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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
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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
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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
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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
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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).
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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?
Concentration camp: Auschwitz (today Poland), was killed there in 1944
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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
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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
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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
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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 1 st Jewish wife
2 nd
non-Jewish
wife from Vienna
1 st
marriage:3
children, one of
them Noe
Berkovits (m), and
a girl, died in
deportation
2 nd
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 1 st
Jewish
husband Miksa
Steimetz
2 nd
Jewish
husband Izsak
Doppeld
1 st
marriage:
Mozes Steinmetz
(m), emigrated to
USA, Laszlo
Steinmetz (m)
died in Auschwitz
2 nd
marriage:
Eszter Steinmetz
Religious
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(f) died in
Auschwitz
Where was she during the Holocaust?
Died before
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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
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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
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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 she during the Holocaust?
Died before
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