Timeline · year by year
Year by Year
The family’s story in dates, from the eighteenth century to today, as the records give it.
| 1720 | R’ Pinchas Zelig, later Rav of Pápa, is born in Hungary or comes into it (the 1770 census of Pápa gives 1720) Likely |
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| 1767 | R’ Yehoshua Freund of Kroli born (published genealogies) Likely |
| 1772 | R’ Pinchas Zelig, Rav of Pápa, dies on 8 Av 5532 (7 Aug 1772) Likely |
| 1773 | R’ Yosef HaLevi Lichtig, “R’ Yosseleh Charif”, born at Dąbrowa (printed genealogies) Likely |
| c.1798–1807 | Jakob (Anshel) Stern born at Sztropkó (Stropkov); later a merchant of Kurima Likely |
| 29 Sep 1803 | R’ Tzvi Hirsch HaLevi Leitzes, Av Beit Din of Dąbrowa, dies (13 Tishrei 5564; 5563 in a later re-issue); his son R’ Yosef Charif succeeds him Likely |
| c.1804 | Sámuel Egi born in Poland; later religion teacher of Kisvárda Likely |
| c.1817 | Sámuel Egi, born in Poland, comes to Hungary (31 years before the 1848 census) |
| 1826 | Yutel, mother of R’ Moshe Aryeh Freund, dies on 27 Av 5586 (30 Aug 1826) and is buried at Kroli (another source: 1829) Likely |
| c.1829 | Sámuel Egi settles in Kisvárda as a teacher (19 years before the 1848 census) |
| 30 Sep 1839 | R’ Yehuda Leib HaKohen Katz, son of R’ Meir — very probably the grandfather of Chane Malke — dies at Sighet on Shemini Atzeret 5600 and is buried in block 3, row 5 of the old cemetery Likely |
| 24 Jun 1843 | Thóbe Kaufman born to Manesz Kaufman and Czipra Grunvald Likely |
| 1 Sep 1846 | Ignácz Kaufman born at Tótkajna, son of Manesz Kaufman and Czipora Grünwald Likely |
| 1848 | Hungarian census: the households of Jakab Stern at Kurima and of Sámuel Egi at Kisvárda Likely |
| 1848 | Jewish census of Kisvárda: Sámuel Egi, teacher, 44, with Antal (14), Háni (12) and Franciska (1) (original register) |
| 21 Aug 1848 | Etti Kaufman born to Manesz Kaufman and Czipra Grunvald Likely |
| 19 Apr 1851 | Rosie Braun of Kisvárda, daughter of Marcus and Liebe, marries Joseph Laz[…] of Szatmár (original entry) Possible |
| 13 Jan 1853 | Marim Seltenreich, daughter of Szender of Zboró, marries Moses Jakobovits Likely |
| 30 Oct 1854 | Fradel Löw, later the Naszód Rav’s wife, born at Alór Likely |
| 25 Dec 1854 | Josef Schaja Stern, son of Anschel and Gitel, born at Kurima Confirmed |
| Jul 1855 | Samuel Egy (Likely Sámuel Egi, Hani’s father) dies at Kisvárda aged 60 (original entry) Likely |
| Nov 1855 | Marcus Braun, a widower, dies at Kisvárda aged 69 (original entry) Likely |
| 1 Nov 1855 | Márkus Braun dies at Kisvárda, aged 69 Likely |
| 7 Dec 1856 | R’ Yosef Charif, Av Beit Din of Zborov, dies at Zborov (10 Kislev 5617) Likely |
| 1857 | Census of Kurima: Jakob and Gita Stern with Samuel and his brothers, sister Leni and her husband Likely |
| 13 Jul 1858 | Shmuel Stern of Kurima marries Rosi Seltenreich at Zboró Confirmed |
| 22 Feb 1859 | Hani Kaufman, daughter of Manes and Zipra Kaufman, marries Leopold Spitzer at Tótkajna (original entry) Confirmed |
| 25 Aug 1859 | Refuel (Rafael) Freund born at Sighet to Mozes (Moshe Aryeh) Freund and Chane Malke Likely |
