Chevra Kadisha Pinkas - Community of Ujhel (Hungary) - 1942-1946 - Names of People who Perished in the Holocaust

Chevra Kadisha Pinkas - Community of Ujhel (Hungary) - 1942-1946 - Names of People who Perished in the Holocaust
Chevra Kadisha Pinkas of the Ujhel community, during the Holocaust - prior to the destruction of the community, with the names of those who perished in the Holocaust added after the war. Ujhel (Sátoraljaújhely, Hungary), [ca. 1942-1946].
The Pinkas records begin in 1942 (in the middle of WWII, before the Germans conquered Hungary). Written from left to right. A typewritten page is pasted on the first page (in Hungarian), by one of the Chevra Kadisha members (with his signature and the stamp of the Chevra), stating the regulation requiring the presence of 12 representatives of the Chevra at each burial, and the scrupulent observance of this regulation. Each of the next twenty pages contains a list of the 12 members selected to participate in each burial, with their signatures (the records and signatures are in Hungarian). The records begin in June 1942 and end in December 1942, with a final record from January 1943.
The remaining blank leaves (pp. 26-47) were put to use at a later date, presumably after the war, and contain lists of deceased, in Hebrew. Some of the deceased perished in the Holocaust in Hungary. Some names are listed as having perished "in sanctification of G-d's name" (it is unclear how many of those listed perished in the Holocaust and how many died before. One of the pages lists the name of R. Yoel Felner who served as rabbi of Ujhel and passed away in 1925. Conversely, some of those who perished in the Holocaust are not listed as such). The names include: R. Moshe Aharon Fried (dayan and posek in Tiszalök; son of R. Chaim Yaakov Fried Rabbi of Tiszalök) and his son R. Chaim Alter Fried (perished in Auschwitz with their families).
The Ujhel Chevra Kadisha was officially established in 1772. The rabbi of the town in those days, R. Naftali Tzvi Mochiach, was one of the founders of the Chevra, and in his memory the annual dinner, where the heads of the Chevra were appointed, was held on the anniversary of his passing - 14th Sivan, rather than on 7th Adar as accepted in most communities (see: Yisrael Goldberg, Hityasdut HaChevra Kadisha BeUjhel VeTakanoteha HaRishonot, HaTzofeh M'Eretz Hagar, year I, 1911, pp. 121-135).
[1], 70 pages (34 written pages). Approx. 24 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and wear. Tears and open tears, repaired in part with paper. New leather binding, with front board of original binding.