Leaves of a family tree

One of the branches of this rather extensive and influential family stemmed from early 18th century Moravia (Prossnitz). Bernát Munkácsi’s father, Mór Munk with his wife in Nagyvárad (current day Oradea in Romania) Bernát Munkácsi on a field trip with students from the University of Kazan. Munkácsi learnt the Votyak language from them (Spring 1885). A photo of Bernát Munkácsi dedicated to Paula Jacobi „in memory of 3 July 1892”. The photo was taken in Budapest. Misses Paula Mezei and Paula Jacobi in Nagyvárad, cca 1890. The bridal myrtle decoration from the wedding of Bernát Munkácsi and Paula Jacobi preserved in the box where letters, eye-glasses and small memorabilia were held. Bernát Munkácsi and Paula Jacobi with their children in 1897. The photo was taken in Budapest. Bernát Munkácsi lost his wife early. He deliberately preserved her memory and belongings. He wrote “The maiden’s ball shoes of my dear Paula. I found them in her legacy’ Bernát Munkácsi’s eye-glasses; he had them made at Lajos Libál in Budapest. The book written by one of Mór Munk’s grandfathers. It was published in Prague in 1795. The prayer book of Mrs. Mózes Felsenburg, née Mirjám Lerner (Bernát Munkácsi’s great grandmother). Notes on family events in Mirjám Lerner’s prayer book. The earliest note is from 1840-42, the last one was entered nearly 100 years later. Bernát Munkácsi with his siblings at a family gathering. Ernő, the son of Bernát Munkácsi (1896-1950) the chief prosecutor of the Pest Israelite Community, 1940s. Ernő Munkácsi photographed through the Jewish landmarks of Italian cities as part of his research into the history of Italian Jews. Rome 1930s. Ernő Munkácsi at the convention of the Jewish Museum, 1930s (?). The museum published the Munk-Felsenburg genealogy (family history), which Ernő Munkácsi edited for publishing on the basis of his father’s manuscripts in 1939.