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Abaujszanto Jewish Cemetery

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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Deceased (453)

Sandor Yeshaiahu Haas

Sandor Yeshaiahu Haas

1918

Abaujszanto Jewish Cemetery

Father's name: Shmuel. Died 29 Nisan 5678.

Regina Rivka Deszberg

Regina Rivka Deszberg

1893

Abaujszanto Jewish Cemetery

Wife of David. Died 2 Nisan 5653.

Rosalia Kurzweil Kleinberger

Rosalia Kurzweil Kleinberger

1859

Abaujszanto Jewish Cemetery

Died 07-Kislev-5620.

Yaakov

Yaakov

1818

Abaujszanto Jewish Cemetery

Father's name: Itzchak. Died 20 Adar2 5578.

Golda Rosenberg

Golda Rosenberg

1889

Abaujszanto Jewish Cemetery

Father's name: Benjamin. Died 20 Nisan 5649.

Joob Rosenblum

Joob Rosenblum

1830

Abaujszanto Jewish Cemetery

Father's name: Yeremiahu. Died 4 Nisan 5590.

David Diek

David Diek

1883

Abaujszanto Jewish Cemetery

Father's name: Josef. Died 20 Adar2 5643.

Hani Chana Deszberg Schwartz

Hani Chana Deszberg Schwartz

1913

Abaujszanto Jewish Cemetery

Father's name: Moshe Bezalel. Mother's name: Sara Fradel. Wife of Bernat. Died 10 Adar2 5673.

Eliezer Gross

Eliezer Gross

1910

Abaujszanto Jewish Cemetery

Died 18 Elul 5670.

Feiga

Feiga

1845

Abaujszanto Jewish Cemetery

Father's name: Yehuda. Died 4 Heshvan 5606.

Hendel Weisz

Hendel Weisz

Abaujszanto Jewish Cemetery

Father's name: Zvi. Wife of Yaakov.

Haitsche Neumann

Haitsche Neumann

1938

Abaujszanto Jewish Cemetery

Mother's name: Rachel. Wife of Dov. Died 8 Kislev 5699. Father's name at bottom, Zeev (Contributed by: Madeleine Isenberg )

Adolf Avraham Blasberger

Adolf Avraham Blasberger

1905

Abaujszanto Jewish Cemetery

Father's name: Shmuel. Died 14 Kislev 5666.

Laczika Pinkas Bezalel Foti

Laczika Pinkas Bezalel Foti

1911

Abaujszanto Jewish Cemetery

Father's name: Avraham. Mother's name: Rachel. Died 25 Tishri 5672.

Izidor Israel Fuchs

Izidor Israel Fuchs

1895

Abaujszanto Jewish Cemetery

Father's name: Mordechai. Mother's name: Serl. Died 1 Shvat 5655.

Ozer Stern

Ozer Stern

1882

Abaujszanto Jewish Cemetery

Father's name: Avraham. Died 25 Adar 5642.

Matil

Matil

1829

Abaujszanto Jewish Cemetery

Father's name: Yehuda. Died 18 Iyyar 5589.

Fradel Altman Glatter

Fradel Altman Glatter

1903

Abaujszanto Jewish Cemetery

Father's name: Shmuel. Wife of Zvi. Died 20 Nisan 5663.

Katalin Gitl Frohlich Dick

Katalin Gitl Frohlich Dick

1886

Abaujszanto Jewish Cemetery

Father's name: Avraham. Died 6 Adar 5646.

David Guttmann

David Guttmann

1887

Abaujszanto Jewish Cemetery

Father's name: Yechiel Michel. Died 13 Adar 5647.

Chaia Rivka Klein

Chaia Rivka Klein

1873

Abaujszanto Jewish Cemetery

Father's name: Avraham Zvi. Died 9 Adar2 5633.

Pinchas Loffler

Pinchas Loffler

Abaujszanto Jewish Cemetery

Reizel

Reizel

Abaujszanto Jewish Cemetery

Henrik Schwartz

Henrik Schwartz

1931

Abaujszanto Jewish Cemetery

Died 27-Sivan-5691. Age 70 y. Tombstone marker renovated by grandchildren: Alexander and Cipi, Israel 1996

Mindl Teitelbaum

Mindl Teitelbaum

1836

Abaujszanto Jewish Cemetery

Father's name: Shmuel. Died 17 Nisan 5596.

Yaakov

Yaakov

Abaujszanto Jewish Cemetery

Elimelech

Elimelech

Abaujszanto Jewish Cemetery

Rafael Eliahu Weisz

Rafael Eliahu Weisz

1939

Abaujszanto Jewish Cemetery

Father's name: Joob. Died 20 Shvat 5699.

Kalman Friedmann

Kalman Friedmann

1875

Abaujszanto Jewish Cemetery

Father's name: David. Died 9 Tishri 5636.

Salamon Shlomo Klein

Salamon Shlomo Klein

1882

Abaujszanto Jewish Cemetery

Father's name: Zvi. Died 7 Elul 5642.

Hani Hindel Teitelbaum

Hani Hindel Teitelbaum

1871

Abaujszanto Jewish Cemetery

Father's name: Efraim. Wife of Moshe. Died 13 Nisan 5631.

