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Agri, Franz and the martyrs of his family.

Adelman, owner of an oil factory. The head of the family passed away in Satmar during the 1930s. Some of the family were deported to Auschwitz. His son, Tasheeyeh, lives in Israel.

Adler, Avraham Hirsch and the martyrs of his family.

Adler, Izshak and martyrs of his family

Adler, Geno and the martyrs of his family.

The martyrs of the Ehrenreich family.

Dr. Lipot Ehrenreich

Herman Ungar and the martyrs of his family.

Pitshe Ungar and the martyrs of his family.

The martyrs of the Ullman family, owners of a candy store.

The martyrs of the Ostreicher family.

The martyrs of the Ordentlich family.

Samuel Orenstein and the martyrs of his family.

Ignatz Aaron and the martyrs of his family.

Mendel Itzkowitz and the martyrs of his family.

Tzvi Eisner. Grain dealer. A religious Jew, known in Satmar as a Talmid Chacham. His warm heart was always ready to help his fellow. He served as gabbai at the Shaare Torah Bait Midrash. His wife and one of his sons are buried in Satmar. R. Hirsch and several of his children were victims of the Holocaust. His daughter, Mrs. Geno Weiss, lives in Israel.

Herman Azriel and the martyrs of his family.

Pinchas Azriel and the martyrs of his family.

R. Tzvi Hirsch Eisner and his son Mordechai, owners of a candle factory

Elias Illowitz and the martyrs of his family.

Pinchas Ingber and the martyrs of his family.

Hermann Indig and the martyrs of his family.

Martin Elias, a horse dealer, and the martyrs of his family.

Moshe Elias and the martyrs of his family.

Lazer Illander and the martyrs of his family.

Moshe Einhorn and the martyrs of his family.

Yekusiel Yehuda Itzkowitz (Zalman Leib). Restaurant owner and a good Jew. Raised his children to be good Jews, loyal to the nation and the homeland and to the Jewish tradition. He was martyred on the 10^th of Sivan 1944 along with his wife Tova, their daughter Hentsche, the wife of Yehoshua Berger z”l, and their son, Meir. His surviving children are Moshe in Beer sheva, Reizel the wife of Zsiga Friedman, and Yaakov in Ramat Gan, who lovingly preserve their memories.

Elefant, Yaakov. Salt merchant. A good orthodox Ashkenazi Jew. Very honest in his business dealings. His raison d'etre was his family and the goal of raising his five children to be good Jews. He was among the founders of the Shaare Torah Society and its Talmud Torah. He also found time

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yo help his loyal wife, Rifka, who died on the 10^th of Nissan taf shin bet [year unclear]. R. Yaakov was a victim of the Holocaust. His son, Yisrael Yehuda (Pityu), returned from the labor camp but was deported to Auschwitz along with his wife, Lily, and their two children. He returned alone and died in Constanza. He is buried in the Satmar cemetery next to his mother. His son, Miki, died in New York in 1980. Their memory is preserved by the two surviving Elefant sons, Avraham-Tibi in Tel Aviv, and Yitchak-Itzo in New York.

Epstein, Rabbi Joseph. Torah scribe and Torah teacher, and the rabbi of a synagogue in the suburb of Nemeti. He was a scholar and a master scribe. He raised his children as G-d fearing Jews. Of his ten children, only three survived. R. Yosef, his wife Esther and their children, Rabbi Yitzchak Isaac Dayan and Moreh Tzedek in Patrova, Moshe Yehuda and his wife Frimet and their four children. Menachem and his family, Chaya, Tzvi, Rifka and Rachel were all murdered in sanctification of G-ds name in Auschwitz. The surviving children, Meir in Antwerp, Yehoshua in New York, and Leah Kassirer in Antwerp, preserve their memory .

R. Yosef Epstein z”l Torah scribe

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Banias, Lajos and the martyrs of his family.

Barbash, Bertalen and the martyrs of his family.

Barna, Antal and the martyrs of his family.

Herman Baumgarten and the martyrs of his family.

Aaron Betshky and the martyrs of his family.

Marcel Berger. Journalist. (see Yizkor) He died while working on this Yizkor book. He is buried in the Netanya cemetery. He was a valiant fighter for human rights. His first family was destroyed in Auschwitz. His memory is preserved by his wife in Netanya.

Berger, Sandor and the martyrs of his family.

Berger, Martin. Son-in-law of Moshe Meir Reiter, the lumber dealer. A greatly beloved person. He was deported to Auschwitz together with his family. His wife Bertha, and his daughter, returned to Satmar. Bertha remarried Israeli A. Guta and she died three years later in Satmar in 1950. Their daughter, Anci, lives in Ashkelon.

Barnet, Tzvi Herschel. R. Herschel was warmhearted, trustworthy and honest in all of his dealings. Together with his wife and his two daughters, Lily and Ibby, he was murdered in sanctification of G-d's name in Auschwitz. His surviving son, Miki, preserves his memory in New York.

Berkowitz, Antal and the martyrs of his family.

Berkowitz, Haim. Restaurateur. His restaurant was on Farkash-Antal Street below the white house. He was a very pleasant and polite person and his customers loved him. He was deported together with his family. It's not known whether anyone survived.

Berkowitz, Mihaely and the martyrs of his family.

Mor Barnet and the martyrs of his family.

Aharon Berger and the martyrs of his family.

Herman Blau and the martyrs of his family.

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Moritz Blass and the martyrs of his family.

Sandor Bleier and the martyrs of his family.

Martin Blum and the martyrs of his family

Lajos Braun and the martyrs of his family.

Braun, owner of a copper factory, and the martyrs of his family.

David Braunwasser and the martyrs of his family.

Frantz Braunwasser and the martyrs of his family.

Matias Braunwasser and the martyrs of his family.

The martyrs of the family of the late Yehuda Brecher. As far as I know his son and his daughter live in Israel.

Moshe Brieder and the martyrs of his family.

Bela Brody and the martyrs of his family.

The martyrs of the family of the late Meir Berger. His wife, Miriam-Margit, was murdered in sanctification of G-d's name in Auschwitz. Their memory is preserved by their son Mordechai in Melbourne, Moshe in Budapest, and Yosef Chaim in Bnai Brak.

The martyrs of the family of the late Tzvi Geller, an umbrella manufacturer, who lived on Vardomb Street. He was in Auschwitz and returned to Satmar. This author was with him in the camp. He began a new family, moved to Israel and after several years, died in Bnai Brak. His sons and daughters preserve his memory.

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Salomon Geller and the martyrs of his family.

Bezalel Genuth and the martyrs of his family.

Josef Gerendesh. Businessman (son in law of Gerber Weiss) A pleasant, Torah observant man. Gabbai of the Bais Medrash Machazeikie Torah. He was deported to Auschwitz along with his family. I heard that he has two surviving daughters in the United States.

Mannehert Gerendesh and the martyrs of his family.

Sandor Gyarmati and the martyrs of his family.

Haim Dovid Glick and the martyrs of his family.

Yitzchak-Ignatz Glick. Maker of stamping pads and stamps. Husband of Miriam Wald (Miriam was the tenth child in the Wald family born after the death of her father, the cantor Menachem Mendel Wald, and she was named Mindel after her father). Miriam and her young son were murdered in Auschwitz. One Wald daughter, Gitel-Gizi, lives in Haifa.

Joseph Glick and the martyrs of his family.