| 9 Apr 1860 | Aged five, the future Naszód Rav is entered in the Sighet Chevra Kadisha pinkas by his father Confirmed |
| 3 May 1860 | Dvora Pacht born at Câmpulung, house 153 Confirmed |
| 15 Oct 1861 | Twins Sulem (Shalom) and Rifke Freund born at Sighet to Moses Arje Freund and Chane Malke Likely |
| 18/19 Nov 1863 | Chaim Freund born in Sighet, son of R’ Moshe Aryeh Likely |
| Jul 1864 | Thóbe Kaufman, Ignácz’s sister, dies at Tótkajna aged 21 (original entry) Likely |
| 5 Jan 1865 | Jacob Pacht born at Câmpulung Moldovenesc Confirmed |
| 31 Mar 1866 | Leah, first wife of R’ Avraham Yaakov Freund, dies at Satu Mare (15 Nisan 5626) Likely |
| 8 Sep 1866 | Moses Braun born at Kisvárda to József Braun and Hani Likely |
| 25 Feb 1867 | Mordechai Berl (Mordko Beer) Pacht, Jacob’s brother, born at Câmpulung, house 574 (birth register index; Feb 1868 in a memorial record) |
| 1868/69 | The Naszód Rav is betrothed to Fradel, daughter of R’ Mordechai Yuda Löw of Interdam (5629) Confirmed |
| 1869 | Census of Kurima: Samuel and Rachel Stern with Chaja and Joszef Likely |
| 1869 | The census of Tótkajna lists Manesz Kaufman’s house with his children and his son Ignácz’s family; the original sheet marks who are whose children Confirmed |
| 10 Jul 1869 | Lea Kaufman born to Ignatz Kaufman and Hani Szatmári of Tótkajna (original entry) Confirmed |
| 10 Oct 1870 | Schosia (Yehoshua, later József Balla) born at Szatmár to R’ Avraham Yaakov Freund and Katalin Friedman Likely |
| 20 Nov 1872 | Resi Kaufman, daughter of Manes Kaufman, trader of Tótkajna, marries Herman Visner at Tótkajna Confirmed |
| 2 Jul 1873 | Nachman Braun born in Kisvárda Confirmed |
| 1874–1884 | Moshe Aryeh Freund’s children marry at Sighet, most in his house on Bálvány Street: Fradel 1874, Izsák 1880, Rafael 1881, Nisel Leah 1881, Rifke 1882, Shalom 1883 Likely |
| 3 Oct 1876 | Fáni Kaufman born at Porubka, daughter of Ignácz Kaufman and Hani Szakmári Confirmed |
| 13 Nov 1876 | Czipora (Cipra) Kaufman née Grünwald, Ignácz’s mother, dies at Tótkajna aged 55 (original entry) Likely |
| 27 Dec 1876 (11 Tevet 5637) | R’ Hillel of Kolomea writes from Kolomea to “R’ Moshe Yaakov Avraham Freund” in Satmar, likely R’ Avraham Yaakov (Teshuvot Beit Hillel no. 71) Likely |
| 1877–1897 | Moshe Aryeh Freund’s grandchildren born at Sighet — 17 children of Izsák, Fradel (Glück) and Shalom; he is sandek at several Likely |
| 17 Jan 1877 | R’ Yonah Fogel, son of R’ Ezra, husband of R’ Yehoshua of Kroli’s daughter Malka, dies at Satu Mare (3 Shevat 5637) Confirmed |
| 23 Jan 1877 | R’ Avraham Yaakov Freund, son of R’ Yehoshua of Kroli, dies at Satu Mare aged 53 (9 Shevat 5637) Confirmed |
| 22 Feb 1877 | Jankel Pacht born at Câmpulung to Shmuel Yitzchak Pacht and Chanze Klipper Confirmed |
| 17 Jan 1878 | Jacob Hammer born, son of Berl Hammer and Chaje Pacht Confirmed |
| 1879–1905 | The Naszód Rav serves as Rav of Radna; his son R’ Yisrael has the Radna post by Dec 1905 Confirmed |
| 12 Feb 1879 | R’ Tuvia Gedalia Freund of Kroli, son of R’ Yehoshua of Kroli, d. in Jerusalem (19 Shevat 5639); buried on the Mount of Olives Likely |
