Vel'ké Kapušany (Nagykapos), Slovakia Holocaust

Vel'ké Kapušany Holocaust

Immediately after Passover 1944, the Jewish families of Vel'ké Kapušany were rounded up and marched to Ungvár where they were interned for a month and a half in the local brick factory, after which they were forced into cattle cars and transported by train to the Auschwitz concentration camp. The photo to the right is that of the memorial to those who were interned in the brick factory prior to deportation.

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NOTE: Vel'ké Kapušany was located in the Gendarmerie District VIII (Kassa). Ghettoization of the countryside Jews to the larger towns occurred 16-28 April 1944; deportations to the Auschwitz concentration camp occurred between 15 May and 7 June 1944. The 1944 Kassa list of Death Trains details the number of Jews deported and the stations of departure. (Kassa is present-day Košice, Slovakia.)

~ Vel'ké Kapušany Holocaust Memorial ~
Photo: Courtesy of Amos Israel ZEZMER, France

List of Names Inscribed on the Memorial

( * = Not transcribed; vd. = widow )

ABRAHAMOVIC, David	GRUNBAUM, Dezider	ROTH, Adolf
ABRAHAMOVIC, Ignác	GRUNBAUM, Samuel	ROTH, Ludevit
ABRAHAMOVIC, Jozef	GRUNBAUMOVÁ, Arpad vd.	SAMOVIC, Abraham
ABRAHAMOVIC, Vojtech	GRUNBAUMOVÁ, Boris vd.	SCHWARC, Frantisek
BECKY, Alexander	HEIMAN, Viliam	SCHWARC, Pinchas
BERKOVIC, Ludevit	HEIZLEROVÁ, * vd.	SCHWARCOVÁ, Moric vd.
BERKOVIC, Mendel	ICKOVIC, Moric	SLANGER, Chajim
BRAUN, Elias	ICKOVIC, Samuel	SLANGER, Ignac
BRAUN, Hercu	JECHEZKEL, Lajos	SLANGER, Pepi
BRAUN, Herman	JEGER, A.	SLANGER, Salamon
BRAUN, Ludevit	KLEIN, Baruch	SLANGEROVÁ, Moric vd.
BRAUN, Moric	KLEINOVÁ, Boris vd.	SPIEGEL, Bernath vd.
BRAUN, Náczi	KRAUS, Frantisek	SPIEGEL, Moric
BRAUNOVÁ, Bracha vd.	LANDAU, Peter	SPIEGEL, Salamon
BRAUNOVÁ, Jakab vd.	LANDAU, Sije	SPIEGELOVÁ, Izrael vd.
DRATLEROVÁ, * vd.	LANDESMAN, Leo	STEIN, Armin
ELBAUM, David	LEBOVIC, Bernath	STRAUS, Jozef
FARKAS, Miksa	LEBOVIC, Ignac	SUHOVÁ, Ignac vd.
FARKASOVÁ, Irena	LEBOVICOVÁ, Dajan vd.	SULHOFOVÁ, * vd.
FEHÉR, Mordechaj	LEFKOVIC, Ignác	TESSÉR, Víliam
FELDMAN, Eugen	MAJER, Bernath	WALDMAN, Salom
FRIED, Menyhert	MARKOVICOVÁ, E. vd.	WEINBERGER, Menyhert
FRIED, Mordechaj Rabbi	MITTELMAN, Jozef	WEIS, Ber
FRIED, Peter	MITTELMAN, Moric	WEIS, David
FRIED, Sender	MITTELMANOVÁ, Roza vd.	WEIS, Herman
FRIEDOVÁ, Jehudit vd.	NEUMAN, Sulem	WEIS, Vojtech
GERSTLOVÁ, Nathan vd.	NEUVIRT, Ludevit	WEISOVÁ, Baruch vd.
GODINGER, Bernath	PERL, Samuel	WELTMAN, Henrik
GOTTLIEB, Herman	PERLOVÁ, * vd.	WELTMANOVÁ, * vd.
		ZIMMERMAN, Moric

Nevek Deportation List

~ Vel'ké Kapušany Holocaust Data ~
The names below comprise the names of individuals found in the deportation lists.
Source: The Deportation List database at the Nevek-Klarsfeld web site.
Disclaimer: The following names were found searching the Nevek-Klarsfeld web site for individuals listed as living in or born in Nagykapos/Vel'ké Kapušany. Unfortunately, for reasons unknown, the list is incomplete. If your family member is not listed below, see the Yad Vashem Archives - Central Database of Shoah Victims' Names, a more complete database of names.
( * = Not transcribed; -né suffix at the end of a name = Mrs. )