Mordechai Glick. Administrator in the Talmud Torah. He was a talmid chacham and a G-d fearing Jew, and educated his children as such. He was deported to Auschwitz along with most of his family. His son, Chaim Asher, lives in Kfar HaRoeh, Avraham z”l lived in Bnai Brak, and his daughter in Bnai Brak preserved his memory.

Moshe Glick. Businessman. Known for his honesty, goodness, and fear of heaven. He supported his family and raised his seven children as G-d fearing Jews, along with his good-hearted wife, Miriam. Tragically most of them were victims of the Holocaust, including their daughter, Charna, and her five children, their daughters Esther, Elka, Shaul Pinchas and Rifka. Their son, Mordechai, died several months ago in Tel Aviv. Their sole surviving son, Yosef, lives in Tel Aviv and preserves their memory with love.

Excuse me, correction. My mistake. The Glick family had eight children, not seven as was written above. Rachel was also murdered in Auschwitz and the yahrzeit for the Glick family is the 9^th day of Sivan.

Samuel Glick. Agriculturalist. A G-d fearing Jew, very jovial and good natured. He worked faithfully to support the eight souls in his family. He and wife raised their children to be good and faithful Jews. The Glick family also went down that terrible road. The parents were murdered in Auschwitz. Their daughter, the widow Reich, lives in Beersheva. Pinchas is in Haifa, Pessil Sheinfeld in Netanya. And Rachel Weinfeld in Jerusalem. Yuta and Rifka light a memorial candle for their parents on the second of Sivan.

Adolph Glick. Coffee dealer. Partner in Glick and Steinberger on Karoly Street. An intelligent person and honest businessman. He gave his three children a traditional upbringing. His wife and his daughter, Roszi Rado, were murdered in Auschwitz. The fate of their son Moishe is unknown and their son Henrich lives in Israel.

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Nathan Goldenberg and martyrs of his family.

Adolph Goldner and the martyrs of his family.

Bernath Goldner and the martyrs of his family.

Franz Goldstein and the martyrs of his family.

Herman Goldstein and the martyrs of his family.

Ignatz Goldstein and the martyrs of his family.

Yosef Dovid Goldstein. Wholesaler on Farkash-Antal Street, known for his honesty and personal development. While he had the physical appearance of an Ashkenazi Jew, in his soul he was a hassid. His home on Heles Franz Street 15 was a center of charity and kindness. His righteous wife, Sima, a refined and good soul, was his partner and together they raised their five children to be fine Jews. There were only two survivors out of this family of seven souls. All those who perished were: R. Yosef Dovid, his wife and three sons Yehezkel (buried him in a mass grave in Dornhau on the 3 of Iyar 1945) his wife Beila and their son Avraham Shmuel; their son Shmuel Yaakov and his wife Zshuka and their two children, their esteemed son Moshe Shalom the cream of the golden Orthodox youth in Satmar and his wife Zlata and their three children; his daughter in law Leah (the first wife of Yitzchak) and their children. Their daughter-in-law Miriam (the first wife of Shimshon Baruch) and their daughters Chaya and Leiba were murdered in sanctification of G-d's name in Auschwitz on the first day of Shavuot 1944. Their two sons, Yitzchak Bunya and Shimshon Baruch, in Tel Aviv, follow the path of their father and preserve their memory. Along with them is the granddaughter, Malka, the daughter of Yehezkel, who lives in Givat Rambam. Their son Yitzchak Goldstein made a generous donation and helped with the publication of this volume.

Lajos Goldstein and the martyrs of his family.

Zsigmund Gottleib and the martyrs of his family.

Gershon Griffel. Melamed (Torah teacher) and the martyrs of his family. I don't have accurate information about the fate of his family, but I know that his son and daughter live in Israel

Herman Griffel and the martyrs of his family.

Moshe Griffel and the martyrs of his family.

Aharon Dov Gross. Jeweler. He lived on 50 Petofi Street and his store was on the promenade of the main square. He was a pleasant person, a G-d fearing Jew (for his photo see the Golden Album of Hungarian army veterans). He played various roles in Jewish communal life. He was a member of the governing board of the community, a gabbai in the Chevra Mishnayos Bais Medrash. He resembled the material he worked with, he was golden. He was interrogated and beaten in the house of the money beatings in the ghetto. He was deported to Auschwitz along with his righteous wife, Yehudis, and their two daughters, Rachel Miller and her six children, Sheindel Einhorn and her three children (they had been in the NagyBanya ghetto) and two grandchildren, Yaakov and Rachel. The children of Israel Gross died in sanctification of G-d's name on the first day of Shavuot 1944. Their daughter Shprintza Gitel z”l died in Satmar at age 19 in the year taf reish pay tet (1929). Her brother exhumed her body and buried her in Har Hamenuchot in Jerusalem. Three sons survived: Yisrael (Izshu) in Sydney Australia, Abraham (Bumi) in Miami Beach , Yehuda (Yidu) in Paris, and they lovingly preserve their memories.

Franz Gross and the martyrs of his family.

The family of the late Israel (Isidore) Gross, a monument maker. He died in 1943 in Budapest and was buried in Satmar. Some of his family were deported to Auschwitz. His son Miki returned to Satmar and passed away several years later. As far as I know his daughter lives in Paris.

Yaakov Gross and the martyrs of his family.

Isidore Grossinger and the martyrs of his family.

Hillel Greenfeld. Sold shoes. One of the regular worshipers at the Great Synagogue. Along with his wife Gitel they raised their nine children in the best way. The parents and five children Yosef, Tzvi, Miriam, Nechemiah and Pesachya were murdered in Auschwitz on the 28^th of Iyar 1944. Their son Aryeh died in Sydney in 1972. Their memory is preserved by their children, Isaiah, Chava, and Pinchas Elazar, all of them in Canada.

Regina Guth (the first wife of Israel Guth). Her Jewish name was Rifka. Murdered in Auschwitz. Her memory is preserved by her two sons, Yehiel in Sydney and Menachem in Holon.

Odon Guttman and the martyrs of his family.

David Segal Greenberger the son in law of R. Benzion Phillip (born in Temesvar). He was a G-d fearing, charitable scholar.

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Always showed kindness and welcomed guests into his home with great respect. He died in Temesvar in 1946. His wife, Pessil, died in Satmar in taf shin lamed zayin. Their daughter Shaindel died at a young age in Temesvar. Their memory is preserved by their children Chaya Sara Frankel in Switzerland, Avraham Yitzchak and Yisrael Chaim in Munich, Boruch Tzvi and Yehuda in Montreal, Raisel Gordon in Holon, Aliza Plant in Haifa, Moshe in Bnai Brak and Mordechai in Petach Tikva.

Dovid Greenberger and his wife Pessil

Naftali Herzka Segal Greenberger resembled his brother in his good deeds. His wife and four children were murdered in the sanctification of G-ds name in Auschwitz. Their memory is lovingly preserved by their daughters, Shaindel and Rivka in Israel, their son Shmuel Dovid Segal in the US, and a relative who preserved their memory in our book, R. Yisrael Chiam Greenberger Segal in Munich.

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David, Hillel (Henrich) Chaim. Partner in the firm of David and Kahan. A beloved individual, G-d fearing Jew and an honest businessman. He and his wife Rifka raised their children to be good Jews. Their son Moshe (Miklos), served as an IDF officer and is currently the manager of an important factory in Israel. Their second son Yitchak (Imre) was one of the injured rescuers at Entebbe. He wrote about the Entebbe rescue, and compared Entebbe to Auschwitz. Their third son is a government official in Upper Nazareth. They all preserve the memory of their parents and their sister Klari.