| 25 Nov 1879 | R’ Yosef Zeltenreich of Zborov marries Zali Reinitz at Gálszécs Confirmed |
| 17 Mar 1880 | Mortko Leib Hammer born, son of Berl Hammer and Chaje Pacht Confirmed |
| 28 May 1880 | At Sighet, Izsák (R’ Yitzchak Zeev) Brettler of Kolomea is sandek for Sio Stein, son of Rifke Freund and Salamon Stein Likely |
| 1883 | From 1883 the children of Salamon Stein and Rifke Freund are born at Vásárosnamény (Bereg county) Likely |
| 16 Sep 1884 | Reb Chaim Freund marries Chaja Stern of Kurima at his father’s house in Sighet Likely |
| 28 Nov 1884 | Abraham Salamon Pacht born at Dorna Kandreny to Shmuel Yitzchak Pacht and Chanze Klipper Confirmed |
| 27 Jul 1885 | Mendel Hammer born at Kandreny to Berl Hammer and Chaje Pacht Confirmed |
| 1886 | Chane Malke née Katz, Reb Chaim’s mother, dies at Sighet on Rosh Chodesh Av 5646 (2 Aug 1886) and is buried in block 1 Likely (year Confirmed) |
| 15 Jul 1886 | Márkus Kaufman, 13 days old, son of the innkeeper Ignatz Kaufman and Hani Szakmari, dies at Varannó Confirmed |
| 9 Sep 1886 | Aharon Pacht born at Dorna Kandreny to Shmuel Yitzchak Pacht and Chanze Klipper Confirmed |
| 18 Sep 1887 | Ettel Hammer born at Kandreny to Berl Hammer and Chaje Pacht Confirmed |
| 25 Oct 1887 | R’ Moshe Aryeh Freund of Sighet, a widower aged 61, marries Róza Weinstok at Kisvárda; the register names his parents Yosi Yehoshua and Yetti (original entry) Confirmed |
| 7 May 1888 | Berl Hammer and Chaje Pacht marry in a civil ceremony at Câmpulung Confirmed |
| 23 Sep 1890 | Emil (Emánuel) Stein, son of Salamon Stein and Regina (Rifke) née Freund, born at Vásárosnamény Likely |
| 15 Jul 1891 | Rebbetzin Yachet Freund, wife of R’ Tuvia Gedalia of Kroli, d. in Jerusalem (9 Tammuz 5651) Likely |
| 9 Aug 1893 | Mózes, Ignácz and Salamon Freund of Sighet form the timber firm “Freund, Ganz és Freund fiai” with Salamon Gánz of Nyíregyháza (company gazette; Likely R’ Moshe Aryeh with his sons Yitzchak and Shalom) Likely |
| 24 Sep 1893 | Sender Freund born at Kurima Confirmed |
| 15 Dec 1894 | R’ Asher Anshil Yaakov Brettler born, son of Osias and Gitel Confirmed |
| 8 Mar 1895 | Egyenlőség (Budapest) names Freund Mózes Árje of Máramarossziget, Freund Ezekiel of Szatmár and Freund Ignácz of Nagykároly as brothers of the late Ábrahám Freund of Satmar (a newspaper’s account; identities open) Possible |
| 9 Apr 1895 | Shlomo Pacht born at Poiana Stampei Confirmed |
| 6 Aug 1895 | Feige Steigman marries Moses Simche Buller at Rădăuți Confirmed |
| 28 Nov 1895 | József (Yosef) Freund born at Kurima to Henrik (Chaim) Freund and Hani (Chaya) Stern Likely |
| 28 Jan 1896 | Zeidi — Saie Leib Rosner — born at Vilaucea Confirmed |
| 11 May 1896 | Jacob Pacht marries Scheine Ruchel Steigman at Dorna Watra Confirmed |
| 21 Jun 1896 | Male (Meli) Preschel, “wife of Seide Preschel of Dąbki”, dies at Dąbki aged 35 — the record Confirmed; Likely Meli Korn, mother of Samuel Pacht’s wife Chaya Tzirel Likely |
| 24 Jun 1896 | Magdolna (Leni) Brettler born at Kurima, daughter of Osias and Gitel Confirmed |
| 10 Nov 1896 | Nachman Braun marries Fáni Kaufman at Varannó Confirmed |
