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ABAUJVAR:
Located in Ujvar, at 21º03 48º03, 30 km NW of Satoraljaujhely near the Slovakian border. Cemetery: NE of the main road from the post office. About _ mile, turn right through red metal gates. Turn left on concrete driveway, follow it around curve bearing to right. Take path through wooded area about 100 yards. Present population is 150 with no Jews. The Jewish population before WW II was 75 -100. The cemetery was established about 1860. The last known Orthodox Jewish burial was 1937. The isolated rural crown of a hill overlooking a valley has no sign or marker. Reached by crossing private property, access is open to all with no wall, fence, or gate. Local contacts are Laszlo Szabo of 3898 Abaujvar Petofi, phone 36-46-388416 and his granddaughter. The approximate number of gravestones in cemetery is 40-50 with stones removed. The marble, granite and limestone flat shaped stones, finely smoothed and inscribed stones or flat stones with carved relief decorations. One tombstone has a metal fence around the grave. Inscriptions are in Hebrew and Hungarian. There are no special sections, no known mass graves. Adjacent properties are commercial or industrial. It is rarely visited and never vandalized. Vegetation is a seasonal problem that prevents access, no care. Within the limits of the cemetery are no structures. This survey was completed by Aharon Meer, 5453 Claridge, W Bloomfield MI 48322 on August 5, 1996. The site was visited for this survey. No interviews were conducted.

AJAK: See Kisvarda
ALBERTI: See Albertirsa (I)

ALBERTIRSA: (I) US Commission No. 000032
Albertirsa (I) (aka Alberti, Hung) is located in Pest at Akcfa utca (2053 hrsz.). The town location is 47º15' 19º37', 56 km from Budapest. Present town population is 5,000-25,000 with fewer than ten Jews.      Noteworthy individuals from this Jewish community were Politzer Adam, Eulenberg Salamon, Fayer Laszlo and Tzaddikim Rabbis Trebits, and Buchler. Cemetery was established in 1784, last known burial, 1987. Pilis, Nyaregyhazs, Kava and Benye, Cegledbercel, Vacs (75km away) used this cemetery. The flat, isolated suburban site has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all via fence with locked gate. Gallo Janosne of akacfa utca 1 has the key. It is 0.38 hectares in size. Vegetation overgrowth and water drainage are problems. The cemetery has special section(s) for rabbis. 100 and 500 gravestones, regardless of condition or position, are marble, granite and limestone. Inscriptions are in Hebrew and Hungarian. There is a special memorial mounuments to Holocaust victims and Jewish soldiers and unmarked mass graves. Within the limits of the cemetery are a pre-burial house and a well.
     Peter Wirth, 1124 Budapest, Hegyalja ut 55 ph, completed survey in 7/89: 1662672. Persons interviewed were Lowy Gyulane on 01/10/91 at Albertirsa; Riesz Pal on 01/10/91 at Albertirsa; Weber Istvanne at Polgarmesteri Hivatal.

ALBERTIRSA: (II) US Comm.no.000033
Alternate name: Irsa (Hung). Albertirsa (II) is located in Pest, at Grof Szechenyilstvan at 47º15' 19º37', 56km from Budapest. Current town population is 5,000-25,000, with fewer than 10 Jews.      Living here were Politzer Adam, Eulenberg, Salamon and Fayer Laszlo. The last known Jewish burial was before WWII. Gravestones are from the 19th and 20th century. Neolog community used cemetery. The flat suburban site, part of a municipal cemetery, is not marked. Reached by turning directly off a public road and adjacent to a Lutheran cemetery, a continuous fence and a wall surround on street side. Keyholder: not known. Of 1 to 20 existing tombstones, 50%-75% are toppled or broken. Vegetation overgrowth and water drainage are a seasonal problem preventing access. Inscriptions are in Hebrew and Hungarian. The national Jewish community owns property. Restoration was done in 1989. Peter Wirth completed survey on 7/10/91. M.ZS.L. (Hungarian Jewish Encyclopedi) was used. Persons interviewed were Lowy Gyulane on 01/10/91 at Albertirsa; Riesz Pal on 01/10/91 at Albertirsa and Weber Istvanne at Polgarmesteri Hivatal.

ANARCS: See Kisvarda

APOSTAG: US Comm.no.000002
Apostag is located in Bacs-Kiskun. Cemetery: at end of Iskola Utca. Present town population is 25,000-100,000 with less than ten Jews.      The pre-WWII Jewish population (census) was 150. Herman and Heteny families and tzaddikim Herman Mihaly lived in this Jewish community. The Jewish cemetery was established about 1940. Buried in the cemetery is Herman Mihaly (Mihael Dov) at the end of 19th century. Last known Conservative or Progressive/Reform Jewish burial was ca. 1940. Dunaegyhaza (7km away) used isolated suburban site with sign or marker reached by turning directly off a public road. Access is entirely closed via broken fence and locking gate. 20-100 sandstone gravestones, 50%-75% toppled or broken, date from 1650-20th century. The cemetery has special section(s) for men, women and children. The rough stones or boulders, flat shaped stones or finely smoothed and inscribed stones, some with bronze or iron decorations or lettering and/or metal fences around graves have Hebrew, Polish and German inscriptions. The cemetery contains special memorial mounuments to Holocaust victims and a pre-burial house.
     Peter Wirth completed survey on 11/15/91. Documentation: M.ZS.L; Klajko-Valaczka: APOSTAG; Wirth: Study plan for restoration of the cemetery.

