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Eric Hitter - Antwerp Belgium -- 5/8/2008

Having survived the deportation from nagyvarad but my dear parents did not. I am still trying to understand how the world could let these beasts of ss soldiers do what they did... there was not a single country in Europe who would help the Jews. On the contrary they helped the Germans. Thank God there is a Jewish state now Israel. I want to wish on the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the state many years of happiness and peace. e.hitter

Vivian Kahn - Oakland, CA -- 5/4/2008

Looking for relatives of Aharon Grosz, b. 1918 Orasu Nou (Avas Ujvaros), son of Dov and Chana. He was living in Oradea before the war. Aharon perished at Auschwitz in 1944 according to testimony by Natan Grosz. My great-grandmother Shprintze Grosz was from Orasu Nou and I believe that we are related to this family.

Please contact me at vkahn@kmort.com if this information is familiar.

Nachum Katz - Currently New York, Shaliach from Israel -- 5/3/2008

The following story is one of few who bring light into one more family aspect of the Oradea Jews.
Thank you, Nachum Katz

The Suitcase
     Sitting on a shelf in a shop in Oradea, Transylvania, the suitcase was waiting to begin its journey. In the summer of 1943 a nice, plump man lowered it from the shelf, lifted it, weighed it in his hands for fear it would be too heavy. He then checked the corners ? were they sturdy enough? The locks ? would they break open? The handle, lest it rip? He studied the depth of it, wondering if it was deep enough to contain everything. From all these tests the suitcase could deduct it was about to handle a great, important mission.
     Arriving at the apartment, the man’s hands caressed the suitcase. Through a stream of incomprehensible words which he whispered to himself, one word came up over and over, clear and crisp: Israel… Israel….
     The following day he diligently packed clothes, food and sweets. He then boarded a carriage and headed the train station. He loaded the suitcase onto one of the train cars, heaving it onto the upper baggage compartment, underneath which a curly-haired, green eyed girl sat.
     Again his hands caressed the suitcase, then wandered off to the head of curls, wiped the tears off the green eyes, cupped the pale face. “God save you, child! Go! Perhaps it is towards freedom you are headed…”
     Over a number of months, the girl and the suitcase moved together from room to room, from apartment to apartment. The suitcase was always packed and ready to go, to escape. The sweets ran out but were never replaced by new ones. The winter passed, spring arrived. Army boots stomped, bombs exploded, but the suitcase and its young owner migrated on within the hustle and bustle of Budapest.
     Summer of 1944 came, and one day the young owner did not return home. Rough hands rummaged through the clothes in the suitcase, littering the floor with garments, finally disposing of the suitcase itself. Eventually, the young owner’s landlord took it in and hurriedly scribbled on the inside in big rough letters her own name: Bogardi Joszefne. These letters are there to this day, marring the lining of the suitcase like an ugly wound.
     Winter came again. More bombs fell; cannons were heard, mixed with bursts of gunfire. And yet no one returned to claim the suitcase. It was near the end of January 1945 when the owner of the suitcase finally appeared, skinny and sad, and embraced the simple suitcase as if it were a lost treasure finally discovered.
     More wandering followed, and the suitcase’s owner never parted from it again. At times it contained only several garments, at times many books, or children’s clothing. Slowly, the suitcase became worn with use. Many years have gone by. Then one day, the owner patched the corners, greased the locks and even sewed it a new brown plaid cover. The suitcase could sense there was another great adventure ahead, perhaps the biggest of all. Indeed, within a short while it was filled with brand new items – bed sheets, curtains, an iron and more clothes. They were on their way, from car to train, then car again, and then an airplane! Never before did they have a voyage like this.
     At the end of the journey it was passed along once again, from car to car, from city to city. All the while the long lost words played out, this time loud and sure: Israel… Israel… The voyage was done. The suitcase has completed its mission.
     Epilogue: The suitcase, which at first served as a closet in its new land and home, wedged under a metal bed, near some simple chairs and a table, could now finally rest, perhaps retire. The owner, by then white haired but still bearing curls, has fixed a special shelf for the suitcase to rest upon. And the owner? For the rest of her life tears ran down her face whenever she would think about the kind man who first packed the suitcase, her father, a man she never saw again.
     More than thirty years later, a second epilogue: a couple years ago, the owners' son, having by now his own white hairs, called the suitcase to duty again. The original white-haired owner was already long gone. It was now time to forward the message to a generation that knew almost nothing about those horrifying years. While taking Israeli students to the March of the living, in 2005, I told them this story. When we returned, I told it again at the Yom Ha Shoah (Holocaust) memorial observance, back at the Hadassah Neurim youth village where I served as director, with the suitcase by my side. The youngsters listened with awe and respect, touched the suitcase again and again, then hugged and gently comforted me. The suitcase once again served as an invaluable partner, helping in the Mitzva of "You shall tell the story to your sons". Who could have ever dreamed of this?
     Final word (or maybe not?): The story was written in Hungarian by my mother, Dr. Barbara Katz z"l, published in the Israeli Hungarian speaking newspaper "Uj Kelet" (The New Dawn), then translated to Hebrew by me, and now into English by my daughter Rotem, for the sake of the future generations all over the world, and the sake of our family in America.

Thank you, Mom, for the story. Thank you, grandpa for your vision, one that saved my mother and thus enabled me to stand here and keep telling the story.

Written by Barbara Katz around 1980, translated to Hebrew and made the updating additions by Nachum Katz, in 2000, then translated to English by Rotem Katz on April, 2008, sixty five years after the original events depicted here started. In loving memory of my grandfather, Marton Katz z"l,, who was killed by the Nazis, and my sweet curly-haired Mother, Dr. Barbara Katz z"l, his beloved daughter..

Leslie Weinberg - Great Neck, NY, US -- 4/30/2008

Can anyone give me information on how to get hold of a marriage certificate in Romania for the period of time around the mid 1920s? I know that records less than 100 years old are hard to get. My grandmother's sister married during that time, and we do not know the married name. She was Rosa (Rojie) Reiss (Reisz), daughter of Abraham (Adolph) Reisz, and Hani November. Rojie had two children, Paula and Elvira, and in going through a lot of records online, I have seen the name Rosa Szegal, maiden name Rosa Reiss, and an Elvira Szegal, daughter of Rosa Reiss, inmates at Stuthoff, and listed as perished. The ITC has just sent me the image of a preliminary investigation, showing an Elvira Siegal, born 1926, daughter of Rosa Reiss, born in Marghita, who is on a list of the deportees who returned. If this IS my family, it means my grandmother's niece may have survived, and no one ever knew. Without confirming Rosa's married names, I can't pursue this further.

Also, I have ben told that my great-grandmother is buried in Rulikovski Cemetery, only under the name "wife of Abraham Reiss". How would I contact the cemetery to try to get a death or burial record?

Thanks in advance, Leslie Weinberg
lbw50@optonline.net
516-466-5757

Dedi Hatam - Israel -- 4/28/2008

Hello, My ancestors used to live in Nagyvarad in the 19th century. Do you have archival information, like microfilms etc. , in order to research the family history?
Sincerely yours,
Dedi Hatam
hatamdavid@bezeqint.net

Fischer Peter - 1134 Budapest ,Kassak Lajos U.76/VII/68 Hungary -- 4/20/2008

The Hungarian Annual meeting of people from Nagyvarad will be held on May 3 in Siofok Aranypart Hotel. It?s a great party every year, everybody is welcome. If you are interested, please contact Rapaport Laci 003670 3807875, please refer to me, thanks.

