The Jewish community of Novi Bečej and Vranjevo had deep roots and played a significant role in the town’s economic, social, and cultural life between the two world wars.
They were merchants, doctors, craftsmen, clerks, and entrepreneurs — people who contributed to the growth of the community and whose homes and businesses were part of the daily life of Novi Bečej.
The tragedy of the Second World War brought an abrupt end to this once vibrant community. Most of Novi Bečej’s Jews were deported during 1941 to camps in Belgrade and other places, where almost all of them perished.
This list, compiled from archival materials, registry books, and the memories of contemporaries, stands as a testimony to their lives, work, and suffering.
By publishing it, we preserve the memory of people who were once an inseparable part of the history of Novi Bečej.
1. Adam Zoltan
Watchmaker, born in 1897 in Veliki Bečkerek. Married Regina Naftali (born in 1899 in Novi Bečej) in 1927. Their daughter Matilda was born in Novi Bečej but was not recorded in the first-grade school register or in the death records, which indicates that the family moved away before 1934. No further data are available.
2. Berger Alfred
Merchant, born in 1910 in Bačko Petrovo Selo. Moved to Novi Bečej in 1937, where his wife Klara attended elementary school. Their son Ladislav was born there on January 19, 1941 — the last Jewish child born in Novi Bečej.
The family lived in Novi Bečej until the beginning of the war, when they were imprisoned and deported to Belgrade. According to the recollections of some locals, Gabriela and her son Ladislav briefly escaped to Bačka by bribing guards but were later captured and returned. The entire family was murdered in Belgrade.
3. Bergl Aranka
Housewife, born in 1895 in Novi Bečej. Lived alone without family. According to contemporaries, she was deported and killed in Belgrade.
4. Bergl Đula (Gyula)
Merchant, born in 1890 in Novi Bečej, brother of Aranka Bergl. Owned a nice house and a well-established shop on the main street. Married Irena Naftali (born in 1898 in Novi Bečej) in 1920. Their children were: Herman (1921), Ivan (1926), Otto (1928), and Friz (1929).
The family was in Novi Bečej when the war began.
Herman, a law student and outspoken opponent of Nazism, was imprisoned in the “Communist Jail” at the District Court in Veliki Bečkerek and executed on July 31, 1941, among the first large group of hostages shot at Bagljaš near Veliki Bečkerek. The rest of the family was deported to Belgrade and killed.
5. Bergl Ignac
Feather merchant, born in 1865 in Novi Bečej. Lived and died there in 1926. His wife Jozefina (née Kon) and their daughter Rozalija, with her family, were deported and murdered. No precise data are available.
6. Bergl Jožef (Josef)
Merchant, born in 1902 in Novi Bečej, brother of Đula and Aranka.
Lived in Vranjevo with his wife Julija (née Brandeis), daughter Natali (born 1930, Novi Bečej) and son Mirko (born 1937, Novi Bečej).
He was an active member of the “SOKO” gymnastic society. The entire family was deported and murdered.
7. Beron Đula (Gyula)
Liquor merchant, born in 1861. Lived with his second wife, Irma. They had no children. Đula died in 1936, and Irma in 1938.
8. Bihari Bela
Tax office clerk, born in 1885. Married to Ida. They had three children: Klara (born 1908 in Baja), László (1913, Novi Bečej), and István (1914, Novi Bečej).
The family lived in Novi Bečej from 1913 to 1930, then moved to Veliki Bečkerek, where they were later deported and killed.
9. Blum Ignac
Feather merchant, born in 1905. His wife was Katalin Herbat. They had a daughter Berta, who died the same year she was born.
No further information exists in the registry books, but by the recollection of locals, Ignac and Katalin were deported and killed with the rest of Novi Bečej’s Jews.
10. Bokor Imre (Armin)
Accountant, born in 1881 in Karlovac. Married Janka Gotlib (born in Novi Bečej, 1881). They were wed in Novi Bečej in 1905 and had a son, Imre (born 1906).
The family lived in Novi Bečej until 1920, then moved to Novi Sad.
