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A project to collect all interesting information about Siófok.
Siófok is a city in Hungary on the southern bank of Lake Balaton in Somogy County. The city is one of Hungary's most popular holiday destinations, famous for its beaches and nightlife. Siófok is one of the richest municipalities of Hungary due to tourism. Hungarians often call the town "the capital of Balaton", as it is the largest city on its shores and acts as the commercial and tourism hub of the region.
One of the main pillar of this project and of Siófok are the jews. The Project is partly based on the book " Zsidók Siófokon - Hungarian Jews in Siofok Town - Siófoki Zsidó Temető " One main contributor of these is Gabor Dombi.. The language of the project is a mixture of English and Hungarian. The following is a citation of the preface ofthebook written by Tamás Raj, Chief Rabbi.
The Jewish cemetery of Siófok by József Sebestyén Matyikó and László Haraszti introduces a subject little known despite the fact that the Jewish population of Siófok was one of the most important factors in the development of the city and the lake Balaton resort before being devastated in the holocaust. The book is not only meant as a tribute, but intends to acquaint the reader with Jewish cemetery culture, burial customs and mourning symbols.
In the Jewish cemetery of Siófok, the "Eternal House" there are the tomos of the relatives of its outstanding Jewish citizens, like
Notables
- Kálmán Imre, the composer who gave his name to the cultural centre and the museum of Siófok;
- Géza Révész (Siófok, Hungary, 9 December 1878-Amsterdam, Netherlands, 19 August 1955) was a Hungarian-Dutch psychologist, and is regarded as one of the pioneers of European psychology., a music psychologist, Professor of the University of Amsterdam;
- Ferenc Révész-Ferrymann, the painter;
- Nándor Korcsmáros journalist, newspaper editor and theatre director;
- Pál Acél, a writer and film producer;
- Vilmos Krausz, the former Chief Rabbi of Debrecen;
- János (John) Hirsch, a theatre producer;
- Jehuda Deutsch, a retired colonel of the Israeli army;
- Bernát Schwarcz, the magazine publisher,
and others.
Every year people from Israel, Canada, Australia and West-Europe come to visit their relatives in the well-kept cemetery, and for them this book might have a special significance. However, we do hope that the citizens of the Balaton region and the students will also benefit from it. A map, a list and photographs of the tombstones have been added. Besides that the book is decorated with paintings and drawings by outstanding artists (László Fehér, Zoltán Gyula Feledy, István Haraszty, János Milán Horváth, Johanna Kovács, Akos Matzon, Balazs Pálfi, Gyula Pauer, József Przudzik, Mihály Schőner, Endre Szász, György Szőke, Dezső Váli, Imre Varga, Mátyás Varga and Tamás Varga).