If you need any information concerning Nagyvarad (Oradea), don?t hesitate to contact me. cellphone +36309212522, email corvinp@freemail.hu

Nachum Katz - Forest hills, New York, USA -- 4/17/2008

Shalom! I used to check here for family and am always interested in the Oradea ties and stories. Since today I am temporarily relocated in New York, for a couple years, and my E-mail changed, I want people to be able to contact me, so my E-mail today is nahumk@jafi.org, I am an emissary of the Jewish Agency for Israel in North America, and am always wiling to give my time and energy for anyone in the forum, help and be helped.
My Family was also taken on May 14 from the getto, most of them never to come back. Some 106 members perished inthe Holocaust, may their memory be blessed. Many of the names and data I keep with me, handed over from my mother, Dr. Barbara Katz z"l, a great Mom and a brilliant pediatrician who spent a lot of energy and time researching their story and fate.
My grandmother Elza (Klein) Katz was killed in Aischwitz, three days later, while my grandfather Marton Katz z"l and his brother Jozsef survved some nine months, and died in the death marches, exhausted. I found their data in the Hungarian pavillion in Auschwitz, and later, after almost six years of waiting and continuous letters, got their death certificates through the International Tracing Center that was open with the fall of the Berlin wall, while they manually looked up data from German archives. The accuracy of the data was amazing, and so was the data that I was able to receive from some of the camps, for my living uncle Gyuri David Katz from Ashdod (Katz Joszef z"l's son), in Israel, whose name I found in the transports to the forced labor camps where he worked as an Iron worker on the V2 missiles. I am researching for many years now and am about to issue my family book, first in Hebrew, then hopefully and for the sake of my American section of the family in English as well. Any help, information or tips (also for the data and as well as for the possible issuing of the book) are more than welcome. Thank you all and have a sweet Pesach, one of liberty and peace, and with Israel's 60th anniversary, mazel tov and all the best.
Sincerely,
Nachum Katz

Lia Benshoshan Gelberg - new york N.Y. -- 4/6/2008

This message is for Paul Hamburg. My father Gelberg Deszo (Desideriu ) was born in Oradea in 1921 and died in 1975 in Israel Z"L I was wondering if there is any connection between us. I know he had 4 sisters and 2 brothers ( Paul, Boske , Mitzy, Bella). Unfortunately I only knew 2 of them the rest died in the camps together with my grand parents . So I was wondering if your Mom and my grandfather were siblings. I know very little about my father?s family. He never talked about them. If you have any information please contact me.
lbenshosha@gmail.com
Thank you Lia

Livdolu - Adamsville -- 4/5/2008

Hello friends, I wish I had come here earlier as the forums are well organized and I look forward to gaining further knowledge and sharing my experiences. Ive been reading the posts and learning quite a bit from the members.

Lia Benshoshan Gelberg - new york N.Y. -- 4/4/2008

I was reading this posts and I see a lot of names that sound familiar from my town Oradea. I was born in 1953 and went to the Music school. I lived on Arany Janos st. nr.2 I left Romania in 1970. I live in NY for the last 29 years and lived in Israel in Jerusalem for 9 years . I'd love to find some of my friends. If somebody remembers Feldman Jutka, Sabau Monica, Mezey Katy, Galovics Peter, please write to me. My email is : lbenshosha@gmail.com My cell phone is 646-996-1449
Thank you, Lia

Katherine Winslow - Lewisville, Texas, USA -- 4/2/2008

I am a descendent of Harry G. Lembert of Philadelphia and would appreciate information about his parents and siblings, as well as ancestors who may have come from Oradea. Harry, who died in the 1960s, was married to Lillie and had three daughters: Frances Elizabeth Lembert, Ethel Loretta Lembert Siegert (my grandmother), and Dorothy Lembert Eglin. Does anyone have information about the Lemberts?

kath.winslow@gmail.com

Johan le Roux - Johannesburg, South Africa -- 4/2/2008

Good morning I have recently bought a small copper relief by the sculptor KALLO Ede from an antique dealer here in South Africa. On the front there is a central picture of a seated man with a sword and a kneeling man playing a flute. In the four corners there are 4 faces with the following names BEZEREDY IMRE, BUTTYAN JANOS, GRBERCSENY MIKLOS AND ANDRASSYI accompanying the faces. On the back there are the words "TOLNAI VILAG-LAPJA" AJANDEKA, and a stamp with the word Budapest. I have been unable to find any info on this specific piece. Can anybody give me more information on this please?
Johan.leroux@arivia.co.za

Caroline - Van Nuys, CA US -- 3/26/2008

I'm looking for anyone who may have information on the following: Erno Spitzer, born 1888 in Vienna, Austria, and his son, Arpad Spitzer, born 1926. The family was seperated in the camps, some survivors. Looking for any family history informatino or any info at all on the family.
carolinesvoice@gmail.com
Thank you

Jacqueline Claude Romney - Vancouver, Canada -- 3/22/2008

For a book I am writing on the Auschwitz prisoner doctors, I am looking for information about Dr. Miklos Nyiszli who became Mengele's assistant and wrote a book entitles"Auschwitz. A Doctor's Eyewitness Account.". He was from Oradea, returned there after the war and was still there in 1946. I would like to find out what happened to him afterwards. His wife and daughter also survived Auschwitz.

I would be most grateful for any information.

sandy fuchs - washington dc -- 3/20/2008

When I discovered the hollcaust memorial I was disappointed It was hidden in back a lot and it was written in Hebrew. It should be written in local language like Hungerian and Romanian so the local people will know what happened and it should not happened again because they do not teach it in school.

erika klapper nee lefkovits - riverdale, new york, u.s.a.l -- 3/10/2008

I am searching for information about my beloved uncle and his family, manyu rosenblum and gabby. i do not know the names of his wife and daughter. he was my mothers brother. supposedly he and his wife were shot at the rumanian border in 1940. his son and daughter were sent to auschwitz from which gabby survived. Uncle manyu was in the rug business and shipped rugs to canada. I can not bear to think that nothing remains of his family. If anyone has any more information please contact me at
Erikaklapper@gmail.com Nagyvarad

Kathleen Smith - Hackensack, New Jersey USA -- 3/1/2008

I am looking for my first cousin, Agi Rabinowitz who I believe lives on Fishman Street in Holon. If someone could please contact her for me and have her get in touch with me via e-mail, I would appreciate it. My e-mail address is:
kathmartsmith@webtv.net

Abraham Refael - Afula Israel -- 2/10/2008

looking for any members of my mother's family from Nagyvarad .
My Mother: Gizi blau (born: 1904)
her brother: josef blau moved to palestine (israel) 1937
...any information would truly be appreciated

email: noam_r@maoz.org.il
or: ezkale@gmail.com
thanks.