R. Hillel Chaim David and his wife Rifka

Davidowitz, Yehuda, and the martyrs of his family.

Davidowitz, Lipot, and the martyrs of his family.

Davidowitz, Samuel, and the martyrs of his family.

Davidowitz, Sigmund, and the martyrs of his family.

Deutsch, Joseph, and the martyrs of his family.

Daishi, Abraham, and the martyrs of his family.

Deblinger, Mihaly, and the martyrs of his family.

Silberger, Shlomo. Lumber merchant and sold building materials. Was deported to Auschwitz along with his family. His daughter is the widow of Benzion Weinberger zl. Bindel lives in Bnai Brank and preserves the memory of her loved ones.

Dertler, Meir, and the martyrs of his family.

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Herring, Sigmund, businessman, and the martyrs of his family.

Hartman, Isidor, and the martyrs of his family.

Hartman, Yaakov. The Hartman family owned and operated a store that sold and repaired sewing machines located on the main square. R. Yaakov Hartman was among the first Jews to settle in Satmar. He served as first gabbai in the Great Synagogue and, after that, the honorary secretary of the community until he died. He is buried in Satmar.

Hartman, Moshe Aaron, son of Yaakov Hartman, also known as Mozshi, was a prominent personality in Satmar. He wore a long beard, a distinctive hat and a frock coat, and was often seen walking around the city. He was blessed with unusual charm and grace and the gift of persuasion so that no one could refuse his requests; he spent his time helping others. As a partner in the Hartman business he did not have financial worries and he utilized his charming and persuasive talents to benefit others, often assisting Satmar Jews in their dealing with the government or the military. Mozshi Hartman never married and he died at the age 61 in taf reish pay gimel. Both Jews and non-Jews were saddened by his passing. The daily newspaper, The Samosh, announced his death in large letters. His obituary portrayed him as a national hero. He is buried alongside his father in the Satmar cemetery.

Hartman, Yitzchak Daniel, son of Yaakov Hartman, also known as Ika, was murdered in the sanctification of G-ds name, along with his wife Bila, and their four children. His three children from his first marriage live in Argentina.

Hartman, Menachem Mendel, son of Yaakov Hartman, was murdered in the sanctification of G-ds name along with his wife Roiza and two of their sons, Yaakov Shmuel and Avraham. Two other children, Yizchak Daniel and Rachel Leah of Bnei Brak, light a memorial candle in memory of their pure souls.

Hartman, Yehoshua, son of Yaakov Hartman, was murdered in the sanctification of G-ds name along with his wife Chaya Sara and two of their sons, Yehuda Moshe and Shmuel. Their memory lives on with their son Yaakov in Bnei Brak, and their daughter Esther Lindfelder in Haifa.

Hartman, Haim, son of Yaakov Hartman. He and his wife Rifka, and their five children, Moshe Aaron, Yehuda, Hananya, Yom Tov Lip, Rachel Leah and Bracha were murdered in Auschwitz. The memorial day for the martyrs of the Hartman family is the 10^th of Sivan.

Hartman, Rachel Rosenberg, daughter of Yaakov Hartman, and her family died in the ghetto. May their memory be blessed.

The children of R. Yaakov Hartman were G-d fearing Jews and they raised their children in this manner. Their grandchildren follow in their path. Many are Torah scholars, and Hassidim, follow the path of their ancestors and preserve their memory.

Habash, Barnet, and the martyrs of his family.

Habash, Joseph, and the martyrs of his family.

Habash, Dr. Miklos, and the martyrs of his family.

Hartstein, Peter, and the martyrs of his family.

Heilbrun, Henrich (Haim), and the martyrs of his family.

Hellman, Barnet, and the martyrs of his family.

Hershkowitz, David, and the martyrs of his family.

Hershkowitz, Yaakov, and the martyrs of his family.

Hershkowitz, Joseph, and the martyrs of his family.

Hershkowitz, Leib, was a book binder. He had five sons and three daughters, whom he raised as good Jews. Sadly only two members of the family remain alive. His wife Chaya Shaindel, and six of their children, Sara Esther Friedman and her family, Tzvi, Malka, Yosef Meir, Perel and Dov, were murdered in the sanctification of G-ds name along with their parents in Auschwitz. Their sons, Yisrael Aaron and Piri, in Petach Tikva, preserve fond memories of their loved ones.

Hershkowitz, Lipot, and the martyrs of his family. He was a businessman who sold goose meat on Vardomb Street.

Hirsch, Adolph, and the martyrs of his family.

Hirschhorn, Adoph (Abraham), and his wife Razshi, religious Jews, were deported to Auschwitz.

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Moses Hirschorn. Owned a candy store on the central square. He and his wife Bertha were good Jews and traditionally observant. They were both murdered in Auschwitz.

Nisan Aryeh Hirshorn. Clerk. He and his wife Chaya Hinda lived on 28 Telki Street. They were Torah observant and charitable. They, their daughter Malkaleh, and their 11 year old grandson, Dudi, were all murdered in Auschwitz. Their son Mordechai lives in Herzliya and preserves his memory with love.

Ignatz Hoch and the martyrs of his family,

Joseph Hoch and the martyrs of his family.

Kalman Hoffman and the martyrs of his family,

Ana Hartstein, Etush Marmelstein and her daughters Rachel Leah, Bracha, Sanda, Yehudis and Chava were murdered in sanctification of G-d's name in the month of Sivan 1944. They are remembered by family in the United States.

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Israel Nahum Wald. Glazier. He was a talmid chacham and a G-d fearing Jew who worked hard to support his family of eight souls. His wife Esther, and his son Chaim Alter, died in Satmar. R. Yisrael Nahum and four of his children, Leah Yoskowitz and her two children, Avraham Moshe and his wife Esther, Mordechai Yehuda his wife and three children, Nosson. His wife and two children were all murdered in Auschwitz. Their memory is preserved by their son, Tzvi, in Bnai Brak.

Shmuel-Shmerel Wald. Legal assistant. He was a very well liked person. Murdered with his wife, Sidi, and his son, Zoli, in Auschwitz. Their memory is preserved by their surviving children, Irene, Lily and Bela Bunia.

Lipot Weinberger and the martyrs of his family.

Mor Weinberger and the martyrs of his family.

Shmuel Tzvi Weinberger. Shamash of the community. A student of Rabbi Yehuda Greenwald, he was among the foremost scholars of the city. He was an excellent administrator and he managed the community's property. Together with his wife Berta, he raised good children. His son, Moshe, died in Satmar. Margit and Pinchas were murdered together with their parents in Auschwitz. Their memory is preserved by their son, Berel, in Satmar and their other children in the U.S.

Ignatz Weinstock and the martyrs of his family.

Abraham Weiss and the martyrs of his family.

Adolph Weiss and the martyrs of his family.

Arnold Weiss and the martyrs of his family.

David Weiss and the martyrs of his family..

Elmer Weiss. Jeweler. His wife Gitel, and their children, Shmuel and Victor, were murdered in Auschwitz on the 9^th of Sivan 1944.

David Meir Weiss. Produce dealer and talmid chacham with deep Hassidic roots. He raised his nine children (three sons and six daughters) as G-d fearing Jews. R. Dovid Meir was deported to Auschwitz together with his righteous wife, Leah, their son Yehezkel (his first wife Rachel died in Satmar), his wife Esther and their three children, his son Sholom, his wife, and their children, and his six daughters. All of them died with the cry of Shema Yisrael on their lips on Shavuot 1944. His son Yosef returned from the camp but died later in New York. His wife Devorah was murdered in Auschwitz. They are remembered by their grandchildren and great grandchildren, among them Yehezkel's daughter, Yenta, the wife of R. Avraham Fisher in New York.

