy, married two sisters. The Balla couple, did not have children, while the Szigetis had 4, Lajos, János, Imre and Rózsi. The Balla couple adopted Imre and put on their name. Later the adoptive Mr. Balla and Mrs. Szigeti died and Mr. Szigeti married the widow Mrs. Balla (nickname Pretty Mama). Imre did not change back his name to Szigeti.
BALOG	Ede and his wife. Ede was a veteran of WWI. They had the largest and most modern bakery of Monor. The husband died around the end of 1930, the wife died in Auschwitz. Their three daughters survived. Rózsi (Mrs. László Frisch), Margit (Mrs. László Büchler) and Anna (Mrs. Sándor Waldhauser).
BALTIGH	Árpád, née Mária Salamon, married to Dr. Árpád Baltigh, Christian Lawyer. They remained in Monor, together with their two children, György and Nuno. The brother of Mrs. Baltigh was József Salamon, Postal Counsellor.

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Mrs. BARKÓCZY	Imre previously married to Mr. Hugó Berger, whom she divorced. The Barkóczis had an excellent confectionery. There worked also her son Sándor Berger who was adopted by Mr. Barkóczy and who survived the MUSZ, despite his heart disease.
BECK	Antal married her cousin Rózsi Grozner. He had numerous decoration from WWI as corporal. He participated in the campaign of 1940 at Transylvania (Erdély). He owned a wholesale grain business. They had 2 children, Klári (Baby) born 1924 and György born in 1930. The family died in Auschwitz.
BECK	Árpád and wife lived on meager income from their 2 horse haulage service. Their children Miklós, born 1925, strong boy, became shoe-maker, the second was László, both died in MUSZ. The younger one died with their mother in Auschwitz. The father who was also in the MUSZ, was liberated on May 1945 in Gunskirchen, Austria.
BERGER	Géza, was killed in WWI.
BERGMANN	Jenő and wife with numerous decorations as sergeant major from WWI had a general store at the corner of Kossuth Lajos and Kistói Street. Their adopted daughter Cenci married István Popper, son of Sándor, tinsmith at the beginning of the war. István died is MUSZ. Cenci survived and married László Kerényi, with whom she immigrated to Israel. Their daughter Noémi lives with Cenci, who is retired as a nurse, widow and resident in Haifa.
BERGMANN	Kálmán moved to Monor after WWII with his two daughters from his first marriage. He remarried. After he died, his widow moved to Budapest.
BIRNBAUM	Sándor and wife moved from Miskolc to Monor. They were orthodox, and he was a trained cantor. Their two sons, Artúr (born in 1929) and Béla (1933), both boys had beautiful singing voice. The mother and the two boys died in Auschwitz, while the father survived.
Mrs. BLEIER	Sándor, née Jolán Gubmann, lived with her daughter Györgyi.

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	Both worked in their store. Györgyi married Károly Dicker. Mother and daughter were deported. Györgyi survived.
BOJÁR	Miklós was killed in WWI.
BOKOR	Bertalan and his wife Elza Wahl. In WWI he became a First Lieutenant. He was the founder and director of the District Credit Bank of Monor. They both died in Auschwitz. Their children Judit (born 1924), and Miklós (1927) survived. Miklós came home seriously sick. Miklós was a talented graphic artist. (See more in Appendix 6)
BOSKOVITZ	Ernő and his wife. Ernő was a highly decorated Major with the German iron cross, the Turkish crescent in WWI. After returning, he worked as book keeper in the textile store of his brother in law. His wife died in Auschwitz, he survived.
BÜCHLER	László and wife Margit Balog. They lived on Kiskunhalas, only visiting Monor the parents of Margit. They had no children. Both survived, moved to the USA. Margit became a painter.
BREIER	Imre, truckdriver at the Hermann Co. He married Rózsika Friedmann. They had no children. Rózsika did not return from Auschwitz. Imre remarried Márta Révész,who was the one of the few, who returned. They have one child, Ágnes. They emigrated in 1957 to Israel. They have 4 grandchildren.
Mrs. BRÜLLER	Sándor, widow with 2 sons. She had a grocery at the Kossuth Street across the Nemzetőr Street. She died in Auschwitz.
BRÜLLER	László was the older son, he moved to Budapest, as the chief accountant of the Polacsek Lumber Co. His wife Katalin Lőwy. They had no children. He died in MUSZ, his wife survived.
BRÜLLER	István was accountant in the Credit Bank of Monor. His wife was not from Monor. They had a little boy. Wife and child survived, he died in MUSZ.
CSILLAG	András and his sisters, Sári and Erzsébet. András was office worker and bachelor, the girls did not marry. András died in MUSZ and the girls in Auschwitz.