Roger Adler - San Antonio, Texas USA -- 1/28/2008

I am correcting a message I made earlier. It was my grandfather Moriz Adler , who is said to have been born in Oradea (Grosswardein) in 1863. But so far I have not been able to find any record of his birth. His father was Isaak Adler and his mother was Emma Hirschl. If anyone has any information of any of these relatives please contact me at Baldreal@Sbcglobal.net
thanks

Dr. Tiberiu Leib (Lob Tibi) - Voorhees, NJ, USA -- 1/9/2008

I had an earlier note on 1/17/2007 on this site and I realized I had the wrong first name for a childhood friend i was looking for, His correct name is Friedman Gyuri and he was I believe the same age as I (born in 1947 in Oradea) and he left for France between 1959 and 1963 (not sure which year) and I lost all contact with him. If anybody knows about him please contact me. I was born in 1947 in Oradea and went to Gojdu - left for Israel in 1964 and eventually to the US in 1977. My sister Dr. Anat Yedwab (Lob Agi) who is 3 years younger than I and my mother Leib Bella (Lob Bella) live in Jerusalem. My father (Z'L) Leib Leopold (Lob Layos) was a tailor in Oradea and his first wife and 2 children died in the concentration camps, as well as his father and mother and 8 siblings. My father died in Israel in 1974. In Oradea we lived at 3 Bemer Ter (later Piata Stalin) across from the Theater.

Tibi
leibtm@gmail.com

Sandra Budd,mbudd@cinci.rr.com - Cincinnati, Ohio -- 1/8/2008

I am working on the genealogy of my family. my mother's father, my grandfather, Harry Rabinowitz, immigrated to America with 7 siblings. His 2 younger siblings, Label Rabinowitz and Muriel Rabinowitz, immigrated from Romania to Israel in the 1940s. After my grandfather died, in 1949, my grandmother wrote and sent money to Label and Muriel,since they were happy in Israel and had no desire to come to America. I would like some help in finding out about my 2 great aunt and uncle. I know Label Rabinowitz played the violin. I know Muriel Rabinowitz came to visit my family in AMerica, in 1959, when I was ten. She stayed for one week ,returned to Israel, and died soon from breast cancer. If any organization or website, can help me find out about my 3 relatives, I would appreciate it. I have traced down all of my other relatives, who chose to leave Romania, for America,

Thank you,
Sandra Budd

Suzy Peltz - Milwaukee, WI USA -- 1/6/2008

Still looking for any members of my mother's family from Nagyvarad

My Mother: Rosie Abraham (born: 1921)
Parents: Bernard & Esther Abraham

My mother survived Dachau went to Germany looking for family. Then moved to the states in 1948...any information would truly be appreciated

Abby Gilboa - Haifa - Israel -- 1/5/2008

I am looking for the grave (either Tel Aviv or Bersheva) of Miriam Bernstein (Bernsztejn) nee Perlmuter, born in Rovne in 1913. She immigrated to Israle in 1959 with her daughter Aliza and died in 1963.

Nancy Varga - San Juan, Puerto Rico -- 1/2/2008

Hello, I am looking for any record of my grandfather Josef Varga born 1883 in Kiskereck, Hungary. I understand he may have been Jewish, and I would like to confirm that. He emigrated to the US in 1912, married to my grandmother Julianna. Thank you for any suggestions.

email: nancyvarga@coqui.net

mordechai pelta - san francisco, ca, usa -- 12/28/2007

please let me know the name of the woman who died in Oradea a few years ago, she must have been at least 80 and her father had owned a hotel in the city before the war. she was our relative. sorry i cannot be more precise, last name might be weisz. she was single, never married. someone involved with the community in Oradea would know. thanks. mdpelta@yahoo.com

Ron Miller - Dix Hills, New York USA -- 12/21/2007

i'm doing the family tree. The names Katz Itzkowitz and Donnenberg keep coming up in the area of Oradea. Anyone run into those families. Although most immigrated to New York City about 1912, I have the names of whom they left in Hungary. Email: ron@millerus.com

Carol Jaffe - Oldsmar, FL -- 12/18/2007

My grandmother came from Berlin, Germany as a young girl. She was the youngest of 10, the only girl. Her parents were Henrietta & Fredrick Loewenberg, her name was Irma Loewenberg. Her father owned a lead pencil factory that according to my grandmother was one of first pencils in Germany. After her parents died she was sent to NYC to a maternal aunt . She later married Paul Abraham Meyer & had 2 sons & 1 daughter. One of her sons was my father, Harold S Meyer. After the holocaust she never heard from anyone in her family, not knowing the ages of her siblings I don't know if anyone survived. email: cmjaffe@tampabay.rr.com

Lena Ganz Haber - NYC, USA -- 12/12/2007

My father's family (Ganz) lived in Valea lui mihai; any information re: Ilonka Ganz Roth and her children who were mudered; my grandparents Hinda & Albert (Eliyahu) Ganz (murdered) or the graves of my great grandparents would be appreciated

Daniel Klapper - Teaneck, New Jersey -- 12/10/2007

Hello this is a response to Vivian Kahn of Oakland California 9-24-07 about her second cousins Rosenblum from Navygarad. my mothers mother was the sister of Manyu Rosenblum and we are interested as well in finding more information on these cousins that would make gabi my mother's first cousin
thanks in advance

Lungu Ivan - Haifa - Israel -- 12/2/2007

I have submitted a message on November 9, 2007 containing a list of my family members deported to Auschwitz, from ORADEA, and till today have got no confirmation from your side wether you have received it. Kindly let me have a confirmation. My e-mail address is: lungu.stella@gmail.com
Thanking you in advance for your confirmation,
respectfully Ivan Lungu - Haifa

Lungu Ivan - Haifa - Israel -- 11/12/2007

I have written earlier a message, but didn't indicate my data. I am 72 and live in Haifa. As I with my parents lived in Romania, in Caransebes during WW II, we escaped the deportation. I emigrated to Israel in 1973, to Haifa. My phone no. is: 00 - 972 - 4 - 8333465. E-mail : lungu.stella@gmail.com

Moshe Paul Mones - Bearsville, N.Y. USA -- 11/7/2007

Greetings. I am looking for any info on my grandfather Maurice (Moshe) Reis (Reisz). He married my grandmother Madeline (Minna) Weintraub in Romania, they moved to Paris. My Grandmother, mother, and siblings left Paris, came to the U.S. and changed their last name to 'Raiss'. They contructed a story about my grandfather. Only via Yad Vashem was I able to get some information which told me 1. Their real name was Reis (which my mother and aunt confirmed) 2. My grandfather was deported by the Vichy from Paris to Auschwitz and murdered there. My mother cannot speak of him. If any of this is familiar to someone please contact me at paulmones@mac.com kol tov

Magdalena Bogyo, maiden name Hirghelt - Mamaroneck NY, USA -- 11/3/2007

I am looking for a childhood friend Sugar Aliz who went to school to generala 8 and lived on Kossuth utca. She had an older sister Vera, they both immigrated to Israel. Aliz was good friends with Magdi and Ani while in gererala 8. If anybody knows of her whereabouts, please let me know, thanks.

Tiberiu Weisz - New York, NY -- 11/1/2007

My wife and I went back to visit Oradea after an absence of some 43 years. We took in-laws and our children as well. All in all it was a strange experience. Most of the center of the city has been fixed up; the outskirts and our school (Gojdu) look pretty bad. The biggest problem is the Neolog Synagogue. Ironically, it dominates the skylight of the city but inside it is mess and it is in real danger of collapsing.