Henrich Weiss and the martyrs of his family.

Yitzchak Weiss. (Isakl the son of R. Chaim Moshe z”l) born in Satmar was a student of Rabbi Yehuda Greenwald z”l. He was among the elite families of Orthodox Satmar. Their home on Varashmarti Street was a fortress of mitzvot.

Yitzchak Weiss and his wife Rifka

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His wife, Rifka, (the daughter of R. Dov z”l) was always ready to help others. R. Yitzchak was a member of the community's government and he served as treasurer. Their children were exemplary. R. Yitzchak, his wife, and seven of their children, Yisreali David, his wife Ilonka and their children, Avraham Tzvi, his wife and their children, Moshe Chaim, Yosef Mordechai and Golda were all murdered in sanctification of G-d's name in Auschwitz on the 10^th day of Sivan 1944. Their memory is preserved by their children, survivors of the Holocaust, Yehoshua in Bnai Brak, Rachel Yehieli in Tel Aviv and Chaya Hoffman in Bnai Brak. R. Yitzchak's first wife is buried in Satmar.

Isidore Weiss and the martyrs of his family.

Izshak Weiss and the martyrs of his family.

Yaakov Weiss and the martyrs of his family.

Jonas Weiss and the martyrs of his family.

Lajos Weiss and the martyrs of his family.

Lajos Weiss (Pisa) and the martyrs of his family.

Mano Weiss and the martyrs of his family.

Marton Weiss and the martyrs of his family.

Moritz Weiss and the martyrs of his family.

Nandor Weiss, a mover, and the martyrs of his family.

Noah Weiss and the martyrs of his family.

Samuel Weiss and the martyrs of his family.

The Weiss family who cared for the mikva on Vardomb Street were murdered in sanctification of G-d's name.

Zoltan Weiss and the martyrs of his family.

Aharon Weltz. Agent. The son-in-law of R. Meir Weiss from Parani Street. A G-d fearing Jew and a good person. He and his wife, Chana, and two daughters, Rivka and Esther, were murdered in Auschwitz. His sons, Yehuda in Bnai Brak and Yeshaya in New York, preserve his memory.

Henrich Weinman and the martyrs of his family.

Yehoshua Weider. Textile merchant. His store was in the main square. A G-d fearing Hassidic Jew. He, and most of his family, were murdered in Auschwitz.

Ignatz Weisel and the martyrs of his family.

Barnet Wittman. Businessman. Lived on Toltosh Street. He was murdered in Auschwitz together with his wife and eldest son. His younger son lives in the U.S.

Yaakov Wolf and the martyrs of his family.

Yaakov Veerovitz and the martyrs of his family.

Menachem Mendel Veerowitz and the martyrs of his family.

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Josef Zeiff and the martyrs of his family.

Anschel Zelmar and the martyrs of his family

Yaakov Zola and the martyrs of his family

Joseph Zissman. Wholesale spirit dealer. G-d fearing, honest and Torah observant, known for his philanthropy. His wife, Fradel, had a similar temperament. They were parents to three children. Esther (the first wife of R. Gedaliah Steinmetz) and her three children, Hillel and Sara were all murdered in Auschwitz on the 10^th of Sivan 1944. Their son Chaim-Kalman, in Rehovot, preserves their memory.

Shlomo Zissman. Businessman. Lived on Odbary Street. G-d-fearing, honest and charitable. His wife Esther was the same. Their children, Barnet, his wife Rozi and their two children, Yaakov, his wife Gitel and their two children, were murdered in Auschwitz. Their son, Karl Zissman in Los Angeles, preserves their memory.

  Chet

Moshe Chaimayda and the martyrs of his family.

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Lajos Trevitz and the martyrs of his family.

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Joseph Jakobowitz. Seller of seltzer. Known as a Talmid chacham, he spent many years studying in the Sighet yeshiva. His wife, Hinda, was a devoted mother to their children. Their daughter-in-law, Leah Wald, (the first wife of their son Shlomo) and her two children, Moshe and Esther, their son Moshe and his wife Babtshi, their daughter Sara and her husband Abba Gottleib the carpenter and their six children (his wife expecting the seventh) were all murdered in Auschwitz on the 28^th of Iyar 1944.

Josef Yoskovitz and his wife Hinda

Abba Gottlieb and Sara Yoskovitz on their wedding day

Estherl Yoskovitz, the daughter of Shlomo

His wife Risa was very charitable. She passed away in Satmar in the year Taf Shin. R. Hersh Dovid and his four children, Miriam , Faiga, Rifka and Chaim were murdered in Auschwitz on Shabbos the 12 of Sivan 1944. Their son Avraham Michael in Bnai Brak preserves their memory.

Mor Jakobowitz and the martyrs of his family.

Yakov Yaeger. Clerk. An intelligent and pleasant person, conversant and smiling.

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He, his wonderful wife Yehudis, and their so,n Kalonymus Kalman, were victims of the Holocaust. His daughter, Leah Lily Fried, lives in Bnai Brak and preserves their memory and their yahrzeit on the 12^th of Sivan.

  Kaf

Abraham Katz and the martyrs of his family.

Hirsch Katz and the martyrs of his family.

Henrich Haim Yitzchak Katz. Owned a passport office. Died in Bnai Brak. His family were deported to Auschwitz.

The martyrs of the family of the late Mordechai Katz, a produce dealer.

Mannhart Katz and the martyrs of his family.

Moritz Katz and the martyrs of his family.

Moses Katz and the martyrs of his family.

Joseph Cohen and the martyrs of his family.

Moses Cohen and the martyrs of his family.

Samuel Cohen and the martyrs of his family.

  Lamed

Lazer Landau and the martyrs of his family.

Barnet Lang and the martyrs of his family.

Emanuel Land and the martyrs of his family.

Franz Lang and the martyrs of his family.

Yehuda Meir Lazar and the martyrs of his family.

Lajos Lazar and the martyrs of his family.

Marton Lazar and the martyrs of his family.

Sandor Lazar and the martyrs of his family.

Dr. Lazar, a physician, and the martyrs of his family.

Henrich Levi and the martyrs of his family.

Ignatz Levi and the martyrs of his family.

Alter Lebowitz and the martyrs of his family.

Barnet Lebowitz. Scribe,and the martyrs of his family. His son Naftali, a Hebrew teacher passed away as a young man in Satmar. His son Sholom, lives in Australia. He has a surviving daughter but her whereabouts are unknown.

Henrich Lebowitz and the martyrs of his family.

Janos Lebowitz and the martyrs of his family.

R. Yehiel Tzvi Lebowitz. Teacher. He was an excellent educator. He prepared hundreds of students to lead traditional Jewish lives, and he raised his eight children to be good Jews and loyal to the future state of Israel. He was supported by his loyal wife, who resembled her husband in his commitment to good deeds. She was an exemplary Jewish mother doing all she could for her children. The Lebowitz children follow the example of their fine parents.

R. Yehiel Tzvi and his wife Golda

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R. Michel Hirsch was a Talmid Chacham. He was a wise student, a devoted Chassid of the Rebbe Rabbi Joel Teitelbuam z”l dating from his years as Rebbe of Orshova. R. Michel Hirsch was prescient, recognizing the dangers of Hitler's rise to power, and he sent four of his children to the Land of Israel, thereby saving their lives.

