Mount Hope Holocaust Archive
Commemorating those who were victims of the Holocaust and are buried in Mount Hope Cemetery.
Holocaust Archive
The Holocaust is the name given to the systematic extermination of nearly six million Jews that was perpetrated by Nazi Germany and its collaborators during World War II. The Friends of Mount Hope Cemetery wish to create an appropriate way to memorialize those individuals who survived or died in the Holocaust and are buried in Mount Hope Cemetery. The FOMH formed a Holocaust Committee in the spring of 2021 with the following charge:
- Determine the number of Holocaust survivors buried at Mount Hope
- Create a Holocaust Archive of survivors’ stories on the FOMH website
- Raise funds to erect a Holocaust Monument at Mount Hope
Using the resources available from the Center for Holocaust Awareness and Information (CHAI) of the Jewish Community Federation, cross-referenced with the burial records of Mount Hope Cemetery, the committee compiled an initial list of about 40 names to include in the Friends of Mount Hope Holocaust Archive. After extensive research, the Holocaust Committee has now identified close to 100 survivors who are buried or remembered with cenotaphs in the cemetery. To tell their stories we either linked to an existing story in the CHAI Holocaust Archive or we have done our own research using available internet resources, original documents, the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum database, the Yad Vashem database, and through family interviews. Each survivor is added to our Holocaust Archive as their story becomes available. Each person is listed with their full name(s), birth and death dates, locale of death, images of gravestone or cenotaphs, and burial locations in the cemetery.
The final charge to the Committee was fulfilled through a fund-raising campaign that ran from January to April of 2022. One hundred thirty-one generous donors and organizations contributed over $34,000 for the monument and accompanying educational programs. A complete list of donors is available. The monument is expected to be completed by November 2022 and will have an installation and dedication ceremony in May 2023.
Melanie “Betty” Halpern Alpert
Born: 1929, Konstanz, Germany
Died: February 20, 2015, Rochester, NY
Location: Temple Sinai, Range 10
Brother: Werner Halpern
Buried next to her first husband, Morris Forman
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Yakov S. Afanasyev
Born: April 19, 1932, Village Ploskoye. Smolenskiy Region, Russia
Died: June 15, 2021
Location: Beth El, Range 10, Row D, Grave 30
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Werner J. Baum (Werner Feigenbaum)
Born: January 20, 1929, Stuttgart, Germany
Died: May 3, 1996
Location: B’rith Kodesh, R7, Grave 1852
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Elisabeth (Lies) Blum
Born: October 3, 1894, Nuremberg Germany
Died: July 11, 1987, Rochester, NY
Location: BB, Row 374, Grave 53
Husband: Frederick Blum
Daughter: Ursula Granite
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Frederick “Fritz” Blum
Born: February 9, 1889, Frankenthal, Rhineland-Palatinate Germany
Died: November 1, 1968, Rochester, NY
Location: BB, Row 374, Grave 54
Wife: Elisabeth Blum
Daughter: Ursula Granite
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Anna Bornstein
Born: March 23, 1920
Died: Auschwitz
Location: Temple Sinai, Range 10, Grave 68 (cenotaph)
Parents: Erla Regina Glücksman Bornstein and Bernhard Bornstein
Sister: Ella Bornstein
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Bernhard Bornstein
Born: Kielce, Poland, August 28, 1891
Died: Warsaw
Location: Temple Sinai, Range 10, Grave 68 (cenotaph)
Wife: Erla Regina Glücksman Bornstein
Children: Anna Bornstein and Ella Bornstein
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Ella Bornstein
Born: January 12, 1922
Died: Auschwitz
Location: Temple Sinai, Range 10, Grave 68 (cenotaph)
Parents: Erla Regina Glücksman Bornstein and Bernhard Bornstein
Sister: Anna Bornstein
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Erla Regina Glücksman (Regina Erla) Bornstein
Born: February 16, 1895, Cologne, Germany
Died: July 29,1970 Rochester, New York
Location: Temple Sinai, Range 10, Grave 68
