Documented from gravestones, civil records, family memory, and the Hungarian-Jewish records that survived. Some dates are estimated where only the year is known; these are flagged.
Pepi Pessil Schvarcz Weisz
🟠 Estimated
י״א אב תרע״ה
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11 Av 5675 · 22 July 1915
3rd great-grandmother (Irene's paternal great-grandmother)
📍 unknown · likely Nyírbogát
111 years ago
📄 source:
not yet documented — help fill this in
Roza "Sura Rochel" Grósz Weisz שרה רחל בת פרענץ
🟢 Verified
י״א אדר תרצ״ג
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11 Adar 5693 · 9 March 1933
Great-great-grandmother (Irene's paternal grandmother) · Rivka Rochel named for her
📍 Nyírbogát
93 years ago
Samuel "Shaul" Weisz שאול בן אריה רפאל הכהן
🟢 Date confirmed
א׳ דר״ח אייר ה׳ת״ש
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30 Nisan 5700 · 8 May 1940
Great-great-grandfather · Kohen · Eli (Eliyahu Shaul) named for him
📍 Nyírbogát · grave still stands
86 years ago
Leopold "Lipot" Weisz אריה רפאל בן שאול הכהן
🟢 Verified
ד׳ אדר ה׳תש״ה
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4 Adar 5705 · 17 February 1945
Great-grandfather (Irene's father) · Kohen · Aryeh Feig named for him
📍 KZ Ebensee, Austria · MH prisoner number 120451
81 years ago
Irene Weisz Feig חיה בת אריה רפאל הכהן
🟢 Date confirmed
ז׳ אייר ה׳תשע״ג
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7 Iyar 5773 · 17 April 2013
Grandmother (Bobby) · Bat Kohen · survived Auschwitz → Bergen-Belsen → Sweden
📍 Brooklyn, NY
13 years ago
📄 source:
death certificate not yet uploaded
Samuel Feldman
🟢 Date confirmed
ב׳ חשון ה׳תשכ״ח
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2 Cheshvan 5728 · 5 November 1967
Great-great-uncle (Regina's brother) · emigrated to America in 1907
📍 Skokie, Illinois
59 years ago
📄 source:
not yet documented
Laci Klein Feig מרדכי אלעזר בן מנחם הכהן
🟢 Verified
כ״ז אלול ה׳תש״ן
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27 Elul 5750 · 17 September 1990
Grandfather (Zeidy) · Kohen · Mordechai Feig named for him
📍 Brooklyn, NY
36 years ago
Henry Hyman Chaim Feldman
🟢 Date confirmed
כ״ט כסלו ה׳תשנ״א
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29 Kislev 5751 · 16 December 1990
Great-great-uncle (Regina's brother) · Chicago · died 3 months after his nephew Laci
📍 Chicago, IL
35 years ago
📄 source:
not yet documented
Rivka Feig Schwartz רבקה רחל בת מרדכי אלעזר הכהן
🟢 Date confirmed
כ״ח חשון ה׳תשפ״ה
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28 Cheshvan 5785 · 29 November 2024
Aunt (Tatty's older sister) · Bat Kohen · mother of 7 Schwartz children · named for Roza/Rochel Grósz
📍 Brooklyn area, NY
1 year ago
📄 source:
not yet documented
Imre “Feter Isaac” Weisz יצחק אייזיק בן אריה רפאל הכהן
🟢 Verified from matzeivah
ה׳ אלול ה׳תשס״א
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5 Elul 5761 · 24 August 2001
Bobby’s older brother · Ben Kohen · the second of two Weisz siblings to survive the war · husband of Erzsi, father of László, György, and Leah
Survived the camps · left Hungary in 1956 · died five days after his 80th birthday · Brooklyn, NY · buried at Washington Cemetery, Deans NJ, adjacent to his brother-in-law Zeidy
📍 Brooklyn, NY · buried Deans, NJ
24 years ago
Klein-side Communal Yahrzeit · 6 Sivan (Shavuos)
🟠 Family-observed · matzeivah confirms observance
ו׳ סיון
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6 Sivan · 1st of Shavuos · annual
Emanuel Klein מנחם בן יצחק יוסף הכהן (Menachem HaKohen) · Lina Klein מלכה בת פנחס הכהן (Milkah, née Goldstein) · Ilona Klein דבורה בת מנחם הכהן (Devorah) · Avrohom Chaim Klein אברהם חיים בן מנחם הכהן Zeidy's brother · Don River ~1942–43
Tiszadob deportees. The matzeivah memorial plaque on Zeidy’s stone names Emanuel and Lina as having died on the 1st of Shavuos 5704 (= 6 Sivan 5704). This is the family’s observed yahrzeit — the exact date of death at Auschwitz is not independently documented.
