THE MEMORIAL BOOK OF PÁPA JEWRY - JewishGen

LAWYERS
Theirs is a sublime profession, meaning more than defending the accused: it is a search for
truth, which is the embodiment of a divine idea.
Their work is the realization of the words of the prophet Ezekiel:
"Do justice and righteousness" (Ez 45:9)
Our jurists, who were born or worked in Pápa, served this sacred ideal. The memory of
these champions of truth should be commemorated:
Dr. PÁL BAKONYI
was born in Pápa in 1868. He worked in the capital as the managing director of the suburban train
HÉV and the editor of the periodical Magyar Jogélet (Hungarian Legal Life).
Dr. BÓDOG HALMI
was the son of art teacher and artist Dávid Herz. He was born in Pápa in 1879. After getting his
diploma as a lawyer, he became a judge serving on the Court of Appeal. In addition, he wrote
several articles on legal and literary matters. He also wrote books: Marosházi történetek (Stories
from Marosháza), Ady költészete (The Poetry of Ady), Zsidó gyerek (Jewish Child), Őszi
hervadás (The Withering of Fall).
YITZHAK BREUER
attorney, the son of the Salamon Breuer, who served in Pápa and subsequently in Frankfurt as a
rabbi. He was born in Pápa in 1883. He was a champion of orthodoxy, as seen in his books: Ein
Kampf um Gott [Frankfurt a. M., 1920], Judenproblem [Halle (Saale), 1918], Messiasspuren
[Frankfurt, 1918]. He was the co-founder and leader of Agudat Yisrael. He worked in Frankfurt,
and later moved to Jerusalem.
Dr. KÁROLY KARDOS, attorney of the Pápa Jewish community, also in charge of the
Zsidó Ápolda (Jewish nursing home).
Dr. ÁDÁM KENDE, government chief councillor, president of the Pro-Palestine
Association.
Dr. VILMOS KORITSCHONER, county attorney general, participated in the Basel
Congress together with chief rabbi M. A. Róth, president of the Chovevei Tzion, which was
founded in Herzl's time.
Dr. SAMU LUSZTIG, also president of the School Board of the Jewish community.
Dr. ZOLTÁN BŐHM, president of the financial committee for the Jewish community.
Dr. IMRE GYÖRKI, the only attorney left practising in Pápa. He was in charge of the
ghetto's so‐called internal defence unit; he had to meet the head of the SS there. It was due to his
efforts, that the list of martyrs was successfully compiled.
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