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DABASI	Ödön Dr., physician and chief healthcare advisor, also the commander of the volunteer firefighters. He was very popular, the saying was that even his words cure. They converted long ago and they were not touched during the deportation. His older son, Ödön Dabasi Jr. was taken into MUSZ and into a squadron of a Jewish doctors, whom were killed by the Arrow Cross in Western Hungary. His brother a surgeon survived and practicing in Budapest.
DERERA	József and wife, converted. He was the director of the local Monori Mag. They both died in Auschwitz. Their daughter Éva survived as the wife of Dr. Béla Burján, a Christian doctor.
DERERA	Miklós, survived the war (see testimony). In 1956 he went to Australia. He had a cotton farm and died in 1990. His son and grandchildren are living in Australia.
DEUTSCH	Brothers, Endre and László and their mother were dance teachers. The brothers survived. László, the younger one, had his toes were amputated after they had frozen in Ukraine. After the war they immigrated to the USA.
DEUTSCH	Mihály, office worker, lived on Újtelep, played in the local football team. He survived the war, moved to Budapest, he married in 1968, his wife died in 1978. His son, Péter Deutsch works in the insurance business. Péter's son, Tamás Deutsch, backswimmer olympic champion, who was in the Barcelona Olympic games, in 1992 got silver medal. He got medals in World Championship, Europe Championship, in the Maccabi Games in Israel. Presently lives in the USA.
DICKER	Károly, son of Benjamin. The parents had a small, hardly profitable grocery store on the Bazár Line. His father died in 1930. The widow tried to keep up, but she had to close down the store. She died in Auschwitz. Their only child, Károly, being a good student was able to go to university to the Faculty of Philosophy. He could not obtain his diploma, because he was conscripted to MUSZ, from where he did not return. He was a devoted Zionist. He married Bleier Györgyi, the granddaughter of Zoltán Gubmann. They had no children. Györgyi returned.

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DOMONKOS	László, his wife was Christian. He was an ensign in WWI. Due to a blast he became disabled, stammered. He had two children: Piroska and László. László was killed by a train; Piroska, married name Mrs. László Pogány was working at OTP (Hungarian Bank).
EIBENSCHÜTZ	Vilmos and wife. He was a WWI veteran. He had a tinsmith shop among the shops on the Market Ground. They had six children. Endre the oldest, worked with his father. Converted; and married a Christian woman, died as a white band forced labourer in Ukraine. György, tried to escape from the MUSZ. He was caught and killed in Ukraine. László, was also a tinsmith. He survived. After the war he moved to Nyíregyháza, married Christian woman and died in 1985. Ferenc the youngest died in MUSZ. The two sisters: Anna, Dr. Mrs. György Hidas, divorced after the war and went to Israel. Erzsébet married József Hanák, who died in MUSZ. She died in deportation. (See Family Tree 2)
EISINGER	Gábor, born in 1921, father Adolf, mother Etelka Goldstein. The grandfather József Goldstein had a grocery in Mátyás Király Street. Gábor was drafted in 1941 to MUSZ. In 1944 he was crippled by frostbite in Kőszeg. In the March evacuation, the Hungarian Arrow Cross killed him along with other injured. His divorced parents survived.
ERDÕS	Árpád and wife, WWI veteran original name Engelsberg. He worked as labourer at the Polacsek lumberyard. They had two sons. László (who was born in 1920), and died in MUSZ; György who died with his parents in Auschwitz.
FARKAS	Sándor, photographer. His wife was Christian. He was a WWI veteran, 75% disabled: one of his eye was shoot out. His studio was on Kossuth Lajos Street.
FEHÉR	Hermann Dr. physician and wife Jolán Goldberger. They moved from Debrecen to Monor in the mid '30s. The family converted long time before. Their daughter Baby was not deported. Dr. Fehér died earlier and Mrs. Fehér in deportation.

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FEUERMANN	Ernő died in action in WWI. His widow had a grocery store. They had two sons: Endre worked in the store and died in MUSZ. György, whose wife was Christian, remained alive, together with their son. (See Family Tree 3)
FLEISCHER	Károly Dr. and wife Ella Krausz. He had the doctorate as lawyer but no job. He was First Lietunant with many decorations and 50% disabled, one of his eye was shoot out in WWI. He worked at Polacsek Lumberyard as labourer. His first wife was Irén Nagy, she died early. Their son György lives in Kibbutz Kfar HaHoresh, Israel. His second wife taught needlework in the Jewish school. She died in 1942. Károly died in Auschwitz.
FLEISCHER	Zoltán and wife Piroska. They came from Putnok. He worked as office worker at the Gettler lumberyard. He survived; Piroska who was taken on March 19, 1944, at Budapest Nyugati Railway Station also survived and later they moved to Budapest with their daughter.
FLEISCHMANN	Izidor and wife. WWI veteran. He was a WWI veteran. He purchased the Sodawater Co. on Virág Street from Berger. They both died in Auschwitz. Their son György worked as trainee at the Polacsek Lumberyard, before he was taken to MUSZ. He did not survive. Their daughter, Zsuzsi (born in 1924) survived, married, lives in Székesfehérvár, has 4 children and 8 grandchildren.
FRIEDLANDER	Henrik and wife (nickname Szöszi). He was WWI veteran. He was the teacher of the Jewish one room school where he taught 4 classes simultaneously with excellent results. From 1922 to 1944, when he was taken to MUSZ. His wife and his two children Erzsébet (1926) and György (1928) were killed. He returned and taught in the Nemzetőr Street school. He died in Budapest in the '60s.
FRIEDMANN	Ernő (mother Rozália Salamon) wife Margit Hercz (mother Zseni Breuer). Ernő died in action in WWI. They had a grocery shop on Kistói Street. They had 3 children. László survived the MUSZ. After the war, Mrs. Paprikás Weisz, his father's sister, sent him papers to immigrate to the USA. He worked as a driver of a bakery. Married Silvia, who was born in the USA