The son, Dr. Imre Bokor, became a physician and was killed during the Novi Sad raid in January 1942. The fate of the rest of the family is unknown.
11. Brandeis Jožef
Grain merchant, born around 1900. Lived alone without a family. Not mentioned in local records but was certainly deported and killed according to witnesses.
12. Brumer Ignac
Merchant, born in 1862. Owned a general goods store in Novi Bečej from 1888 to 1903. Died in 1909.
His wife Berta (née Reiter) lived with their son Marcel (born 1893), who ran a small shop from 1919 onward. Marcel married three times but had no children and later showed signs of illness and confusion. Both he and his mother were deported and killed in Belgrade in 1941.
13. Deneš Lajoš (Lajos)
Merchant, originally from Doroslovo, moved to Novi Bečej around 1918 with his wife Eržebet (née Lošonc, born 1900, Doroslovo) and daughter Klara (born 1908, Doroslovo).
Their daughter married Viktor Tausig from Slavonska Požega in 1940 and lived in Germany, where she survived the war.
Lajoš and Eržebet were deported and killed in Belgrade.
14. Deneš Laslo (László)
Accountant who moved from Bašaid around 1912 with his wife (name unknown), daughter Margit (born 1906, Bašaid), and son Đerđ (born 1914, Novi Bečej).
They lived on the main street. All were deported and killed in Belgrade in 1941.
15. Engineer Déri Imre
Economist, director of the company “Senćanski Steam Mill and Sawmill – Novi Bečej Branch.”
He was also chairman of the board of the Tursko-Bečejska Savings Bank.
A respected and wealthy man, Déri was persecuted by the Nazis. The local security chief, Franz Reit, demanded that he sell his property under false pretenses in exchange for safe passage to Hungary.
After the transaction, he was rearrested. According to one version, he hanged himself in his apartment before being returned to the camp; another claims he jumped into the river from a barge during transport. His death was not recorded in 1941 but was later registered in 1946 by his relative Janoš (Jovan) Schleinger.
16. Eisemberg Karolj
Merchant. According to records from the Chamber of Commerce in Veliki Bečkerek, he owned a fashion goods shop starting in 1921.
No data about his family exist, nor whether they still lived in Novi Bečej before World War II.
17. Ereš Pal
Watchmaker, born in 1907 in Velika Kikinda. Married Aranka Hauser in 1935 in Novi Bečej.
Before the war, they lived with the Hauser family and were deported together.
Pal was executed on October 27, 1941, near Topovske Šupe in Belgrade, and Aranka was killed on December 15, 1941, at the Sajmište camp.
18. Fekete Elemer
Dentist, born in 1896 in Novi Bečej. Married Olga Brill (born 1909 in Ujkigzos) in 1929. Their daughter Mirjam was born in 1930.
She did not appear in school records until 1940/41, suggesting the family had been living elsewhere until shortly before the war. They were deported and killed.
19. Flajšer Lajoš (Lajos)
Metalworker, of unknown origin and date of birth. Married Režinka Hauser abroad and settled in Novi Bečej in 1916.
Their daughter Margita died shortly after birth; their son László was born in 1925.
The family disappeared from local records between 1925 and 1932. Their fate is unknown.
20. Fodor Erne
Electrician, of unknown birthplace and year. Lived in Novi Bečej from 1930 to 1935 with his wife Irma, a Roman Catholic.
Their daughter Lili (born 1928, Subotica) attended kindergarten in Novi Bečej in 1933/34, and their son László was born there in 1934.
In that same year, Erne and his children were baptized in the Catholic Church, formally converting the entire family to Catholicism and Hungarian nationality.
21. Garai Izak (“Ižo”)
Bank clerk and later a partner in a grain trading business. Born in 1870, married Gizela Vajs (born 1872).
He lived in Novi Bečej, where his daughter Ilona was born in 1893. His wife died in 1921.
The grain company under his name operated from 1912 until the end of the war.
From 1924, it was registered as Garai & Schleinger (Adolf), and from 1933 onward as a grocery and food business.
Garai Izak died shortly before World War II outside Novi Bečej. The fate of his daughter Ilona is unknown.