Debbie Rosenberg - Teaneck,New Jersey.U.S.A. -- 10/20/2007

My mother is from Ermihaifalva and came to the United States in 1949.She had a brother-in-law (he was married to her sister who died in Auchwitz) who survived the war and remained in the area. I believe he was a monument engraver. We would like to know if he is still alive. His name is Gershon Schwartz and my mother would like to find out this information. Her name is now Irene Oppenheimer (nee Teitelbaum). I would also like to know if there is someone who could help me find the grave of my grandmother who died in the late 1920's and is buried in Tard. Her name was Mariska Teitelbaum. Any help with any of these things would be most appreciated. Thanks

John Spencer ( Spitz Noni ) - Montreal, Que. Canada -- 10/13/2007

Left Oradea Feb.1961...
This past May I returned to Oradea and walked down "memory lane.”
It was an emotional experience to see my birthplace, preschool, elementary (Petru Groza) and high school (Gojdu).
It seemed that time has frozen since I left, not much has changed. Pleasant surprise was to see the evolution of the Jewish Community. In retrospect, my stay was short however it rekindled an interest from the past upon which I have been reflecting more often in the last few months then ever before.
I guess I must be getting old and sentimental.
That said I will be looking forward in the near future for a longer visit.

Tonja C. Fleischer - Lake Panasoffkee, FL United States -- 9/29/2007

I am looking for information on my husband’s family, his father in law is first generation American. My father-in-law’s name is Ronald Minigus Fleischer, his fathers name is Martin Fleischer, mothers name is Johanna. They both came over through Ellis Island (?), but at different times. She came over with her family and he came over with his mother. His mother might have been divorced.

Vivian Kahn - Oakland, California -- 9/24/2007

I am seeking information about my second cousins Judit (Dici) and Gabor Rosenblum from Nagyvarad. Their parents were Mano Rosenblum and Maria Rosenberg. Maria's mother Josefine was my paternal grandfather's sister. Dici was reportedly deported to in 1942-43 and is on a list of Stutthof prisoners. Family members say that she perished at Auschwitz but I have found no evidence of that. Gabor survived the Shoah and returned to Nagyvarad. According to one of our cousins, he aroused the interest of the secret police when he tried to access funds that their father , Dr. Mano Rosenblum, had deposited in a Swiss bank before the war. In 1946, Gabi wrote to the Swiss bank inquiring about his father's account. The government censors intercepted the letter and reported him to the Securitate. He was imprisoned, tortured, and finally released, but never recuperated. He died in 1946 after being hit by a streetcar; nobody knows whether he committed suicide or was pushed.

Marton Ozren - Zagreb, Croatia -- 9/16/2007

I am looking information about my family from Oradea. My great grandfather was born in 1878, his name is Josef Marton. He moved to Sarajevo, Bosnia and stayed there.
Thanks

Ladislav Fuchs - N.Bethesda Maryland USA -- 9/15/2007

I am looking for information about my father who died in Oradea in 1950. His Name Fuchs Marton Marci, who had plastic (Bakelit) factory. My mother?s name is Anna Felfman Fuchs. if any one knows any thing about my family I will be very thankful.
My email is.
sandy.fuchs@gmail.com
Tel 847-922-2282
fax 301.896.0125

T. Bing - South Africa -- 8/26/2007

I am looking information in connection with my Grandfather who was in Germany Samuel Bing. He and his brothers had to leave Germany. My father was an orphan. I had an uncle Max Bing. I think was his brother and my aunt's name was Hannah. I really have very little information about my grandfather.

Judith Ganea -Winnipeg, Canada -- 8/10/2007

I sent a message in Hungarian , I will repeat in English the question. If someone know about Eva David and Katz Zsuzsi from Oradea. Eva lived on Zoldfa utca 1 and Zsuzsi at 5, where I lived to until 1989. Eva David father was a painter and they immigrated in Los Angeles in the 1965-67. I kept in touch with her and met her again around 1973 when she was visiting Oradea. Since then I lost track of her. She was married to a Hungarian man from Hungary. I would like if somebody know about her to help me to find her. My other friend and neighbor was Zsuzsi Katz, her father Tibi Katz was auto mechanic and they immigrated in Detroit around the same time. If you know about Eva and Zsuzsi perhaps you can help me. Thanks
ganeaj@mts.net

Franka - Israel -- 8/9/2007

I am the grandson of Ullmann Family from To from Oradea. I am very interested in researching my family and would love to hear from you. You can also email me at danfranka@hotmail.com or call me
+972-52-6068705

Thank you
Daniel

Chaim Kurz-Union City NJ USA -- 8/8/2007

My mother is seeking pictures from her late brothers who were killed in the holocaust. Are there any school records with pictures?
Please send respose to ckurz17@aol.com

Erika Yanovich-Holon - Israel -- 7/30/2007

Thanks for all the efforts of the Lempert family, including this great site.

I was born in Oradea (as Berger Erika) in 1963 and immigrated to Israel in 1981.

My father, Berger Jeno was a prominent member of the local Jewish Community (in which I grew up) until he died in 1977. His entire family (in Szentjob and later Szekejhid) was murdered in Auschwitz, except for one sister, Sziszi (Ester) who married Klein Levi and lived in Szekejhid till 1970 when they immigrated to Israel with their two children Kati and Gabi.

My husband Janovics Peter was also born in Oradea in 1954 and studied at Gojdu. His Janovics grandfather owned a kosher deli on the main street before the war.

If any of you recognize our names and would like to be in touch, we can be reached at: erika_y@rad.com and peter.yanovich@intel.com respectively.

Alex Borla (Weiss) - Camarillo California -- 7/4/2007

My mother Agnes Weiss , my aunt Sophie Weiss and myself we were all born in Ermihalyfalva. I would like to hear from friends and relatives
alex@borla.com

spitz meidi - rishon le zion, israel -- 6/30/2007

hello all
my name is rivka ( meidi) spitz and this is the first time that ive been visiting your site. i was born in the jewish hospital of ordea in february 1947. im the daughter of spitz jeno and backman olga. we lived in Ermihalyfalva untill 1950 we moved to israel. tomorrow i am going, for the first time since i left ermyihalyfalva, to visit the region and the village. i am looking for any information that could help my search. especially the surnames backman and weiss ( my mothers family). great to know such site exists

Meidi

Eric R. Rosenbaum - W. Hollywood, CA USA -- 6/29/2007

Our family started in Oradea in 1848 when my Great Great Grandfather Samuel was mustered out of the Imperial Russian Army there due to his wounds. His son Morris Rosenbaum came to the USA and eventually settled in Philadelphia, PA. Please don't hesitate to get in touch with me if you can provide any information regarding our family and its friends. eric.rosenbaum@mailexcite.com

David Lempert - superlemp@yahoo.com -- 6/27/2007

To make these memorials relevant to the people of Oradea today and to the members of the Oradea community in the Diaspora, we should focus on the IDEAS that developed there and what was special about the interaction of different groups there in the past, to offer something that is a model to be applied today. Otherwise, our memorial will just be a kind of a cemetery of something in the past that has died. Join me in supporting Diaspora Bridge Centers for the region, to build new bridges and reinvigorate the ideas that made multi-ethnic communities like Oradea special.

Eric Hitter - Antwerp Belgium -- 6/25/2007

I would like to know if there is still a Jewish community in Oradea. How many familes or people live in Nagyvarad? Is there a Rabbi Kehila and the usual standard Jewish life?

Eric Hitter
erichitter@skynet.be

Eric Hitter - Antwerp Belgium -- 6/4/2007

I would like to see some progress in the building of the promised memorial of Nagyvarad. It was one of the nicest Jewish communities in Transylvania. It deserves a nice museum. Hopefully it will be achieved.

Pauline Herbach - Fremont, California, USA -- 6/1/2007

This is the first time I have been on your website. This is a wonderful tribute. My father was Alfred Spitz , born in 1924 in Nagyvarad. He passed in 1980 in Bay Shore, New York, USA where he had lived since 1954. He was the only survivor of his family of 4. His father Arthur, mother Serena, and sister Leah all perished at Auschwitz.