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	from Hungarian Jews. György worked at the Huppert Lumber as clerk, died in Ukraine in MUSZ.
FRIEDMANN	Rózsika (daughter of above Ernő and Margit Hercz) married in 1936 to Imre Breier. Rózsika worked with her mother in the grocery store, and also looking after her father, bedridden sister, Regina Friedmann. In 1944 when in the house of Dr. Rosinger (one of the larger houses, where about 7 families were crowded) at the night of 29th of June, when Dr. Rosinger (he was the first cousin of Margit) and family escaped. They wanted Rózsika to go with them, Rózsika said: “I do not leave my mother.” They both died in Auschwitz.
FRISCH	Sándor, WWI veteran, ensign died in Monor early in 1930. They had 4 children: László, with his wife Rózsi Balog and their son Iván immigrated to the USA in 1939. Iván is a University Professor. Endre survived the MUSZ. He had one son. Márta immigrated to Britain. Ella remained home and died in Auschwitz. (See Family tree 1)
Mrs. FUTÓ	Imre, née Rózsi Stern, divorced, lived with her son Péter (1939) with her parents, Jenő Stern and Irma. Both died in Auschwitz.
GÁRDOS	Mór and wife. He was a WWI veteran. he died before World War II. They had a grocery shop. They did not have children. His widow married József Steiner of Újtelep. Both died in Auschwitz.
GELLÉRT	Manó and wife, née Goldstein. He was a veteran of WWI. He had a watchmaker store on Kossuth Street. (His wife's cousin Markbeiter, pen name Tamás Falu, irredenta poet, was a notary public in Ócsa). Their son László worked as bookkeeper at Hermann Izidor Ltd. He survived the deportation, married, lived in Budapest and died around 1970.
GELLÉRT	Sándor (1893), wife Eszter Tolnai, from Szabadka. He was WWI corporal, twice wounded with several decorations. Had a jewellery store on Kossuth Lajos Str. Both died in Auschwitz. Their son, Tibor worked as printing machine mechanic in the Popper printing shop. He was both in MUSZ and deported. He was liberated in Gunskirchen, Austria on May 4, 1945.

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	Returned to Monor, then later moved to Budapest. Worked in the Szikra Printing.
GELBMANN	József and wife, lived very modestly, both died before WWII.
GETTLER	László and wife Erzsébet. They had a lumberyard on Andrássy Street, close to the railway station. They were childless. Both died in Auschwitz.
GLUuml;CK	Lajos and wife. He was movement restricted. He had a grocery on Kossuth Lajos Str., close to the steam mill. They had two children Júlia and József. The whole family died in Auschwitz.
GOLDSTEIN	Fülöp and wife Olga Langesfeld. He was a WWI veteran, decorated for war-injury. He looked like a Hungarian peasant, with a mustache, long pipe. He had on Újtelep a small grocery. From his 4 children, the oldest Imre, worked in the Widder fashion store. None of the children, Miklós, Pál and Ilona, nor their parents survived. They all died in MUSZ or in Auschwitz. (See Family tree 4)
GOLDSTEIN	József and wife. He was a WWI veteran. He had a grocery store in the Mátyás Street, close to the railway station. All of their children were girls. Etel, the oldest, married Adolf Eisinger, had a son Gábor. She divorced and remarried. Rózsi who was limping, worked in the store and in the household. Irma who was unmarried survived and after the war moved to Budapest. Mr. Goldstein died in the late 1930s, his widow who had diabetes, and Rózsi died in Auschwitz.
GOLDSTEIN	Sándor was a widower, WWI veteran. On the outskirt of Monor had a grocery store. He survived the deportation because he was sent for water to the well of the Kispál inn. Somebody called him in for a spritzer. The gendarmes were looking for him but Mrs. Csáki (Kati néni) who worked in the inn helped him by hiding him in the attic of her house which was nearby and thus he escaped. Mrs. Csáki (Kati néni) died in 1959, age 81. Pál (Sándor's son) and wife worked in the store. They had no children. He died in MUSZ and his wife in Auschwitz.

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GROSINGER	Simon and wife. He was a WWI veteran, sergeant with several decorations. He owned the Hunnia grocery on the bazaar line. During the depression, in the early 1930s, he had to close it. He became a salesman for the Polacsek company, selling firewood to bakeries. They had 4 daughters Manci, Mrs. Imre Stern who was an excellent seamstress working with Rózsi, Éva (1924, who was the fiancée of István Klein) and Lili. Both parents and daughters died in Auschwitz, except Lili who returned and married Fülöp Sebestyén in Miskolc.
GROSZ	The father was cantor in Karcag. His 3 sons came to Monor around the mid 1930s. Dezső was a printer married Tercsi Popper and worked in the printing shop. He was a good performer of recited poetry, participated in Jewish cultural events, helped the poets and writers of the left wing. They had one child György. Both mother and child died in Auschwitz. Dezső survived and moved to Budapest. Ferenc and wife Magda Grünfeld, was a printer and worked in the Popper printing shop as a typesetter. He married in 1944, the daughter of the shames. He died in MUSZ, she survived. Sándor was a watchmaker. He survived the MUSZ, hungaricized his name to Nagy. Lived and died in Toronto. Their sister Malvin, returned to Monor, later married in Békéscsaba. She has three children.
GROZNER	József grainmerchant, he was the father-in-law of Antal Beck. Died as a widover in 1936. He had two children, Rózsi (Mrs. Antal Beck), and Károly. Both died in Auschwitz/MUSZ.
GROSZMANN	Ernő and wife, they had 3 daughters: Jolán (Mrs. Gutfreund), died in Auschwitz; Nelli (Mrs. Frisch) and René (Mrs. Paprikás Weisz) survived. (See Family tree 1)
GRÜNFELD	Simon and wife. He was a WWI veteran, and was the shames in the Monor Synagogue. They both died in Auschwitz. They had 6 children: Ármin the oldest died in MUSZ. Sándor, a tinsmith, married in Nyíregyháza. His wife did not return. He survived, remarried and has a daughter. Zoltán was a carpenter apprentice at Becker Ádám. Died in MUSZ. Árpád was a typesetter in the Popper printing shop. Died in MUSZ. Twins: Lajos and Magda born in 1922, both survived. Lajos

