The Jewish school in Tg-Mures

Târgu Mureş (in Rumanian), Marosvásárhely (in Hungarian) and Neumarkt am Mieresch (in German). Marosvásárhely is located in the heart of Transylvania, Romania , on the banks of the Mureş river.

On May 3, 1944,the Jews were gathered and put into ghettos. From May 29, 1944, 6,953 Jews were deported to Auschwitz, and only 1,200 survived.

“What I would really like to do is to perpetuate the memory of our former classmates and finish what we had started almost 65 years ago. Then, we were preparing to immortalize the students and the teachers, working on the so called " tablou " ( panel with our photos ) that was customary to prepare at the school graduation.

Unfortunately our plans failed because of the catastrophe�.

Mark Elemer Former student of the 4th grade ( gymnasium)

we were fifty‌‌

Berkovits Regina Herz Magda Lowy Erno Roth Katalin Czitron Marton Hecht Rozsika Mandel Duci Sandor Erno Cohn Leo Hirsch Andor ( Bandi ) Mandel Ocsi Schwartz Ica Gewurtz Ibolya Mark Elemer Schwartz Maier Hirsch Rozsi ( nagy ) Friedmann Lili Hirsch Rozsika (kicsi Mendelovits Ruska Schwimmer Magda Gajdel Rita Izsak Jeno Mittelman Ilonka Singer Magda Grunbaum Laszlo Kaufmann Piki Neuman Magda Spierer Erna Ganz Stella Klein Imre Noe Ella Steuer Bubi Klein Imi Ovics Edith Wartenberg Lajos Goldstein Andor Hechter Miki Kozer Erika Ries Edith Weisz Agi Herschkovits Bela Kohn Izabella Rado Bandi Weisz Mirjam Lax Imi Rubin Terez Weisz Pali Herschkovits Sanyi Leb Sari Zeff Piki

BERKOVITS REGINA CZITRON MARTON Didn’t survive GEWURTZ IBOLYA GRUNBAUM LASZLO HERSCHKOVITS BELA HERSCHKOVITS SANYI HECHT ROZSIKA HIRSCH ROZSIKA (kicsi IZSAK JENO KLEIN IMRE KOHN IZABELLA LAX TIBOR LEB SARI NEUMANN MAGDA NOE ELLA RIES EDITH RADO BANDI RUBIN TEREZ STEUER BUBI WEISZ MIRJAM

Kozer Erika

Singer Magda

Herz Magda

Ovits Edit

Spierer Erna

Our teachers who didn’t survive R.Vértes Margit – homeroom teacher Bihari Imre Rado Ferenc Deutsch Bacsi Abraham Anna Halasz Magda Rozenfeld Bozske Dr.Teszler Herman Aczel Ilona Lazar Robert

Regner Margit

They survived Stern József – school principal Stern Jozsef

Salamon Ilonka

Sebestyen Ica

Izsák Márton – Art teacher A well known sculptor after the war

Izsak Marton

25 survived

Hirsch Andor (Bandi)

Kohen Leo

Mendelovits Ruska

Weisz Agi Friedman lili

Zeff Piki

Sandor Erno

Veisz Pali

Gaideln Rita

Mandel Duci

Mandel Ocsi

Hirsch Rozsi (nagy)

Kaufman Piki

Klein Imi

Schvarz Ica

Wartenberg Lajos

Schvarz Mayer

Hechter Miki

Svimmer Magda

Roth Katalin Goldstein Andor

Over the years, I've visited our former class several times. The last visit took place in 2003 when I was accompanied by my granddaughter Noa. Thanks to the good will of the current principal, we went in ,in the middle of a lesson, and she told the students that we also studied there, decades ago (1941-1944).

The names of the students and teachers who didn't survive the Holocaust are mentioned on a big commemorative panel.

made by Izsรกk Mรกrton

Mark Elemer

I want to thank Elemer for all what he has done for us by keeping us together! Due to his efforts, a dream became reality. (Ilonka)

Mittelman Ilonka

“I, a young ,fifteen years old girl , was taken to hell – to Auschwitz, together with some of my classmates.

By chance I survived !After the liberation I got married and raised a family. This was my victory over those who wanted to destroy us ! This commemorative panel must remind the future generations about the terrible events we had to live through. It must remind the future generations that the Shoah was possible because we didn’t have a country. Respect and love our country Israel, with all your heart !”

Mittelman Ilonka Bruner

Thanks to the material that Elemer gathered (and it was not an easy task ), it was possible to finish the panel that the class began preparing in 1944.

I want to thank Elemer for the privilege I had to help a little and be able to make this presentation.

Noemi,Ilonka’s daughter

We must not forget, we don't have the right! The surviving victim remains, by some miracle, a witness who has the duty to tell what happened, especially while seeing in the eyes of his contemporary the light of remembering fading away "

EGON MARC LOVITH (From "Marturie de lagar", "Tribuna", July 14, 1991