Thank you.

Herrman - USA -- 5/31/2007

Hello,

We will be coming to Oradea on the 19th of June 07 to research about Jewish family who used to live in Szekelyhid at the beginning of the 20th century. We are looking for archives where we could find information. Do you know if such archives exist in Oradea ? If so, could you give me their address and phone number ?

Thank you very much for your help,
Regards,

Paul Hamburg - USA -- 4/16/2007

My mother was born in Oradea (Gelberg Annus) and married my father (Hamburg Josef), lived in Koloszvar until being deported to Bergen Belsen. wonder who might remember her history.......

Miguel Fruchter - Israel , Mehir Gershon, Jerusalem -- 4/5/2007

My Grandparents Moises David Z''L, born in 1903 In Maramuresh, the village called Seshel. Hif father was Samuel Fruchter and his mother Hanse Rosenberg. They had 13 children, 12 boys, 1 girl, and he was the youngest. He made the militarh servkce and my grandfather left to South America after the 1st world war in 1927. He married in Uruguay with Rosa Fruchter. She also had the same family name and was born in Romania in Borsah in 1904 and she had 6 sisters and 1 brother. Please let me know if there is any Fruchter from your community.

Nitsan - Haifa - Israel -- 3/30/2007

Shalom!

I'm looking for people from Nagyvarad area. My grandpa was born in Vadul Crisului, he's 78 years old, and looking for people his age/older/younger who still live around there, to chat with.. he uses a lot his email. He speaks both Hungarian and Romanian. Please contact me, my email address is:
nitskey@gmail.com

Eli Katz MD - Santa Barbara, California, USA -- 3/16/2007

My wife and I and 2 kids will be in Budapest for Passover. My Mom is from Oradea. We are looking for a place to go for a seder the 1st night of Passover either in Budapest or Oradea. We can bring wine and dessert. We would love to meet a nice Jewish Hungarian family.

SBKATZ@aol.com

Eli Katz MD - Santa Barbara, California, USA -- 3/16/2007

My Mom is Sarah Berkovits. Her 2 sisters Toby and Roszi survived. My mom is 81 years old. She lost 6 siblings including Mandy and Srul and her parents Elias and Frieda. Elias sold fruits and vegetables. My cousin wrote a 60 page story after interviewing his Mom, Toby:
http://www.poetspath.com/pdf/liberation_recalled.pdf
I am coming to Hungary for the 1st time on April 1. Please e-mail to me if you know anything about my family. I am a Psychiatrist in Santa Barbara California.

SBKATZ@aol.com

Andrei grosz - Madison new jersey -- 3/15/2007

Looking for relatives of my grand father solomon d golda grosz
avigross59@yahoo.com

Damó Gyöngyi - Düsseldorf, Germany -- 2/27/2007

1955-ben születtem Nagyváradon és 1974-ben végeztem a Mogyorósiban (a 3-ban ) , a Revilákné osztályában. Èdesapámat, Damó Zoltánt, a szabót, akinek a Teleki utcán volt üzlete biztosan sokan ismerték közzületek. Ö édesanyám halála után újra nösült és Krausz Malvint vette el.
Aki velem járt iskolába, vagy ismert engem, vagy csak szeretné velem felvenni a kapcsolatot...örülnék ha jelentkezne. A Rapaport László álltal rendezett nagyváradiak találkozóján, május elsö hétvégéjén én is ott leszek. Hátha néhányatokkal ott találkozhatnék. Szeretettel üdvözlök minden váradit !
Gyöngyi
Címem :
Gyöngyi Damo-Hansen
Seesenerstr.20
40595 Düsseldorf
Germany
Tel : +49 / 211 / 70 77 36
Mobil : +49 / 163 / 18 96 459
E-mail : gy.hansen@gmx.de
Skype : gyongyi.damo.hansen

Paulo Ungar - New York, USA -- 2/24/2007

Just for the record, my father Ferencz Ungar survived the Concentration Camp of Auschwitz and after a few years in Europe he went to Brazil were he met my mother, Lenke Tamas Ungar.

Therefore, his name which shows in your list as deceased is not correct. He lost in the Concentration Camp his father (Jakab), his mother (Julia) and his sister (Vera).

If any of you knew him and would like to get in contact please email me at: ungarpe@aol.com.

Thanks,
Paulo Ungar

W.Muegendt - Heusenstamm,Germany -- 21/23/2007

Looking for Szabatkay Miklos.Leaving in Germany(Aachen?).Please contact me.Willy.

Tommy Sharir - Toronto Canada -- 2/12/2007

Hi
I would appreciate if somebody could provide me with some information about the two Friedman Peter's(specially the taller one,Frici ) or any other common friends.

Tommy Sharir (Schreier)
tsharir@sympatico.ca
boutiquedita@rogers.com

Dina - Brooklyn, New York, USA -- 2/11/2007

Hello, my brother lives in Maramures, Romania, and i wanted to know if there is any way you can help him find a jewish girlfriend in Romania. He is a very nice serious guy, and he would like to date a nice jewish girl. please let me know, at didee647@aol.com
Thanks
Dina

Roger Adler - san antonio, texas -- 2/10/2007

My grandmother Moriz Adler was born around 1863 in Grosswardin (oradea). I would like to find out about his family, my ancestors. Could someone in Oradea research this for me. I would be willing to pay for such research.

Roger Adler
Baldreal@Sbcglobal.net
Telephone: usa 210 493-1713

Ramon Ernesto Lembert - North Carolina, USA -- 1/31/2007

I was born in 1966. My gradfather name was Nicolas Lembert. I have an ancestor whose name was Nicholaus LEMBERT - born in 1741 ,Germany. As per this web site: http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/ancestorsearchresults.asp?standardize=N&last_name=Lembert

The Lembert family and the Lempert family are one, and of Jewish roots.

Can you confirm that for me please. Thanks!

My Email: e.lembert@gmail.com

Rappaport László - Budapest, Hungary -- 1/23/2007

Minden évben , május elso hétvégéjén Siófokon rendezem 17 éve a Külföldön Élo Nagyváradiak Különleges Összejövetelét (KÉNKO) Szeretettel várok mindenkit.
Tel: 0036703807875
E-mail: konzultchem.bt@chello.hu

Fischer Peter - Budapest, Hungary -- 1/23/2007

Looking for everybody from Nagyvarad. If you want to come to the Nagyvarad annual meeting in Hungary, May 5th, don’t hesitate to contact me.

E MAIL corvinp@freemail.hu
phone nr. +36309212522,+36305130147.

Bye and take care
Fischer Peter

Dr. Tiberiu Leib (Lob Tibi) - Voorhees, NJ, USA -- 1/17/2007

I was born in 1947 in Oradea and went to Gojdu - left for Israel in 1964 and eventually to the US in 1977. My sister Dr. Anat Yedwab (Lob Agi) who is 3 years younger than I and my mother Leib Bella (Lob Bella) live in Jerusalem. My father (Z'L) Leib Leopold (Lob Layos) was a tailor in Oradea and his first wife and 2 children died in the concentration camps, as well as his father and mother and 8 siblings. My father died in Israel in 1974. In Oradea we lived at 3 Bemer Ter (later Piata Stalin) across from the Theater.