| 13 Apr 1897 | The end of the partnership “Katz és Freund Chaim”, Szatmár (founded 29 Nov 1896), is entered in the company register Confirmed |
| 17 Nov 1897 | Hani (Anna) Kaufman née Szakmári dies at Varannó, aged 53 Confirmed |
| 1898 | The Freund textile wholesale house founded in Satu Mare Likely |
| 1898 | The Freund textile wholesale house “Freund Chaim Fiai” is founded in Szatmár (later the main depot of Mautner of Prague) Confirmed |
| 2 Aug 1898 | Ignácz Kaufman, widower, marries Franciska Weisz at Varannó Likely |
| 10 Nov 1898 | Lecza Brettler born at Kurima (d. Satu Mare 29 May 1900) Confirmed |
| 19 May 1899 | Chana (Janka) Braun born in Kisvárda Confirmed |
| 22 Apr 1900 | Anna (Chaya Reizel) Pacht born at Vatra Dornei Confirmed |
| 2 Sep 1900 | Johanna Brettler born at Satu Mare — the family has moved from Kurima Confirmed |
| 26 Mar 1902 | R’ Moshe Aryeh Freund dies in Sighet Confirmed |
| 3 Apr 1902 | Zsidó Híradó prints the obituary of Freund Mózes — R’ Moshe Aryeh Freund, for decades president of the Sighet community Confirmed |
| 21 Sivan 5662 (26 June 1902) | R’ Shemaya Löw, later Av Beit Din of Székelykeresztúr and author of Bnei Shemaya, marries Chava Glück, daughter of R’ Yaakov Yehuda HaKohen Glick and Fradel of Sighet; their civil marriage is very probably the one registered at Sighet on 5 Feb 1903 (Divrei Yoel; biographical note; Gedulat Mordechai) Likely |
| 15 Oct 1902 | Izsák Farkas (Yitzchak Zeev) Brettler born at Satu Mare Confirmed |
| 10 Feb 1903 | Sara Rosner, daughter of Isak Rosner and Mariem Henzie Pacht, marries Jacob Schieber at Dorna Watra Confirmed |
| 10 May 1903 | Anshel Steigman marries Gitel Wucher at Rădăuți Confirmed |
| 12 Apr 1904 | Civil marriage of Osias Brettler and Gitel Stern at Satu Mare; his father Izsák of Kolomea already dead Confirmed |
| 17 Mar 1905 | Bella (Aurelia) Braun born at Kisvárda; her father Nachman is a master tailor at Kossuth utca 11 Confirmed |
| 17 Oct 1906 | Mór (Moshe Aryeh) Brettler born at Satu Mare Confirmed |
| 22 Aug 1909 | Henrik (Chaim Nüszen) Freund marries Berta (Baszje) Berkovits at Sighet (civil marriage act 109, original read) Likely |
| Sep 1909 | A Seide Preschel is elected to the board of the Zastawna Jewish community (Likely Chaim Dov Perschel, father of Samuel Pacht’s wife) Likely |
| 3 Jan 1910 | Seide Preschel registered as owner of a mill at Kriszczatek, Zastawna district, across the Dniester from Dąbki Likely |
| 11 Jan 1911 | Anschel Freund, Sender’s brother, marries Margit (Chana Malka) Paskesz in Szatmár Likely |
| 11 Mar 1911 | Eszter Freund, daughter of Henrik (Chaim Nüszen) Freund and Berta (Baszje) Berkovits, born at Sighet (civil birth act 151, original read) Likely |
| 11 Oct 1911 | Julianna (Jetl) Guth née Fogel, granddaughter of R’ Yehoshua of Kroli, dies at Satu Mare aged 85 Likely |
| 1912 | Anschel Freund’s shoe store on Zrínyi utca, Szatmár (advertisements 1912 and 1914) Confirmed |
| 1912–1913 | The Satmar Rav writes to his student R’ Yuda (“Leibele”) Paskesz, son of Nisel Leah (Divrei Yoel) Likely |