22. Gerber Ferdinand
Owner of a beer warehouse and landowner.
Although he did not live permanently in Novi Bečej, he registered a beer warehouse in 1928 that operated until 1931–1932.
23. Dr. Goldman Bela
Physician, born in 1870. Lived and practiced medicine in Novi Bečej.
He remained unmarried and lived alone. Died in Novi Bečej in 1937.
24. Dr. Grün Mor (Mór)
Physician (1865–1940). Moved from Veliki Bečkerek around 1910 with his wife Marija and son Jožef.
In Novi Bečej, four more children were born: Endre and Piroška (twins, 1910), Imre (1912), and Verona (1915).
Dr. Grün was a respected doctor and a noted humanist. He died in Novi Bečej in 1940.
His son Jožef committed suicide by jumping from a train before World War II.
Son Endre married a woman from Zagreb and survived the war, later emigrating to Israel.
Daughter Piroška, married to lawyer Dr. Albert Vajs, was deported to Belgrade with her mother and sister Verona, where they were killed.
Son Imre survived the war as a prisoner of war and also emigrated to Israel.
Dr. Albert Vajs survived the war and later became a university professor in Belgrade, passing away in 1983.
25. Dr. Hajdu Mikša
Dentist of unknown personal details. Lived with his wife Piroška and daughter Marta, born in Novi Bečej in 1921.
As the child’s name does not appear in school or death records, the family likely left Novi Bečej between 1921 and 1928.
26. Hamburger Dezider
Merchant, born in 1896 in Novi Bečej. Lived for a time elsewhere; his daughter Maja was born in Pančevo in 1935.
Later, he returned to Novi Bečej and opened a store for flour and animal feed, helped by his uncle, Maks Zigler.
Before World War II, the family lived in Novi Bečej: Dezider, his wife (name unknown), daughter Maja, and Dezider’s father, Eden, a retired railway worker.
The entire family of four was deported and murdered.
27. Handler Lazar
Merchant, born in 1890. Lived in Mošorin until the end of World War I, where his daughter Klara was born in 1913.
Moved to Novi Bečej in 1918, where daughters Ana (1919) and Gizela (1922) were born.
Before World War II, the family moved first to Mošorin, then to Novi Sad, where they were deported to Auschwitz.
Only daughters Ana and Gizela survived. The parents perished in the camp.
Gizela later committed suicide in Horgoš. Ana returned to Novi Bečej and married Mirko Cvejin, a municipal clerk. Around 1960, they moved to Apatin, where they ran a photography shop and later both died (Ana in 1987). The fate of Klara Handler is unknown.
28. Hauser Dezider
Private clerk, born in 1902 in Novi Bečej. Married Paula Ausländer.
Lived in Novi Bečej and Velika Kikinda, where their son Ernest was born in 1928.
Ernest attended school in Novi Bečej in 1939–41.
Dezider died in 1940; his wife Paula, son Ernest, and Dezider’s mother Etelka were deported and killed.
29. Hauzer Lipot (Leopold)
Private clerk, born in 1900 in Novi Bečej. Never married. Lived with his parents.
His father Ignac died in 1940, and his mother earlier, in 1930.
Lipot remained in Novi Bečej during the war and was deported and killed at Topovske Šupe in Belgrade.
30. Hauzer Mano
Merchant, born around 1860. Lived with his wife Cili (born 1860), who died in Novi Bečej in 1937.
No additional information is available.
31. Hauzer Šandor (Alexander)
Merchant, born 1875. Died before World War II.
His son Bela (born 1898 in Bačko Petrovo Selo) was officially declared dead in the death register of Novi Bečej (entry no. 161/58).
32. Hercler Bernhard
Pharmacist, born around 1900. Lived in Novi Bečej with his wife Berta and son Teodor (born 1925, Novi Bečej).
His pharmacy operated from 1920 to 1931. The family later moved away from Novi Bečej.
33. Hiršl Andor
Private clerk, born in 1904 in Bačko Gradište. Married Elizabeta Špicer (born 1911, Mol).
They lived in Novi Bečej, where their daughter Mirjam was born in 1936.
