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SAMUEL GOTTLIEB The death of Moshe Arye Roth was followed by an interval of two decades in which they were unable to find a suitable rabbi deserving of the rabbinical seat of Pápa. In the meantime dayanim fulfilled rabbinical tasks as well; Moshe Link, the former rabbi of Nemesszalók and R. Mihály Pressburger, both members of the rabbinical court, performed that role. Chief Rabbi Samuel Gottlieb Following prolonged quarrels in the community, Tolcsva chief rabbi SAMUEL GOTTLIEB occupied the seat of the chief rabbi at Pápa in 1927. He was a scholar and an excellent speaker, first serving as a rabbi at Sebeskellemes, where he published his halachic work. His other writings remained unpublished. The chassidim, who were in the minority at the time Gottlieb was elected, invited the former rabbi of Bánfihunyad, Jakab Grünwald to Pápa, and formed a separate congregation. The separation and the disputes embittered the life of the holy rabbi (Gottlieb) to such an extent that after barely two years of service, he returned his noble soul to the Lord. After his death in 1931, his son-in-law, Jakab Haberfeld was elected. He came to Pápa from a Viennese orthodox community, and was the son of the Nagytapolcsány rosh bet-din. He served in Pápa until the Shoah. He shared the fate of the Auschwitz martyrs, together with his family and community. 18
RABBIS WITH ROOTS IN <strong>PÁPA</strong> Let us remember those rabbis and famous rabbinical scholars that came from Pápa: JOSHUA BUXBAUM was the son of Reb Yosef Buxbaum, the shochet and baal t’filah of Pápa. A tzaddik leading a holy life, he was the famous rabbi of Galánta, and head of the Galánta yeshiva, which was wellknown all over the country. His great host of students gather each year in Israel for his azkarah, to remember their great Rabbi who perished, together with his family and community, in Auschwitz. His memory was commemorated by the book Pene Yoshua, published by his students. MOSHE ECKSTEIN the rabbi of Vágszered was also a native of our town. He was the son of R. Hermann Eckstein, who was the member of a rabbinical court. He was born in 1891, attended elementary and junior high school in his hometown. He started his religious studies at the Tapolcsány yeshiva, then he continued at the Orthodox Rabbinical Seminary of Pozsony/Pressburg where he was an excellent student, and an outstandingly brilliant speaker. The Talmud scholars and the householders of Pressburg were delighted by his speeches. He was elected to be the rabbi of the long-established community in Vágszereda, where he headed a large yeshiva. When the Upper Province (Felvidék) was reannexed to Hungary, he became the chairman of the National Organization of Slovakian Communities. He perished as a martyr at Majdanek. His only surviving daughter is married to Mayor Weinberger of Bne-Brak. REB ORE PRESSBURGER served in Pápa as the rabbi of the Shiur Chevra for a long time and was a prominent speaker. Later on he was elected by the Bonyhád Orthodox community to be their rabbi. REB LEML SPITZER was the teacher and the preacher of the Etz Chayim Association at Pápa, elected by the Szepesváralja community to be their rabbi. Dr. ISAAC PAP PFEIFFER the chief rabbi of Monor, was also from Pápa. He was a rabbi, a poet, and a leading member of Maccabee, first serving at Sümeg, then at Pécs. He was the son of the principal Mór Pfeiffer. In accordance with his father’s wish, he did not accept the post of the chief rabbi of Sweden that had been offered to him, since Stockholm did not agree to his conditions concerning ritual practices. He was an excellent translator of the Bible. His name was well known throughout the country because of his numerous articles, such as Lélekláng, Találkozás az Úrral, etc. The Zionist speeches of the young rabbinical student left their mark on the soul of his young listeners at Pápa. 19
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 and 10: In the Sopron archives there is a d
Page 11 and 12: Major József Neumann, Captain Bony
Page 13 and 14: LIPÓT (LEOPOLD) LŐW Nagykanizsa r
Page 15 and 16: Dr. SALAMON BREUER (1850-1926) The
Page 17: understand one another. On the othe
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
Page 67 and 68: ADOLF FARAGÓ and ANDOR BIHARI taug
Page 69 and 70:
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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