| 8 Feb 1912 | Dr Zsigmond (Sio) Stein opens his own law office at Vásárosnamény; his brother Emil takes his post as chief accountant of the savings bank’s mortgage department Likely |
| 25 May 1913 | Mózes Arje Freund, son of Henrik (Chaim Nüszen) Freund and Berta (Baszje) Berkovits, born at Sighet (civil birth act 305, original read) Likely |
| 5 Sep 1913 | Samuel Brettler born at Satu Mare — Likely the family book’s R’ Shmuel Likely |
| Feb 1919 | “Mrs Nachman Braun” heads the donors to the Kisvárda Jewish women’s soup kitchen Likely |
| 10 Feb 1919 | R’ Asher Anshil Yaakov Brettler marries Fani (Feige) Fleischman at Satu Mare Confirmed |
| 13 Feb 1919 | Samuel Pacht and Klara Preschel announce their engagement in Czernowitz (Likely his wife Chaya Tzirel) Likely |
| 22 Nov 1919 | Zsigmond Freund, son of Henrik (Chaim Nüszen) Freund and Berta (Baszje) Berkovits, born at Sighet (civil birth act 586, original read) Likely |
| 17 Jan 1920 | The Pacht brothers’ firm in print in Czernowitz as “Brüder Pacht” (later Frații Pacht) Confirmed |
| 12 Aug 1920 | The Naszód Rav and his son R’ Yisrael (“who was rav in Radna”) sign the proclamation of the Orthodox rabbis’ assembly at Grosswardein (printed in HaTzefira, 22 Dec 1920) Confirmed |
| 1921 | Freide Reiner’s five children registered at Waschkoutz Confirmed |
| 1921 | Zeidi and his sister Chaie are registered late in the Waschkoutz Jewish register; the registrar records only their birth years, 1896 and 1894 Confirmed |
| 21 Feb 1921 | Fáni’s brother Moses (Mór) Kaufman, a Budapest merchant, marries Adél Künstädter Confirmed |
| 21 Oct 1921 | Nachman Braun dies (19 Tishrei 5682) and is buried in the Kisvárda Jewish cemetery Confirmed |
| 22 Aug 1922 | Nachman Freund, Babi’s eldest brother, born Confirmed |
| 10 Sep 1922 | Shlomo Pacht marries Ester Schimmel at Rădăuți Confirmed |
| Dec 1922 – Apr 1929 | The Pacht brothers’ firm Frații Pacht advertises glass, porcelain, enamelware and cloth at Hauptstraße 9, Czernowitz; Mendel a co-owner Likely |
| 1923 | Reb Chaim Freund vice-president of the Satu Mare Orthodox community (again 1925, 1927) Confirmed |
| 1924 | Zeidi and Anna marry in Cernăuți Confirmed |
| 14 Dec 1924 | Schaie Leib, registered as Reiner, marries Anna Pächt at the Czernowitz rabbinate before Rabbi Dr. David Kessler Confirmed |
| Apr 1925 | Fáni (Feige) Braun née Kaufman, Nachman Braun’s wife, dies (Iyar 5685) and is buried in the Kisvárda Jewish cemetery Likely |
| 27 May 1925 | Joseph Solomon Rosner born in Cernăuți Confirmed |
| 17 Dec 1925 | Mordko Rosner and Freide Reiner’s civil marriage Confirmed |
| 25 Oct 1926 | Mordko Rosner declares himself the father of Freide Reiner’s children in a deed legalised at Văşcăuţi Confirmed |
| 28 Oct 1926 | Chaya Freund née Stern dies in Satu Mare Confirmed |
| 1928 | A ministry order recorded in the margin of the marriage entry gives Zeidi the surname Rosner Confirmed |
| Aug 1928 | Reb Chaim Freund conducts the election of R’ Yoel Teitelbaum as Rav of Satmar Confirmed |
| 5 Oct 1928 | Reb Chaim Freund, vice-president of the Satmar community, is named in a press report on a Satmar community matter after the rabbinical election (Uj Kelet, Cluj) Confirmed |