All three were declared legally dead in 1947.
34. Hiršl Franja (Franz)
Merchant. Lived in Novi Bečej with his wife Eržebet.
Both were officially declared dead in 1956. No further details exist.
35. Dr. Hubai Imre
Physician, born 1896 in Novi Bečej. Married Merketa Eisner from Prague (born 1906) in 1927.
The marriage ended in divorce in 1937, after which he left Novi Bečej. No later data are available.
36. Huven Adam
Leather trader, born around 1890. Lived in Novi Bečej with his wife Ana, son Otto (born 1915), and daughter Margita (“Dunda,” born 1917 in Banja Luka).
They lived there from 1930 until deportation in 1941.
Margita, a known OMPOK sympathizer, was arrested before other Jewish women and executed on July 31, 1941, in the first group of antifascist hostages shot at Bagljaš near Veliki Bečkerek.
Her parents and brother were later deported and killed in Belgrade.
37. Jakobovič Eden
Military musician from Novi Sad, born 1904. Married Ilona Šafer (born 1908 in Novi Bečej) in 1927.
They lived briefly in Novi Bečej, where their daughter Mirjam was born in 1928, and moved to Veliki Bečkerek in 1930.
The family was deported to Belgrade and killed.
38. Janeš Jožef
Butcher, Roman Catholic, married a Jewish woman named Ela.
They lived in Novi Bečej, where their daughter Rozalija was born in 1925.
As her name does not appear in school or death records, the family likely left Novi Bečej around 1932.
39. Dr. Kanic Deže (Dezső)
Lawyer, born 1879 in Novi Bečej.
He was one of the town’s most respected attorneys and influential citizens.
Lived with his second wife Frida and their children Magda (born 1912) and Đerđ (born 1914).
He was killed in the Banjica concentration camp on September 9, 1942.
His son escaped to Hungary but died there in early 1942.
His daughter Klara married Karl Behor, a Roman Catholic, and lived in Zagreb, surviving the war.
His wife Frida was deported and killed at the Sajmište camp in Belgrade.
40. Kaštiher Hejnrih (Heinrich)
Feather merchant, born 1894 in Bačko Petrovo Selo.
Married Ženi Naj and lived there until 1926, when their children Alisa (1923) and Šandor (1925) were born.
After divorcing, he remarried Frida Glid and moved to Novi Bečej, where their sons Bernat (born 1927) and Tibor (born 1931) were born (both died as infants).
Heinrich, his wife Frida, and son Šandor were deported and killed; the fate of daughter Alisa is unknown. His first wife Ženi survived the war and later registered the deaths of her former family.
41. Kaštiher Hinko (Hinko Kaštihér)
Merchant, lived in Novi Bečej just before World War II.
The only known record of the family is from the school register — his son Mirko (born in Senta, 1933) attended first grade in 1940/41.
The family was likely deported and perished during the war.
42. Kiš Jožef (Joseph Kis)
Estate manager, born in 1890. Worked on the “Ivanović” estate from 1921 to 1928.
With his wife Etel, he had four children: Jožef (1913), Klara (1916), Šarlota (1920), and Katalin (1924).
The family left Novi Bečej in 1928. Their later fate is unknown.
43. Helena Kiurski (née Beamter)
Jewish woman from Žombolj, married to Stevan Kiurski Kovač, an Orthodox Christian from Novi Bečej.
They moved to Novi Bečej in 1932 and lived there with their son Stevan (born 1922, Žombolj).
She was arrested along with other Jewish residents but released due to illness and because she was married to a non-Jew.
She was the only known Jewish woman from Novi Bečej who was not deported.
She survived the war and moved with her son to Veliki Bečkerek after her husband’s death in 1942.
Helena died in 1947.
44. Klein Deže (Dezső Klein)
Owner of a haberdashery shop active in the early 1920s.
Records from the Chamber of Commerce in Veliki Bečkerek show that in 1920 he owned a store with household and fashion goods in Novi Bečej.
No further information is known about him or his family.
45. Kordoš Ljudevit (Ludwig Kordos)
Private clerk, lived temporarily in Novi Bečej with his wife Helena.
