Moseh Shmuel "Mór" Herzog

http://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=36921&st=משה+שמואל+בן+חיים&pgnum=1&hilite=e7aa0845-bcf0-4f36-b3cf-7152294cec15 Link to Jewish book written by Moshe Shmuel Herzog Moritz Moshe "Mór" Schmuel HERZOG (HERCOG/HERTZOG): b. 5 Nov 1869, Nagyszombat/Trnava - d. 8 June 1942, Stupava - VICTIM OF HOLOCAUST

N.B. His name as appears on IKG-Stupava birth, marriage, death records for the years in which he was Chief Rabbi is "Mór HERZOG".

Significant sources of information directly on the spot in Stupava plus snippets gleaned from this family collection: Guide to the Papers of the Mittler-Herzog-Picard Family1870-2000AR 25199

http://findingaids.cjh.org/?pID=1736755#serII

In which it is may be gathered that "the last Rabbi of Stupava", Rabbi Moritz Samuel Herzog was born 5 Nov 1869 (although the place name of Randegg is incorrectly given - N.B. clearly stated in official documents as being Trnava, Slovakia) and died on 8 June 1942. These details are accompanied by a photo of him for the first date and supported by a Red Cross correspondence card written by the family for the second date.

Unfortunately, no mention yet found here concerning fact that he must have married twice ...

Various further references in internet including the following:

Slovakian Chief Rabbi Dies En Route to Concentration Camp | Jewish Telegraphic Agency

http://www.jta.org/1942/09/23/archive/slovakian-chief-rabbi-dies-en...

Slovakian Chief Rabbi Dies En Route to Concentration Camp

September 23, 1942

LONDON (Sep. 22)

Chief Rabbi Herzog of Slovakia died of a heart attack recently while en route to a concentration camp together with his wife and children, the Federation of Czechoslovakian Jews here learned today. The rabbi, who was sixty, collapsed while being driven by the Slovakian police from his home at Stupava to the local railway station. His body was left lying in the street while his wife and children were placed on the deportation train, despite their tearful pleas to be allowed to remain long enough to bury him.

N.B. Age at time of death incorrect as, if he was born in 1869, he would have been 73 ...

Listed under Holocaust victims via Pages of Testimony submitted by surviving members of family:

Mose HERCOG: Central DB of Shoah Victims' Names - Record Details

http://db.yadvashem.org/names/nameDetails.html?itemId=1457188&langu...

Submitted by his “daughter” Erna KARP

Mose Hercog was born in Ternova, Czechoslovakia in 1870 to Khaim and Tzirel. He was a rabbi and married Lea nee Pikard. Prior to WWII he lived in Stupava, Czechoslovakia. During the war he was in Stupava, Czechoslovakia.

Mose was murdered in the Shoah.

This information is based on a Page of Testimony (displayed on left) submitted by his daughter.

Last Name: Hercog

Last Name: Hertzog

First Name: Mose

First Name: Moshe

First Name: Shmuel

First Name: Samuel

Gender: Male

Date of Birth: 1870

Place of Birth: Ternova,Slovakia,Czechoslovakia

Father's First Name: Khaim

Mother's First Name: Tzirel

Marital Status: MARRIED

Spouse's First Name: Lea

Spouse's Maiden Name: Pikard

Permanent Place of Residence: Stupava,Bratislava,Slovakia,Czechoslovakia

Profession: RABBI

Place during the war: Stupava,Bratislava,Slovakia,Czechoslovakia

Place of Death: Stupava,Bratislava,Slovakia,Czechoslovakia

Date of Death: 1942

Status in the source: murdered

Submitter's Last Name: Karp

Submitter's First Name: Erna

Relationship to victim: DAUGHTER

Source: Yad Vashem - Pages of Testimony Names Memorial Collection

Type of material: Page of Testimony

Item ID: 1457188

and also ...

Moshe HERZOG: Central DB of Shoah Victims' Names - Record Details

http://db.yadvashem.org/names/nameDetails.html?itemId=1489151&langu...

Submitted by “son-in-law” Moshe FRIEDLÄNDER ...

Mór HERZOG's grave is the first on the right as one enters the Jewish Cemetery, Stupava ... cf. photo posted under "Media".

Transcription/Translation of gravestone inscription thanks to cousin Elisheva:

The two letters between the hands at the top are initials for “Here Lies”

A straight and honest person

The honorable Avraham, may he rest in peace

Son of our teacher Rabbi Chaim, a Kohein (member of the priestly descendants of Aaron HaKohein)

He passed away with a good name on the first day of Passover, 1938.

His mother’s name was Malka.

May his soul be connected to the Source of all life.

(Though N.B. some details don't appear to correlate with Information e.g. posted on his respective parents' profiles so far ...)

• Updated from Ancestry Genealogy via Leonie Picard by SmartCopy: Aug 21 2015, 1:40:46 UTC

Seriously? This is the profile of Moshe Shmuel son of Chaim. Why on earth is the gravestone of Avrohom son of Chaim attached to it?