Husband: Bernhard Bornstein
Children: Anna Bornstein and Ella Bornstein
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Gertrude Boyar
Born: 1920
Died: September 21, 2016, Rochester NY
Location: B’rith Kodesh, Range 7, Grave 1718
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Dr. Eric M. Dreyfuss
Born: 1930, Bad Homburg. Germany
Died: July 23, 2021, Rochester NY
Location: B’rith Kodesh, Range 7, Grave 1211
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Jacob Eisenman
Born: April 3, 1920, Warsaw, Poland
Died: April 13, 2009, Rochester, NY
Location: B’rith Kodesh, Range 7, Grave 1446
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Jacqueline Eissenstat
Born: 1936 Paris, France
Died: 1999 Rochester, NY
Location: Beth El, Range 9, Grave 317
Sister: Florence Helis
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Hugo Falkenheim
Born: September 4, 1856, Bagrationovsk, Russia
Died: September 22, 1945, Rochester, New York
Location: B'rith Kodesh, Range 7, Grave 409
Wife: Margarethe Caro Falkenheim
Son: Curt Falkenheim
Son: Albert Julius Falkenheim
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Bessie Weiser Fenster
Born: 1934
Died: 2003
Location: Beth El, Range 10, Row H, Grave 25
Husband: Pierre Fenster
Father-in-law: Erwin Fenster
Mother-in-law: Elsa Fenster
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Elsa Fenster
Born: 1903
Died: 1989
Location: Beth El, Range 10, Row G, Grave 16
Husband: Erwin Fenster
Son: Pierre Fenster
Daughter-in-law: Bessie Weiser Fenster
Sister: Carola Wachtel
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Erwin Fenster
Born: 1901
Died: 1984
Location: Beth El, Range 10, Row G, Grave 15
Wife: Elsa Fenster
Son: Pierre Fenster
Daughter-in-law: Bessie Weiser Fenster
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Pierre Fenster
Born: June 7, 1933, Berlin Germany
Died: March 18, 2013, Lauderhill, FL
Location: Beth El, Range 10, Row H, Grave 24
Wife: Bessie Weiser Fenster
Parents: Elsa and Erwin Fenster
Aunt: Carol Wachtel
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Else Goldfarb
Born: 1907
Died: April 18, 1986, Rochester, NY
Location: Beth El, Range 10, Row G Grave 18
Husband: Hermann Goldfarb
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Hermann Goldfarb
Born: October 31, Munich, Germany
Died: September 19, 2011, Rochester, NY
Location: Beth El, Range 10, Row G, Grave 17
Wife: Elsa Goldfarb
Aunt: Mira Leiberfreund Gurtman
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Ursula Granite
Born: May 1, 1929, Nuremberg, Germany
Died: November 22, 2015, Rochester, NY
Location: BB Row 374, Grave 53 (ashes)
Father: Frederick Blum
Mother: Elizabeth Blum
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Elli W. Gupp (Elli Wurzburger)
Born: July 30, 1930, Mosbach, Bavaria, Germany
Died: October 5, 1975, Rochester, NY
Location: B’rith Kodesh, Range 7, Grave 1916
Grandmother: Bertha Wurzburger
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Kalman Haber
Born: April 1,1914, Lycise, Poland
Died: April 24, 1994, Rochester, NY
Location: B’rith Kodesh, Range 7, Grave 1442
Wife: Lily Juffy Haber
Brother: Joseph J. Haber
Sister-in-law: Gisela Haber
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Lily Haber (Lily Juffy)
Born: 1918, Vienna, Austria
Died: May 1, 2020, Rochester, NY
Location: B’rith Kodesh, Range 7, Grave 1443
Husband: Kalman Haber
Sister: Gisela Haber
Brother-in-law: Joseph J. Haber
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Werner Halpern
Born: April 4, 1924, Konstanz Germany
Died: March 22, 1997, Rochester, NY
Location: Beth El, Range 10, Section A, Row G, Grave 11
Sister: Melanie Halpern Alpert
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Emil Herz
Born: April 5, 1877, Essen Germany
Died: July 7, 1971, Rochester NY
Location: B’rith Kodesh Range 7, Grave 623
Wife: Gabriele Herz
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Gabriele Herz
Born: 1886, Germany
Died: February 14, 1957, Rochester, NY
Location: B’rith Kodesh, Range 7, Grave 622
Husband: Emil Herz
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Sonia Kastner
Born: October 20, 1927, Smorgonie, (Smorhon), Poland
Died: October 7, 2009, Rochester, NY
Location: Beth El, Range 10, Row C, Grave 163