I am looking for friends that I lost contact with since leaving Oradea. One of them is Friedman Peter, who left Oradea a few years before I did and I heard he may have ended up in France, but I was never able to find him. Another is Grosz Peter who for a while lived in Philadelphia in the ‘80s but I lost contact with him. Anyone else who remembers me is welcome to contact me. I attended the reunion in 2000 and am hoping that we will have another maybe in Oradea soon.

Tibi
leibtm@gmail.com

Hitter Eric - Antwerp Belgium -- 1/13/2007

Is there any progress in building a Jewish Museum inNagyvarad/Oradea? I was born there and would like to see some remembrance of the big Jewish Community that existed before the war.

ehitter@skynet.Be
Kinds Regards,
Eric Hitter

Nachum Katz - Hadera, Israel -- 1/13/2007

For those looking for graves of people buried in the Velence cemetery, I could not find old graves there, and the cemetery is kept in very bad shape, and the old graves can not be found, nor are they properly registered.

One should still try with the Hebrew Community in Oradea, they might have some data about people people there.

dudukam@zahav.net.il

Joel Roth - PARIS - FRANCE -- 1/4/2007

My name is Joel Roth. My grandfather Markusz Roth (deported from Debrecen to Auschwitz where he died in June 1944) was born in Ermihalyfalva, and his mother's grave is in the Jewish Cemetery there.

The synagogue of Ermihalyfalva seems to need some renovation and care. Is there any institution or fund that can take care of this?
joelroth@wanadoo.fr

lya - Israel -- 12/30/2006

I am looking for MARTON AGI, born in Oradea, she lived in Israel a few years, then moved to Hungary.

This is a message for Tommy Schreier: my name is lya, I vas born in Oradea, Colonel Buzoianu st. 20. I think you must be the boy who lived near where the street began.

lya.fridman@gmail.com

Kondash Jancsi - Nagyvarad - Israel - Budapest -- 12/17/2006

Nem kevés ismeros nevét találtam, böngészve e lapot. (Füredi Nano, Izsák Tibi, Roth Matyi, Komlósi-testvérek, Geroe Zsuzsi stb.)
Boldog lennék, ha még többel kapcsolatot tudnék teremteni. 66-ban érettségiztem a Gojdu-ban, 80-ban kerültem Izraelbe, s több mint három éve Budapesten dolgozom és élek.
Kapcsolat: janos48@t-online.hu
telefon: +36-30-330-6006

Frank Klein - Rye Brook, New York, USA -- 12/10/2006

I am looking for the birthplace of my father and his three brothers. They lived in the Oradea region through the first two decades of the 1900s. They left for America in 1920 and were probably from Boianu Mare (in Romanian) or Tasnadbajom (in Hungarian). My grandmother's passport spells the name of their town as "Boian."
My great grandmother's name was Kata Biermann.
My grandfather's name was Bela.
My grandmother's name was Fanny Klein.
My father's name was Arpad Klein
His brother's names were: Geza Klein and Akos Klein.

Does anyone know someone who is familiar with the Jewish families living in the town of Boianu Mare/Tasnadbajom from 1900 to 1920? Can you advise me how I might go about searching for my family's records? The family's last names are Klein and Biermann (my great grandmother): we are Hungarian Jews. Four brothers left for America in 1920 with their mother and grandmother; their father (my grandfather) was killed in 1913.

My cousin, Valerie Wayne, will be traveling to the area next April after teaching for several weeks at the University of Szeged in Hungary. This will be her first trip to Eastern Europe, and she does not have the language skills necessary for detailed research, but there is a linguist at the University of Szeged who has helped her locate the town where our family probably lived and who may assist her in locating birth, marriage, or death records in Oradea.

Where do you suggest we try to look for these documents? At one of the remaining synagogues? At a municipal office? Is Oradea the best place to begin? Is there another person whom we should consult with these questions? If you have any advice, I would be very grateful for it. I am copying my cousin Valerie Wayne on this message. I await your early reply.

With many thanks,
Please contact me at Frankklein@msn.com or my cousin Valerie Wayne Vwayne@hawaii.edu

Judith Ganea - Winnipeg Canada -- 12/9/2006

I was born in Nagyvarad (Oradea) in 1954 as Klerman David daughter. Dr.Terez Mozes is my father's cousin. I found out that Dr.Terez Mozes immigrated in the summer of 2006 to Israel to her son Dr. Gabriel Mozes. I would like to get in contact with Dr. ANNA (MOZES) HERCZ, Terez Mozes's daughter from Montreal, Dr Gabriel Mozes from Israel and their mother dr. Terez Mozes. They are my only relatives from my father’s side. My father Klerman David left Oradea when I was 2 years old in 1956 and I never had a chance to see him again. I would love to find my father's family. My Email is ganeaj@mts.net.

Thank you for the opportunity created by this project. This is a wonderful initiative to preserve the Jewish community from Nagyvarad. Thank you for everybody who contributed to this project.

Joseph Tirpak - Ct. -- 12/7/2006

My Daughter is doing family ancestry & we are trying to find out more info on my grandmother if possible. She was from Hungary, where she was born we do not know. Her name, Elzbieta Szirmai, born 1882/1883. We believe after she married over there she wound up in Ungvar; they came to the USA in early 1900's.

ljt175@yahoo.com

Cindy Feuerstein - New York, New York USA -- 12/6/2006

My father grew up in Fegyvernek. His father was a Rabbi Illos his wife, Maria and their children, Magda, Eva, Alize, Bela, Tibor, Iboly, Ernu, Erna, Imre and Erzsi. I am trying to find pictures of their village. They lived next door to the temple. At age 10 my father was taken to the concentration camps. His father was presumed killed.

Everyone else survived. This month my father will be in the USA for 50 years. The so-called Hungarian Gold Train and retribution is a farce. There is no retribution for my father or his family. He remembers Kiddush cups, Torahs and shofars that I'm sure are destroyed. I'm trying to find pictures of his childhood, the town he came from... anything. Can any one help or make suggestions? I can be reached via e-mail to Shoody@aol.com

Thank you for your time and consideration.

Esther Lainer - 8859 Cashio St -Los Angeles, CA 90035 -- 12/2/2006

I am looking for a Vera, whose mothers's maiden name might have been Csilag or Bienenstock and who was hiding in Budapest during the war. She had an uncle, Marton, who survived the war in Zvolen but died not long afterwards. I have her picture from around 1947-48 from a graduation from a school in Budapest that she sent to my mother Etus Rosman (born Bienenstock in in Nyarad Szered or Miercurea Niraj in Romania).

Paulo Ungar - 8859 Cashio St -Los Angeles, CA 90035 -- 12/2/2006

Harry Mendelovich - New York City, NY, USA -- 12/1/2006

Hello,
I would like to purchase a book written about the Oradea Jewery. Its name in Hungarian is: “Varad a Viharban", edited by Katona Bela and published in 1946. I do not know of any translations of this book, but if there is a Romanian translation I am interested as well. The name in English should be "Oradea under Storm". If you can help me, please contact me at this E-Mail: galitharry@yahoo.com
Thanks,
Harry Mendelovich

Barb - USA -- 10/3/2006

I want to find out where my grandfather is from. All I know is Germany. His name is Loues A Gatzel, born I think in 1893.

Ildiko Vas Salomie - Mount Albert, Ontario, Canada -- 9/28/2006

I was born in Oradea. My grandfather was Fekete Sandor. I immigrated to Israel in 1975 and 1978 I came in Canada. If anybody knew me and would like to get in touch my E-mail is: ildikosalomie1@msn.com

Paulo Ungar - New York, NY USA -- 9/25/2006

Just for the record, my father Ferencz Ungar survived the Concentration Camp of Auschwitz and after a few years in Europe he went to Brazil were he met my mother, Lenke Tamas Ungar...