The Lebowitzs and their son Abraham and his family perished in sanctification of G-d's name on the first day of Shavuot 1944.

Their daughter Helen, who was married to Joshua Reich of Sighet, emigrated to Israel in 1933. Even as a young person she was devoted to Torah and the Jewish homeland and she was active in many organizations, among them, the association of Hungarian immigrants. She was a founder of the Sighet organization and she also initiated the organization of former Satmarers in Israel, which she worked for until her death in Tef shin lamed gimel (1973). She is buried in the cemetery of Kiryat Shaul and the organization of former Satmarers feels her loss to this day. The family mourns its loved ones, among them children, brothers, and sisters, David Levy, Esther, Eliezer, Sara, Ahuva, and their daughter in law Carmela in Tel Aviv.

Martin Lebowitz and the martyrs of his family.

Geno Levendal and the martyrs of his family.

Bela Lichtman and the martyrs of his family.

Lichtman, Sara. This widow was deported to Auschwitz along with her family from the Satmar ghetto. Her son Bela and his wife Evolia, and their children Franz and Ilonka, her daughter Rosa -Raiza Berger and their children Miki and Shamu, her son Samuel-Sandor and his wife Etel and their children Lajos-Eliezzer and Magda-Miriam, her daughter Elizabeth Farkash and her children Miriam and Mathilde, were all murdered in Auschwitz. Their memory is preserved by Joshua Lichtman in Bustan HaGalil and Meir in Nahariya.

Alek Linder and the martyrs of his family.

David Levy and the martyrs of his family.

Joseph Levy and the martyrs of his family.

Mor Levy and the martyrs of his family.

Ignatz Lustig and the martyrs of his family.

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Antal Meyer, owner of a boutique.

Meyer, Mechel Leib (Lipot) Watchmaker and a jeweler. (son of R. Shlomo Meyer, shamash at Hevre Mishnayos) He was a good and honest Jew. He and his wife Charlotte Glick were murdered in sanctification of G-d's name in Auschwitz in Sivan 1944. Their memory is preserved by their daughter, Hinda, in Bnai Brak

The family of the late Shlomo Meyer was murdered in Auschwitz. For many years R. Shlomo was the caretaker of the Chevra Mishnayos synagogue. He was loved by all. He had a large family. Sadly I don't have any information about the fate of his family. R Shlomo is buried in Satmar. Most of his family were murdered in Auschwitz. One son, Haim-Koli, lives in Israel and he preserves their memory.

Herman Meyerowitz and the martyrs of his family.

Simon Meyerowitz and the martyrs of his family.

Isidore Markowitz and the martyrs of his family.

Dr. Joseph Markowitz and the martyrs of his family.

Moshe Markowitz. Seller of yeast. An Orthodox Jew of noble spirit. He and his wife, Etush (née Kramer) were active philanthropists. R. Moshe was the gabbai of the Chevra Mishnayos Synagogue and the gabbai of the Chevra Kadisha filling both roles at the same time. He was known for his good heart. His memory is preserved by the Braun and Abraham families in New York, and by R. Shlomo Zamroni-Nota of Klausenburg, the chairman of the Bnai Brak religious council.

Ada Markowitz and the martyrs of his family.

Mishka Markowitz. Co-owner of the Adelman-Markowitz soda factory. A religious Jew and a pleasant person. His wife died suddenly

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in the midst of the Kol Nidrei prayer in the Markowitz family Bais Medrash. Markowitz and his daughter, Ayala, were deported to Auschwitz. His son Dr. Emil Markowitz passed away in Afula. There are those who say that his other son Miklosh lives in Klausenburg, Rumania.

Aaron Mandel and the martyrs of his family.

David Marmelstein and the martyrs of his family.

Moses Marmelstein and the martyrs of his family.

Gyla Moskowitz and the martyrs of his family.

Leopold Moskowitz and the martyrs of his family.

Moskowitz, an administrator at the Talmud Torah on Petofi Street.

Mihaly Moses and the martyrs of his family.

Moses, Karoly. Manager of a moving company. Lived on Atila Street. An intelligent person with a warm Jewish heart. During the 1930s he won the Rumanian lottery and he expressed his gratitude to G-d by donating an expensive rug which was laid near the ark of the Status Quo Synagogue. His wife, Elisabeth, was equally warm and good natured. Both of them were murdered in Auschwitz along with Barnet Goldenfeld and Rosika.

Itkak [Itzak?] Moskal and the martyrs of his family.

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Zoltan Nady and the martyrs of his family.

Sandor Nayowitz and the martyrs of his family.

Isaiah Neuman. Lumber dealer and seller of building supplies. Scrupulously honest, G-d fearing Hassid. He and his wife Yenta raised excellent children. He was murdered along with three of his children, Gital, Mordechai and Chaim on the 28^th of Iyar 1944. Their memory lives on in the hearts of their children Shamai, Feiga (Strauss) and Chana (Weber) in Bnai Brak, Ephraim in Petach Tikva and Moshe Yosef in Paris.

Levi Neuman and the martyrs of his family.

Shalom Neuman. Businessman and a scholar. G-d fearing Jew. Together with his devoted wife Esther, he raised his ten children. There was almost no wedding in Satmar not attended by R. Shalom Neuman. He brought joy to the bride and groom with his badchanus, humorous wedding poetry, and he donated his earnings to the poor. Shalom, Esther, and their children Lola, Pessie, Rifka, Miriam and Klari, were murdered in Auschwitz. Their memory lives on in the hearts of the surviving offspring, Azriel in Hadera, Yosef, Shari and Ephraim in New York and Moshe in Paris.

Hirsch Nosan and the martyrs of his family.

Mendel Nosan and the martyrs of his family.

Peter Nosan and the martyrs of his family.

  Samech

Lajos Samet and his wife Giza (née Weiss) and their three daughters. Klari, Iby and Hendy. were murdered in Auschwitz in Sivan 1944. Their American family preserves their memory.

Deszo Sender and the martyrs of his family.

The martyrs of the Sender family.

Geno Sekely and the martyrs of his family.

Lajos Sobel. Manager of a government warehouse . He and his wife and his daughter, Yolika, were deported to Auschwitz. The fate of his son is unknown.

Mor Sobowitz and the martyrs of his family,

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Alter Perl and the martyrs of his family,

Ignacz Perl and the martyrs of his family,

Samuel Perl and the martyrs of his family.

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Zelig Perl and the martyrs of his family

Hermann Pollack and the martyrs of his family

Azriel Pollack and the martyrs of his family

Preisler, Menachem. Owned a grocery store on 2 Vivi street. He was an honest merchant and a traditional religious Jew. His wife Golda Gitel was a devoted mother. Both the parents and their son, Moshe Aryeh, were on the first transport to Auschwitz. They were brought to a labor camp and died there. The dates of their deaths are unknown. Their daughter, Ema Koslowsky of Tel Aviv, holds on to their memory.

Hermann Farkash and the martyrs of his family.

Josefina (Pepy) Farkash is remembered by her daughter Gabriella Wachtel (nee Farkash) in New York.

Joseph Farkash and the martyrs of his family.

