Abaujszanto Jewish Cemetery

📍 Dobó István u. 20, Abaújszántó, Ungaria

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Abaújszántó or Szántó in short is a town in Northeastern Hungary, 23 miles from Miskolc in the area of Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén, that was always part of Hungarian territory. In 1941 out of the general population of 4,908 there were 681 Jewish community members. On May 1944 they were deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau. A memorial listing the names of the victims is located both in the Abaújszántó and Miskolc cemeteries. The tombstones face east, and stand erect according to the Ashkenazi custom. The gravestones with their decorations are characteristic representations of religious symbols and Jewish folk-art. The cemetery is a treasure field of historical knowledge. It includes testimonies, sometimes the only remaining ones, relating to the once lived local Jewish population, as in Abaújszántó. The history of the Abaújszántó Jewish community dates back to 1738. Prior to that Jewish settlers lived outside the town walls. The cemetery is in existence since 1793 when the Hevra Kaddisha (Jewish Burial Society), with ninety members, was founded. Located in 20 Dobó Utca, a walking distance from the synagogue and the center of the town. Nearby is also the Catholic cemetery. The stone markers or matzevot, frequently carry precise dates and information on relatives that are not preserved by any other means. Cemetery records are among the most important genealogical sources yielding valuable data. Many of the markers have words and images that speak directly of the family member who is being honored. Tombstones make biographical and historical statements as they reflect family life. In the 17th thorough 19th centuries the tombstones included more information than the name and date of death. Often a description on a man's life, his occupation and his town would be written. A woman's tombstone would contain such information as name, date of death, name of her father, as a married woman, often "wife of..." the phrase "a woman of valor" and a symbol, a candelabrum. Entering the gate on the first level is the grave of Abaújszántó and Hungary's important rabbi, Elazar Loew (1758-1837), known as Shemen Rokeh from the title of a book he authored. The rabbis following him in Abaújszántó Rabbinate expected to be buried next to their respected Rabbi, who had presided before them. People visited the grave of Rabbi Elazar Loew at times of peril and peace. Rabbi Loew's name was known also among the area's gentiles and they prayed occasionally by the Rabbi's tomb. In a separate group on the first level, not far from their husbands, are the graves of the Rebbetzins (Wives of the Rabbis). While the names are almost unreadable, the colorful stones and the wording on the Matzevot are poignant reminders of their dedication as they stood at the side of their respectful husbands. As a spiritual link between the living and the dead, the tombstones became the site of pilgrimage and supplication for help from the deceased. Many of the markers have words and images that speak directly of the family member who is being honored. As the lower section was filled, the cemetery extended to the higher level, reached by steps. Overlooking the surrounding valleys from the cemetery's high elevation, the view is especially beautiful. There are the open meadows and unlimited distance of visibility. On the first line at the higher level are the graves of the Zimmerman family who made the town an important exporter of the famous Tokay wine. Reading the gravestones one could observe the tragedy that accompanied the family's success. There is the beautiful three-dimensional black marble tombstone of their eighteen-year-old daughter, Erzsébet. Not far from the Zimmermans is the grave of Moses Mór Szász, my great-grandfather. Within a Mogen David is the carving of a water pitcher representative of the ritual function of a Levite. The graceful gravestone erected in 1916 was a statement, a written message that reached me many years later, after surviving Auschwitz. The words "good name " carved in stone, were the esteemed attribute of the departing old man. His full name and eulogy were expressed in an acrostic pattern. Each line begins with a Hebrew letter, eventually forming the name בן נתן משה Moshe, the son of Nathan. Standing by the grave and reading the words of the Matzevah, my heart overflew with thanks and gratitude. The graves of my two great grandmothers, Sara Szász and Golda Reinitz are in another section of the cemetery. The three graves are my only remnants of a world scattered by the winds of hate. Finding them I received a message of love and belonging. Higher on top, on the second level, are buried Rabbi Nathan Yizhak and his son Lipot Aryeh Lipschitz. They served the Abaujszanto Jewish community. With devoted joint efforts and financial expenses Eli Szamosi and Miksa Winkler photographed the graves. They dedicated their work to the memory of Mrs. Elza Reich Szamosi, Eli's mother. Mrs. Szamosi, deported from Abaújszántó, survived Auschwitz, Markkleeberg and other camps. The Cemetery list was prepared by the kind volunteer work of Ms. Madeleine Isenberg and Mr. Peter Absolon . They, together with Mr. Szamosi and Mr. Winkler deserve our greatest thanks and appreciation. Their Mitzva of Hesed Shel Emet is an act of truthful and pure loving kindness. Zahava Szász Stessel, Ph.D. See also: Zahava Szász Stessel, : The History of Abaújszántó, Fairleigh Dickinson University and Associated University Presses, 1995. Zahava Stessel, "Traces of a Jewish Community in Rural Hungary," The Jewish Press, 25 March 1988, 50C.

