WE MUST NEVER FORGET.

1941 bardejov jewish junior high school

THE BARDEJOV HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL AND THE BARDEJOV MEMORIAL BOOK

Bardejov Jewish Preservation Committee [email protected] לא תשכח Bardejov Holocaust Memorial דברים כ״ה י״ט Help Us Create An Eternal Place To Memorialize Each Individual Jew from Bardejov Thou shalt not forget Deuteronomy 25:19 Who Perished in THE MEMORIAL WALL THE HISTORY TABLETS THE STAR OF DAVID MONUMENT

DONOR TABLET WE BELIEVE that every victim of the Holocaust should be individually remembered. WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION to memorialize their names and to tell their stories. WE ARE INSCRIBING THE NAMES of more than 3,000 Jews from Bardejov and its surrounding villages on the Memorial Wall to memorialize those who never returned. WE ARE ENSURING that the Jewish community that once thrived in Bardejov will be remembered by the future generations of both Jews and non-Jews so that the atrocities of the Holocaust will never happen again. THE EXISTING JEWISH SUBURBIA MIKVAH BEITH HAMIDRASH THE OLD

Let us, together, keep their memory alive. This is the least we can do.

Bardejov Jewish Preservation Committee [email protected] Bardejov Jewish Preservation Committee [email protected] ABRAHAMOVIC • ADAM • ADLER • ALSTER • ALTMAN • AMSEL • AUSTERLITZ • LAJTNER • LANDAU • LANDERER • LANGER • LANXAM • LAUFER • LAUTMANN • The Memorial Book of Jewish Bardejov ARNSTEIN • ATLAS • AXELRAD • BALDINGER • BASCH • BAUM • BAUMANN • LEBOVITS • LEFFLER • LERNER • LESER • LIBERMANN • LICHTIG • LICHTMANN • BAYER • BERGER • BERGLAS • BERKOVIC • BERLAS • BERMAN • BERNSTEIN • BIKK LINDNER • LIPSCHER • LONDON • LORBER • LOWENSTEIN • LOWY • LUSTBADER • BINDINGER • BIRNBAUM • BITTERMAN • BLAS • BLAU • BLAUSTEIN • BLAYER • • MAJER • MAJEROWITZ • MANDEL • MAYER • MEINHARDT • MEISELS • MENDEL BLEICH • BLEIER • BLONDWEIN • BLUM • BODNER • BORNFREUND • BORNSTEIN • MILDER • MOISLICH • MOSKOVITS • MOZER • MULLER • MUNHEIT • NAGEL • • BORSTEIN • BORZIKOVSKY • BRANDMANN • BRANDSDORF • BRAUN • BRANHUT NEBEL • NECOMIASCI • NEUGROSHEL • NEUMANN • NEUMARK • PERL • PFLASTER Our Story • BRENNER • BRUCK • BUCHFUHER • BURKOS • CELL • CHAIM • CHAIMOVIC • • PICELE • PRESSER • PRIZANT • RABI • RADAC • RAPPAPORT • RAU • REICH CHIEL • CHILL • CIGELNIK • CIMET • CITRONENBAUM • DAVIDOVITS • DEUTSCH • • REICHMANN • REINITZ • REIS • REISS • REITER • RIEMER • RIFF • ROMER DORFMAN • DRANGER • DUM • EDELMANN • EDER • EHRENBERG • EHRREICH • • ROSENBERG • ROSENFELD • ROSENSTOCK • ROSENWASSER • ROSENZWEIG • EINHORN • EISENBACH • EISENBERG • ELEFANT • ELLER • ELOVIC • ENGLEHARDT • ROSNER • ROTH • ROTHMANN • ROTTENBERG • RUBIN • RUMSTEIN • SAFERN • ENGLEMANN • ENGLENDER • FABER • FACHTER • FEDER • FEIGENBAUM • FEINER • SAFRAN • SALAMON • SALGO • SALINGER • SAMETH • SAUBER • SCHACHNER • FENSTER • FETTMANN • FEUERLICHT • FILL • FINK • FISCH • FISCHOF • FLASTER • SCHACHTER • SCHATZER • SCHERMER • SCHIFF • SCHLUSELFELD • SCHONBERG FLUXGOLD • FRANKEL • FRAUWIRTH • FREIER • FREUNDLICH • FRIED • FRIEDMANN • SCHONDORF • SCHONFELD • SCHORR • SCHULDIENER • SCHUPPER • SCHUSS We have an obligation to tell the story. • FRIEDRICH • FROHLICH • FUCHS • FUDEM • FUHER • GARFEIN • GARFUNKEL • SCHUTZER • SCHWARTZ • SCHWEIT • SEGEL • SEIDENFELD • SELINGER • • GELB • GERLICH • GLACZ • GLUCK • GOLD • GOLDBERG • GOLDFISCHER • SELTENREICH • SHAPIRA • SHIFFOVA • SICHERMANN • SIEGELMANN • SILBER GOLDMAN • GOLDSMANN • GOTTLEIB • GOTZ • GROSS • GROSSER • GROSSMANN • SILBERBERGER • SIMONIVIC • SINGER • SIOVIC • SLAMOVIC • SOCK • The Memorial Book of Jewish Bardejov is planned as a special publication by the Bardejov • GROSSWIRTH • GRUNBERG • GRUNHUT • GRUNWALD • GRUSSGOTTMEMORIAL • GUTTMANN BOOKSOKOLER • SONNENSCHEIN • SPERLING • SPIEGLER • SPIRA • SPITZ • SPITZER • • HACK • HALBERSTAMM • HALPERN • HALPERT • HANDLER Dedicated• HARDSTEIN toof Its Jewish People, • History, Bardejov and LegacySPRINGER • STARK • STEINER • STEINHAUER • STERN • STERNFELD • SUESMANN Jewish Preservation Committee to preserve and record Bardejov’s rich Jewish history for HARDTMANN • HAUSER • HELLER • HENSCHOLZ • HERCZ • HERSKOVITS • HERTZ • SZAMPANEKI • SZOBEL • TABERMANN • TANGER • TANNENBAUM • TAUB • • HERTZIG • HERZ • HIRSCHFELD • HOCH • HOFFLICH • HOLANDER • HONIG • TEICHNER • TEITELBAUM • TELLER • THALERS • TREITEL • ULLMAN • UNGER the future generations of our children and grandchildren. HOPKOVICS • HOROVITZ • ICKOVIC • INDIG • JAKUBOVITS • JGET • JOLES • JONAS • WALD-GRUNWALD • WALDMANN • WASONER • WEBER • WEIDER • WEILL • • JOSZOVIC • KAHAN • KAHANE • KALB • KALUS • KANIZAY • KANNENGEISSER • WEINBERG • WEINER • WEINBERGER • WEINFELD • WEINSTEIN • WEINSTOCK • KARMIOL • KATZ • KAUFMAN • KELLER • KEMPLER • KLAUSNER • KLEIN • KLUGER WEISSBERG • WEISSBERGER • WEISBARDT • WEISS • WEISLIS • WELKES • WELLES • Through stories, maps, and archival images of Jewish life, the Memorial Book of Jewish • KNOBEL • KOCERZINSKY • KOHN • KORAL • KORN • KORNBLICH • KORNFELD WERTHEIM • WEISEL • WINKLER • WOHL • WOLF • WOLLNER • ZAHLER • ZEISEL • • KORNREICH • KRAUS • KREAMER • KUPFERSTICH • KURZ • KUX • KVITNER • ZELMAN • ZELMANOVITS • ZIEGLER • ZIMESTBAUM • ZUCKERKORN • ZWEIGEL* Bardejov will bring Bardejov’s Jewish history back to life. *Source: Bardejov Supis Židov (Jewish Census), 1941