| 1930 | 22 Apr: “Fiii lui Freund Chaim S.A.”, the Freunds’ textile and knitwear factory, is registered in Satu Mare Confirmed |
| 14 Mar 1930 | Papi born in Cernăuți Confirmed |
| 7 Jun 1931 | Engagement of Mariem Rosner of Vilaucea and Eisig Klein of Jadova announced in the Czernowitzer Morgenblatt Confirmed |
| 14 Oct 1931 | Babi born in Satu Mare Confirmed |
| Beginning of Elul 5692 (Aug 1932) | The Naszód Rav falls ill at the Tarna baths — the start of his last illness (Hadrat Kodesh) Likely |
| 1933 | R’ Moshe Aryeh Freund, grandson of the Naszód Rav, appointed rabbi of Naszód (served until 1944) Confirmed |
| Summer 5693 (1933) | The Satmar Rav writes that Reb Chaim’s son R’ Yosef Freund will arrange the government registration of his new beit midrash in Jerusalem (Divrei Yoel) Likely |
| 10 Mar 1933 | Feige Buller née Steigman dies at Rădăuți, in her 56th year (her gravestone) Confirmed |
| 19 May 1933 | Reb Chaim Freund is named among the Satmar community’s leaders in a press report (Népünk, Oradea) Confirmed; his office that year Likely |
| 13 Aug 1933 | R’ Chanoch Henich Freund, Av Beit Din of Interdam, son of the Naszód Rav, dies (21 Av 5693) Confirmed |
| Jan 1934 | Sender Freund elected vice-president of the Satmar Orthodox community Confirmed |
| 30 Sep 1934 | Chaim Freund buys the former Great Steam Mill of Szatmár from the Marmorosch Bank for three million lei, to become a textile factory Confirmed |
| 1 Jan 1935 | Fire on New Year’s night at Zeidi’s knitwear factory “Invierea”, strada Balș 3, Czernowitz Confirmed |
| 8 Mar 1935 | Rachel Preschel née Gottesmann, mother of Mendel Pacht’s wife Etel, dies at Suceava aged 73 Likely |
| Apr 1935 | Rebbetzin Fradel, widow of the Naszód Rav, dies at Naszód just before Pesach and is buried in Satmar beside her husband Confirmed |
| 11 Apr 1935 | Rebbetzin Fradel Freund, wife of the Naszód Rav, d. at Satu Mare, aged 81; buried beside her husband (plot 15/8) Likely |
| Dec 1936 | A Cluj Jewish daily reports from Huedin (Bánffyhunyad) on “their rabbi, Izrael Freund … an excellent and famous Talmudist” Confirmed |
| 22 Oct 1937 | Rizel Halberstam née Freund dies and is buried beside her grandfather the Naszód Rav at Satu Mare Confirmed |
| 1938 | R’ Mordechai Yehuda (Márkus) Freund becomes rabbi of Óradna (Radna) Confirmed |
| Nov 1938 | Two burglars caught trying to break into the Rosner & Grossmann factory Confirmed |
| 25 Apr 1939 | The Rosners enter Palestine; Tel Aviv, 10 Zamenhoff Street Confirmed |
| July 1939 | Mordko Rosner dies at Vilaucea Confirmed |
| 30–31 Jul 1939 | Mordko Rosner dies at Vilaucea Confirmed |
| 26 Dec 1939 | Reb Chaim Freund emigrates to Jerusalem Confirmed |
| 26 Dec 1939 | Reb Chaim Freund and his second wife arrive at Tel Aviv on a Romanian passport issued at Satu Mare Confirmed |
| 11 Mar 1940 | R’ Yisrael Freund, rabbi of Bánffyhunyad (Huedin), dies and is buried that night at Huedin; his son R’ Baruch is elected dayan Confirmed |
| 1941–1943 | Jacob and Shlomo Pacht, Breina, Mendel and Miriam Rosner and their families perish in Transnistria and Bukovina Confirmed |