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Locality: Abaújszántó
Dobó István u. 20
GPS: 48.28138, 21.19518

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Deceased (453)

Iren Meisels Steinberger

1884 – 1920

Abaujszanto Jewish Cemetery

Wife of Adolf.

Yaakov Zimmermann

1910

Abaujszanto Jewish Cemetery

Father's name: Eliezer. Mother's name: Pessil. Died 5 Adar 5670.

Mor Moshe Szasz

1916

Abaujszanto Jewish Cemetery

Father's name: Nathan Yehuda, the Levite. Died 24 Adar 5676. (Contributed by: Madeleine Isenberg )

Jonah Dick

1872

Abaujszanto Jewish Cemetery

Died 26 Kislev 5633.

Iren Rivka Teitelbaum

1860 – 1885

Abaujszanto Jewish Cemetery

Died 26 Tamuz 5645.

Yiska Yita Blau Weiss

1909

Abaujszanto Jewish Cemetery

Father's name: Moshe. Died 28 Tamuz 5669. 84 years old

Zvi

1874

Abaujszanto Jewish Cemetery

Father's name: Menachem. Died 7 Kislev 5635.

Hani Hena Weisz Haas

1889

Abaujszanto Jewish Cemetery

Father's name: Moshe Yaakov. Wife of Adolf / Avraham. Died 3 Heshvan 5650.

Reizel Roth

1914

Abaujszanto Jewish Cemetery

Father's name: Zvi. Wife of Pinkas. Died 7 Kislev 5675.

David Horowitz

1901

Abaujszanto Jewish Cemetery

Father's name: Ber. Died 21 Iyyar 5661.

Sheindel Rosenberg

1932

Abaujszanto Jewish Cemetery

Mother's name: Lea. Wife of Yehoshe Mordechai. Died 7 Nisan 5692.

Yeshaiahu

Abaujszanto Jewish Cemetery

Father's name: Yehuda.

Itzchak Gross

1910

Abaujszanto Jewish Cemetery

Father's name: Itzchak. Died 15 Av 5670.

Hani Chaia Engel Goldmann

1886

Abaujszanto Jewish Cemetery

Wife of Leib. Died 23 Adar 5646.

Roza Rosenzweig Alter

1887

Abaujszanto Jewish Cemetery

Father's name: Itzchak. Wife of Menachem Zvi.Died 5 Adar 5647.

Yechezkel

Abaujszanto Jewish Cemetery

Antal Naftali Weisz

1905

Abaujszanto Jewish Cemetery

Father's name: Josef. Died 20 Sivan 5665.

Hindel Schwartz

1909

Abaujszanto Jewish Cemetery

Father's name: Shmuel. Died 6 Heshvan 5670.

Babetta Beila Zimmermann Baumann

1906

Abaujszanto Jewish Cemetery

Father's name: Eliezer. Wife of Jakab / Nachum. Died 19 Iyyar 5666.

Shmuel Rubinstein

1883

Abaujszanto Jewish Cemetery

Mother's name: Esther. Died 27 Tevet 5643.

Hani Chaia Goldberger

1891

Abaujszanto Jewish Cemetery

Father's name: Zeev. Wife of Gershon Meir. Died 20 Nisan 5651.

Rachel Stark

1853

Abaujszanto Jewish Cemetery

Father's name: Avraham. Wife of Dov. Died 1 Sivan 5613.

Markusz Mordechai Stern

1887

Abaujszanto Jewish Cemetery

Father's name: Moshe. Died 13 Kislev 5648.

Roza Rachel Engel

1870

Abaujszanto Jewish Cemetery

Father's name: Israel. Died 14 Tamuz 5630.

Eliezer Lipman Klein

1893

Abaujszanto Jewish Cemetery

Father's name: Avraham David. Died 13 Shvat 5653.

Adolf Avraham Foti

1863 – 1940

Abaujszanto Jewish Cemetery

Mother's name: Perl. Died 22 Tevet 5700.

Chaia Weisz

1905

Abaujszanto Jewish Cemetery

Father's name: Itzchak. Died 14 Nisan 5665.

Rachel Auerbach

1934

Abaujszanto Jewish Cemetery

Father's name: Eliezer. Mother's name: Matel. Wife of Mordechai. Died 22 Nisan 5694.

Esther Bauman

1923

Abaujszanto Jewish Cemetery

Wife of Izchak. Died 12 Nisan 5683.

Josef Deszberg

1892

Abaujszanto Jewish Cemetery

Father's name: Eliezer. Died 26 Tevet 5652.

Herman Zvi Braunfeld

1876

Abaujszanto Jewish Cemetery

Father's name: Meir. Died 13 Av 5636.

Sara Zelinger

1926

Abaujszanto Jewish Cemetery

Wife of Marton / Mordechai. Died 27 Iyyar 5686.

Genendel Blau Weitzner

1884

Abaujszanto Jewish Cemetery

Wife of Lorincz / Yuda Aryeh. Died 8 Tevet 5688.

