THE MEMORIAL BOOK OF PÁPA JEWRY - JewishGen

DR. BINYAMIN GAT-RIMON,
the grandson of Fülöp Koritschoner from Pápa, carries on his educational work in Israel as the
principal of a high school in Ness Tziona.
Sadly, we must say farewell to the educators of Pápa listed below:
DÁVID GÜNSBERGER, principal
JAKAB WILLNER, teacher
RENÉ BIHARI, née SEELENFREUND, teacher
LINA GRÜNBERGER, teacher,
who perished in the hell of Auschwitz, together with all their students, because they lived in an
age
"when man got so debased
that he killed with lust, out of his own accord, not only when commanded".
[quoted from Töredék (Fragment) by Miklós Radnóti]
There is an ancient Greek saying: "He who is hated by the dwellers of Heaven, will be
made a teacher."
According to Hungarians, teachers were considered the day-labourers of the nation.
Bismarck, the Iron Chancellor, stated the following: "It is due to the work of teachers that
we could win the war."
However, on a universal level, out of all the nations and their sages, Judaism places
teachers on the highest moral standing:
מורא רבך כמורא שמיים
that is, you should respect your teachers as you fear God.
May the memory of those who died, who were murdered, be blessed and may the sun of
happiness shine on the life of those that were saved!
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