| 10–11 Jul 1941 | Tel Aviv: after Zeidi refuses an extortion gang’s demand for 1,000 pounds, they set off a bomb at his apartment door in his building at 10 Zamenhof Street; only the wall is damaged and nobody is hurt (HaShahar, 11 Jul; HaGeh, 13 Jul 1941) Confirmed |
| 1 Mar 1942 | Zeidi and Adolf Hering start the “Heros” Hand Weaving Factory in Tel Aviv (registered, file no. 4617) Confirmed |
| 7 Jun 1942 | R’ Rafael Freund, Reb Chaim’s brother, d. in Jerusalem (22 Sivan 5702); buried on the Mount of Olives Likely |
| 16 Sep 1942 | Zeidi’s firm becomes the “Heros” Textile Factory; David and Rachmiel Kozicki join (Palestine Gazette No. 1236, 3 Dec 1942 — original page) Likely |
| 1 Feb 1943 | The Kozickis leave the “Heros” partnership; Moshe Bomatz and David Gotlieb join (Palestine Gazette No. 1255, 18 Mar 1943 — original page) Likely |
| 1944 | Most of Nachman Braun’s children’s families die; his eldest son József survives in Budapest Confirmed |
| 1944 | Zeidi and Chaya Rosner are listed together on the Knesset Israel voters list in Tel Aviv (and again on the 1947 Tel Aviv municipal list) Likely |
| 1944 | In the Satmar ghetto Babi hides in an attic with her cousin Malka Weiss and Malka’s husband Shimon; after they are denounced she is held in prisons at Satmar, Cluj and Budapest (Babi’s interviews, 2020 and 2023) Likely |
| 1944 | Sender Freund leaves the Oradea ghetto under Gestapo escort for Temesvár, where his sister-in-law Ruchi Rosenberg and her husband raise the $5,000 he had promised (Babi’s 2023 interview) Likely |
| 1944 | Rifke (Rivka) Stein née Freund, Reb Chaim’s sister, perishes in the Holocaust (Likely); most of her children also perished Likely |
| 10 Feb 1944 | Reb Chaim Freund receives Palestinian naturalization certificate 64149 A in Jerusalem Confirmed |
| May 1944 | Babi, aged twelve, is arrested at home in Satmar on a Friday morning after Pesach by the Gestapo, who had come for her father (Babi’s interview, summer 2020) Likely |
| 27 May 1944 | Chana Freund and her sons Asher Yaakov, Moshe Aryeh and Yitzchak perish at Auschwitz Confirmed |
| 13 Jun 1944 | Géza Braun, Babi’s uncle, admitted to Mauthausen as prisoner no. 73364 Confirmed |
| 10 Jul 1944 | Zeidi leaves the “Heros” partnership; Majer Fogel joins (Palestine Gazette No. 1358, 7 Sep 1944, p. 839 — original page) Likely |
| 15 Oct 1944 | The Arrow Cross take power in Budapest; Pilu takes Babi to the Nagy brothers, who hide her until liberation (Babi’s interviews, 2020 and 2023) Likely |
| 1945 | Hermann Herbst, husband of Babi’s aunt Ilona, registers in Budapest on his return Confirmed |
| Jan 1945 | Babi is liberated by Russian soldiers at the home of the second Nagy brother on the edge of Budapest (Babi’s interviews, 2020 and 2023) Likely |
| 18 Jan 1945 | Géza Braun dies at the Melk subcamp of Mauthausen Confirmed |
| Feb 1945 | Babi and Pilu reach Satmar at the end of February; their father and Shiga are already home (Babi’s interviews, 2020 and 2023) Likely |
| 22 Feb 1947 | Papi arrives in New York on the SS Al Sudan Confirmed |
| 29 Oct 1947 | Sender Freund dies in Bucharest; buried in Satu Mare Confirmed |
