— KLEIN · KOHEN —
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József Klein

יצחק יוסף בן מרדכי אלעזר הכהן
Yitzchok Yosef HaKohen · Mád Yeshiva Rebbi · son of Mordechai Elazar Klein

Great-great-grandfather (Laci's paternal grandfather). A Rebbi at the Mád Yeshiva in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg — the rabbinic institution that served the Jewish communities of eastern Hungary. Before that he learned at Pressburg (Bratislava), the Chasam Sofer's yeshiva, the most prestigious rabbinic seminary in Hungary. His silver kiddush becher has been preserved in the family. Tatty's eldest son Yitzchak Yosef Feig is named for him. See the Story section for photographs of his preserved kiddush becher and the full account.

Hungarian civil and Jewish-community registers, photographed by family researchers. Click any image to view full size.

— THE FACTS WE’VE GATHERED —

The shape of their life

From civil records, family memory, and primary sources. Empty rows are research targets.

Identity
Places
Tiszadob · Hungary
Also known as
Yitzchok Yosef ben Mordechai Elazar HaKohen
Kohen status
Kohen / Bas Kohen
Relationship
Great-great-grandfather (Laci's paternal grandfather)
Hebrew name (full)
יצחק יוסף ב"ר מרדכי אלעזר הכהן · Yitzchok Yosef ben Mordechai Elazar HaKohen — confirmed by Zeidy's matzeivah plaque
Civil name
Klein József (Hungarian civil form of Yitzchok Yosef)
Hebrew name
יצחק יוסף הכהן · Yitzchok Yosef HaKohen
Religious lineage
Kohen
Spouse
Schönberg Dinkó (Devorah) — both parents civilly confirmed on their son Emanuel's 1948 retroactive death registration
Children
At least Emanuel Klein (b. c. 1887 Tiszadob, d. 1944 Auschwitz); other children documented in the archive
Family
Father
Mordechai Elazar HaKohen (מרדכי אלעזר הכהן) — confirmed by Zeidy's matzeivah plaque · Zeidy was named for him
Death
Yahrzeit (Hebrew)
12 Adar Aleph · י"ב אדר א' · year per family tree appears תש"ג (5703) = 17 Feb 1943 in Mád — Hebrew year letter glyph on tree image needs higher-res verification before fully locked
Death
Died (civil)
c. 17 February 1943 · Mád, Hungary · per family tree (year letter pending verification)
Place of burial
Mád, Hungary (presumed Mád Jewish cemetery)
— RECORDS & DOCUMENTS —

The paper trail

Each card below is part of the documented record. Empty slots are open requests.

— THE PEOPLE IN THEIR LIFE —

Family

The generations they stood between.

Their generation THIS GENERATION
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HIMSELF
József Klein
Yitzchok Yosef HaKohen · Mád Yeshiva Rebbi · son of Mordechai Elazar Klein

The Klein × Weisz Archive is a multi-generational record of two Hungarian Jewish lines, joined by Bobby and Laci’s marriage in 1952.

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