THE MEMORIAL BOOK OF PÁPA JEWRY - JewishGen

DR. SAMU ZSENGERI,
son of Manó Singer who participated in the War of Independence, made a name for himself in the
teaching profession. He was born and educated in Pápa. He became the principal of the orthodox
Jewish higher elementary in Budapest. He edited the Ungarische-Jüdische Schulzeitung,
translated and published in 7 volumes the world famous works of Pestalozzi. His religious
education book , called Hittani Hármaskönyv, or המשולש ‏,חוט became a widely used textbook in
all the orthodox Jewish schools of the country. He edited the Látogatók Lapja in 3 languages.
MANÓ BEKE (1862)
a university professor and a member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, was born in Pápa.
His textbooks in mathematics and algebra were used in all the schools of the country.
MÓRIC BECK,
school principal in Bucharest, born in 1848, (according to old yellowed documents) also
considered Pápa his hometown. He also edited the periodical Revista Israelit.
JÓZSEF MANNHEIM,
a teacher in Baja born in 1820, also came from Pápa. He fought in the War of Independence
(1848/49) until the very end.
His works: A zsidó nemzet története (The History of Jewish Nation), Magyar-német-francia
köszöntő (Hungarian-German-French Words of Welcome), Zsoltárok (Psalms).
DR. ENDRE KÖRÖS,
an excellent educator, the principal of the Protestant girls' boarding school ( higher elementary
and teacher training institute), the editor of the Pápai Hírlap and a leading member of the
Calvinist presbytery, whose Jewish roots became known only during the Holocaust, committed
suicide together with his wife, to avoid imprisonment in the ghetto.
ADOLF ÖSZTERREICHER,
born in Pápa in the 1840s, worked as a teacher together with his brother Henrick in Jánosháza.
ADOLF ÖSZTERREICHER,
born in Pápa in 1871, worked as a teacher also in Jánosháza.
ILONA (LEA) KRAUSZ,
the daughter of Adolf Öszterreicher, living in Israel, came from this family of teachers and taught
mathematics in the schools of Kiryat Motzkin.
MÓR GOLDMANN,
the outstanding principal of the orthodox school in Sátoraljaújhely also studied in the High
School of Pápa.
VILI SZÉKELY (SCHLESINGER)
taught geography at the Jewish High School of Debrecen.
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