| 1948 | József Braun, Babi’s uncle, reaches New York and is naturalized at Brooklyn with his wife Aranka Confirmed |
| 1948 | 24 Nov: Papi’s brother Joseph Solomon (Salo) Rosner marries Hedy Sonnenschein in New York Confirmed |
| 9 Mar 1948 | Yosef (Joseph) Freund, Babi’s uncle, receives Palestinian certificate of naturalization no. 52890 in Jerusalem, with photographs of him and his wife Rose Likely |
| 22 Apr 1948 | Zeidi and Anna fly Air France from Paris to New York Confirmed |
| 16 Nov 1948 | Zeidi admitted to the United States at Niagara Falls Confirmed |
| May 1949 | Babi in Switzerland, at Bex-les-Bains Confirmed |
| 1950 | Babi’s first job in New York: packing at Faishe Moskowitz’s factory on Canal Street, where Papi’s uncle Sol notices her (Babi’s interview, summer 2020) Likely |
| 1950 | 20 Jul: Babi’s displaced-persons card is made at the Wentorf DP assembly centre near Hamburg; on 29 Aug she leaves for the USA via Bremen-Grohn Confirmed |
| 24 Mar 1950 | Reb Chaim Freund dies in Jerusalem Confirmed |
| 12 Sep 1950 | Babi lands in New York on the USNS General M. L. Hersey, Rosh Hashanah 5711 Confirmed |
| 1951 | Papi and Babi marry in Brooklyn Confirmed |
| May 1951 | Papi proposes to Babi at the Planetarium; they are engaged (Babi’s 2023 interview) Likely |
| Sep 1951 | The Satmar Rebbe comes to Papi and Babi’s wedding in Brooklyn (Babi’s 2023 interview) Likely |
| 7 Mar 1952 | Anna made a permanent resident of São Paulo Confirmed |
| 1956 | Mordechai Markus Pacht, son of Shmuel Yitzchak, dies in Tel Aviv (14 Jul 1956) Likely |
| 15 May 1956 | Papi’s brother Joseph renews his São Paulo foreigners’ card: married, living at Rua Francisco Leitão 48 Confirmed |
| 11 Dec 1959 | Zeidi and Anna naturalized in Brazil Confirmed |
| 30 Nov 1960 | Papi and Babi naturalized Brazilian by decree (published 6 Feb 1961) Confirmed |
| 1967 | Maor Yehoshua is printed in Jerusalem; its memorial page names the households of R’ Chanoch Henich’s sons (Tzirel Malka, Rechil and their children) Likely |
| 1968 | Babi goes back to Satmar for the first time since leaving in 1948 (Babi’s 2023 interview) Likely |
| 5 Nov 1974 | Henzi Auerbach née Pacht dies in Bucharest Confirmed |
| 15 Mar 1976 | Sprintza Kugler née Perschel, sister of Samuel Pacht’s wife, dies; buried at Holon Confirmed |
| 19 Oct 1976 | Rivka Pacht, daughter of Mordechai Dov, dies; buried at Holon Confirmed |
| Nov 1978 | Anna Rosner dies in Brooklyn Confirmed |
| 25 Apr 1983 | Yisrael Pacht, son of Shmuel Yitzchak, dies; buried at Holon Confirmed |
| 17 Mar 1986 | Rivka Pacht, daughter of Yosef, Albert’s widow, dies; buried beside him at Holon Confirmed |
| Sep 1986 | József Braun dies in Brooklyn Confirmed |
| 19 Jul 1990 | Zeidi dies in Boro Park Confirmed |
| 21 Apr 1992 | Yosef Shlomo Rosner, Zeidi’s brother, dies; buried in Holon Likely |
| 4 Nov 1995 | Papi guest of honour at the Viznitz Melave Malka, Williamsburg Confirmed |
| 9 Sep 2003 | Joseph Solomon Rosner dies Confirmed |
| 5 Jan 2016 | Papi dies (24 Tevet 5776) Confirmed |
| 17 Jul 2026 | Babi dies (4 Av 5786) Confirmed |