Their son Tibor was born there in 1930.
Since the family does not appear in later municipal or school records, they likely moved away before 1937.
46. Kenig Andor (Andor Kenig)
Private clerk, born 1891 in Senta. Married Ruža Kraus (born 1900, Novi Bečej) in 1921.
Their children, Gizela (born 1923) and Hajnrih (born 1925), finished elementary school in Novi Bečej in 1933 and 1936 respectively.
According to business records, Ruža Kenig ran a butcher’s shop in 1938.
The entire family was deported and killed during the war.
47. Kraus Erne (Ernő Krausz)
Private clerk, born 1904 in Novi Bečej. Married Jelena Vilhajm (born 1907, Novi Bečej) in 1934.
Together they ran a beauty and cosmetics salon from 1934 to 1937.
They had no children. Both were deported and murdered.
48. Kraus Herman
Merchant. His daughter Ruža (born 1911, Novi Bečej) attended fourth grade in 1921/22.
No further records exist, suggesting the family left Novi Bečej around 1923.
49. Kraus Šamuel (“Šamu”)
Merchant, born 1875. Married Gizela Rozenberg (died 1915).
Lived in Novi Bečej from 1909.
Their children — Rozalija (born 1900), Hajnrih (1902), and Erne (1904) — were born elsewhere but attended elementary school in Novi Bečej until 1915, when the family moved away.
50. Kraus Šamu (younger)
Timber merchant, married Deri Eržebet, who died in 1919, the same year their daughter Magda was born.
After completing the first grade of elementary school, Magda disappeared from the records, which means the family left Novi Bečej.
51. Lebl Adela
Dressmaker, born 1895 in Novi Bečej. Married in 1934 to the widower Izidor Rozenberg (born 1891).
She ran a dressmaking workshop from 1927 to 1936.
It is not known whether she was living in Novi Bečej at the time of the war.
52. Lebl Andor
Merchant, born 1896 in Novi Bečej.
Lived in Vranjevo with his wife Ana (née Naj) and son Endre (born 1936, Vranjevo), where he ran a shop.
The family was deported during the war.
53. Lebl Tibor
Occupation unknown, born in 1907.
Lived with his wife Ela (née Štajner) and daughter Ester (born 1936, Novi Bečej).
All were declared legally dead in 1958. No further data are available.
54. Miler Erne (Ernő Müller)
Employee at a lumber company, born 1885.
Lived in Novi Bečej with his family until the end of World War I, after which they moved to Senta.
According to Dr. Viktor Jordanić from Zagreb:
- Erne was killed in Belgrade.
- His wife Ema and son Mikloš were murdered in Auschwitz.
- Daughter Piroška (born 1913, Novi Bečej) survived Auschwitz.
- Son Ištvan (born 1916, Novi Bečej) was hanged in Senta in 1944.
55. Naftali Izidor
Merchant of household goods, born 1868 in Bujaš. Married Franciska Vajs (born 1869, Novi Bečej).
Their children were Vilmoš (1896), Iren (1898), and Regina (1899).
Vilmoš founded his own family (see no. 58), Iren married Đula Bergl (no. 4), and Regina married Adam Zoltan (no. 1).
Izidor and Franciska were deported and killed in Belgrade (recorded MU 117 and 118/56).
56. Naftali Roža
Shop owner. Lived alone and supported herself through trade.
No data except the official entry in the Novi Bečej death register (MU 160/58).
57. Naftali Šandor
Merchant. No personal data are known.
He and his wife Fani (née Vajs) were declared legally dead (MU 116 and 117/56).
58. Naftali Vilmoš
Owner of a general goods store, born 1896 in Novi Bečej.
Lived and worked there until the war.
Deported with his wife Aranka and daughter Katica (born 1930).
Vilmoš and Aranka were murdered in Belgrade, while Katica died from exhaustion and illness while waiting for transport in a corn crib.
Vilmoš (MU 119/56) and Aranka (MU 107/58) were declared dead; Katica was never officially registered as deceased.
59. Naj Bernat
Spice merchant, born 1881 in Beodra. Married Julija Reks (born 1884 in Čantavir).