Therefore, his name which shows in your list as deceased is not correct. He lost in the Concentration Camp his father (Jakab), his mothet (Julia) and his sister (Vera).

Tibi Grosz - Israel, Herzliah -- 9/18/2006

Well, as many people wrote, the site, or the idea behind it, is very interesting and, most of all, helps to re-establish old acquaintances. For me, as an example, to find the whereabouts of Miki Komlosi and his family in Antwerpen.

Something about myself: I was born near Baia Mare and moved to Oradea in 1952. To Eva Grosz: Having the same last name, I do not think we are related even though my father's first wife's last name was Abraham. She had two sons, Tibi & Oszi. All perished in WW2.

From my mother's side, she has was born in Satu Mare and moved to Oradea when she was a little girl. She was an Uljhazi and lived next to the Jewish hospital. I know that her brother, Zoli, was born in Oradea, emigrated to Israel in '47 and on to Montreal in 1962. She also had two sisters, who also may have been born in Oradea. One of the sisters was married to Bernstein Joska from Valea Lui Mihay.

Those asking for people that lived in this village can contact Mrs. Judit Gluck from Toronto, E-mail - jjudita@sympatico.ca. She was a Treuhaft before she became Gluck. The Treuhafts are also related to the Uljhazi Family. I am aware of one Treuhaft in Ashkelon and one from New York, both passed away, but still in touch with the remainder of the family.

Another tree of my family are the Rosenbergs, who had a store in the Ulmann Palota before WW2. The brother, Mike Rand (changed his name when fled Romania to Canada) passed away. Two sisters, Bozsi (Blau) and Eva (Halmi) now reside in Cote St. Luck, Canada.

For you, Tommy Sharir (Schreier), just in case, Tommy Blau and his brother, Steven (Istvan) live in Toronto. I know that you know Tommy but I am not aware if you are in touch with him.

Finally, I hope that I have contributed a little to this site.

For anyone that wants to send some feedback:

E-mail: tibig07@012.net.il or tibig@elal.co.il
Phone:+972-9-9559907,
Mobile: +972-54-2466553

Yossi Peled (Pollak) - Israel -- 9/2/2006

Could you please help me contact (by phone or E-Mail) Mr. Alex Sivan, Director of the Jewish communities of Romania. Please return by my E-Mail.

Best regards, and thank you for your help.
Yossi Peled

Mihai Robert Soran, b. Schwartz - Frankfurt / Germany -- 8/26/2006

Friends,
I was more than surprised to see that the Jozsef Szücs, one of the most wonderful people who saved many Jewish lives during the Holocaust (and lost his Jewish wife and children) isn''t mentioned at all as one of the "righteous". Despite the fact that the Wiesel Holocaust Commission's Final Report 2004 dedicates him a full paragraph. "In 1942, soon after Iozsef Szucs was placed in charge of several forced labor battalions, he proceeded to fundamentally improve their situation: he offered shelter, brought a physician, cancelled arrests and physical punishments, improved food, replaced abusive guards, and instituted the right to rest leave. In 1944, he helped dozens of Jewish families to leave the ghetto and take refuge in Romania. Unfortunately, Szucs was unable to save his own Jewish wife and children from deportation."

After my grandfather, Dr. Izsák Mihály (mentioned in the Ghetto chapter here), was murdered in a concentration camp and my grandmother Izsák Ida (born Dicker) and mother Izsák Hedi (Hedwig) survived, my grandmother has married Szücs Iozsef, so that he became my step-grandfather. I was still a youngster, but a proud one as he was invited to Jerusalem by the many Jews he helped survive.

He deserves to be remembered on this site.

Many thanks and kindest regards,

Mihai Robert Soran ( born Schwartz)
Henry-Budge-Str. 65
60320 Frankfurt, Germany
rmsoran@mirosoran.com

Mr I bing - New Zealand -- 7/25/2006

I am looking for a member of the Bucharest Jewish community who is an architect or intersted in architecture to help me find a modernist architectural structure designed by my grandfather. It was a commercial shop - very finely fitted ( a luxury tobbacconist). Do you know any leaders of the Jewish community in Bucharest that you could refer me to that have an interest in Jewish Art and Design in the 1920s and 1930s?

My grandfather made it out of Czechoslovakia alive and continued to practice as an architect here in New Zealand but he was Czech - but his clients, many of whom were Jewish were from all over Europe....including Bucharest. I have a photographer in Bucharest who will help me find the structure but I am looking fo ra local Jewish architect to collaborate with on finding old photographs in the press or local publications on the structure.

I hope you may be able to help.

sincerely,
I bing

Kelly Nurnberg - United States -- 7/24/2006

I would like to find out about Izidor Schwartz, my great grandfather was Izidor Schwartz and I wanted to know if this is the one.

Franz-Albert VAN DEN BUSSCHE - Lacroix-Falgarde, France -- 7/24/2006

I think you made a mistake in "An Introduction to its Jewish History" chapter "Charity, Civic Life, Culture", 5th paragraph. I think it's a little confuse between "hid" and "holnap". My grandmother, Jutka Miklos, told me she was a member of the "holnap" group not the "hid".

For memory, my grandmother, Jutka Miklós was born in 1887 in Berettyóújfalu. Her real name was Militzer (I found also Miletzer on the net). She told me that her family was deported during holocaust, at this time she was in Morocco since 1927.

Best wishes for all. In French -- Le bonjour à tous, meilleurs souvenirs de Toulouse.

Szirmai-Milko Veronika - Nuenen Hollandia -- 7/11/2006

Ismerte valaki Szekely Sarikat szuletett Kunetz?
Szabadkai szarmazasu, Nagyvaradon elt ferjevel es ket kislanyaval. Edesapam nagynenje volt. Az egesz chaladot deportaltak, vagy utkozben elpusztitottak. Minden infoprmacionak elore is halas koszonet.

Mas: ki tudja a nagyvaradi zsido hittkozseg cimet?
a.szirmai@onsnet.nu

Susan Geroe - San Diego, CA -- 7/10/2006

This is in response to V.Szirmai-Miko and others who would like to have the address of the Jewish Community Center in Oradea:

Comunitatea Evreiasca
Str. Mihai Viteazul No.4
3700 Oradea
Romania

Agnes Grossinger - San Jose, CA, USA -- 7/3/2006

I would like to report that the Holocaust Memorial monument in the Carei cemetery has some damage. Can you tell me to whom can I report this damage to?

Thanks,
Agi (Rosner) Grossinger
agigro@webtv.net
408-927-9718

Veronika Szirmai-Milko - Nuenen, The Netherlands -- 6/30/2006

L.S.
Thank you for putting my message on the Forum. Could you add my e-mail address as well? It is:
a.szirmai@onsnet.nu
Sorry for extra effort.

VERA HECHT - BROOKLYN N.Y. USA -- 6/29/2006

This message is for
V.Szilmal-Milko Nueman,The Netherlands
Send a E-Mail to info@nlempert.org,with your request i am sure they will be able to help you

Vera Hecht@aol.com

V. Szirmai-Milko - Nuenen, The Netherlands -- 6/26/2006

My father's aunt Szekely Sarika born Kunetz and her family lived in Nagyvarad. They were deported or killed before they could arrive anywhere. Does anybody know where I could find some information or maybe there is somebody who remembers them. Something else: I would like to have the address of the Centre of the Oradea Jewish community. Thanks for reading me.