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	went to Israel in 1946, but returned in 1951 and settled in Debrecen. Magda, the widow of Ferenc Grosz, obtained diploma in the Jewish Teacher College in Miskolc. She later married József Kuti, a teacher.
GUBMANN	Zoltán and wife. He was a WWI sergeant with several decorations. He died in the late 1930s, the wife died in Auschwitz. They raised their grandchild, Györgyi Bleier, wife of Károly Dicker.
GUSZMANN	Sándor lawyer, wife Rózsi Szilágyi. He was a WWI veteran. They had two children, Katalin (born in 1930), who died together with the parents. Miklós (born in 1929) survived, changed his name to Gémes, and worked with the Zrínyi Military Editor. He married late and had no children.
GUTFREUND	Elemér, wife Jolán Groszmann, WWI veteran. Their son, Henrik born in 1928. They had a daughter who died in 1942. Only Elemér survived.
HERMANN	Izidor and wife Margit Reisz. He was a WWI veteran. They had a wholesale spices and colonial produce company. They had one son Jenő, who became Doctor in Law. He died in Ukraine in MUSZ. The parents died in Auschwitz.
HIRSCHL	Erzsébet, married Mihály Steinberger. She had a store on Gombai Street. They died in Auschwitz.
HIRSCHL	Béla and wife. He was a WWI veteran. They had a soda water producing company in Hunyadi János Street. Their son László died in epilepsy before 1944, Imre in MUSZ and the parents in Auschwitz.
HÕNIG	Dezső and wife. He was a WWI veteran. The wife's mother Mrs. Lajos Klein, a war widow, lived with them. They had a textile shop. They had 2 sons, László and Gábor. The family was deported. Mrs. Hőnig and László survived. László married and had 2 daughters.
HUPPERT	Gábor, WWI ensign. His wife Zsuzsi Hajdu. The family was well known, wide spread, long established. Gábor had a

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	lumberyard. He died in MUSZ in Doroshich, the typhoid hospital which was set on fire and doors locked. Those who could break out, were met with machine gun fire. He mercifully died before the fire. His wife and daughter survived.
HUPPERT	Jakab Dr. and wife Ernesztin. For long time he was the president of the Monor Jewish Community. His son László, also lawyer, and wife Magda were citizens of the USA. The whole family was deported. No one came back.
KÁLMÁN	György Dr., legal clerk in Dr. Rosinger's office. He came from Kisújszállás to Monor. Died in MUSZ, in Ukraine.
KÁTAI	Imre and wife. They purchased the Ambrus pharmacy. They were converted to Christianity. Their two sons were born as Christian. They died in MUSZ with white armband.
KAUFER	Jenő, WWI ensign worked in the National Tax Office as civil servant. He was excempt from the Anti-Jewish Laws, because his actions in the counter-revolutionary groups in 1919. His wife, Adél Benjáts, was Christian. They survived, along with their two daughters, Judit and Emmy. They hungaricized their name to Koltai in 1946.
KAUFER	Ármin, wife Emma Pollák. His first wife was Ella Weisz, who died in 1939. From this marriage was born Tibor, who survived the fateful time. Ármin was an office worker at the Polacsek Lumber. Due to the Anti-Jewish Laws, he was demoted to nightwatchman. In 1940, he married his cousin Emma Pollák. Her son, Imre Schreibner, who became epileptic in MUSZ, as such, he came home but drafted again and died in MUSZ. The old couple did not return from Auschwitz.
KELL	István Dr., was the director of the local Monori Mag and converted to Christianity in young age. He survived.
KLEIN	Imre (1919) and his brother István (1920). They came from Törökszentmiklós. Imre died in Ukraine, István returned.
KLEIN	Jenő Dr., lawyer and wife Rózsi Csongos. They came from Pápa. They had no children. Jenő died in MUSZ, Rózsi returned.

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KLEIN	Sándor, died before 1930. His wife was killed in Auschwitz. They had 3 Children: Katalin (Mrs. Imre Weisz), Rózsi (Mrs. József Mosonyi). József and wife Erzsébet Schmuckler, they had one child Margit (1927). József wrote a letter on July 17, 1944, from Vác to the Council of Monor, asking where is his family. The answer: “Their address is unknown.” József returned, his family was murdered.
KLEIN	Lajos and wife Róza Fried. Lajos was killed in WWI, his widow, a war widow, was killed in Auschwitz. One of their child, Mrs. Dezső Hőnig returned with one of her son, László. Their other child, Mrs. Wenger, died together with her family.
KLEIN	Lipót was killed in WWI.
KLEIN	Sámuel and wife Gizella Horovitz. He was the cantor of the Synagogue of Monor. They had 4 children: Adolf (1929), József (1931), György (1933) and Tibor (1936). His pregnant wife and the 4 boys were killed. Sámuel survived.
KOHN	Ignác Mrs. Her daughter Sarolta married István Weisz, their daughter Katalin. István Weisz worked with them in their metal scrap business. The family died in Auschwitz and István died in MUSZ.
KORDA	Sándor and wife Erzsébet Deutsch. Their only son, Miklós born in 1929. The family died in deportation.
KőSZEGI	István and wife Aranka. He had law degree, but due to illness he became a merchant. He and his wife were cousins. They had 2 children, both with health disabilities. Their son, László died in 1940, the rest of the family in Auschwitz.
KOVÁCS	Miklós, his second wife and his daughter Éva (1927) moved to Budapest in 1941.
KRAUSZ	Izrael and wife. They had 5 children. Mihály, lived in Paris for years, returned and died in MUSZ. The fate of János and Lajos is unknown. Dezső was a teacher in Pétervásár. His daughter, Vera Komlós (1927) survived and went to Israel. Ella (see at Dr. Károly Fleischer).