Had two daughters, Roža (born 1912, Novi Bečej) and Margita (born 1920, Novi Bečej).
Roža married teacher Vilmoš Niderman from Subotica; Margita married trader Eugen Špirer from Budanica.
The family’s fate:
- Bernat, Julija, and Margita were killed at Sajmište on November 1, 1941.
- Roža survived the Unterwaldsdorf labor camp (Austria) and lived in Subotica.
Both sons-in-law perished during the war.
Official death records: MU 134–136/47.
60. Naj Jene (Jenő Naj)
Merchant, born 1883 in Novi Bečej. Married in 1910 to Rozalija Gotlib, a bookkeeper who died in 1921. That same year, he married Janka Geringer.
From his first marriage, he had a son, Oskar (1911–1918). From the second, a daughter, Julija (born 1920), who married Bela Gutman, a pharmacist from Osijek.
Jene owned a grocery store registered in 1929 and died in Novi Bečej in 1936.
His widow Janka was deported and killed during the war. The fate of daughter Julija remains unknown.
61. Naj Vilmoš (Vilmos Naj)
Merchant, born in 1893 in Novi Bečej, son of Jene (no. 60).
Married Edita Rosenfeld (born 1903, Bečej).
They lived in Novi Bečej and had a son, Imre (born 1928).
Vilmoš owned a store selling colonial goods.
All three family members were deported and killed in Belgrade (death records MU 120–122/56).
62. Naj Šarlota
Seamstress, born 1895 in Novi Bečej. Married Andor Brumer (born 1893, Novi Bečej).
They had no children.
Both were deported and killed in Belgrade (death records MU 126–127/56).
63. Nađ Herman (Hermann Nagy)
Trader, born 1886.
Married Janka Lajtman (born 1888). They had a son, Dezider (born 1916, Novi Bečej).
The family left Novi Bečej before 1924. No further data available.
64. Niderman Vilmoš (Vilmos Niedermann)
Teacher, born 1909 in Subotica.
Married Roža Naj (born 1912, Novi Bečej; see no. 59).
He worked as a teacher in Novi Bečej for several years before the war.
He was executed during the war; his wife survived the Unterwaldsdorf labor camp and later lived in Subotica.
65. Pap Ignac
Merchant, born 1870.
Lived in Novi Bečej with his wife (name unknown).
Their daughter Olga (born 1899) attended school there.
By 1913, the family had moved away.
No records beyond that period.
66. Polak Andor (Andor Pollak)
Private clerk, born 1901 in Novi Bečej.
Married Irena Kraus (born 1903, Novi Bečej).
They had a son, Lajoš (born 1929, Novi Bečej).
They lived there until 1939, then moved to Novi Sad.
The family was deported to the camp at Sajmište in Belgrade and killed.
Records MU 130–132/47.
67. Radnai Imre (Emerich Radnai)
Merchant, born 1886.
Married Roza Kraus.
They had a son, Aladar (born 1912, Novi Bečej).
The family lived in Novi Bečej until 1919, then moved away.
No data on their fate.
68. Rácz Edit (née Gross)
Born 1890 in Novi Bečej. Married Vilmos Rácz, a railway clerk.
Their daughter, Olga (born 1913, Novi Bečej), attended elementary school there until 1923.
Afterward, the family moved to Veliki Bečkerek.
No records after 1941.
69. Reis Bernat (Bernard Reiss)
Merchant, born 1883 in Novi Bečej.
Married Jozefina (born 1886).
They had a daughter, Berta (born 1911, Novi Bečej).
Berta attended elementary school until 1921 and later married Oskar Deutsch, a teacher from Kanjiža.
Bernat and Jozefina were deported and killed in Belgrade.
Berta and her husband perished in a camp in Hungary.
70. Rozenberg Bernat (Bernard Rosenberg)
Grain merchant, born 1870 in Novi Bečej.
Married Helena Lajb (born 1874, Novi Bečej).
They had sons Izidor (1891), Ištvan (1894), and Oskar (1896).
The family lived in Novi Bečej for decades.
Bernat and Helena were deported and killed.
