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THE HUNGARIAN WAR OF INDEPENDENCE OF 1848/49 AND PÁPA JEWS March 15, 1848. This is the day when university students and the citizens of Pest achieved national independence and freedom. Although, as the poet wrote: “Crimson blood was not shed – fire was not blazing, except the sacred fire of enthusiasm in the hearts of the patriots”, nevertheless, measures had to be taken for the sake of future safety. Therefore, the National Guard was organized nationwide. On April 11, 1848 the creation of the National Guard was ordered by law. In May of that year, volunteers for the National Guard started to be registered in Pápa as well. The Town Council did not want to accept Pápa Jews, even though the Jewish community of Pápa was already a hundred years old. Since the Council knew that according to the law exceptions could not be made, they decided to appeal immediately to the Ministry, “in order to grant the town exemption from registering and conscripting Israelites among the gentile national guards, since there are some signs of antipathy appearing against Jews in town.” Soon the Town Council appeared to be contradicting themselves. When László Csányi, government commissioner, ordered some units of the county’s National Guard to the river Dráva to fight against the ethnic minorities that had rebelled, the Town Council of Pápa decided to draft Jews. Eventually, one quarter of the unit marching against the minorities was made up of Pápa Jews, 80 out of 318. On their homecoming after 6 weeks of absence, among others it was duly recorded that the self-sacrifice of the Israelite national guards, “their readiness to defend our homeland should be recorded for posterity to see.” Pápa chief rabbi Leopold (Lipót) Lőw was also among the drafted national guards, boosting the morale of his believers at the Sellye camp in July 1848. This sermon at the camp was published very soon under the title “Az Isten velünk vagyon”, God is with us, recommended to the Pápa national guards, to the highly respected brave comrades. He was accompanied by his loyal friend, Dr. Mór Feitel, and three teachers of the Jewish school: Ignác Blauer, Lipót Ehrenfeld and Manó Singer. On returning from the Dráva, Blauer volunteered for the army and took part in the war of independence from the battle of Schwechat until the surrender of the castle of Komárom, eventually reaching the rank of captain. Apparently, the emergency caused the people of Papa to revise their views of the Jewish national guardsmen. When actions took the place of words, the service of Jews was accepted. Moreover, one of the captains in the National Guard demonstrated so much tolerance towards them that, out of consideration for their strict religious observance, he told them on a Friday, after maneuvres when the Jews were about to go home, to come on Saturday only if they wanted to. When the Hungarian homeland was in danger, the volunteer National Guard was replaced by the conscript Hungarian Army, the Honvéd Hadsereg. Under the influence of a fiery speech by Lajos Kossuth, on July 11, the Parliament voted for the requested 20,000 recruits. Immediately 39 Jewish recruits volunteered in the town of Pápa, all of them young men aged 19-22. When they were sworn in, Leopold Lőw encouraged them to serve the homeland devotedly. On the basis of verified registers and archival data, the following Pápa Jews took part in the War of Independence: 10
Major József Neumann, Captain Bonyhád Lőwy, Field Rabbi Leopold Lőw, noncommissioned officer Benedek Róth. Rank and file: Lujzi Bonyhád, Jakab Brill, Miksa Deutsch, Sándor Engel, Jonás Fischer, József Fuchs, József Gold, Ignác Goldschmied, Mór Grünbaum, Jakab Haas, Miksa Hercog, Mihály Kohn, Jakab Rosenberg, David Schlesinger, Hermann Gross, Móric Grünbaum, József Herzog, Miksa Herzog, Ignác Klein, Károly Krausz, Ignác Lehner, Móric Lőwy, Móric Salzberger, Paul Schreiber. The Jewish soldiers and officers from Pápa made a valuable and worthy contribution to the War of Independence. 11
Page 1 and 2: GYULA YEHUDA LÁNG THE MEMORIAL BOO
Page 3 and 4: TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Foreword to
Page 5 and 6: FOREWORD In December, 1945, only a
Page 7 and 8: THE HISTORY OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY
Page 9: In the Sopron archives there is a d
Page 13 and 14: LIPÓT (LEOPOLD) LŐW Nagykanizsa r
Page 15 and 16: Dr. SALAMON BREUER (1850-1926) The
Page 17 and 18: understand one another. On the othe
Page 19 and 20: RABBIS WITH ROOTS IN PÁPA Let us r
Page 21 and 22: In 1956, he left the country and im
Page 23 and 24: DAYANIM The term above was original
Page 25 and 26: MIHÁLY PRESSBURGER, the son of a M
Page 27 and 28: gold chain, his fashionable coat (f
Page 29 and 30: IG. L. MARTON Iceg Leb Marton was b
Page 31 and 32: AISHET CHAYIL… Those Pápa women
Page 33 and 34: In addition, there was a third door
Page 35 and 36: OUR SCHOOL There is a story about Y
Page 37 and 38: Henrick Blau, school principal Lip
Page 39 and 40: YESHIVAS Rabbis considered it their
Page 41 and 42: Polish nobility, who would forbid t
Page 43 and 44: We must record with regret that the
Page 45 and 46: humbly knocked at the window and re
Page 47 and 48: During the shivah, minyan was held
Page 49 and 50: 6. Malbish Arumim (Kreuzer Associat
Page 51 and 52: ZIONIST LIFE IN PÁPA The monumenta
Page 53 and 54: THE HISTORY OF HASHOMER HATZAIR IN
Page 55 and 56: At about the same time I was invite
Page 57 and 58: elonged to us right from the beginn
Page 59 and 60: Dr. SÁMUEL LŐW, the son of Pápa
Page 61 and 62:
Dr. YOEL PFEIFFER, the head physici
Page 63 and 64:
LAWYERS Theirs is a sublime profess
Page 65 and 66:
TEACHERS Pápa was rightfully calle
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ADOLF FARAGÓ and ANDOR BIHARI taug
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IGNÁC GÁBOR taught at Jewish scho
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JÓZSEF STERN started his teaching
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DR. BINYAMIN GAT-RIMON, the grandso
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BÉLA HEGYI, born in 1858 in Pápa,
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A LAST WALK IN PÁPA We have alread
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Seelenfreund, the Lunczer bakery in
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the vinegar factory of József Sch
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Across the street, the liver dealer
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These are the figures from 1830: Pe
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Willner the Pious was shocked to he
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The witty toast of teacher Károly
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A TRUE STORY I have been liberated.
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* Achad Ha’am Street was closed t
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I decided to visit him, despite the
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OUR OUTSTANDING SONS Professor Dr.
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Dr. MIKLÓS SHISHA, the son of Páp
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With his vast Jewish learning and f
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Shoah survivors from Pest who were
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The following Jews were excellent H
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József Kraft, a teacher at the Rom
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The efforts of Tuvia Biedermann, hi
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THE GREAT TRAGEDY The death sentenc
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Gypsy music and the sobbing of the
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“3 unokája” = with her 3 grand
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Oblivion is the way to exile Rememb
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NEMESSZALÓK The Jewish community w
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THE LIGHT WENT OUT… After the Sho
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He was interned by the British in A
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THE LIGHT FLARES UP AGAIN When Jeru
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The financial manager of the Ponovi
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Thanks are also due to the members
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