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KUGEL	Vilmos and wife, Olga Strasser (1904). In WWI he was a cadet sergeant. He was the owner of a grocery store, a blue dyer and farmer. They had one child, Kati (1932). His wife and daughter died, he returned. (See Family tree 5)
LőWY	Béla, watchmaker apprentice. He came from Upper northern part of Hungary. He returned from MUSZ and lives in Israel.
LőWY	Istvánné, widow, no record exists.
LőWY	Sándor, lawyer and wife. He died earlier, they had two daughters, Erzsébet and Anna. They changed their name to Török and converted to Christianity. His widow committed suicide in the brick factory. The two daughters (35–40 years old), died in the deportation.
LUKA	Malvin was deported, her son György Luka died in MUSZ.
LUKÁCS	Lajos died previously, his widow died in deportation in 1944.
LUKÁCS	László Dr. and wife, Elli. He was the deputy director of the Monori Mag. He was drafted to MUSZ. He became prisoner of war of the Russians. He developed a serious eye problem and the Russians operated on his eyes successfully. He returned and Elli survived in Budapest.
MESZTIC	László, lived at widow Mrs. Pánti's house, died in Auschwitz.
MIKLÓS	László Dr., his wife Irma Feuerman. He was a WWI veteran. After a long marriage, they had a son, Gábor (1939). In July 1944, when they were removed from their home, they committed suicide before deportation.
MOSONYI	József and wife Rózsi Klein. The wife was a chiropodist-manicurist going to houses on request. They had one child. All three of them were killed in deportation.
NEMES	Jenő and wife Katalin Polacsek. He was a WWI veteran. He managed the Polacsek Lumberyard, as a brother-in-law through marriage to the Polacseks. They had no children. Both of them died in Auschwitz.

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NEUMANN	Ignác and wife Erzsébet Gelbmann. The husband was Christian. As per a premarital agreement, the children became Jewish. Their oldest child László (1920) was drafted to MUSZ to Ukraine, from where he did not return. The others: Kató, Irén, Aranka and Piroska. The remaining family survived.
PFEIFFER	Izsák Dr., rabbi and wife. (See Appendix 4)
POLACSEK	János and wife. He was a WWI veteran, and a corporal. He was the owner and active manager of the Polacsek Ignác & Son, a well known lumberyard. In the 1930s, he moved from Monor to Pesterzsébet, where he made a lumberyard and a sawmill as an addition to the company on the bank of the Danube. He was killed together with his wife in Auschwitz. Their daughter Julika survived, married and lives in the USA. (See Family tree 6)
POPPER	About the family and in their role in Monor, see Appendix 6. Those, who were not mentioned in detail: Elemér, worked in the store. Returned from the deportation, and moved to Budapest. He worked at PIÉRT, married Rózsi Schwarcz. He died in 1982. Sándor and wife, Erzsébet Eibenschütz. Sándor was a WWI veteran, brother of Ernő. He had a tinsmith workshop, also a dish and ironshop on the corner of Petőfi and Verbőczy Street. They died in Auschwitz. Their son István, who was the first husband of Cenci Bergmann. He died in MUSZ in Ukraine.
REINER	Sándor Dr., surgeon and wife Erzsébet Korein. He was known for his dexterity. They had two daughters, Vera (1932) and Ágnes (1934). The family died in the deportation.
RÉVÉSZ	Izidor and wife, Margit Kugel. He was a teacher in the Polgári, teaching German and bookbinding for the boys. Following an anti-war opinion, he was interned in Garany. There was the saying “Hallgatni arany, beszélni Garany“ (“Silence is golden, speech is Garany.”) They had three children: Márta (1921), György (1928) and Judit (1934). The family was deported, Márta returned, married Imre Breier, they had a daughter, Ági. They moved to Israel. Ági has 4 children and 8 grandchildren. Imre and Márta both died in Israel.

