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1

Father

Heinrich Sauber

1893–1944

Mother

Regina Sauber

(nee Berkovits)

1901–1938

Paternal

grandfather

Menyhert Sauber

1860s–1944

Paternal

grandmother

Bella Goldstein

1870s–1944

Maternal

grandfather

Mendel Berkovits

1861–1939

Maternal

grandmother

Miriam Berkovits

(nee ?)

1864–1941

Children

(adopted)

Zsuzsa Sauber

1965

Siblings

Matild Weis

(nee Sauber)

1923

Dezso Sauber

1925–1999

Judit Henzel

(nee Sauber)

1926

Emma Farkas

(nee Sauber)

1928

Zelma Sauber

1930–1944

Family Tree

Interviewee

Bernat Sauber

1920

Spouse

Maria Sauber

(nee Zikh)

1927

2

Full name

Bernat Sauber (Jewish name: Aharon-Dof)

Where and when were you born?

Magyarlapos (Romania), 1920

Where else did you live?

Marosvasarhely

Your educational level?

Graduated from University of Law

What sort of work do/did you do?

Prosecutor in Marosvasarhely

How religious was your parents’ home? How were you raised?

My father wanted me to be religious, and if not be a rabbi but would work in the

Jewish Community. But after 1938 my religious feelings slowly lowered, I didn’t

see any perspective to be in charge with religious activities.

What is your mother tongue?

Hungarian

What other languages do you speak?

Romanian, German

The interviewee and his family

3

If you were in an army, tell us which army and the dates

None

Where were you during the Holocaust?

Forced labor: 1941–1945, Disznajo, Nagybanya, Kolomea (Ukraine)

Russian detention: 1945–1948, Stalino, Odessa (Ukraine)

What did you do after the Holocaust?

Working as a prosecutor

4

Siblings

Their names

Matild Weis (nee Sauber) (Jewish name: Matl)

Dezso Sauber (Jewish name: David)

Judit Henzel (nee Sauber) (Jewish name: Judith)

Emma Farkas (nee Sauber) (Jewish name: Mashe)

Zelma Sauber (Jewish name: Zeldi)

Where and when were they born?

Matild: Magyarlapos (Romania), 1923

Dezso: Magyarlapos (Romania), 1925

Judit: Magyarlapos (Romania), 1926

Emma: Magyarlapos (Romania), 1928

Zelma: Magyarlapos (Romania), 1930

What is their mother tongue?

Hungarian

Their educational level?

Matild: 8 classes of elementary school

Dezso: 8 classes of elementary school

Judit: 7 classes of elementary school

Emma: 8 classes of elementary school

Zelma: 8 classes of elementary school

Their occupations?

Matild: housewife

Dezso: sales person in a grocer’s shop

Judit: dressmaker

Emma: dressmaker

Zelma: N/A

Where do/did they live?

Matild: Szaszregen

Dezso: Disznajo

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Where else did they live?

Matild: Kiryat Tivon (Israel)

Dezso: Kiryat Tivon (Israel)

Judit: Kiryat Tivon (Israel)

Emma: Nazareth (Israel)

Do they have children?

Matild: none

Dezso: Hillel Sauber (1947), Orly Sauber (1951)

Judit: Gilla Henzel (1957)

Emma: Jozsef Farkas (1948)

Zelma: N/A

Where and when did they die?

Dezso: Kiryat Tivon (today Israel), 1999

Zelma: Auschwitz (today Poland), 1944

6

Spouse

Name?

Maria Sauber (nee Zikh)

Where and when was he/she born?

Nagykaroly (Romania), 1927

Where else did he/she live?

Marosvasarhely

Is he/she Jewish?

No

What is his/her mother tongue?

Hungarian

His/her educational level?

8 classes of elementary school

Occupation?

Clerk of the Court

Where and when did he/she die?

Still alive

Tell me anything you know about his/her siblings (Name, date of birth and death,

occupation, place of residence, name of wife and children, whether their family is

Jewish and whether it is religious).

