Jacob Eliezer Porgesz (b. ca 1860 Hungary), married Gittel,

Levi Porgesz (b. ca 1890) married Keily Hoffman.
            He had a large family, but after the war, only two of his sons remained alive : Yechel Mechel and Samuel.

Yechel (Mechel) Porges (b. Szombately Hungary 1910).
           He was married before WWII and had eight children, who all died with their mother.
           Then he married Ester Mindl (b. Munkacz Hungary), lived in nyc, then moved to Israel.
            He studied all his life and told his nephew that his ancestors lived in Prague.

Keily (female), married Feivel Schwarz (N.Y.). They have 14 children.
Samuel Chaim Porges (b. 1947 Antwerp, Belgium)
 married Judith Moskowits (b. Antwerp Belgium), lives in Montreal Canada since 1950.
           Among their 7 or 8 children :

Jacob Porges (b. Montreal canada 1971)
            married Malia Kohn (b. Antwerp, Belgium), lives in Antwerp, Belgium.
M. Porges lives in Antwerp, Belgium.
S. Porges lives in NYC.

  Levy Porges, married Leah (daughter of Samuel Porges, hence his first cousin)
             and have 12 children.
 Naftali Porges, married Chaya. They have 3 children.
 Jacob Eliezer Porges, lives in jerusalem with his wife Henay and his many children.
 Shoshi (female), married Mr Deutsch (N.Y.).
 Mendl Porges, lives in N.Y. with his wife Rachel and their 16 children.

Samuel Porgesz (b. Szombately Hungary 1920) married Malka (Magda) Gold
           He has 12 children (4 sons and 8 daughters ; all are married).
           He spent the war, partly in Hungary, hiding to escape the nazis.
           He was a young boy 22/24 y.o. and with the help of his friends, he saved
          an incredible number of Jews, on their way to Auschwitz.
          His parents, brothers and sisters went to "work" and begged him to go with them ;
          but he refused because his Rabbi, the holy rabbi of Belz, told him to hide and not to go to "work".
          Some details are reported in war stories ("Dare to survive" by Chaïm Shlomo FRIEDMAN and
          "The scent of snow flowers"). He truly behaved as a heroe, and still does a lot for others
          and for the benefit of his community. He has 111 grand children.

 Sara Reisel (OPMAN) 13 children
 Keily ((DIRNFELD) 8 children
 Libu (HECHT) 3 children
 Itel (ROTH), 12 children
 Levy porges, married Goldie, 8 children
 Leah, daughter in law of Yechiel Mechel (see above),
          married Levy porges, 12 children
Joshua Porges(z) (b. Montreal 1955)
          Married Rachel Gross (b. Switzerland), lives in Montreal.
          They have 12 children.
Jacob Porges, married Blimie, 10 children

Jacob used to live in Montreal. He moved to Brooklyn in 2005 and opened a bakery (newspaper add on the left). His father Samuel had a bakery in Montreal Canada for many years. It was called "European" but unforunately, it closed a few years ago. Source : Shlomo Porges, Oct. 2005

 Moishy, married Henchie, 7 children
Chayale (BINETH), 13 children
 Perle (FRIEDMAN), 7 children
 Sissy (TEICHMAN), 6 children

Simcha Meyer Porges

Jabob Eliezer Porges, perished in the holocaust
Koppel Porges, perished in the holocaust
Avrum Porges, perished in the holocaust
Sholem Porges, lives in Givat Schmuel (Israel)
           2 sons : Simcha Meyer, Eli / 2 daughters : Nechama, Tova (Gittle)
Reuvan Porges, died in Israel, childless.
Yishai Porges (d. Brooklyn 1998)

Simcha Meyer Porges, married Rachel (see below)
           currently lives in Brooklyn, NY.
Schmiel Porges
Jacob Eliezer Porges
Nechama Porges
Esther Porges
Malka Porges

Levi Porges, perished in the holocaust
Yosef Porges, perished in the holocaust
Gittle (daughter) Porges, perished in the holocaust

 Sources : Rachel & Joshua Porges(z), Montreal, 2001 and Jacob Porges (Belgium) 2001
                 Rachel Porges (Brooklyn), 2001.

Leopold (Jom Tov) Porgesz married Jentel Weisz. Czechoslovakia/Hungary.
                They had 12 children. 2 twins died in infancy. 3 were killed by the Germans. 6 went to Israel.

Frida Porgesz married Goldsmith, died 1999 in Israel.
2 daughters & 3 sons (the youngest died in a car accident ca. 1985), and many grand-children.

Viktor (Avigdor) Porgesz lives in Israel, has 4 children, and many grand-children.

Jakob Porgesz (d. Israel 2005), has 2 sons & grand-children

Chaïm Porgesz (d. Israel 05/2005), has 4 children, and many grand-children.

Yitzhok Porgesz (b. Dunajska Streda, Czech, d. Israel 1991)

Andy Porgesz (b. Dunajska Streda, Czech, d. Israel)

Mor Moshe Porgesz (b. Dunajska Streda, Czech, 01/07/1910, d. 1990 NY)
          married Iren Friedlander. Left Hungary in 1956. Lived in Brazil 1957 thru 1961.
          Moved to Brooklyn in 1961.