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ROSENSTEIN	Jolán. She had a grocery store on the corner of Pesti Road and Verbőczy Street, and lived with her widowed mother. They were quite religious. The store was closed on Saturdays. She married to an office worker in Budapest on the end of the '30s. She had no children. Both died in 1944. Her sisters were the widow of Adolf Szántó and Ernő Boskovitz. They both died in Auschwitz.
ROSINGER	Imre, lawyer and wife Lili Ladány. He was a WWI veteran, fought on the Italian front, he became a First Lieutenant, highly decorated. Recipient of the card of protection, which was honoured only for 3 weeks in March 1944. They escaped on June 29, 1944, from the ghetto of Monor, when Mrs. Ödön Mózsa, a friend came to the gate, to warn them because she overheard the discussion of the gendarmes that next morning they will collect the Jews. They escaped at 10 pm through the cemetery and the fields to Tetepuszta, to the house of András Ács, his wife Julianna and daughter Margit. This all had been prearranged. The two descendants of the Rosinger family, Vera and Péter live in Toronto, Canada.
ROTH	Hermann and wife Gizella Pánti. The wife was Jewish, because her mother was Jewish and her father a Christian gendarme. Mr. Roth was a WWI veteran. He was a traveling representative of the Dávid Burst dry goods factory of Budapest. Both of them died in Auschwitz. They had 3 children, the oldest, Imre was born before the marriage. The husband adopted him and he lived as Imre Roth and died in MUSZ, despite the fact that he was only ¼ Jewish. Ferenc was born in 1922, married Christian, had 5 children, who live in Debrecen. He died in Sweden in 1990. The youngest, Irén (1929) lives in Israel with her family.
ROTHAUSER	Ferenc (1898) and wife Aranka Polacsek (1898). He was a WWI veteran. They lived in Szolnok, where he was a bookkeeper on the Lumberyard of Polacsek. They did not die because they were deported to Austria. Their child László, who returned from MUSZ, married Dusi Widder. They have a son György, who has 2 children and 4 grandchildren. László and Dusi went to Canada in 1956, where the parents followed them. Both Ferenc and Aranka died in Canada.

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SALAMON	József and Rizuka. József commuted daily to Budapest. He was a high ranking postal employee. His sister, Marcsa was the wife of Dr. Árpád Baltigh. He and his wife both died in Auschwitz.
SCHAÁR	Manó and wife. He was a civil engineer. They lived on Petőfi Street. Had no children. They died in Auschwitz.
SCHLESINGER	Sámuel rabbi. He was an army chaplain in WWI, the predecessor of Rabbi Dr. Izsák Pfeiffer in Monor. He moved to Debrecen, where he lived until his death in the 1930s.
SCHLESINGER	Ignác and wife Gizella Gut (1864). They had six children: Szerén (1886), did not marry. Erzsébet (1888) became a merchant, her only son died. Emma (1897) married Hugó Berger. They had a son, Sándor. Later, they divorced and she married Barkóczy, the confectioner who adopted Sándor. Both survived. Ilona (1892), married Jenő Kovács MÁV (railway) officer. Her only child—a girl—died of tuberculosis. Margit (1894) as wife of Dr. Seres Spitzer lawyer of Budapest remained alive. She was childless. Sándor (1897) married to woman in Szentgotthárd. His wife and his daughter Éva, died in Auschwitz. He died in MUSZ. The widow and his daughters who lived in Monor, except Emma (Mrs. Barkóczy), all died in Auschwitz.
SCHNELLER	Vilmos from Vanyarc, Nógrád County, came to Monor, and was a relative of József Klein. Returned from MUSZ, went to Israel.
SCHÖNWALD	Jenő (1887) and wife Anna Roth (1897), they moved to Monor. They rented a farm of 10 hectares. They had two children. Jenő was interned, on the basis of a report, in the spring of 1944 and in July his wife and daughter were deported. Irma (1925, Tiszakarád) survived, now lives with her family in Australia. Imre was discharged from forced labor (MUSZ), due to sickness in the summer of 1943. Some professors in medical school, permitted him to listen to the lectures, without exams, then he was drafted again. In October 1944, he escaped from a Jewish Medical company and hid in Budapest till January 18, 1945. He changed his name to Simor and moved to Canada in 1956. He worked as a pathologist and has one son, also a physician.

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SCHULMANN	Bódog Dr., pharmacist. His wife was Christian, also their child Edit. He committed suicide at the end of the 1930s due to the Anti-Jewish Laws.
SCHWARCZ	Mór and wife. Had two children, Rózsi (1905), wife of Elemér Popper, survived, and moved to Budapest. Sándor, wife Ilona Weisz; had a grocery on Kossuth Lajos Street, she had a hairdressing salon at 10 Gőzmalom Street. They had a little son Miklós. Sándor died in Ukraine in MUSZ. His mother Mrs. Mór Schwarcz, his wife and son were deported. His wife survived. Here to be mentioned: that after he was taken to MUSZ, his mother worked in the store. She had an apron which covered partially the compulsory yellow star on her dress. The old woman was taken before the official deportation.
SCHWARCZ	Miklós Dr., dentist (1907). His mother was Matild Kálmán, father József. His first wife Katalin Steinberger died in deportation. Miklós's father was the brother of Arnold Szûcs of Gomba and to Mrs. Jenő Stern (Irma) of Monor. Miklós got his diploma in Bologna, Italy. Since he could not work in the fascist Hungary as doctor, he was breeding angora rabbits and worked as nightwatchman at the Polacsek Lumberyard. He was drafted to MUSZ and was liberated in Mauthausen. Later he changed his name to Szûcs and married Zsuzsi, who also lost her husband and adopted her daughter, Oszi. He died in 1980.
SEBÕ	Gábor and wife, had a grocery close to the railway station. Both died in deportation, along with his sister-in-law, widow Mrs. Sándor Sebő (née Valéria Pető) and her daughter Lídia (1914).
SINGER	Jakab and wife. He had walking disability. He had a soda water shop at the Market place, beside the Eibenschütz tinsmith shop. They lived very modestly. In 1919, during the communism, he became a public official, but after its demise, he returned to his previous work. They had two sons, Imre who became a barber in Vasad, whose wife was Christian and he converted. Sándor, who worked in a factory in Budapest, was a member of the Social Democratic Party. He died in MUSZ.