7

Jozsef Zikh (m): lived in Nagykaroly, died in 1998, gravestone hewer

Sandor Zikh (m): lived in Nagyszalonta, died in 1999, gravestone hewer

Antal Zikh (m): lives in Szatmarnemeti, tinker

Magda Zikh (f): lives in Marosvasarhely, civil servant

8

Children

Their names?

Zsuzsa Sauber (adopted child)

Were they raised Jewish/do they identify themselves as Jews?

She was not educated to be Jewish, and still she regularly attends the Jewish

Community. She feels attracted to it.

Where and when were they born?

Nagykaroly (Romania), 1965

Where else did they live?

Marosvasarhely

Their educational level?

Artistic high school

Their occupations?

Clerk of the Court

How many grandchildren do you have?

None

9

His name?

Heinrich Sauber (Jewish name: Hillel)

Where and when was he born?

Nagysomkut, 1893

Where else did he live?

Budapest (Hungary), Magyarlapos

Where and when did he die?

Auschwitz (today Poland), 1944

What sort of education did he have?

Cheder, 8 classes of elementary school, and 2 years of commercial school

What sort of work did he do?

Tradesman

How religious was he?

He was religious, he went to the synagogue every morning and evening, he

prayed with tefillin. He didn’t have beard, he wore modern clothes. He observed

kashrut.

What was his mother tongue?

Hungarian

Father

10

Army service: which army and what years?

In the Austria–Hungarian Army between 1914–1918, in rank of sergeant

Tell me about his brothers and sisters. (name, date of birth and death,

occupation, place of residence, family, etc.)

Name place and date of

birth/death

occupation biographical data

and origins of

spouse

biographical data

of children

describe how religious

they were

Ignac Sauber

(m)

Nagysomkut,

1890 –

Auschwitz (today

Poland), 1944

Wood carrier Jewish wife

Gizella

Pal Sauber (m),

born in 1927, lives

in Santa Monica

(USA)

Not religious

Where was he during the Holocaust?

Concentration camp: Auschwitz (today Poland), was killed there in 1944

11

Your paternal grandfather’s name?

Menyhert Sauber

Where and when was he born?

Nagysomkut, 1860s

Where else did he live?

Where and when did he die?

Auschwitz (today Poland), 1944

What sort of education did he have?

No information

What sort of work did he do?

No information

How religious was he?

No information

What was his mother tongue?

Hungarian

Army service: which army and what years?

No information

Paternal grandfather

12

Tell me about his brothers and sisters.

name Place and date of

birth/death

occupation biographical data

and origins of

spouse

biographical data

of children

describe how religious

they were

No information

Where was he during the Holocaust?

Concentration camp: Auschwitz (today Poland), was killed there in 1944

13

Your paternal grandmother’s name?

Bella Goldstein (Jewish name: Baile)

Where and when was she born?

Magyarlapos, 1870s

Where else did she live?

Where and when did she die?

Auschwitz (today Poland) 1944

What sort of education did she have?

No information

What sort of work did she do?

Innkeeper

How religious was she?

She was religious, she wore a wig. She went to the synagogue on Saturdays. She

had kosher kitchen.

What was her mother tongue?

Hungarian

Paternal grandmother

14

Tell me about her brothers and sisters.

Name place and date of

birth/death

occupation biographical data

and origins of

spouse

biographical data

of children

describe how religious

they were

Ida Frenkel (nee.

Goldstein) (f)

Magyarlapos,

1880s –

Auschwitz (today

Poland), 1944

Housewife Jewish husband ?

Frenkel

Jeno Frenkel Not religious

Where was she during the Holocaust?

Concentration camp: Auschwitz (today Poland), was killed there in 1944

15

Her name?

Regina Sauber (nee Berkovits) (Jewish name: Rivka)

Where and when was she born?

Magyarlapos, 1901

Where else did she live?

Where and when did she die?

Magyarlapos (Romania), 1939

What sort of education did she have?

7 classes of elementary school

What sort of work did she do?

Housewife

How religious was she?

She was religious, she had kosher kitchen, wore a wig. She attended the

synagogue regularly on Saturdays.

What was her mother tongue?

Hungarian

Tell me about her brothers and sisters.