Samuel Farkash. Horse dealer. Exceedingly honest and good hearted. He lived on King Matias Street. His wife Esther was a devoted mother to her daughters Rosy and Adele. Berta and her young son Latzi age 3, Uncle Joseph, Uncle Lajos and his wife Giza and their daughter and her husband were all murdered in sanctification of G-d's name in Auschwitz during the month of Sivan 1944. Their memory is preserved by their loved ones in the Land of Israel and in the world.

Zoltan Farkash and the martyrs of his family.

David Feig and the martyrs of his family.

Bela Ferenci and the martyrs of his family.

R. Yitchak Isaac Feuer and his wife Gitel

Herman Menachem Tzvi Farber. Painter, a man with many talents who filled many important roles with devotion. He was a member of the governing body of the Status Quo kehilla. He was among the founders of the union of Jewish small-scale manufacturers. He was moved to the ghetto from his home on Erny-Janosh Street, and after that to Auschwitz, together with his wife Chana Leah. They were murdered on Shavuot 1944. One of his sons, Asher Anschel Gedaliah, died recently in the U.S. His other son, Yehuda Aryeh, is a dental technician in Givat Shmuel, and preserves the memory of his loved ones.

The martyrs of the Phineas family.

Shraga Fischel Fish was deported to Auschwitz together with his wife Toiba. They were known in Satmar as traditional religious Jews. R. Shraga Fischel was the Torah reader at the Shaare Torah Bais Medrash. His son, Yaakov Azriel the cantor, died two years ago in Tel Aviv. His surviving children Yisrael in New York and Yenta (the widow of Sterntal) in Beersheva, preserve their memories with love.

Hermann Fish and the martyrs of his family.

Chaim Tzvi Fish. Sold cooking equipment. He lived on Vagohid Street. In his youth he studied in famous yeshivas and was known as a Talmid Chochom. He worked hard to support his large family and G-d blessed his efforts with success. He raised his children to be good Jews. R. Chaim Hirsch and most of his family were murdered in Auschwitz. I heard that his daughter, Yolan, lives in Toronto

Mihaly Fish and the martyrs of his family.

Azriel Fish and the martyrs of his family.

Salomon Fish and the martyrs of his family.

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Franz Fish and the martyrs of his family.

David Koppel Frank. Brush manufacturer. A traditional Orthodox Jew and a dedicated craftsman. He supported his large family with honest labor. His wife Gitel, an authentic Jewish mother, passed away in Satmar. The father and four children, Baruch, Yaakov, Moshe Yosef and Sara Rifka, were murdered in sanctification of G-d's name in Auschwitz. The surviving daughter, Breindel Leah Holitz, lights a yahrzeit candle in their memory.

Mihaly Flager and the martyrs of his family.

The Fleischman family were founders of the kehilla. They shared their wealth with the poor. The Fleischman family had many branches all of which deserve a place of honor in our volume. Let these lines serve as a memorial to them.

Armin Freier and the martyrs of his family.

The Freiman family. The Freiman home was among the gems of Satmar Orthodoxy. R. Chaim Yehoshua Freiman z”l was an excellent Jew. He died young in Satmar in the year taf reish pay tet (1929), leaving a widow and nine young orphans. His wife Matel, a righteous woman, and the daughter of a family of kohanim wore the clothing of widowhood for 16 years until the Holocaust. She tended to the education of their nine children, and succeeded with G-d's help. They grew up as hardworking, honest people, most of them working to develop the state of Israel. With G-d's mercy the bitter fate of Chana and her seven sons did not befall Matel Freiman. She also was murdered in sanctification of G-d's name in Auschwitz. Eight of her children were rescued from the Holocaust. Her son Hershu z”l, died in Satmar in 1943. Her daughters-in-law Ica, Hanna and Frieda, were victims of the Holocaust along with their children.

The memory of their holy mother and their father who died young is preserved by the children, Lishu in Ramat Yosef, Domi, Ilonka, Sendy, and Yehuda in Bnai Brak, Frimet-Klari in Argentina and Yosef in Lononti.

Adolph Frankel and the martyrs of his family.

Benjamin Freund and the martyrs of his family.

The family of the late R. Chaim Freund z”l the Hassidic prince. His textile factory, the largest in Transylvania, provided jobs for hundreds of families in the city. I write these lines in the month of Kislev. Kis-lev, which can be parsed as pocket and heart. There are those who have full pockets but lack the heart to empty them and there are those with the hearts to give but empty pockets. The Freund family gave and gave. During Hanukkah on the day of the yahrzeit of Chaya z”l, the wife of R. Chaim Freund, the Freund family supplied full sets of warm winter clothing for all of the poor children in the Talmud Torah. On Purim, and before Passover and the other holidays, they distributed large sums of money to the poor.

It would be incorrect for me if I didn't give an example of the pocket and the heart, the generosity of other wealthy Jews in Satmar. They also helped but it was hard to compete with the Freunds.

R. Chaim Freund died of old age in Jerusalem in 1948. His son Yitzchak died during the 1930s in Satmar. His son Yehoshua and his family were in the Nirdhaz ghetto. Anschel and his family were brought to Auschwitz from the Satmar ghetto. Sender died in Bucharest in 1947 and was buried in Satmar. Yosef died in Tel Aviv and Tuvia in Jerusalem. Their memory is preserved by their grandchildren and great grandchildren.

Adolph Fried and the martyrs of his family.

Alter Friend. Vishnitz Chassid. Exceptionally well regarded by others due to his joyful disposition. He had a big Jewish heart and was always ready to help others. His wife Rachel resembled him. Both parents and their children, Tzvi, Avraham Baruch, Zecharia and Perel were murdered in Auschwitz on the 10^th of Sivan 1944.

Benno Fried and the martyrs of his family.

Emil Fried. Electrician (grandson of the Max family). His wife was Yuta, nee Stern (sister of this author) and their toddler son, Chaim. Emil was electrocuted in the camp. Yuta and their son were murdered in Auschwitz. Their memory is preserved by their brothers and sisters in Israel.

Istvan Fried and the martyrs of his family.

Joseph Fried. Owner of a cigarette stand on the main square, he was a Vishnitzer Chassid. He had a pleasant face, and a warm heart, and excellence in Torah learning. His wise

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advice was widely sought. Rav Yosef, and his righteous wife, Sara Rifka, and their wonderful son Eliayhu, were murdered in Auschwitz on the 12 of Sivan 1944. He is remembered by his children Etya Newman and Avraham Baruch in New York, and Rachel Ganz in Kfar Ata.

Avraham Friedman and the martyrs of his family.

Deszo Friedman and the martyrs of his family.

Joseph Friedman and the martyrs of his family.

Ignatz Friedman and the martyrs of his family.

Samuel Friedman and the martyrs of his family.

Zoltan Friedman and the martyrs of his family.

Sigmund Friedman and the martyrs of his family.

Meir Frischman. Religion teacher at the local elementary school. His students called him Uncle Frischman. His long beard and his Shteif hat added to his aristocratic bearing. His wife, the good aunt Frischman, devoted herself to the poor, died in Satmar during the 1930s. Together they raised a wonderful family.

When Dr. David Frischman examined a patient on Shabbos, he accompanied a family member to the pharmacy so he wouldn't be required to write. In addition to his profession as a doctor he was also a poet and an author. Together with his brother Hugo, he published a monthly magazine in Hungarian called the “Jewish Future,” which was read widely in Transylvania. The third Frischman brother, Haim Tzvi, recently died in Jerusalem. The family also had daughters. I don't have accurate information about the fate of the family. One grandson, a son of Dr. Frischman, lives in Jerusalem.

Abraham Fruchter and the martyrs of his family.

