Marghita, Romania

Memorial book of the community
of Margareten and the vicinity
(Marghita, Romania)
47°21' / 22°20'

Translation of
Sefer yizkor le-kehilat Margareten ve-ha-seviva

Edited by: Aharon Kleinmann

Published in Jerusalem, 1979

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The Fate of the Jews of Margitta and its Vicinity

Edited by Aharon Kleinmann
Published by Chajjim Franck, Melbourne
Printed by Weiss Printing, Israel, 1979
The book incorporates both the Hungarian and Hebrew versions

Translated by Susan Geroe

Preface		1
History of the Marghita Jewish Community		3
Our Great Rabbis		47
	The Marariac z.c.l.	47
	R. Smuel Zalman Weinberger z.c.l.	51
	R. Mordechaj Azriel Weinberger z.c.l.	58
Institutions of the Jewish Community (Jichak Bernat)		62
	Synagogues, Houses of Worship, the Chevra Kadisha	62
	Talmud Tora, Elementary School, Sisterhood	66
	Matzoh Bakery	70
Petri street (Imre Wollner)		72
Sports and Cultural Life (Dezso Mandelbaum)		76
The Promenade (Imre Wollner)		78
Social and Political Movement		80
	Zionism in Margitta (Eliezer Wollner)	80
	The Pollacks Make Allyah (Jozsef Gorni)	90
	Agudath Israel (Joszef Aharon Bernat)	93
Personalities		106
Colorful Figures		112
Forced Labor		117
	In Nagybanya/Baia Mare (Aharon Kleinmann)	117
	The Last Song (Dezso Mandelbaum)	120
	One Labor Battalion Among Many (Imre Wollner)	123
	The Journal of a Forced Labor Battalion Inmate (Jozsef Zobel)	127
	Prayer of the Forced Labor Battalion Inmate (Ferenc Klein)	132
	In Memoriam Jichak Eizik Weinberger (Aharon Kleinmann)	133
In the Shadow of Death		134
	Our Black Days (Erzsebet Lorincz)	134
	Ordeal (Tibor Kleinmann)	141
	Chill (Aharon Kleinmann)	144
	What Will Happen to the Kitten? (Lea Jakov)	147
	Birthday (Hadassza Klein)	148
	Tragic Meeting in Auschwitz (Rachel Wollner)	151
	I Was Left Alone (Chajjim Franck)	153
Life Resurges		155
	A Failed Mission (Joszef Marom)	155
	Was it Worth? (Aharon Kleinmann)	156
	Not Recommended for High School (Gyorgy Weisz)	158
	Margitta in 1968 (Avraham Gavriel)	160
	Fifty Year Reunion (Joszef Gorni)	161
	Once Again in Margitta (Eliezer Wollner)	162
Environs of Margitta		165
	The Jews of Balyok (Sandor Hirschler)	167
	My Memoirs (Mrs. Kalman Stern)	169
	Erbogyoszlo (Marton Weiszmann)	174
	Toti and Bozsaly (Erzsike Lorincz)	177
	Erszollos (Eliezer Kain)	182
	Hagymadfalva (Dr. Slomo Saroni)	185
Our War Dead - Fallen Heroes of Israel		189
Map of Margitta		192
The Name List of the Martyrs		193 - 200

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