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Blessed be the Lord, Tel Aviv, 5.27.5
ToThe Czechoslovakia Olim[1] Association 15 Ahad Ha'am St., Tel Aviv Dear sir, We are pleased to announce to you that on 5.2.54[2] the first gathering of expatriates of Sečovce and Environs will be held. In the meeting, a committee will be elected that will be entrusted to act on behalf of the memory of the town's martyrs and conduct all official memorial activities, as well as take care of the social and organizational activities of the expatriates of Sečovce and environs in Israel. We would greatly appreciate and impress upon you our announcement and our address and, henceforth, notify us of all your activities. We are hoping to receive your approval and your positive response as soon as possible.
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[Original in English]
To all our dear brethren wherever they live On April 29th, 1965 on the day of “Shoah and G'vurah,” Israelis of Sečovce (Gálszécs) and district origin gathered in the Hall of the Castell House. It was on the National Memorial Day. The chairman of the meeting, Mr. Fried (Laban) welcomed in his opening speech the assembly especially the visitors to Israel at that time namely Mrs. Weinberger Frida of Cleveland, Mr. Rosenberg Simon of Cleveland, Mrs. Serka Klein (Jakubovits) of Melbourne and Mr. Friedmann Shmuel of Košice. “Our yearly meeting takes place on the same date, yet this year collection has a particular meaning and importance as there have passed twenty years since the end of the Second World War and the terrible Holocaust. It is our duty not to forget what happened to our Dearest and to go on in our life-way so that never again may a similar tragedy reach our Nation. The blood of our parents, children and brothers call not to forget…” continued Mr. Fried in his speech. The memory of the recently passed Sečovicis was honoured, and that of the late Mr. Milder and late Mrs. Rosenfeld Evi. Rabbi Friedman of Bnei-Braq (a relative of Reb. Mendel Gershon Moskovits) camp prisoner too, recalled all our dear martyrs in a deeply emotional oration. Mr. Hofstädter, the teacher in the Jewish School In Sečovce and now teaching In Haifa spoke movingly of his late pupils he had begun to teach 30 years ago and was so bitterly stopped from doing his job. Some of his pupils, the survivors, sot among the gathered audience a trifle in number. With the “El Male Rahamim” presented by Jehuda Klein–the son of our late chief Rabbi Shmuel Klein z”l[3] and with the “Hatikvah” the first part of the meeting ended. Then followed the report of Mr. Tuli Rosenfeld concerning the memorial tableau on the Mount Zion in the Jad Vaśhem buildings. A place had been promised for Kilat Sečovce in the course of this year. The proposal of Mr. Schwarcz Bezalel, to establish a “Loan Fund” for mutual help. The Fund may serve each member of Khilat Sečovce and the district, who casually might be in need of money for a time and would be able to borrow without interest. We hope to create a constructive support in this way. Following the above-mentioned plan, a committee of ten was elected on the head of who was Mr. Schwarcz Bezalel (Cali) 122, Dizengoff St. Tel Aviv. Phone No. 221-437. The members of the committee will undertake the necessary steps of a basing the Fund. Our American visitor, Mr. Simon Rosenberg, agreed to the undertaking and warmly offered his kind cooperation in finding supporters for the Fund among our brethren abroad. All Interested please get in touch with Bezalel Schwarz. In the name of the meeting:
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By the grace of G-d, in the ten days of repentance, 5744, Nazareth Illit
Hello and all the best, to my distinguished and respected Rabbi, the learned and G-dfearing, my teacher and Rabbi, Emanuel A. Frieder, may G-d protect and preserve him. A precious stone in the city of Netanya. Peace and blessing. I would like to ask for forgiveness for my late reply to your letter from the 6th of Elul, 5743, because of the many troubles surrounding me before the High Holidays. I confirm that I drew a family tree enclosed, but because I have drawn many trees, so I forgot this drawing, and for this I am sorry. I thank you in advance for the booklet from the community of Tzetzovitz.[4] I ask for your safety and well-being for all the days of awe and with blessings and a g'mar hatimah tovah.[5] |
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| Three “petals” from the family tree - Sečovce Rabbinate |
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I hereby announce that the concoctions called [German] “RECHTE HAND” The holy Shlomo Zalman Adelis Judge and teacher of justice, of the[8] holy community of Tzetzovitzin[9], Rock of Israel |
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| Kollel Shomrei HaChomoth[12] Rabbi Mair Baal Haness Charities 9th of Cheshvan, 5731 Dear Rabbi Nathan Asher Rotenberg, the light of Israel Hello Rabbi, I am affirming we received his letter close to the days of the holiday, but because of the workload I was not able to answer promptly his requests. And, concerning the sanctification of G-d's name in our kollel and learning there the Mishnah and reciting kaddish, etc. We will send him a list, on which he will see all the procedures of our kollel and their price, please choose which of them and let us know. On the matter of the city of Sečovce Gálszécs In our register, the following gabbais appear below:
The gaon[13] Rabbi Yehoshua Baruch Reinitz Currently Rabbi Nathan Aharon Moskowitz, the light of Israel, son of the rabbi of that place[14], lives here in our kollel, and perhaps he may be able to give you a few more details and you can contact him. Sincerely, The Management of the Kollel Shomrei HaChomoth |
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| List of the partisans and soldiers, Sečovce Expatriates, who fought against the Nazis, in the years of the Holocaust | |
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a./ partisani: 1. Imrich Davidovič,
b./ sahraniční vojáci: 1. Ferdinand Lanes 3.Hero Desider
c./voja i povstania: 1. Henrion Fränkl, |
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| The great synagogue in Sečovce |
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| The beit midrash that was burned down |
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| The synagogue after the War |
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| The gaon, Rabbi Shmuel Menachem Klein, ztz”l ab”d[15] of Sečovce |
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| The tombstone of Rabbi Shmuel Menachem Klein |
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| The entrance to the new cemetery (photo from 1990) |
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| The new cemetery (photo from 1990) |
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