Târgu Mureş (in Rumanian), Marosvásárhely (in Hungarian) and Neumarkt am Mieresch (in German). Marosvásárhely is located in the heart of Transylvania, Romania , on the banks of the Mureş river.

On May 3, 1944,the Jews were gathered and put into

ghettos. From May 29, 1944, 6,953 Jews were

deported to Auschwitz, and only 1,200 survived.

“What I would really like to do is to perpetuate the memory of our former classmates and finish what we had started almost 65 years ago. Then, we were preparing to immortalize the students

and the teachers, working on the so called " tablou " ( panel with our photos ) that was

customary to prepare at the school graduation. Unfortunately our plans failed because of the

catastrophe”. Mark Elemer

Former student of the 4th grade ( gymnasium)

we were fifty……

Berkovits Regina Czitron Marton

Cohn LeoGewurtz Ibolya Friedmann Lili

Gajdel RitaGrunbaum Laszlo

Ganz Stella Goldstein Andor

Hechter MikiHerschkovits Bela

Herschkovits Sanyi

Herz Magda Hecht Rozsika

Hirsch Andor ( Bandi ) Hirsch Rozsi ( nagy ) Hirsch Rozsika (kicsi

Izsak JenoKaufmann Piki

Klein ImreKlein Imi

Kozer Erika Kohn Izabella

Lax ImiLeb Sari

Lowy Erno Mandel DuciMandel Ocsi Mark Elemer

Mendelovits Ruska Mittelman IlonkaNeuman Magda

Noe EllaOvics EdithRies Edith

Rado Bandi Rubin Terez

Roth KatalinSandor ErnoSchwartz Ica

Schwartz Maier Schwimmer Magda

Singer MagdaSpierer ErnaSteuer Bubi

Wartenberg Lajos Weisz Agi

Weisz MirjamWeisz Pali

Zeff Piki

Didn’t surviveDidn’t survive

BERKOVITS REGINA CZITRON MARTON GEWURTZ IBOLYA GRUNBAUM LASZLO HERSCHKOVITS BELA HERSCHKOVITS SANYI HECHT ROZSIKA HIRSCH ROZSIKA (kicsi IZSAK JENO KLEIN IMRE KOHN IZABELLA LAX TIBOR LEB SARI NEUMANN MAGDA NOE ELLA RIES EDITH RADO BANDI RUBIN TEREZ STEUER BUBI WEISZ MIRJAM

Singer Magda

ניספתהבשואה

Spierer Erna

ניספתהבשואה

Kozer Erika

ניספתהבשואה

Herz Magda

ניספתהבשואה

Ovits Edit

Our teachers who didn’t survive

R.Vértes Margit – homeroom teacherBihari ImreRado FerencDeutsch BacsiAbraham AnnaHalasz MagdaRozenfeld BozskeDr.Teszler HermanAczel IlonaLazar Robert

Regner Margit

They survived

Stern József – school principal

Izsák Márton – Art teacher A well known sculptor after

the war

Stern Jozsef

Sebestyen IcaIzsak Marton

Salamon Ilonka

Friedman lili

Kohen Leo

Weisz AgiMendelovits RuskaZeff Piki

Hirsch Andor (Bandi)

נהרג במלחמת השחרור

25 survived

Kaufman Piki Klein Imi

Mandel Duci

Mandel Ocsi

Sandor Erno Veisz Pali Gaideln Rita

Hirsch Rozsi (nagy)

Roth Katalin

Schvarz Ica Schvarz Mayer Svimmer Magda

Wartenberg Lajos Goldstein Andor

Hechter Miki

Over the years, I've visited our former class several times. The last visit took place in

2003 when I was accompanied by my granddaughter Noa.

Thanks to the good will of the currentprincipal, we went in ,in the middle of a lesson,

and she told the students that we also studied there, decades ago (1941-1944).

The names of the students and teachers who didn't survive the Holocaust are mentioned

on a big commemorative panel.

made by Izsák Márton

I want to thank Elemer for all what he has done for us by keeping us together! Due to his efforts, a dream became reality. (Ilonka)

Mark Elemer

“I, a young ,fifteen years old girl , was taken to hell – to Auschwitz, together

with some of my classmates.By chance I survived !After the liberation

I got married and raised a family. This was my victory over those who wanted

to destroy us ! This commemorative panel must remind the future

generations about the terrible events we had to live through. It must remind the future generations that the Shoah was possible because we didn’t have a country. Respect and love our country

Israel, with all your heart !” Mittelman Ilonka Bruner

Mittelman Ilonka

Thanks to the material that Elemer gathered (and it was not an easy task ), it was possible to finish the panel that

the class began preparing in 1944.I want to thank Elemer for the privilege I had to help a little and be able to make

this presentation.

Noemi,Ilonka’s daughter

We must not forget, we don't have the right! The surviving victim remains, by some miracle, a

witness who has the duty to tell what happened, especially while seeing in the eyes of his contemporary the light of remembering

fading away."

EGON MARC LOVITH (From "Marturie de lagar", "Tribuna", July 14, 1991