Name place and date of

birth/death

occupation biographical data

and origins of

spouse

biographical data

of children

describe how religious

they were

Mother

16

Emma Dub (nee

Berkovits) (f)

Magyarlapos,

1880s –

Auschwitz

(Poland), 1944

Housewife Jewish husband

Dub

3 children,

emigrated to USA

Orthodox, religious

Malcsi Dub (nee

Berkovits) (f)

Magyarlapos,

1885 –

Auschwitz

(Poland), 1944

Housewife Jewish husband

Jonatan Dub

(Jewish name

Jantl), merchant

6 children Orthodox, very

religious

Nandor Berkovits

(m)

Magyarlapos,

1890s – Vienna

(Austria), 1960s

Factory owner 1st Jewish wife

2nd non-Jewish

wife from Vienna

1st marriage:3

children, one of

them Noe

Berkovits (m), and

a girl, died in

deportation

2nd marriage: none

Not religious

Mihaly Berkovits

(m)

Magyarlapos

1890s –

Disznajo, 1937

Merchant Jewish wife

Malcsi Berkovits

(nee ?)

Dalma Polak (nee.

Bekovits) (f)

Orthodox, religious

Berta Karl (nee

Berkovits) (f)

Magyarlapos,

1890s –

Auschwitz

(Poland), 1944

Housewife Jewish husband

Mihaly Karl,

merchant

Lazar Karl (m),

Sandor Karl (m),

both merchants in

Magyarlapos

Not very religious

Sara Indig (nee

Berkovits) (f)

Magyarlapos

1890s –

Auschwitz

(Poland), 1944

Housewife Jewish husband

Jozsef Indig

(Jewish name:

Jaszuf), tinner

6 children Orthodox, religious

Zsuzsa Nemes

(nee Berkovits)

(f)

Magyarlapos,

1912 –

Magyarlapos,

1939

Housewife Izsak Nemes ,

butcher

5 sons: among

them Ocsi, Jaszi

butchers, Sanyi

merchant, Berci

joiner, Géza

traveling agent

Religious

Ilona Steimetz

(nee Berkovits)

(f)

Magyarlapos,

1914 –

Auschwitz

(Poland), 1944

Housewife 1st Jewish

husband Miksa

Steimetz

2nd Jewish

husband Izsak

Doppeld

1st marriage:

Mozes Steinmetz

(m), emigrated to

USA, Laszlo

Steinmetz (m)

died in Auschwitz

2nd marriage:

Eszter Steinmetz

Religious

17

(f) died in

Auschwitz

Where was she during the Holocaust?

Died before

18

Your maternal grandfather’s name?

Mendel Berkovits (Jewish name: Mendel)

Where and when was he born?

Maramarossziget, 1861

Where else did he live?

Magyarlapos

Where and when did he die?

Magyarlapos, 1939

What sort of education did he have?

No information

What sort of work did he do?

Kosher butcher

How religious was he?

Observed the tradition, for instance on Sukkot he slept only in the Sukkah. He

had beard, but didn’t have payes. He went to the synagogue regularly.

What was his mother tongue?

Yiddish

Army service: which army and what years?

In the Austria–Hungarian Army between 1914–1918

Maternal grandfather

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Tell me about his brothers and sisters.

Name place and date of

birth/death

occupation biographical data

and origins of

spouse

biographical data

of children

describe how religious

they were

No information

Where was he during the Holocaust?

Died before

20

Your maternal grandmother’s name?

Miriam Berkovits (nee ?) (Jewish name: Miriam)

Where and when was she born?

Place unknown, 1864

Where else did she live?

Magyarlapos

Where and when did she die?

Magyarlapos, 1941

What sort of education did she have?

8 classes of elementary school

What sort of work did she do?

Housewife

How religious was she?

She was religious, she wore wig, but on wintertime she rather put kerchief. She

had kosher household. On Saturdays she attended the synagogue regularly.

What was her mother tongue?

Hungarian

Maternal grandmother

21

Tell me about his brothers and sisters.

Name place and date of

birth/death

occupation biographical data

and origins of

spouse

biographical data

of children

describe how religious

they were

No information

Where was she during the Holocaust?

Died before

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