Sefer Yizkor	1
Dedications	2
Preface	6
The Memorial Book
The Eternal Candle	9
Chapter One
The History of the Jewish Community of Csenger	11
Chapter Two
The Surrounding Area of Csenger	14
Tyukud	15
Chapter Three
The Religious Institutions of Csenger	17
Chapter Four
The Rabbonim of the Town	21
~ The First Candle ~	21
~ The Second Candle ~	21
~ The Third Candle ~	22
~ The Fourth Candle of the Menorah ~	25
~ The Fifth Candle ~	30
~ The Everlasting Candle ~	33
His Fear of Heaven and His Love of Hashem	36
~ The Sixth Candle ~	38
~ The Seventh Candle ~	40
Chapter Five
The Holocaust	43
~ Beginning of the Holocaust ~	44
Chapter Six
The Destruction of the Jewish Community of Csenger	47
Chapter Seven
The Period of Time Following the Holocaust	52
Yizkor Hashem	54
Chapter Eight
The Different Personalities of the City of Csenger	57
~ The Holy Gaon, the Maggid Rav Yehoshua Shatun ~	57
~ Rav Chaim Peketeh ~	59
~ Rav Yaakov Eliash Ztl ~	60
~ Rav Yechiel Klein ~	62
~ Rav Yosaif Greenfeld, the Rosh Hakohol ~	63
~ Rav Yosaif ben Naftoli Freedman ~	64
~ Rav Mendel Daskal ~	65
Chapter Nine
Memories	66
~ In Memory of my Family ~	66
~ In Memory of our Community ~	67
~ Remember! Do Not Forget! ~	68
~ Our Small Town Csenger ~	69
~ My Last Days in the House of My Parents ~	71
~ My Memories ~	73
~ The History of the Community of Csenger ~	74
~ The Dream of my Righteous Father ~	77
~ A Collection of Stories about the lives of the Jews of Nag’gatz, Kisgéc, Shima, and Csenger ~	78
~ This is how I view Csenger ~	79
~ The following are my words to my brothers who survived the war ~	82
Chapter Ten
The Wonders of Asher	83
Chapter Eleven
The life and passing of our righteous Rabbi, the “Old Rabbi”	90
Chapter Twelve
The Past, the Present and the Future	95
Porcsalma
Porcsalma	98
Chapter One
The Village	98
Chapter Two
The Jews of the Village	98
Chapter Three
The relationships between the Jews and Gentiles until the year 1936	102
Chapter Four
The relationships between the Jews and the Gentiles after 1936	103
Chapter Five
Erev Pesach 1944	107
Chapter Six
Pesach 1944	109
Chapter Seven
The Day of Expulsion	111
Chapter Eight
The Ghetto of Mátészalka	113
Chapter Nine
The Trip to Auschwitz	115
Chapter Ten
Ebensee, January 1945	116
Chapter Eleven
Ebensee, May 1944 – The Day of Liberation	118
Epilogue	119
A few words to commemorate Rav Shmuel Berger Ztl	119
A description of Rav Naftoli Hertzka Hirshfeld Ztl	121
In the Forced Labor Camps	122
Keszü	123
Újpest	124
Budapest	125
Maps	126
Yizkor	127
Names of the Holy Martyrs
List of the martyrs of Csenger	128
List of the martyrs of Porcsalma	134
The martyrs of Tóthfalu	137
The martyrs of Csengersima	137
The martyrs of Nagygéc	138
The martyrs of Tyukod	138
The martyrs of Szamostatárfalva	138
The martyrs of Ököritófülpös	139
The martyrs of Szamossályi	139
The martyrs of Szamosbecs	139
The martyrs of Gacsály	139
The martyrs of Rozsály	139
The martyrs of Pátyod	139
The martyrs of Rápolt	139
The martyrs of Szamosangyalos	140
The martyrs of Oar	140
The martyrs of Újfalussytag	140
The martyrs of Csegöld	141
The martyrs of Shmush Dara	141
The vision of the dry bones	143

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