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Liza Katzowicz
Born: 1923, Svir, Poland
Died: August 23, 1981, Rochester, NY
Location: Beth El, Range 10, Grave H-29
Husband: Max Katzowicz
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Max Katzowicz
Born: 1917, Vilna, Lithuania
Died: September 9, 2008, Rochester, NY
Location: Beth El, Range 10, Grave H-30
Wife: Liza Katzowicz
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Henry Konar
Born: June 15, 1921, Kielce, Poland
Died: December 12, 2012, Rochester, NY
Location: Beth El, Range 10, Row B, Grave 35
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William B. Konar
Born: August 15, 1929, Radom, Poland
Died: June 18, 2015, Rochester, NY
Location: Beth, El, Range 10, Row C, Grave 66
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Margaret Kunz (Margarethe Tuch)
Born: August 31, 1897, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Died: August 3, 1979, Sils Maria, Switzerland
Location: B’rith Kodesh, Range 7, Grave 663
Husband: York Kunz
Daughter: Hilde Kunz Roche
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York Kunz, MD
Born: May 11, 1883, Xions, Poland
Died: July 16, 1957, Rochester, NY
Location: B’rith Kodesh, Range 7, Grave 663
Wife: Margaret Kunz
Daughter: Hilde Kunz Roche
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Helen Levinson (Helen Przysuskier)
Born: May 22, 1928, Olsztyn, Poland
Died: February 5, 2022, Rochester, NY
Location: Beth El, Range 10, Grave 167
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Ludwig Litten
Born: June 2, 1898, Jastrow Poland
Died: November 16, 1975, Rochester, NY
Location: B’rith Kodesh, Range 7
Wife: Melanie Litten
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Melanie Litten (Melanie Siegmann)
Born: November 1903. Rostok, Germany
Died: November 3, 1992, Rochester, NY
Location: B’rith Kodesh, Range 7, Grave 1930
Husband: Ludwig Litten
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Hella Manuel (Hella Luft)
Born: December 19, 1922, Flatow, Germany
Died: April 10, 2018
Location: B’rith Kodesh, Range 7, Grave 1808
Husband: Walter Manuel
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Walter Manuel
Born: June 15, 1914, Vienna, Austria
Died: May 6, 1989, Rochester, NY
Location: B’rith Kodesh, Range 7, Grave 1809
Wife: Hella Manuel
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Herbert Molser, MD
Born: March 30, 1908, Berlin Germany
Died: December 18, 2000, Rochester, NY
Location: Temple Sinai, Range 10, Grave 60
Wife: Rosemarie Marienthal Molser
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Rosemarie Marienthal Molser
Born: 1921 Bochum Germany
Died: May 3, 2009, Rochester, NY
Location: Temple Sinai, Range 10, Grave 61
Husband: Herbert Molser
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Yakov Nemi (Nemirovsky)
Born: September 13, 1934, Kiev, Russia
Died: October 10, 2006, Rochester, NY
Location: Beth El, Range 10, Row D, Grave 210
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George Pfeffer
Born: June 17, 1908, Poland
Died: June 24, 1999
Location: Range 8, E ½, Lot 311, Grave 4
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Elizabeth Moldovan Racz
Born: 1911, Svalava, Austro-Hungarian Empire (now Ukraine)
Died: March 27, 1987, Rochester, NY
Location: Temple Sinai, Range 10, Grave 190
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Anneliese Rayburn
Anneliese Rayburn (Anneliese Pfingst)
Born: December 30, 1919, MInden Germany
Died: April 5, 1987, Rochester, NY
Location: B'rith Kodesh, Range 7
Husband: Sidney Rayburn
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Sidney Rayburn
Born: March 8, 1922, Halle um Saale, Germany
Died: November 28, 2014, Rochester, NY
Location: B’rith Kodesh, Range 7
Wife: Anneliese Rayburn
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Clara Rind
Born: 1912 Poland
Died: February 18, 2005, Rochester, NY
Location: Beth El, Range 10, Row B, Grave 101
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Ernest Roche (Ernest Rothschild)
Born: 1920(?). Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany
Died: April 7, 2003, Burlingame, CA
Location: B’rith Kodesh, Range 7, Grave 1193
Wife: Hilde Roche
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