R' Tuvia Schweiger

After Sena's annexation to Hungary, the authorities pursued the Jews. Gradually their work permits were taken away from them and they had to rely on assistance from the social welfare institutions in Kosice (q.v.). In 1941 many men were drafted for the work force and sent to forced labor. After the Germans conquered Hungary on 19 March 1944, only 80 Jews remained in the town. On April 18 1944, the Hungarian gendarmerie rounded up the Jews next to the synagogue. From there, they were taken to the the Kosice ghetto and joined the transport that left on 16 May 1944 for Auschwitz. Among the deportees was Rabbi Tuvia Yisrael SCHWEIGER and his family.

After the war, just a few survivors of the camps returned to Sena, but shortly after they all moved to Kosice. The synagogue was destroyed during the war. The cemetery was neglected and some of the tombstones were destroyed.