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From Louis Schonfeld, Nov 15, 2000:
The village of Sena/Abaujszina (Slovak/Hungarian) in the
vicinity of Kosice was a difficult location to pinpoint for
a number of us. Most correspondants from that village who
lived there during the Hungarian era naturally referred to
the town using the Hungarian name; if the correspondant's
handwriting was difficult to decipher then one might search
in maps focusing in on the contemporary Hungarian county of
Abauj-Torna. The town would have been shown in that county,
but only on detailed maps in the era prior to the Treaty of
Trianon (1920). After that time, and as part of
Czechoslovakia (after 1990 Slovakia) the 'Abauj' was dropped
and the town name became 'Sena'.
The task of locating Abaujszina remained on my 'to-do-list'
for several years (even though I don't have ancestors from
that village, others do, so it became important for me as
well). Several weeks ago I received a call from a descendant
of that town's only Rabbi. He had heard of me via my network
of contacts throughout the Chassidic communities of Williamsburgh, Boro Park, Bene Brak etc. His name is Calman
Lieberman and he has asked me to post his name, telephone
number (718-384-4639) and fax number (718-599-4997) for
anyone interested about this village and its former Jewish inhabitants. He has made several trips there for the
purposes of restoring the Jewish cemetery and repairing the
Matzevot (tombstones). He has also provided a list of the
remaining Matzevot in the Jewish cemetery of Sena, and
the information he has gleaned from each one which I happy to present here. |