VERA HECHT - Brooklyn, NY -- 6/21/2006

I would like to now if anyone knows Serah Schwatz, from Sydney Australia. Was born in Romania Transylvania, from Auschwitz was taken to a bomb factory, and then to Thereisinstadt, from where she was liberated in 1945. I was taken from Auschwitz also to a bomb factory, and was liberated in Thereisienstadt May 9 1945.Maybe we where in the same camp. The camp name was Teplic Shanau.
verahecht@aol.com

Avromie Rosenfeld - Brooklyn, NY -- 6/12/2006

I would like to knew anyone who knew Avrohom Brachyeh Rosenfeld from Antwerp, Belgum. If you knew him please email tut_vey@hotmail.com

Jeff Sklar - Los Angeles, CA, USA -- 6/7/2006

I am trying to find out if the street known as Pece Utca in Nagyvarad, Hungary is now known as Pacii Street in Oradea, Romania. Any thoughts is appreciated. Please email me at jsklar@loeb.com.

Sue Gena Lurie - Fort Worth, Texas USA -- 5/28/2006

In trying to gather information on my Great Aunt Irene/Inka MOOR [born 1886 +/-, in Grosswardein; Mother Karoline BLOCH, from Grosswardein; father Simon MOOR, originally from Kisujszallas] I have run across MOOR's living in Sydney Australia, and a Y. Z. MOOR who moved to Kibbutz Ga'Aton in Israel. Would any of the MOORs, or Bloch's know of Inka and her family; and would anyone know of Y Z MOOR and his family in Israel, and how I might contact him/or them?

Sue Gena Lurie
Fort Worth, Texas USA
home email - lurie@worldnet.att.net
office email - slurie@hsc.unt.edu

Sue Gena Lurie - Fort Worth, Texas USA -- 5/28/2006

I am trying to gather information on family members who origanlly came from Oradea. My great Aunt Irene/Inka MOOR was born in Grosswardein in 1886 ±; her mother was Karoline BLOCH ; her father was Simon MOOR [I think from Kisujszallas, Hungary - near Szolnok]; she had a sister Czekus [about the same age as Inka]; and a brother [Emil of whom nothing is known]. Irene and Czekus went to school in Budapest; Inka married an American Doctor - my great uncle - in Vienna in 1909, and shortly thereafter moved to the United States, as did her sister; we have no idea what happened to her brother, or her father or mother.

Would the Jewish community have any information on the Bloch's and Moor's; and would they know / have any records of them through the twenties, thirties, through the Hurban, and, perhaps, after that?

Thank you for any assistance.

Sue Gena LURIE, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences
School of Public Health
University of North Texas Health Science Center
3500 Camp Bowie Boulevard
Fort Worth, Texas 76107
USA
office email: slurie@hsc.unt.edu
office fax: 817-735-0255
home email: lurie@worldnet.att.net

Grosz Eva - Caracas, Venezuela -- 5/17/2006

I'm trying to find someone of my family. My father, Z´L, was Grosz Sándor, born in 1902 in Gyortelek. My mother (Z'L) was Aurelia Abraham, born in 1911 in Alba Iulia (Gyulafehérvár). I would like to find someone of my family. My father lost his first wife & his too sons in Auschwitz. I am the only one child of his second marriage & would appreciate very much if you can bring me some information to: eva_grosz@hotmail.com. Thank you.

nava levanon - herzelya israel -- 5/11/2006

hello
my father's family was in oradea befor the war. how it is possible to find out where they were taken from there? their names were:
goldenberg /charash gisha (the mother)
aharon
sheindel
lea
shimon
moshe-ystchak (father)
thank you very much for your help
nava

Orit Berl - Kiriat Bialik, Israel -- 4/29/2006

Hello, I was very happy to discover by chance this site. My family on my mother's side came from Oradea and I'm sure I'll find lots of information on this site to assist me in my geneology search. I added a few names of my relatives to your important list of deportees. I would appreciate it if you could notify me when the list on the site will be updated.

Thank you very much,
Orit

Gene Waggaman - Stamford, Ct., U.S.A. -- 4/27/2006

Norbert's suggestion that we try to fold the project under the auspices of AJC or B'nai B'rith is a good one. The idea recognizes that what is important here is that the project move forward, and that if the cost is some small loss of control it may well be worth the price. There is indeed a logjam at present, and it does not appear that there is any way to predict when -- or if -- it may break. As Norbet indicates, the scope and reach of these two organizations brings some obvious clout and some new, subtle pressure to the table. I'd vote for aggressively investigating this avenue to accomplish our mission.

Norbert Lempert - Stamford, Ct., U.S.A. -- 4/25/2006

Dear Friends,

Many months have gone by since we last provided an update about the ongoing effort to create a new Jewish museum and family learning center in Oradea, in the building that was once the Teleki St. Synagogue. The reason is that we are at an impasse with the leadership of the Romanian Jewish Community, concerning the terms of the arrangement that would give us access to the building.

Please take a moment to review the update just posted by clicking here.

And please share your views, suggestions and questions about these matters, by posting a message in this forum. Let us know if you support our effort or if you feel it should be dropped. And let us know if you would be willing to help us lobby for a reasonable arrangement with the Jewish Community of Romania.

Thank you and best regards,

Norbert Lempert
info@oradeajc.org

Paul Kuhnz - Newport Beach, CA -- 4/16/2006

I am planning a trip to Budapest and would love to find the town where my father was born and spent his youth.. He went to school in Nagyvarod but lived in a town that sounded like Piszkarkos. His name was Eugene Kun (changed to Kuhn after immigrating to the USA) and his family owned the general store and tavern in this town. I would like to know the current name of this town so I could visit it

Joseph Katz - Los Angeles -- 4/9/2006

Hello,
While going through some of my mother's papers, I located a form which stated that her mother was a member of the Ermihalyfalva community. Can anyone please give me some info on this community? You can respond to ya139999@yahoo.com
Thanks.

A.V. - Oradea,Romania -- 4/9/2006

To Dana M.from Israel
I read your message to CA Ullmann from Manchester and I want to know more about the Ullmann family from Oradea. I am Romanian lawyer and I live just near Palatul Ullmann in Oradea.I am very interested in the history of the Jews from Oradea-Mare, especially in great families of the past (Ullmann,Guttmann,etc). Please,contact me on this forum! Thank you.

Nachum Katz - Hadera, Israel -- 4/7/2006

Unfortunately the Velence in the old cemetery it impossible to find graves because it grew so much weed and is neglected. If there was a way to clean it and make sure the graves are kept clear it would be wonderful, what could we possibly do?
dudukam@zahav.net.il
972-52-4295260

Gabriele Lempert-Rehor - Vienna, Austria -- 4/5/2006

to Elie Levy Lempert - Caracas, Venezuela:

My grandfather was Otto Lempert from Vienna, Austria. He died in Buchenwald. His brother, Walter Lempert, emigrated to Cochabamba, Bolivia, and later emigrated to Israel. He and his wife adopted a girl from Cochabamba.
Any similiarities? I think I have no relatives in Romania. Anybody know anything about it?

Dana M - Israel -- 3/29/2006

Hello to CA Ullman from Manchester,

I have read you have been looking for the Ullman family from Oradea and its various branches. I believe there are many Ullman families, I don't know if we are the ones you have been looking for, but we are a branch of the Ullman family from Palatul Ullman. You