NAME	DOB	NAME	DOB	NAME	DOB
ABRAHAMOVICS, Klara	1927	FRIED, Artur	1928	LEBOVITS, Jeno	1929
ABRAHAMOVICS, Miksa	1911	FRIED, Hermin	1918	LEFKOVICS, Miksa	1913
ABRAHAMOVICS, Viktor	1909	FRIED, Kato	1928	LIGETI, Hermanné	1874
AUSLANDER, Adolf	1917	FRIED, Magda	1926	LOWY, Jeno	1908
BERKOVICS, Adolf	1919	FRIED, Margit	1923	ROTH, Lajos	1899
BERKOVITS, Izsak	1903	FRIED, Miksa	1916	ROTH, Ludovik	1899
BERMANN, Albin	1914	FRIEDMANN, Jozsef	1908	SALAMON, Samuel	1910
BORSODI, Ignacné	1884	GASPAR, Fulop	1876	SANDOR, Ilona	1913
BRAUN, Alfred	1932	GERSTL, Judit	1927	SCHLANGER, Flora	1915
BRAUN, Alfred	1932	GRUNBAUM, Majer	1903	SCHLANGER, Jeno	1919
BRAUN, Erno	1909	GRUNBERGER, Farkas	1922	SPIEGEL, Arnold	1918
BRAUN, Margit	1926	GRUNBERGER, Farkas	1922	SPIEGEL, Jeno	1912
BRAUN, Margit	1926	ICKOVICS, Emil	1909	STERNBERGER, *	1904
BRAUN, Margit	1922	ICKOVITS, Marton	1919	TAUB, Izidorné	1906
BRAUN, Rozsa	1920	KRAUSZ, Elza	1921	WEISZ, Jozsef	1912
BRAUN, Szeren	1914	KRAUSZ, Helen	1922	WEISZ, Lajos	1912
BRIEF, Ignac	1914	KRAUSZ, Rella	1928	WEISZ, Lipotné	1908
FRIED, Artur	1928	LEBOVITS, Abraham	1926	WEISZ, Miksa	1904
				WEISZ, Nandor	1919

~ Family Holocaust Memorials ~

Family memorials found in the Vel'ké Kapušany cemetery.

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Translation:

Lajos FARKAŠ he died in the year of 1939

His family was deported in the year 1944 to Auschwitz

FARKASOVÁ Irena née GRUNBAUMOVÁ

FARKASOVÁ ALZBETA

GRUNBAUM Arpad and wife Hermina

GRUNBAUMOVÁ Laura unmarrried daughter

BECSKIOVÁ Helena née GRUNBAUMOVÁ Jakoba

BECSKI Tomi and Kata - children

Yitzchak Yehuda ben David
Reizel bat Avraham
Sara bat Yitzchak Yehuda

Photo: Courtesy of Vojtech KAZSMER, Vel'ké Kapušany

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~ Vel'ké Kapušany Holocaust Survivors ~
Below are links to personal stories by survivors of the Holocaust from Vel'ké Kapušany. If you have a personal story to share by a survivor of the Holocaust from Vel'ké Kapušany, click HERE to contact me.
Martin SHLANGER, b. date unknown, Vel'ké Kapušany FRIED family testimony about Ilona/Zlava Jehudit (née MOSKOVICS) FRIED, Vel'ké Kapušany (in Hebrew) Rozsi/Sosana (née FRIED) AVRECH, Vel'ké Kapušany (in Hebrew) Edit/Eszter "Beibi" (née FRIED) REISZMAN, Vel'ké Kapušany (in Hebrew) Artur/Jehosua Hesel FRIED, Vel'ké Kapušany (in Hebrew)

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Created by:
Marshall J. KATZ, USA
Compiled by:
Amos Israel ZEZMER, France
with assistance from
JW Player
Vojtech KAZSMER, Vel'ké Kapušany
USC Shoah Foundation Institute
and the following
JewishGen members/descendants and
contributors of Vel'ké Kapušany Jewish families:

Iren BRAUN, Israel
Amos Israel ZEZMER, France

Updated: 21 August 2020

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