Lajos Phillip and the martyrs of his family.

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Meir Zuckerman and the martyrs of his family.

  Kof

Isidore Kahn and the martyrs of his family.

Manhart Kahn and the martyrs of his family.

Shamu Kalman and the martyrs of his family.

Karoly Kalman and the martyrs of his family.

Shlomo Kelmer. Bookkeeper. Very well loved. Though he had studied in the Arugas HaBosem Yeshiva in Chust and had rabbinical ordination, and a certificate from a college in Lisa, he was a humble person. He was martyred in Auschwitz on the 9^th of Sivan 1944 along with his good hearted wife Rifka in Auschwitz. He is remembered by his son, Yitzchak Yehuda in Canada, and his daughters Chana-Anci in Ramat Gan and Miriam Klein in Petach Tikva.

Joseph Klapter and the martyrs of his family.

Arnold Klein and the martyrs of his family.

Endre Klein and the martyrs of his family.

Alec Klein. Confectioner, and the martyrs of his family.

Ignatz Klein and the martyrs of his family.

Geno Klein and the martyrs of his family.

Joseph Klein and the martyrs of his family.

Lipot Klein and the martyrs of his family.

Lajos Klein and the martyrs of his family.

Mor Klein and the martyrs of his family.

Moses Klein and the martyrs of his family.

Franz Klein and the martyrs of his family.

Samuel Klein and the martyrs of his family.

Sigmund Krast and the martyrs of his family.

Marton Koppel and the martyrs of his family.

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Joseph Kovacs and the martyrs of his family.

Bezalel Koevary. Government secretary. A precious Jew and a Talmid Chacham. He, his wife, their daughter Roszi (the wife of the cantor Joseph Wald zl) and their young grandson, were murdered in Auschwitz. Their son Shmuel Tzvi, the owner of the Shimshon pension in Ashkelon, and the president of the great synagogue in the Afridar neighborhood, passed away several years ago. His second son Jeno lives in Israel.

Jacob Krauss and the martyrs of his family.

Yosef Kraus. Clerk at Prinz's flour mill. He lived on Miliat Street #15. An intelligent person, pleasant, well liked. His wife, a woman of valor, Aidel (the daughter of the Yerushalmi, the Rav HaGaon Rabbi Shlomo Friedland z”l) was murdered along with their daughter Rivka (Oli) in Auschwitz on Shabbos the 12 of Sivan 1944. Their memory is preserved by their son, Yom Tov (Lulu), who lives in Sweden.

Mihaly Krauss and the martyrs of his family.

Deszo Krapet and the martyrs of his family.

Istvan Kon and the martyrs of his family.

Kon, a seller of goose meat, and the martyrs of his family. One son Andor lives in Satmar.

Shimon Kepetsh. His house was a fortress of charity and good deeds. His good and modest wife Chana, and their children Esther, Avraham, Yehuda and Yaakov were murdered in Auschwitz. Their memory is preserved lovingly by their daughter ,Yolanda Wechsler, in Paris.

  Resh

Hersh Ringel and the martyrs of his family.

Armin Ronay and the martyrs of his family.

Salomon Rosenbaum and the martyrs of his family.

Sandor Rosenbaum and the martyrs of his family.

Zoltan Rosenberg, the head guard at the hotel, and the martyrs of his family.

Jacob Rosner and the martyrs of his family.

Lipot Rosner and the martyrs of his family.

Deszo Rosenfeld and the martyrs of his family.

Henrich Rosenfeld and the martyrs of his family.

The family of the late Yehiel Rosenfeld, a G-d fearing, pleasant Ashkenazi Jew, is buried in Satmar. His wife Esther, was a religious and intelligent woman. They raised three children. R. Yehiel was a founder of the Share Torah society and served on its board until his passing. Esther Rosenfeld and two of their children, Asher Zelig and Pessil, were victims of the Holocaust. Their memory is preserved by their son Moshe (formerly a member of the synagogue choir) and now a cantor in New York.

Sandor Rosenblit. Technician, and the martyrs of his family.

Moses-Menashe Rosenwasser. Seller of mushrooms, and the martyrs of his family.

Sandor Rosensweig and the martyrs of his family.

Adolph Roth and the martyrs of his family.

Haim Roth. Butter manufacturer. His wife Rifka and their children were all murdered in Auschwitz.

Jacob Roth and the martyrs of his family.

Mordechai Leib Roth and the martyrs of his family.

Mihaly Roth and the martyrs of his family.

Samuel Roth and the martyrs of his family.

The family of the late Mordechai Rotshentein and his wife Mirel died in Satmar. Their son Yaakov was murdered in Leipzig in 1936. Moshe Yisrael and Reitzl were murdered in Auschwitz on the Sabbath of the 12 of Sivan 1944. Yosef was taken to Auschwitz from the Ungvar ghetto. Eliezer Lipman died in Israel. Their memory is preserved by their son and brother, Shlomo Rotenstein, in Bnai Brak.

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Haim Dovid Salmon. Grocer. His store was on Vardomb street. He was an Orthodox Jew

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and a Hassid. For many years he served as a gabbai at the Bais Medrash Machzikei Torah. He was deported to Auschwitz with his family. There is no additional information on the fate of his family.

Ignatz Solomon and the martyrs of his family.

Moshe Shlomo Samuel. Feather dealer. A G-d fearing Jew among the regular worshipers at the Bais Medrash Machzikei Torah. He was murdered in Auschwitz. His wife died in Satmar. His son, Yitzchak Aaron, returned to Satmar died there after an extended illness. His son, Yehezkel Meshulam, lives in Bnai Brak and preserves the memory of his loved ones.

Adolph Schwartz and the martyrs of his family.

Aaron Schwartz and the martyrs of his family.

Benjamin Schwartz and the martyrs of his family.

Isidor Schwartz and the martyrs of his family.

Hezky Itamar Tuvia Schwartz. Batim macher. A righteous G-d fearing Jew who merited to work at a holy calling, he made cases for tefillin to support his family of eleven souls, helped by G-d. Along with his righteous wife, a woman of valor, he raised his children as good Hassidic Jews. Sadly his family did not last for many years. The father and mother Shmuel, Aaron, Shalom, Yehuda Aryeh, Chana, Pinchas Asher, Rachel and Baila were all murdered in Auschwitz on the 28^th of Sivan 1944. Their memory is preserved by their son and brother, Chaim Tzvi in Bnai Brak, and Kraindel in New York.

Jeno Schreiber and the martyrs of his family.

Jeno Schnitzler and the martyrs of his family.

Yosef Shpitz and the martyrs of his family.

Marton Shpitz and the martyrs of his family.

Yosef Spiegel. Wine wholesaler. Exceptionally good hearted, whose noble spirit was drawn to everything Jewish and always ready to help others. He descended from a noble family and was well known as a scholar. This did not stop him from seating a pauper he brought home from the synagogue by his side at a Friday night meal, or to share his plate with him. He looked up to Rabbi Eliezer Dovid Greenwald z”l, a model of wisdom and greatness. It was R. Yosef's idea to bring him from Yisho to Satmar. For many years. R. Yosef Spiegel was the head of the Chevra Mishnayos. In his merit, the mikvah was built in the courtyard of the Bais Medrash. Along with his work on behalf of the community, he was also a manager at the Lasamitulo bank. His home on Prince Josef Street was a center for charity and good works. His noble and righteous wife, Zlata, née Steinmetz stood by his side and raised six wonderful children. Their lovely daughter Chayli was murdered in Auschwitz along with her parents.

