Pinkas Hakehillot Hungary: Onga

“Onga” - Encyclopedia of Jewish
Communities in Hungary
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Translation of the “Onga” chapter from
Pinkas Hakehillot Hungary

Edited by: Theodore Lavi

Published in Jerusalem, 1975

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Edited by Theodore Lavi, published by Yad Vashem, Jerusalem. Page 143.

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[Page 143]

Onga

Translated by Jerrold Landau

It is a village in the region of Abauj-Torna, district of Szikszó. Its population was 2,517 in 1941.

Jewish Population

Year Population

1880 77

1930 62

Until the Second World War

The first Jews arrived in Onga during the first half of the 18^th century, and earned their livelihoods as workers in the estates of the Jew Guttmann.

Most of the Jews of Onga were merchants and tradesmen. There were also two innkeepers and several owners of small enterprises. Two Jews owned large estates. For a certain period, the local notary was a Jew.

The Orthodox community of Onga was subordinate to Szikzó. It ran a synagogue, a cemetery, a cheder, and a mikva [ritual bath]. A shochet [ritual slaughterer] served the community.

The Holocaust

The young people were distributed to forced labor camps in 1941. Most perished in them.

In April 1944, after the German conquest, the Jews of Onga were transferred to the Kassa Ghetto. From there they were transported to Auschwitz in four transports (the first on May 15, and the second on May 19). Most of the Jews of Onga were sent on the second transport. The majority of the deportees perished.

After the war, only isolated individuals returned. They, too left quickly.

Y.K.

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Yad Vashem Archives E-7-4/182.

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