Shraga Feish

Abaujszanto Jewish Cemetery

Sali Sara Eichler

1878

Abaujszanto Jewish Cemetery

Father's name: Zeev. Died 12 Tamuz 5638.

Terezia Reizel Deszberg

1896

Abaujszanto Jewish Cemetery

Father's name: Zeev. Wife of Zvi. Died 20 Adar 5656.

Pinchas

1841

Abaujszanto Jewish Cemetery

Father's name: Moshe. Died 15 Nisan 5601.

Vilmos Efraim Neuwalder

1871 – 1939

Abaujszanto Jewish Cemetery

Mother's name: Hadas.

Lidia Liebe Grunbaum Engel

1850 – 1921

Abaujszanto Jewish Cemetery

Father's name: Yaakov. Wife of Zsigmond / Asher Segal. Died 18 Adar 5681.

Lorincz Yehuda Aryeh Weitzner

1918

Abaujszanto Jewish Cemetery

Father's name: Yeshaie Menachem Segal. Died 27 Elul 5678.

Zvi Deutsch

1933

Abaujszanto Jewish Cemetery

Father's name: Moshe Avraham. Mother's name: Rachel. Died 22 Tamuz 5693.

Zisel Klein

1914

Abaujszanto Jewish Cemetery

Father's name: Eliezer. Wife of Alexander. Died 9 Iyyar 5674.

Moshe Leib Heller

1891

Abaujszanto Jewish Cemetery

Died 17 Nisan 5651.

Sali Sara Lea Kohn

1877

Abaujszanto Jewish Cemetery

Father's name: Yaakov Zeev. Wife of Asher, the Cohen. Died 27 years old, 22 Tevet 5637.

Fani Frumet Zimmerman Friedlander

1843 – 1899

Abaujszanto Jewish Cemetery

Father's name: Avraham. Wife of Mordechai. Died 6 Tishri 5660. 56 Years old Her mother's name was Beila (Contributed by: Madeleine Isenberg )

Pinchas

1866

Abaujszanto Jewish Cemetery

Father's name: Josef. Died 8 Iyyar 5626.

Rivka

1824

Abaujszanto Jewish Cemetery

Father's name: Dov Ber. Died 29 Elul 5584.

Jozsef Josef Kaufmann

Abaujszanto Jewish Cemetery

Father's name: Chaim. Died 2 Iyyar 563?.

Yaakov Goldberger

1890

Abaujszanto Jewish Cemetery

Father's name: Gershon Mein. Died 5650.

Moshe Terenyi

1885 – 1890

Abaujszanto Jewish Cemetery

Father's name: Henoch. Died 1 Elul 5650.

Mali Matel Weisz Hartman

1878

Abaujszanto Jewish Cemetery

Father's name: Chaim. Wife of Yaakov. Died 3 Adar2 5638.

Fanni Fradel Haas

1907

Abaujszanto Jewish Cemetery

Father's name: Moshe. Died 25 Nisan 5667.

Father's name: Zeev. Mother's name: Rachel. Died 22 Kislev 5639.

Ascher Braun

Abaujszanto Jewish Cemetery

Father's name: Baruch.

Avraham Fischer

1887

Abaujszanto Jewish Cemetery

Father's name: Kalonymus. Died 29 Sivan 5647.

Friedmann Rosenberg

1831 – 1923

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Deceased (453)

Iren Meisels Steinberger

Yaakov Zimmermann

Mor Moshe Szasz

Jonah Dick

Iren Rivka Teitelbaum

Yiska Yita Blau Weiss

Zvi

Hani Hena Weisz Haas

Reizel Roth

David Horowitz

Sheindel Rosenberg

Yeshaiahu

Itzchak Gross

Hani Chaia Engel Goldmann

Roza Rosenzweig Alter

Yechezkel

Antal Naftali Weisz

Hindel Schwartz

Babetta Beila Zimmermann Baumann

Shmuel Rubinstein

Hani Chaia Goldberger

Rachel Stark

Markusz Mordechai Stern

Roza Rachel Engel

Eliezer Lipman Klein

Adolf Avraham Foti

Chaia Weisz

Rachel Auerbach

Esther Bauman

Josef Deszberg

Herman Zvi Braunfeld

Sara Zelinger

Genendel Blau Weitzner

Shraga Feish

Sali Sara Eichler

Terezia Reizel Deszberg

Pinchas

Vilmos Efraim Neuwalder

Lidia Liebe Grunbaum Engel

Lorincz Yehuda Aryeh Weitzner

Zvi Deutsch

Zisel Klein

Moshe Leib Heller

Sali Sara Lea Kohn

Fani Frumet Zimmerman Friedlander

Pinchas

Rivka

Jozsef Josef Kaufmann

Yaakov Goldberger

Moshe Terenyi

Mali Matel Weisz Hartman

Fanni Fradel Haas

Hentsche

Zali Kárp

Salamon Rubovics

Breindel

Nissen Zvi Gross

Ascher Braun

Avraham Fischer

Friedmann Rosenberg

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