Son Izidor married Adela Lebl (no. 51); both were killed.
Ištvan moved to Belgrade, where he was executed in 1941.
Oskar disappeared after 1942.
71. Rozenfeld David
Merchant, born 1873.
Lived in Novi Bečej until 1910, when he moved to Kikinda.
No later data available.
72. Rozenfeld Franc (Franz Rosenfeld)
Shop owner, born 1884 in Novi Bečej.
Married Gizela Hajman (born 1891, Novi Bečej).
They had a son, Jene (born 1912).
The family lived there until 1919, when they moved to Senta.
No later records exist.
73. Rozenfeld Vilmoš (Vilmos Rosenfeld)
Merchant, born 1899 in Novi Bečej.
Married Etel Neuman (born 1904, Novi Bečej).
They had a son, Bela (born 1931, Novi Bečej).
The family was deported and killed.
Officially declared dead (MU 131–133/47).
74. Rozenstein Ema
Dressmaker, born 1886.
Ran a sewing workshop in Novi Bečej in the 1920s and early 1930s.
No further data.
75. Samu Andor
Railway clerk, born 1896 in Novi Bečej.
Married Lujza (born 1900).
They had children: Vilmoš (1922), Olga (1924), and Aladar (1926).
The family left Novi Bečej before 1934.
Their later fate is unknown.
76. Šandor Jozef (Josef Sandor)
Trader, born 1888 in Novi Bečej.
Married Irma (born 1891).
Their daughter, Roza, was born in 1918.
The family lived in Novi Bečej until 1925, when they moved away.
No later data.
77. Šafer Armin (Armin Schaefer)
Merchant, born 1873 in Novi Bečej.
Married Ilona (born 1879, Novi Bečej).
They had children: Bela (1901), Ilona (1908), and Lili (1910).
The family moved to Veliki Bečkerek in 1928.
Armin and Ilona were deported and killed in 1941.
Their daughter Ilona married musician Eden Jakobović (no. 37).
All were executed in Belgrade.
78. Šif Jožef (Joseph Schiffer)
Merchant, born 1880 in Novi Bečej.
Married Margita (born 1884).
Their son, Šandor (born 1912, Novi Bečej), completed elementary school in 1921.
The family moved to Veliki Bečkerek around 1925.
All were deported and killed in 1941.
79. Šimković Bela
Merchant, born 1895.
Married Irma Kraus.
Lived in Novi Bečej in the 1920s and 1930s.
No further data available.
Likely deported and killed during the war.
80. Šoš Herman
Tailor, born 1890 in Novi Bečej.
Married Roza Štern (born 1893, Novi Bečej).
They had sons Jožef (born 1913) and Imre (born 1915).
The family lived in Novi Bečej until the war.
All four were deported and killed in Belgrade (records MU 150–153/56).
81. Šrajer Jakab (Jakab Schreier)
Tailor, born in 1856.
Lived and worked in Novi Bečej.
Died in 1929.
He had no family. No further data available.
82. Švarc Bernat (Bernard Schwartz)
Cantor, born in 1890.
Moved from Bačka Palanka in 1921 with his wife Etel and children: Vilmoš (born 1913), Jožef (born 1915), and Margit (born 1923, Novi Bečej).
The sons attended elementary school until 1927, after which the family left Novi Bečej, most likely around 1928.
83. Šimon Jakab (Jakab Simon)
Clerk in a grain trading company, born around 1875.
Married Terez.
They had children: Ferenc (born 1901), Roža (1902), Valerija (1908, Novi Bečej), and Jene (1912, Novi Bečej).
Ferenc died in 1930, and Roža in 1916.
Valerija attended elementary and civic school from 1915 to 1923, and the family left Novi Bečej around 1924–1925.
No further data.
84. Štern Deže (Dezső Stern)
Clerk in a grain trading company, born 1898 in Bačko Petrovo Selo.
Married Ilona Švarc (born 1900, Novi Bečej).
Their son Đula (born 1923) died the same year, and another son, Šandor (born 1928, Novi Bečej), does not appear in school records, meaning the family left town before 1935.