📍 Auschwitz · Tiszadob deportation
82 years ago
📄 sources:
matzeivah memorial plaque on Zeidy’s stone (Washington Cemetery, Deans NJ) · family memory through Tatty (Menachem Feig)
Those whose yahrzeit is observed on 6 Sivan:
Gyula Büchler בן פרץ ב"ר
🟢 Verified
כ״ד סיון
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24 Sivan 5704 · 15 June 1944 · annual
Zeidy Laci's first cousin · son of Gizella Goldstein & Ferenc Büchler · Tiszadob
Murdered at Auschwitz at age 24 · three weeks after the Tiszadob deportation · newly identified v3.51 via Yitz Feig
📍 Auschwitz
82 years ago
Weisz-side Communal Yahrzeit · 12 Sivan
🟠 Communal · sources available
י״ב סיון
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12 Sivan · annual
Miriam Grósz Feldman מרים בת ר’ צבי · Ignácz Feldman נתן בן אליהו (Bobby's uncle) · Helena Klein Feldman · Regina Feldman Weisz רבקה בת ר’ אליהו (Bobby's mother) · Endre Weisz חיים שלום ב”ר אריה רפאל הכהן (Chaim Shalom) · Erno Weisz אליהו ב”ר אריה רפאל הכהן (Eliyahu) · Jeno Weisz שלמה יהודה ב”ר אריה רפאל הכהן (Shlomo Yehuda) · Ignácz Weisz יצחק בן שאול הכהן Bobby's uncle · Elizabeth Feldman חיה בת נתן · Leah Feldman לאה בת נתן · Sara Rochel Feldman שרה רחל בת נתן · Zolton Feldman · Lajos Weisz הכהן · Samuel's older brother
Apagy deportees. The matzeivah memorial panel on Bobby’s stone names her three brothers as having died on 12 Sivan 5704 (= 3 June 1944). This is the family’s observed yahrzeit — the exact date of death at Auschwitz is not independently documented.
📍 Auschwitz (10) · ramp shootings (1) · other (1)
82 years ago
Those whose yahrzeit is observed on 12 Sivan:
Yitzchok Yosef Klein בן ר’ מרדכי אלעזר הכהן
🟠 Matzeivah · year partial
י״ב אדר א’
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12 Adar Aleph · year worn · annual (leap-year only)
Zeidy’s paternal grandfather · the Mád Yeshiva Rebbi · son of Mordechai Elazar HaKohen (Zeidy’s namesake)
Date carried forward from the original Tiszadob grave onto the matzeivah memorial plaque set into the base of Zeidy’s stone in 1990. 12 Adar Aleph (Adar I) only occurs in Hebrew leap years.
📍 Tiszadob
— year of death not yet documented —
📄 source:
matzeivah memorial plaque on Zeidy’s stone (Washington Cemetery, Deans NJ)
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Pinchas Goldstein בן ר’ יהודה הכהן
🟠 Matzeivah · year c. 1920s
ה’ מנחם אב
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5 Menachem Av · ה’תרפ”? · c. 1920–1929 · annual
Zeidy’s maternal grandfather · son of Yehuda HaKohen · Lina’s father (civil surname Goldstein)
Date carried forward from the original Tiszadob grave onto the matzeivah memorial plaque. Year-prefix ה’תרפ readable on the stone (= 5680s, AD 1920–1929); the final year letter is worn.
📍 Tiszadob · buried Tiszadob cemetery
c. 100 years ago
📄 source:
matzeivah memorial plaque on Zeidy’s stone (Washington Cemetery, Deans NJ)
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Rachel Hindi Goldstein אשת ר’ פנחס
🟠 Matzeivah · day worn, year c. 1920s
[יום נמחק] אדר
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[day worn] Adar · ה’תרפ”? · c. 1920–1929 · annual
Zeidy’s maternal grandmother · wife of Pinchas Goldstein HaKohen · Lina’s mother
Date carried forward onto Zeidy’s matzeivah plaque from the original Tiszadob grave. Month “Adar” readable; the day glyph (begins with כ) is worn; year-prefix ה’תרפ readable (= 5680s = 1920s). Pinchas and Rachel Hindi appear to have died within the same decade.
📍 Tiszadob
c. 100 years ago
📄 source:
matzeivah memorial plaque on Zeidy’s stone (Washington Cemetery, Deans NJ)
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