Their son Yehiel Michel (Matzo), the pride of all Satmarers (who sang in the choir of the author of this volume) was appointed in 1941 as chief cantor in the great Kazinsky Synagogue in Budapest. He was conscripted into a labor detachment battalion #10 in NagyBanya. The Hungarian colonel Ravitzky, who is remembered fondly, took him under his wing, but the colonel left and was replaced by anti-semites who sent the well known cantor to the NagyBanya ghetto and from there he was deported to Auschwitz. When Colonel Ravitsky learned what had happened he tried to save him but did not succeed. Michel fell ill on Shabbos mevorchim of the month of Av. He was hospitalized and died shortly after, and his body was incinerated in the crematorium of Mauthausen. His wife Nechami ( the cousin of Menachem Spiegel) drowned in the sea when the Turkish ship, the Mafkura, was hit by a mine. Their young daughter Tzivia survived and was brought to Israel where she was raised, and in time, married off, by her uncle Dovid Spitzer and his wife Piri. She lives in the United States. The surviving Spiegel children include the widow, Sara Baila Spitzer (Piri) in Tel Aviv, Avraham Baruch (Buli), Yitzchak Naftali (Itzo) z”l, and Aaron Yehezkel (Hatzi) in Antwerp. They Remember the home of their parents, and light a yahrzeit candle for their loved ones.

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R. Yosef Spiegel and his wife Zlata				Yitzchak Naftali (Itzo) Spiegel z”l
The martyrs of the Spiegel family

From right to left: Nechami, the wife of R. Michel Spiegel, Michel Spiegel the cantor in Budapest, Chayli the daughter of R. Yosef Spiegel						Nechemia (son of Menachem) Spiegel as an IDF soldier

Kiryat Motzkin, Sivan Taf Shin Mem Bet (1982)

We grew up together in Satmar and we were together in hell, through the horrors of the camps but you my dear friend Matzo, you didn't make it to the finish line.

Already in the beginning of your career you were the principal cantor in the Orthodox synagogue on Kaznitzky Street in Budapest. You were worthy of an international career but your fate was otherwise. Your community pulled all kinds of strings to exempt you from forced labor. For a time they succeeded but in the end, you were taken to NagyBanya during the period of ghettoization in 1944. The SS officers hunted down the Jews, and in the absence of the philosemitic Colonel Ravitzsky, they jailed you in the ghetto.

And so you arrived in Auschwitz-Birkenau and Mauthausen and from there to Melek Block 38 where we met once again. You were together with your cousin Menachem, and your brothers Itzi and Hatzy.

The sound of your wondrous voice reached the camp commandant who was also Himmler's brother-in-law. In the camp was a prisoners' orchestra to entertain him and the other SS men. Laslo Roth (today a resident of Bat Yam and the conductor of the Tzadikov choir) was the orchestra's conductor in which you sang operatic arias in your gorgeous, tenor voice. For compensation, the Nazis increased your food rations and gave you and your family better work assignments. And so, you were assigned to a box factory in Amshtadtan. Every so often you returned with your cap filled with boiled potatoes, some of which you gave to me. You didn't forget me or Moishe (Maxie) Eisner z”l who died in Evneza. He and I secured your first guest status in Grosswardein, and this connects to a short anecdote.

I became a resident of Grosswardein in 1939. I established a business relationship with Sandor Krauss, a produce dealer and deputy head of the local Orthodox kehilla. Krauss was a great lover of cantorial music. I told him that I have a good friend in Satmar with a sweet voice, who is the chief cantor in Tiferet Bachurim Synagogue, and perhaps could be invited to your kehilla. The invitation arrived quickly. He was invited for one of the upcoming Shabboses. On the eve of Shabbos, attendance was sparse but on Shabbos day the synagogue was filled to capacity. On Saturday night the community was ready to hire you.

But Sandor Krauss approached me with complaints. “How could I have described you as a young man with a sweet voice, you were so much more than that!”

The news of your great success reached Budapest and there you were accepted as the Chief cantor of the Great Synagogue on Kazinsky Street. The job paid well on condition that you marry within the year. You married the love of your youth, your beautiful cousin Nechami, née Citron, from Masas Madish. It was not long before you were blessed with your daughter, Tzivia. After I emigrated to Israel I learned that Nechami had escaped from Budapest to Rumania along with little Tzivia, but on route to the promised land, Nechami drowned on the Mafkura, a boat that was sunk by the Germans. Miraculously Tzivia survived and arrived in Israel on another boat. She was cared for by the Citron family. After the aliyah of her uncle and aunt Dovid z”l and Sara-Piri nee Spiegel Spitzer, the sister of Tzvia's father raised her as their daughter. Today Tzivia lives in the United States with her husband, Gabriel Friedman, and their two children Nechami and Michael.

My dear friends, unforgettable, their names live on in their descendants.

The Tragic Death of Yitzchak Naftali (Itzo) O'H

Sara-Piri Spiegel, a member of the Yizkor book committee who worked very hard to get this book written and published, traveled to Antwerp before the High Holidays to spend the holidays with her children, her three brothers and their families. Tragically this joyous reunion was not to be. One of the brothers, (Hemchi) Yitzchak Naftali, Itzu went to work on Wednesday the 22^nd of Elul taf shin lamed gimel (1973) but while crossing the street he was electrocuted and he died on the spot. He was 64 years old. Itzo Spiegel was a good person, a precious Jew, and a philanthropist. He descended from the

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famous Spiegel-Steinmetz family and he was the pride of his family.

The members of the publication committee share Sara-Piri's shock and her grief and we wanted to remember him in this volume for which Sara-Piri worked so hard to bring to fruition. We also offer condolences to the brothers Buli, Hetzi and the widow, Alice Hirsch of NagyBanya, and their five children (four daughters and one son). After the period of mourning Sara-Piri returned to work on this volume and we hope that she found comfort in this holy task.

Spiegel, Menachem. Leather dealer (brother of R. Yosef). He was similar to his brother. His home on Vivi Street was a center for charity and good works. He was murdered in Auschwitz along with his wife Lieba. His daughter Nechama (see article on Yosef Spiegel) made her way to the Holy Land on the Turkish boat the Bulbal, and she was an eyewitness to the sinking of the Mafkura and the death of his sister Nechami. He landed in Israel and was a captain in the IDF. He fell during the War of Independence and is buried on Har HaMenuchot in Jerusalem. He is remembered by his daughter, Esther, in Haifa.

Armin Stiller and the martyrs of his family.

Yosef Steiner and the martyrs of his family.

Yosef Stern and the martyrs of his family.

Marton Sternberg and the martyrs of his family.

The widow Steinerneni, daughter of Rabbi Mandelbaum z”l who lived in the community house on 42 Petofi Street. She was over 80 years old when she was deported to Auschwitz.

Dr. Jeno Steiner (the son of Steinerneni). Physician. This author suffered alongside him throughout almost the entire period of enslavement. We were liberated together and began our return home, but separated but near the city of Olmitz. At that point Dr. Steiner seemed to be in good health, but I didn't hear from him anymore. It seemed that he became ill and died during the journey, but who knows? His wife and daughter are no longer living.

Henrich Suger. Principal of the elementary school of the Orthodox kehilla. He was an intelligent scholarly person, loved by his students and respected by the community. His wife died in Satmar. Suger, and his daughter Lily, were victims of the Holocaust. During one of my trips to Rumania I met his son Latzi in Grosswardein.

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