85. Vajnštajn Jakab (Jakab Weinstein)
Broker in domestic crafts, born 1875.
Died in Novi Bečej in 1940.
He had a wife and daughter who moved away soon after his death.
86. Vajs Aleksandar (Alexander Weiss)
Cantor, born 1890.
Moved from Bačko Gradište in 1925 with his wife Ema.
Their children were: Bela (1915), Ana (1919), Šarlota (1921), and Irena (1924), all born in Senta; Olga (1925, Bačko Gradište), and Aleksandar (1927, Novi Bečej).
All the children except Bela completed elementary school in Novi Bečej.
The entire family was deported and perished during the Holocaust.
87. Vajs Aron (Aaron Weiss)
Merchant, born 1863 in Valkanj.
Married Rozalija Kon (born 1854), who died in 1919.
His second wife was Leopoldina Geringer (born 1873 in Pitvaroš).
Their son Jene was born in Vranjevo in 1887 and finished elementary school in 1897.
Aron owned a registered business from 1900 onward.
He and his wife Leopoldina were deported and killed in 1941 (MU 45–46/46).
The fate of their son is unknown.
88. Vajs Ester (née Adler)
Born in 1891.
Died in Novi Bečej in 1929.
No further information.
89. Vajs Geza (Géza Weiss)
Owner of an embroidery workshop, born 1880 in Tolna.
Moved to Novi Bečej.
His wife’s name is unknown.
Children: Jene (1906, Tolna), Ana (1908, Tolna), and Andor (1910, Tolna).
From 1914, Geza owned a fashion and household goods store, later an embroidery workshop employing local women.
Before the war, the family moved to Novi Sad.
The mother died before the war; Geza and daughter Ana lived in Novi Sad, while son Jene, a physician, emigrated to Israel.
The family survived the war and lived in Israel afterward.
90. Vajs Imre (Imre Weiss)
Timber merchant, born around 1900.
Moved from Bačka Topola with his wife Frida and daughter Eva (born 1924, Bačka Topola).
Their second daughter Julija was born in Novi Bečej in 1927.
The family was deported to Belgrade and killed during the Holocaust.
91. Vajs Ištvan (István Weiss)
Merchant, born around 1900.
Married (wife’s name unknown).
Their son Ištvan (born 1926, Novi Bečej) attended the first grade of elementary school in 1933/34.
The family left Novi Bečej in 1934.
Their fate is unknown.
92. Vajs Jene (Jenő Weiss)
Private clerk, born 1906 in Novi Bečej.
Married Roža Bril (born 1909 in Ujkigzos) in 1930.
Their daughter Verona was born in 1932 in Novi Bečej and attended elementary school there.
Jene ran a business trading in agricultural products and wool from 1937 onward.
The family was deported and killed during the war.
93. Vig Bernhard (Bernhard Wieg)
Merchant, born 1871.
Died in Novi Bečej in 1940.
His wife, Jolan (née Schein), had died earlier.
The family line ended with their deaths.
94. Zigler Daniel (Daniel Ziegler)
Timber merchant, born 1895 in Zemun, son of Maks Zigler.
Married Jelisaveta Engl from Mihajlovo (born 1905).
They lived in Melenci, where their daughter Verona was born in 1928.
Before the war, the family moved to Novi Bečej, where they were later deported and killed.
All were murdered in Belgrade (MU 163, 186, 187/48).
95. Zigler Maks (“Maksa Zigler”)
Wholesale timber merchant, born around 1870 in Zemun.
Married Elizabeta.
Their son was Daniel (no. 94).
The family lived in Novi Bečej between the wars and remained there until World War II.
Maks Zigler was one of the most respected and wealthiest businessmen in town.
He owned a large house on the main street, a timber yard and warehouse near the Tisa River dock, and held co-ownership in several other enterprises.
He was well known for his philanthropy — often providing building materials to poor residents at reduced prices or free of charge.
He served as president of the Novi Bečej Firefighters’ Association and was highly respected throughout the community.
The entire family was deported and killed in 1941.
His and his wife’s deaths were recorded in the death register (MU 112 and 113/56).
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