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STEIN	Adolf and wife Rózsa Pick. He was a WWI veteran. He was a livestock merchant, died in 1942. His wife died in Auschwitz. They raised Lászlo Vermes, after his mother, the sister of Mrs. Stein died.
STEINBERGER	Ferenc locksmith, and wife. His first wife was Irma Polacsek, with whom he had 3 children: Ilona, Katalin and József. Ilona married Dr. Bernát Wachs, the son of the cantor, who studied in Prague and settled in Singapore as a physician. Katalin married Dr. Miklós Schwarcz (Szûcs), she died in Auschwitz. József (1919) obtained his matriculation. He was drafted in 1940, to MUSZ to Ukraine, from where he did not return. (See Family tree 6)
STEINBERGER	Mihály and wife Erzsébet Steiner. They were over 50 years old, when they married. Neither had children. They had a grocery store on Gombai Street. Both died in Auschwitz.
STEINER	József and wife. He was a WWI veteran. Both were widowed, when he married Mrs. Mór Gárdos. They died in Auschwitz. Mr. Steiner had two daughters. Katalin (Mrs. Ferenc Vágó) had a grocery store in Attila Street, Újtelep. She had two children. Mother and the children died in Auschwitz; the father in MUSZ. The younger daughter Magdolna (Dusi) was an accountant at Beck Antal Co. She was not married, died in Auschwitz.
STERN	Jenő and wife Irma Schwarcz. He was a WWI veteran. They had a small grocery store on the Gőzmalom Street. The wife's brother was Arnold Swarcz (Szûcs) in Gomba. They had two children: Rózsi (see Futó), her son Péter; and Imre, who later changed his name to Szekeres. Imre had a son from his first marriage, István (born in 1932). Everybody, except Imre died in Auschwitz.
STRASSZER	László was killed in WWI. (See Family tree 8)
SZÁNTÓ (STEIN)	Lipót (born in 1848, Pánd); wife Sarolta Gutman (1859). He was a leather merchant. They had 10 sons. Adolf (1875), wife Szeréna Rosenstein; he was a WWI veteran. They had one daughter Ilona, died young in 1922. They had a large textile store on

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	Kossuth Lajos Street, beside his cousin, Sándor Szemes's store. He was a good man, helped all his relatives. He died of a heartattack in October 1931 (See Family tree 7). Sándor, died a heroic death in WWI. Gyula, WWI veteran; wife Ilona Szarka, she was Christian. The family survived in Monor. He was a leather merchant; their children Tibor, wife Jolán Lendvai, was a shoemaker; Sándor was a butcher. Both live with their wives in Monor. Lajos (1890), WWI veteran, died in 1926 from TB. Soma (1894), wife Ida Bergl, WWI veteran, came home with epilepsy. He had a leather store, what he had to close during the depression. He went to work in his brother, Gyula's store. They divorced and he drowned in the Monor swimming pool. József (1895) had a textile store and moved to Pilis. He and his wife were taken to Auschwitz. István and his wife Ilona Ungvári; he was a WWI veteran with many decorations. They had a fashion and textile store. They had two daughters: Magda (1929) and Erzsike (1932). His wife and daughters died in the deportation. He returned, remarried, but no children in the new marriage. We do not know any particulars about Vilmos, Márton and Mihány. (See Family tree 7)
SZEGÕ	József and wife Rózsi Adler. His mother Sarolta Roth. He was a highly decorated WWI veteran. He had a large wholesale store called Amerika. They had two children: Ervin, talented painter, died in MUSZ; and Magda lived in Miskolc also lost her life.
SZEKERES	Imre, son of Jenő Stern, hungaricized his name in 1945. He divorced from his first wife. His son István, died together with his mother in Auschwitz. His second wife was Manci Grosinger, the well known seamstress, who worked with her sisters in the No. 1 Ladies salon in Monor. She did not came back. Imre returned within a day of the liberation to Monor. He married again, has one daughter Vera.
SZEMES	See Family tree 8
Dr. SZILÁGYI	See Family tree 9
SZIGETI	See BALLA
SZILÁRD	Elemér Dr. and wife. He had a doctorate in law, but could not

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	work. They lived on breeding angora rabbits. They had one child Erzsébet, who with her mother and Elemér were killed in MUSZ.
SZÖLLőSI	Zoltán Dr. (1881) lawyer, wife Ilona Fried (1893). He practiced in Monor, died in 1934. His widow and two children, Éva (1912) and György (1916) moved to Budapest and survived. György returned from MUSZ.
SZÜCS	Arnold, (originally Schwarcz) was the brother of Mrs. Jenő Stern of Monor and Dr. Schwarcz, physician of Szolnok. His wife, Rebecca (Rebus). He lived in Gomba, 100% disabled. Due to the goodwill of the local commandant of the gendarmes, he was not deported. In October 1944, when the Arrow Cross Party became the ruler, he even protected the relatives from Budapest. Unfortunately, they could not save their only son, Pista (1911), who died in MUSZ. They rest in the cemetery of Monor, under a large family tombstone. They are the only who in reality were buried there. The names on the stone, besides theirs: Ernő Friedmann, Mrs. Ernő Friedmann, György Friedmann, Mrs. Imre Breier, István Szûcs, widow Mrs. Vilmos Rosinger, Regina Friedmann.
SZÜCS	László, who was Christian, and wife Katalin Gelbman. They raised their children Jewish. Ferenc died young in accident, Sára survived the war in Budapest. Sándor was half Jewish and survived in Monor. József was deported from MUSZ, died in starvation. Ilona lives in Monor. Miklós went to Israel, became an army officer.
THORZS	Mór (1866) professional baker. His mother was Rozália Jelinek, his wife was Laura Roth (1863). He was a WWI veteran; along with his sons. Artúr (1894) who was a grocer; Béla became a baker, was married and had one child Ilona (1932). He was a Zionist, he went to Israel, in the mid '30s and lived in a kibbutz all his life. His wife and daughter moved to Budapest before 1944. The old parents died in the deportation.
VÁGÓ	Ferenc (1898), mother Mária Spitzmann, and his wife was Katalin Steiner. He hungaricized his name from Weisz. They had a grocery on Újtelep. They had two children: János (1936)