Georgette Porgesz

Annette Porgesz
           handwriting analyst, columnist, lecturer.
           her website :http://hometown.aol.com/graphopro/myhomepage/business.html

Jentel Weisz Porgesz with her ten children. Moshe (Mor) Porgesz is the last one standing to the right. Jentel sits with her two youngest, Frida and Viktor. Photo : courtesy of Yehoshua (Weisz) Ben Ami + Avigdor Porgesz (Bnei Brak, Israel), 2001

Yom Tov (Leopold) Porgesz with his Students  (ca 1922) He passed away before the Holocaust.   Two of his sons, Andy and Jacob are on either side of him.   Some people may recognize some of the children : there is one young girl who intrigues me - she resembles my sister and also her little granddaughter.   She does not look like pictures of my father's sisters, I don't know who she is, she is a beautiful young girl. Annette Porgesz Grauman (june 2007)  Photo of the gravesite of Yom Tov (Leopold) Porgesz.  The new monument was installed by Avigdor Porgesz, of Bnei Brak, Israel, his youngest son.  This picture was taken by George Guttmann on a visit to the cemetery in Dunaj Kastreda.

Source :  Annette Porgesz Grauman, Brooklyn (N.Y.), 1994, 2001,2003.

Menachem (Mihail Mendel) Porgesz, married to Esther Hersch

Eliezer (Lazar) Porgesz (d. Hida Romania? 25/09/1890) married Matilda Löb (d. Auschwitz ).
           His relatives were :
           Malcha gittel, Sterl, Chay Rivka, Mordechai David, Chaim Itzak Yehuda, Gdalia Rafael

Mordechai David Porges (d. Auschwitz at the age of 18)

Albrecht (Alfred) Porges-Löb (b. Hida Romania? 14/03/1921),
           married Ingeborg Buber Brecher

Ricardo Porges, lives in Israel, has 3 daughters

Monica Porges (b. Santiago Chile 05/02/1990) married Benny Koren

 Source : Mrs Monica Porges Koren, Israel, 1994.

Marton Porgesz (b. Öcsöd, Hungary ca 1810-5)

Izsák Porgesz (b. Öcsöd, Békés,Hungary 2/4/1876)
           married to Hermina Kohn (b. Purim Kunszentmarton, Hungary, 1876), died in the Holocaust

Làszlo Porgesz (b. Öcsöd Hungary 19/8/1902)
           married to Edith Holtz (b. Slovakia 9/5/1916)
Ferencz Porgesz (b. Öcsöd Hungary 1907, d. Holocaust)
Pál Porgesz (b. Öcsöd Hungary 1909, d. Holocaust)
Sándor Porgesz (b. Öcsöd Hungary 1912, d. Holocaust)
William Porgesz (b. Öcsöd Hungary 5/3/1915) married Elizabeth Kovács (b. Budapest 6/9/1916)
           2 daughters : Suzanna (b. 1946 Budapest) and Eva (b. 1954 Budapest). All live in Montreal.

Source : William Porgesz, Laval Québec Canada, 1993.

  Kálmán Porgesz 1902 Aranyosmarót

Ibolva Porgesz 1928 Hungary (Budapest)

László Porgesz 1931 Hungary (Budapest)

Kálmán Porgesz 1926 Hungary (Budapest)

Ildi Porgesz 1952 Hungary (Budapest)
Anna Porgesz 1956 Hungary (Komló)
Kálmán Porgesz 1951 Hungary (Kecskemét)

Tímea Porgesz 1979 Hungary (Pécs)
Gábor Porgesz 1975 Hungary (Pécs)

Source : Gabor Porgesz (2004)

Samuel Porjesz (b. Croatia 1849)

Heinrich Porjesz (b. Nagy Kikinda, Serbia, 1882, d. Holocaust)
           married Marjem Gross (b. Zaleczyki Galicia 1884, d. Holocaust) moved to Vienna

Kurt Porjesz (b. 1914, d. 1993), lived in NY, married Roslyn Schwartzbaum,
           One daughter Madeleine married/divorced Gerald Daria (two sons: Scott & Jonathan)

Alice Porjesz Streinberg(er?), lives (2006)in Queens, NY. Married Helmut Streinberg(er?).
        One son : Claude

Otto Porjesz (b. Vienna 10/4/1908, d. USA 03/2001), accountant,
        married Lilly Weinmann (b. Basel Switzerland 1912, d. 1977) who grew up in Berlin.
        Her family was from Tarnow, Poland.  Otto left Vienna in 1939.
        He was arrested during Kristallnacht. Route of emigration : Kitchener Camp, Sandwich, UK

Bernice Porjesz Solowiejczyk (b. ?) married Yedidiah Solowiejczyk (b. Havana Cuba, from a family from Warsaw Poland), Professor of Psychoneurology at SUNY Downstate Medical Center. Lives in Manhattan NY.

Noah Solowiejczyk (b. NYC 05/08/1984)

Sources :
Otto Porjesz, New York, 1993, 2001
Bernice Porjesz, Manhattan NY2006

Szentes Martyrs

Names of the Martyrs of Holocaust in Szentes, Hungary.
Copied by Gyorgy Ujlaki from a Memorial to the Martyrs of the Holocaust in Szentes located in the local Jewish cemetery. Szentes, June 7 1998.

Porjesz Sandor
Porjesz Sandorne
Porjesz Gyorgy
Purjesz Dr. Janosne