THE MEMORIAL BOOK OF PÁPA JEWRY - JewishGen

Dr. YOEL PFEIFFER,
the head physician of the Poria Hospital, who died in the prime of his life in Israel, is also
considered a Pápa Jew. He was the grandson of school Principal Mór Pfeiffer, and the son of
chief rabbi Dr. Izsák Pfeiffer.
Dr. LÁSZLÓ DEUTSCH
of Pápa worked as a doctor at the Pest Jewish Hospital. He perished in forced labour service. He
was buried in a mass grave at the Martyrs' cemetery in Kerepesi út, Budapest, which is cared for
by the Jewish community of Pest.
Out of Pápa doctors the outstanding psychiatrist
Dr. DÉNES KARDOS, together with
Dr. ASHER BUXBAUM (cardiologist)
continued their blessed work in Israel.
The doctors from Pápa who became famous abroad:
Dr. SÁNDOR RÉVÉSZ
became an outstanding professor at the Stockholm Institute of Cancer Research (Karolinska
Institute). His lectures abroad have made his name internationally recognized in the medical
profession.
Dr. ARTUR LINKSZ
was the son of the Devecser chief rabbi and finished high school at Pápa. He was the first Jew to
become the secretary of the Pápa school literary and debating society (Pápai Kollégiumi
Képzőtársulat). As a student he headed the Association of Pápa Jewish Students. Even after
several decades, his fellow students remembered vividly the lectures that he gave there. Initially,
he wanted to become a journalist, but when he became convinced that medicine was his true
profession, he left Budapest law school for the Prague medical school. To escape the Nazis, he
moved to America. First he worked in medical research, then started to teach at the
ophthalmological department of NYU. He published four scholarly books in his field. He was the
president of the Society of Hungarian Doctors in America.
The following doctors also carry on their blessed work abroad:
Dr. VERA KRAUSZ (London),
Dr. VILMA AMBRUS (England),
Dr. GERŐ, née KLÁRA LÁZÁR (Melbourne),
Dr. JÁNOS WEISZ (Australia),
Dr. IMRE NEY (New York),
Dr. ZOLTÁN ROSINGER (Kenya).
Dr. IMRE KRAUSZ
of Pápa died in the prime of his life in America.
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