We will pay tribute to our parents, grandparents, uncles, aunts, family, and friends by telling their stories. We invite you to join us as authors and guardians of Bardejov’s Jewish heritage in a special section of the book dedicated to remembering your loved ones.

Bardejov Jewish Preservation Committee [email protected] Bardejov Jewish Preservation Committee [email protected] The Memorial Book of Jewish Bardejov Please consult the enclosed inserts to learn about the many ways you can sponsor the Memorial Wall, the Star of David Monument, the History Tablets, or pages in the Your Story Memorial Book of Jewish Bardejov.

in loving memory of in honor of my brother dedicated in honor of our parents and grandparents Nechemiah Ben Nattan Gold Mr. and Mrs. Lidia and Thomas Berger

Born in Bardejov in 1929 Become a partner in this extraordinary and important project. Died in Matthausen, October 1943 Jack Zimmerman

Memorialize the victims. Honor your loved ones. your courage your wisdom Lidia Gold was born in Bardejov in 1930 and attended the local Your tribute can be in memory of loved ones, in honor of family or friends, or in school until the deportation. She spent the first years of the war your support of in hiding. She was caught by the Halinka Guard in 1944 and was sent to Bergen Belzen, where she met Thomas Berger, a jewish causes native of Bratislava. They were liberated by the British Army in recognition of a special person or event. It will be a permanent part of the Memorial 1945, got married and immigrated to the Untied States in 1947. Here they raised three children and ten grandchildren. is our continuous After her retirement, Lidia found a new passion in art. She Book of Jewish Bardejov. studied at the New York Art School and had several exhibi- inspiration tions. One of her paintings decorates the entrance lobby of the Holocaust Museum in Houston. Thomas, who was a successful business man, retired in 2010. 1940 Bardejov Since then he has been volunteering in local schools, telling By contributing to the fundraising campaign you will partner with us and help fund Mr. and Mrs. Paul Goldstein his survival story and accompanying high school groups to the Ha-Shem Yinkom Damo March of the Living in . The Arthur Gold Family Mom/Grandma & Dad/Grandpa the second phase of the Bardejov Holocaust Memorial adjacent to the historic Jewish We Love You So Much And Are So Proud Of You! Susan and Joe, Lili and Greg, Ethan and Lisa Suburbia. Your sponsorship supports our efforts to remember and honor the history of the Jewish community of Bardejov for time immemorial. Platinum-Rim Page Gold-Rim Page Silver-Rim Page SAMPLE SAMPLE SAMPLE

Bardejov Jewish Preservation Committee [email protected] Bardejov Jewish Preservation Committee [email protected] HOLD THE DATE June 24, 2014 Bardejov,

Join us for: • The Second “Bardejovers” Gathering • The Dedication Ceremony of the Bardejov Holocaust Memorial • The Publication of the Memorial Book of Jewish Bardejov

Remember. Honor. Reconnect.

A Project of Bardejov Jewish Preservation Emil Fish, Founder Committee Orit Stieglitz, Executive Director

905 south fair oaks avenue Giora Solar, Concept Architect pasadena, california 91105 Pavol Hudák, Researcher phone: 626 773 8804 Peter Hudák, Researcher [email protected] Annette Perry, Construction Coordinator www.bardejov.org Miloslav Olejar, Construction Architect

Bardejov Jewish Preservation Committee [email protected]