Lea Spitz Smiedt

Lea Spitz Smiedt

1935

Abaujszanto Jewish Cemetery

Father's name: Zeinvel. Wife of Josef Chaim. Died 5695.

Beila

Beila

1923

Abaujszanto Jewish Cemetery

Father's name: Itzchak. Died 2 Adar 5683.

Eliezer Zimmermann

Eliezer Zimmermann

1915

Abaujszanto Jewish Cemetery

Father's name: Yermiahu. Mother's name: Lea. Died 11 Tevet 5676.

Mihaly Yechiel Blitz

Mihaly Yechiel Blitz

1880

Abaujszanto Jewish Cemetery

Father's name: Eliezer. Died 16 Tamuz 5640.

Moshe Schwartz

Moshe Schwartz

Abaujszanto Jewish Cemetery

Hendel Low Blau

Hendel Low Blau

1936

Abaujszanto Jewish Cemetery

Father's name: Pinkas Zelig. Mother's name: Moshe. Died 1 Sivan 5696.

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Rozsa Feiga Reizel FÃrber Klein

1862 – 1924

Abaujszanto Jewish Cemetery

Father's name: Moshe. Wife of Miksa / Michael Itzchak. Died 29 Adar2 5684.

Esther Roth

Esther Roth

Abaujszanto Jewish Cemetery

Wife of Itzchak. Died 5695.

Izsak Yitzchak Yehoshua Aryeh Schwartz

Izsak Yitzchak Yehoshua Aryeh Schwartz

1855

Abaujszanto Jewish Cemetery

Died 4 Av 5615. He was a Levite (note the pitcher symbol as well).

Gitl Goldmann Frankel

Gitl Goldmann Frankel

1903

Abaujszanto Jewish Cemetery

Father's name: Moshe. Wife of Shlomo Amram. Died 29 Elul 5663.

Roza Rachel Blitz Bleiweisz

Roza Rachel Blitz Bleiweisz

1910

Abaujszanto Jewish Cemetery

Father's name: Michael. Wife of Avraham. Died 4 Tamuz 5670.

Esther Gross Klein

Esther Gross Klein

1934

Abaujszanto Jewish Cemetery

Mother's name: Rachel. Wife of Yaakov. Died 5 Shvat 5694.

Efraim

Efraim

1880

Abaujszanto Jewish Cemetery

Father's name: Asher. Died 26 Adar 5640.

Shmuel Haas

Shmuel Haas

1858

Abaujszanto Jewish Cemetery

Father's name: Zvi. Died 6 Tishri 5619.

Aranka Rachel Feuerstein Tannenbaum

Aranka Rachel Feuerstein Tannenbaum

1918

Abaujszanto Jewish Cemetery

Father's name: Aryeh. Mother's name: Lieba. Wife of Lajos / Chaim Leib. Died 18 Tevet 5679.

Asher Kohn

Asher Kohn

Abaujszanto Jewish Cemetery

Father's name: David Meir. Died 26 Av 5xxx.

Josef

Josef

1827

Abaujszanto Jewish Cemetery

Father's name: Chaim. Died 10 Adar 5587.

Menachem Gross

Menachem Gross

1911

Abaujszanto Jewish Cemetery

Father's name: Dov. Died 5 Nisan 5671.

Dina

Dina

Abaujszanto Jewish Cemetery

Father's name: Meir.

Jozsef Josef Zelinger

Jozsef Josef Zelinger

1913

Abaujszanto Jewish Cemetery

Mother's name: Feiga. Died 19 Tishri 5674.

Sara Yentel Teitelbaum Richter

Sara Yentel Teitelbaum Richter

1863

Abaujszanto Jewish Cemetery

Father's name: Henoch. Died 12 Iyyar 5623.

Rivka Feigel Low Blau

Rivka Feigel Low Blau

1906

Abaujszanto Jewish Cemetery

Father's name: Yermiahu. Wife of Yaakov. Died 6 Kislev 5667.

Mindel Granat Kaufmann

Mindel Granat Kaufmann

1931

Abaujszanto Jewish Cemetery

Father's name: Michel (not Michael, but often a version of Yechiel) Wife of Josef. Died 9th xxx 5691, 78 years old (Contributed by: Madeleine Isenberg )

Ignacz Itzchak Goldstein

Ignacz Itzchak Goldstein

1926

Abaujszanto Jewish Cemetery

Father's name: Shlomo. Died 29 Av 5686.

Sheindel Blum Lang

Sheindel Blum Lang

1892

Abaujszanto Jewish Cemetery

Father's name: Zvi. Died 8 Nisan 5652.

Meir Haas

Meir Haas

1870

Abaujszanto Jewish Cemetery

Father's name: Zvi. Died 2 Tevet 5631.

Herman Zvi Deszberg

Herman Zvi Deszberg

1909

Abaujszanto Jewish Cemetery

Father's name: Eliezer. Mother's name: Gitl. Died 22 Nisan 5669.

Bernat Dov Schön

Bernat Dov Schön

1867

Abaujszanto Jewish Cemetery

Died 21 Tishri 5628.

Zisel Waldmann

Zisel Waldmann

1912

Abaujszanto Jewish Cemetery

Father's name: Yehoshie. Wife of Yom Tov. Died 1 Iyyar 5672.

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