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The financial manager of the Ponovitz Yeshiva in Bnei Brak was the grandson of Tornyos Krausz, and one of the most devout Talmudists of the same yeshiva was the grandson of Pápa Jews. In the Litvak yeshiva of Baltimore and also in Israeli yeshivas the descendents of Pápa parents can be found devotedly submerged in Torah studies. May the light of the Torah shine and illuminate, in order to help us reach GEULAH SH’LEMAH. 128
EPILOGUE ברוך אתה ה'‏ הנותן ליעף כח Blessed are You HASHEM, Who gives strength to the weary. I pronounce this blessing with a grateful heart before writing the final lines for the Memorial Book of Pápa Jewry and handing it over to our brothers. Thanks to the grace of the Creator, I have been provided with strength and perseverance to compile this memorial book. I did not write a story, I only invited you for a trip through the world of Memories, reviving a host of sweet and unforgettable memories of student years, youth. It is a great happiness to recall what was beautiful and good. I wanted to show you the life of Pápa Jews. When taking a trip to the past, we intended to commemorate the historical community, our forefathers, parents, siblings and other relatives. All I wanted to do was remember, I was not writing out of nostalgia. We should remember the beauties of the past. Distance and the time that elapsed make life appear even more beautiful than it actually was then. However, the destruction of Pápa Jews should be remembered as well, even if it is painful. Together with the Jewish population, the community archives with historical data, the protocols were also destroyed. Without them it is difficult to draw a true picture about the past. The words of the Bible may have given us the direction: "Ask your father, and he will tell you, your old men will tell you." But unfortunately we lost our fathers in the Holocaust. Where are our old men? After much difficult research, we managed to get material concerning Jews from the archives of the Protestant church in Pápa. Our work was helped by Pápa historian Antal Szalai, who looked up the necessary data for us. I want to take this opportunity to express my gratitude for his generosity. We were unable to get the letter by Count Pál Eszterházy, patron of Pápa, from 1749, permitting Jewish settlement in Pápa, authorizing Jews to form a community, to have a kosher butcher's shop, to sell kosher wine by measure and to set up the eruv. In response to my request, searches were made for this ancient letter in the National Archives of Budapest, in the Széchenyi Library, in the Pápa Municipal Museum, and in the Veszprém County Archives. I wanted to present a copy of the historical document in this book. Unfortunately, it could not be traced. Thanks are due to DR. IMRE GYÖRKI, the only survivor of the excellent Pápa lawyers, who compiled the list of names of our sisters and brothers in the Pápa ghetto, which helped us to assemble the list of our Martyrs in this book. From this we estimate that about 2030 of our coreligionists had become martyrs. 129
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GYULA YEHUDA LÁNG THE MEMORIAL BOO
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Foreword to
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FOREWORD In December, 1945, only a
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THE HISTORY OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY
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In the Sopron archives there is a d
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Major József Neumann, Captain Bony
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LIPÓT (LEOPOLD) LŐW Nagykanizsa r
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Dr. SALAMON BREUER (1850-1926) The
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understand one another. On the othe
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RABBIS WITH ROOTS IN PÁPA Let us r
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In 1956, he left the country and im
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DAYANIM The term above was original
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MIHÁLY PRESSBURGER, the son of a M
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gold chain, his fashionable coat (f
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IG. L. MARTON Iceg Leb Marton was b
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AISHET CHAYIL… Those Pápa women
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In addition, there was a third door
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OUR SCHOOL There is a story about Y
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Henrick Blau, school principal Lip
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YESHIVAS Rabbis considered it their
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Polish nobility, who would forbid t
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We must record with regret that the
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humbly knocked at the window and re
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During the shivah, minyan was held
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6. Malbish Arumim (Kreuzer Associat
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ZIONIST LIFE IN PÁPA The monumenta
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THE HISTORY OF HASHOMER HATZAIR IN
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At about the same time I was invite
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elonged to us right from the beginn
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Dr. SÁMUEL LŐW, the son of Pápa
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Dr. YOEL PFEIFFER, the head physici
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LAWYERS Theirs is a sublime profess
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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,
Page 77 and 78: A LAST WALK IN PÁPA We have alread
Page 79 and 80: Seelenfreund, the Lunczer bakery in
Page 81 and 82: the vinegar factory of József Sch
Page 83 and 84: Across the street, the liver dealer
Page 85 and 86: These are the figures from 1830: Pe
Page 87 and 88: Willner the Pious was shocked to he
Page 89 and 90: The witty toast of teacher Károly
Page 92 and 93: A TRUE STORY I have been liberated.
Page 94 and 95: * Achad Ha’am Street was closed t
Page 96 and 97: I decided to visit him, despite the
Page 98 and 99: OUR OUTSTANDING SONS Professor Dr.
Page 100 and 101: Dr. MIKLÓS SHISHA, the son of Páp
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Page 104 and 105: Shoah survivors from Pest who were
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Page 108 and 109: József Kraft, a teacher at the Rom
Page 110 and 111: The efforts of Tuvia Biedermann, hi
Page 112 and 113: THE GREAT TRAGEDY The death sentenc
Page 114 and 115: Gypsy music and the sobbing of the
Page 116 and 117: “3 unokája” = with her 3 grand
Page 118 and 119: Oblivion is the way to exile Rememb
Page 120 and 121: NEMESSZALÓK The Jewish community w
Page 122 and 123: THE LIGHT WENT OUT… After the Sho
Page 124 and 125: He was interned by the British in A
Page 126 and 127: THE LIGHT FLARES UP AGAIN When Jeru
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