Satu Mare, Romania

Remember Satmar;
The Memorial Book of the Jews of Satmar
(Satu Mare, Romania)

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Translation of
Zekhor et Satmar; sefer ha-zikaron shel yehudei Satmar

Editor: Naftali Stern

Published in Bnai Brak 1984

Acknowledgments
Hebrew Translator
Carol Ungar

Translation Editors

Karen Leon, Jane S. Gabin & Allison H. Benson

Our sincere appreciation to Yad Vashem
for the submission of the necrology for placement on the JewishGen web site.

This is a translation of: Zekhor et Satmar; sefer ha-zikaron shel yehudei Satmar
(Remember Satmar; the memorial book of the Jews of Satmar),
Editor: Naftali Stern, Published: Bnai Brak 1984 (H, Hu 400 pages)

Note: The original book can be seen online at the NY Public Library site: Satu Mare

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Yizkor - Kadish - Memorial Prayer		6
“Out of the depths I call to You”	The Editor	9
Yizkor to Marcel Berger and Ari Katz		19
Why were we so delayed in putting out this book?		20
The Story of the Community of Satmar from its Founding Until the Holocaust		22
The Satmar Rabbis z”l		33
Chaya Roiza (Roizaleh) z”l, the daughter of the Rebbe		42
The Tzaddik Rabbi Eliezer Fish z”l		44
The visit of the Biksader Rebbe to Satmar		45
HaRav HaGaon Rabbi Avraham Hanoch Friedman z”l		46
Tiferet Bachurim		47
Cantors in Satmar		48
The City of Satu Mare and its Jews	Professor Haim Shamir	50-53
Auschwitz: the story of Moshe Neufeld (Kibbutz Barkai)		53-55
My visit to the Dachau Camp	Naftali Stern	56
“And of Zion it shall be said” (Psalms 86:5)	Rabbi Yitzchak Yehuda Kelmer	57
I remember Satmar Well	Yehuda Fried	57-58
Ghetto Suicides		59-62
List of synagogues and study halls in Satmar until the destruction		63
The Police search in the synagogues		64-65
A New Immigrant from the Next World		66
Uncle Kapeli, aged two weeks		67
My War with G-d		68-69
Good memories of a good doctor		70
74 Degree Heat		71-72
The Golden Album of Jewish First World War Veterans from the Hungarian Army		72
Family memories (in three series)		73-144
Purim in Satmar		145
Zionism		145-149
20 Otbosh Street, More memories		148
Jewish Life in Post War Satmar		149
Erratum	The Editor	151
The Promise I Didn't Keep	Moshe Neufeld	152-153
Why?	Anna Hegedus	156-157
Uncle Stern remained hungry		157-158
The loss of the photographs of the 1946 memorial service		158
The Editor's Parting Words	The Editor	159
Acknowledgements		159-160

Hungarian Table of Contents Translated by Ágnes Szegő
Photographs of Satu Mare		4
Prisoner's ID card and number		9
Map of Northern Transylvania and martyr ceremony in the heroes' cemetery		10
The Editor's forward		11–18
Yizkor: Nándor Singer and his companions, Marcel Berger for Arie Katz		19
Satu Mare in English		20
Why were we (the Jews) 40 years late with the publication of our memorial book?		21–23
The history of the Jewish community in Satu Mare from its foundation to the Holocaust		24–40
Chief Rabbis of Satu Mare		40–47
Chief Rabbis Dr. Jordán Singer and Dr. József Friedman, z”l		29–30
Chief Rabbi Joel Teitelbaum's meeting with the Romanian King, Charles II
Chaja Raize Teitelbaum violates the holiday		48
Lázár Fisch, the Rebbe of Bixad		49
Rabbi Mose David Winternitz, Rosh Beit Din		49–50
Rabbi Avrahám Chánoch Friedman, Dayan		50–51
Synagogues and houses of prayer in Satu Mare		51
Jewish Cantors of Satu Mare		52
The town and the Jews of Satu Mare–written by Prefessor Cháim Sámir		53–57
Auschwitz–written by Mose Neufeld		58–61
Suicides of the ghetto		62–67
A new immigrant from the afterlife		67–68
House search in the synagogues on the last day of Passover		68–70
Struggle with the Creator		70–71
Sad memory of a good doctor of Satu Mare (Dr. Gyula Lasz's death)		71–72
Seventy four degree fever		73–74
Uncle Kapli at the age of two weeks		75
Letter to Colonel Imre Reviczky		66–67
List of Jewish community leaders 1869–1931		78–83
Golden Album of Jewish–Hungarian war veterans (from WWI)		84–99
Yizkor–family commemorations (approximately 1200)		100–183
My vow, which I did not keep; written by Mose Neufeld		184–185
Souls, salvation of our souls; written by Miklos Kalmar		186
Tiferet Bachurim–Glorious youth, written by Abraham (Bucsi) Rosenberg		186
Why? written by Mrs. Anna Molnar, nee Hegedus		187–189
My memories of Satu Mare, written by Jeno Farkas		189
Satu Mare memorial book, written by Dr. Mendi Davidovits, z”l		190–191
The cheder of Satu Mare		191
Purim in Satu Mare		192
I remember, I remember Satu Mare well, written by Jehuda Fried		193
Zionism		194–196
20 Eötvös Street; written by Jichak Pollak		196–197
Marcell Berger's comrade		197
Zionism (sequel)		198–203
Protest of the Jews of Satu Mare against the Palestinian massacres		204
Sports life in Satu Mare, written by Zoltan Ferber		205
Uncle Stern remained hungry		206
The disappearance of the photos of the memorial ceremony held in Satu Mare in May, 1946		207
About the Jews of Satu Mare, written by Naftali Stark		208
The struggle of progressive Jewry in Satu Mare against anti–Semitism		209
Jewish life in Satu Mare after the Holocaust		216–212
Rectification		212
Business advertisements and commercials		213–233
The author of the Memorial Book would like to thank the members of the Memorial Book committee		234–235
Satu Mare list of people who prepaid for an edition of the Memorial Book		236–237
Closing remarks by the author		238

Necrology extracted from “Family memories”

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