Joseph Narcisenfeld 

Little is known about Josef Narcisenfeld (Israel Narcisenfeld) (Yechiel ben Simon) (born in 1874 in Homona, Hungary). He was married to Gizella nee Golldeklein (Golda bas Avrohom) (born in 1870 in Munkacs, Hungary) and they lived in Hejocsaba, Hungary where he was the Rabbi and I believe the kosher butcher and I think he may have filled other roles in the Jewish community.

Josef was the son of Simon Weiszbluth and Keile Narzienfeld. Yehuda Narzienfeld was also related but I am not sure whether he was a brother of Simon or Keile or otherwise related.

Simon was the son of Sander Buck Weiszbluth

Their last name was Weiszbluth until their son Eugene bribed a government official in the 1940’s to give them a new last name that would prevent them from being deported from Hungary by the Hungarians and murdered by the Nazis. Some 17,000 other Jews with names deemed unacceptable by the Hungarians were deported and murdered at that time.

They had a set of twin girls who died at birth and two sons, Lajos Nagy (“Louis”) and then Jeno (“Eugene”). Lajos died from the treatment he received for malaria, but not before marrying Berta Klein (they later divorced) and having a son, Dezso Nagy (“David”) who survived the war. While in Russia, he caught malaria. It was a reoccurring disease and was treated by raising the body’s temperature. During one of these reoccurrence he passed away at the Saint Elizabeth Hospital in Miskolc and was buried in the Jewish cemetery located on Avas Mountain. I have no knowledge of his life other than the mentions by Tom about David’s post war exploits in Munich.

They were deported from their homes in 1944 along with the other Jews who lived in rural Hungary or small towns. Since they lived close to Mezocsat, they were deported to the brick yard at Diosygur. Eugene, Rose, Tom and his siblings were also deported to Diosygur where they connected with Eugene’s parents. They lived in a very crowded environment in the brick yard, with no privacy or understanding of their future and and minimal water and food. From there, the entire Jewish population of the region was stuffed into cattle cars, again, with minimal food and water, a pot for bodily functions and no room to even sit, for the long journey to Auschwitz, in Poland. Their journey ended in tragedy for the family and for most of their fellow travelers as many were killed upon entry to the camp and many others were murdered or killed in the following months.