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	and Péter (1937). They converted to Presbyterian faith. He died in MUSZ, his wife and children in deportation.
VERMES	Aladár and wife, Anna Pick (1896), her sister Mrs. Adolf Stein. Anna died in 1937. They had four children: István (1915), he escaped from MUSZ and survived. András (1919) confectioner assistant, his wife Ilonka Szántó, both survived. They went to Israel, where he became a professional soldier. They have two children and 6 grandchildren. György (1924) also escaped from MUSZ. He was hiding in Budapest, married a Christian, now lives in Debrecen, has one son, László (1929). After his mother's death, he was raised by the Steins. He returned from the deportation, lives in Debrecen, he has one son. (See Family tree 1)
VIDA	Sándor and wife Lili Artner (Slovakia). They had a farm in Monor but they lived and worked in Budapest. Both survived. They had two sons. Károly (1932) went to Toronto, where he committed suicide in 1962. Sándor Jr. also moved to Toronto in 1956. He became a mechanical engineer, married a Switzer girl. His son, Ronny lives in Vancouver.
VIZSOLYI	Zsigmond, he was a veteran of the WWI with disability. His wife and their daughter Vali (1930). They survived the war. Vali studied at Eötvös Lóránt University after 1948.
WACHS	Mendel cantor. His wife Róza Schweicz (1882). They had three children. Bernát (1912), wife Ilona Steinberger (1915), daughter of Ferenc Steinberger and Ilona Polacsek. Bernát became a physician in Prague, and settled in Singapore. He left his estate, partly to the Ben Gurion University and to a museum in Denmark. Olga did not marry, lived with her widowed mother, both died in deportation. Aladár became a rabbi, died in MUSZ.
WALDHAUSER	Sándor and wife Anna Balog (daughter of Ede Balog and his wife). Sándor came to Monor originally as regular draftee (with matriculation), but later he was requalificated as Jew to MUSZ. He died in Ukraine and Anna became a war widow. This happened either due to some mistake in the military statistics or unusual goodwill from the authorities. As con

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	sequence, Anna was not deported and after the war, she immigrated to the USA.
WEIL	Bernát and wife Sarolta Benedek. He was a cantor between 1871–1895. Their children were Paulina (1875), Vilmos (1877), Simon (1879), Ilona (1882). Their relative in Monor was Móricz Bojár (Weil).
WEINTRAUB	Eszter was certificated as a teacher, taught in the Public School of Újtelep. She lived alone. She died in deportation of 1944.
WEISZ	Ilona came back from deportation, and moved to live in Pilis, married Vilmos Kugel.
WEISZ	Imre (1907), wife Katalin Klein (daughter of Sándor Klein). He was a watchmaker, survived the MUSZ. Katalin was hiding in Budapest. They did not have children.
WEISZ	István, wife Sarolta Kohn (her mother Róza Singer). He was working with his mother-in-law with scrap iron. Their daughter Katalin (1941), along with her mother was taken to Auschwitz. István died in MUSZ.
WEISZ	Izidor, was known as “Paprikás Weisz” in New York. His wife was the sister of Ernő Friedmann. Their son Sándor and grandson Edward continued the business. (See Family tree 1)
WEISZ	Sámuel and wife. He was a professional soldier. They died around 1938 and 1942. They are buried in Monor.
WEISZ	Sándor and wife Ilona. They moved to Monor in 1939. Sándor was working in the organization of Monori Mag. Ilona was hiding in Budapest, Sándor survived the MUSZ.
WENGER	Sándor and wife, Ilona Klein (her parents: Lajos Klein and Róza Fried, her sister Mrs. Hőnig). They lived in the Hőnig house. Their only child, Olga (Csöpi, 1927) along with her mother, was killed in Auschwitz. Sándor survived the MUSZ.
WIDDER	Miklós (1892), wife Emma Szemes (Mimi, 1900), his mother Szidónia Benedek. They had a fashion and shoe store. The

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	husband was taken away in 1941. After he got a heart attack, he was released, but 3 months later he died. They had two children: Magdolna (Dusi, 1924) and László (1930). All three of them were deported. Mimi and Dusi came back, Lacika died. Dusi lives with her husband László Rothauser and family in Toronto since 1956. They have a son György, 2 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren.
WILHELM	György, a horse trader, had a Christian wife. They had six children, but we know only about László, who lives in Vecsés. György was killed in MUSZ. His wife and the children were exempted from the deportation.
	Footnote MUSZ is the abbreviation of munkaszolgálat —Forced Labour Batallion return

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