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BAJA: (I) US Comm.no.000003
Baja is located in Bacs-Kiskun at 46º11' 18º58, 161 km from Budapest. Cemetery: E of center, along Szegedi ul. Present town population is between 25,000-100,000 with 10-100 Jews.      1925 Jewish population was 2400. Great fire of 1840 destroyed the buildings of the community. Living here were rabbis: Jesaja Kahana, Ash Meir, Kohn Schwerin Gotz, Nascher Rozes, Rabbis: Dr. Adler Lipol, Kohn Samuel, Nascher Simon, Perlesz Yozsef and Muller Maier Lob, Schulnof Lipot, Dr. Balassa Yozset, Dr. Donath Gyula and tzadik Kohn Schwerin Gotz. The Jewish cemetery was established in 1790. The last known Hasidic Orthodox Jewish burial was 1952. See "comments" (25km away) used this landmarked cemetery. [sic] A sign in Hungarian marks the isolated rural (agricultural) hillside. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open with permission via a continuous fence and locking gate. The caretaker has the key. Vegetation overgrowth is a seasonal problem preventing access. Special sections exist for Cohanim and children. 500-5000 marble, granite, limestone and sandstone gravestones date from 1789-20th century. Inscriptions are in Hebrew, German and Hungarian. The cemetery contains special memorial mounuments.
     Peter Wirth completed survey in 1991. Documentation: M.2S.L; Ruth Ellen Gruber; Jewish Heritage Travel; Orban Ferenc: "Magyaronzag Zsido Emlekei". Person(s) interviewed for this survey was Lichter Ferenc.
BAJA: (II) US Commission No. 000004
Cemetery: E of center, along Szegedi Ul. The Neolog Jewish cemetery was established in 1922. The flat isolated rural/agricultural land has a sign in Hungarian and Hebrew. Reached by turning directly off a public road and open with permission, the cemetery has a locked gate. Pre- and post-WWII size of cemetery is 1.44 hectares. 500-5000 gravestones, less than 25% toppled or broken, date from 1922. No mass graves. Within the limits of the cemetery is a pre-burial house with a tahara (table), a catafalque, wall inscriptions, a chimney, and antique horse drawn hearse. The cemetery is not divided into special sections. The marble, granite and limestone finely smoothed and inscribed stones or flat stones with carved relief decoration and sculpted monuments, some with metal fences around graves have Hebrew and Hungarian inscriptions. The national Jewish community owns the cemetery used only as cemetery. Adjacent properties are commercial/industrial, agricultural, old Jewish cemetery and waste dump. Boundaries are unchanged since 1939. The cemetery was not vandalized since local or municipal authorities carried out restoration in 1990-91: re-erection of stones, patching broken stones, cleaned stones, cleared vegetation, fixed wall and gate. Authorities clean or clear occasionally. Providing free house at cemetery pays the caretaker. There are no current threats to cemetery.
     Peter Wirth completed survey on 10/18/93 using: M.Zs.L; Ruth Ellen Gruber: Jewish Heritage Travel;.Orban Ferenc: Magyarorszag Zsido Emlekei. Other documentation was inaccessible. He visited site on 11/11/91.

BALLASAGYARMET:
A Jewish cemetery here was descrated by neo-Nazi vandals in 1997. The cemetery, 50 miles N of Budapest, dates back to the 1800s. Source: Dateline World Jewry. 7/1997, World Jewish Congress

BALASSAGYARMAT:
Hungarian police reported on June 13th that a Jewish cemetery in the northern town of Balassagyarmat was desecrated ahead of a commemoration of Holocaust victims scheduled for the next day. Vandals smashed one tombstone and uprooted several others and painted swastikas and Nazi slogans over the tombstones and surrounding fence. The Federation of Jewish Communities expressed "shock" and said the incident was the result of the authorities' past failure to make full use of the law against "anti-Semites and racists." [6/1998] Source?

BALATONFOKAJAR: US Commission No. 000056
Balatonfokajar is located in Veszprem, at 47º01' 18º13', 88km from Budapest. Cemetery: the end of Zalka Mate utca. Town population is 1,000-5,000 with no Jews.      1930 population (census) was 42. The Jewish cemetery was established in 19th century. Buried in the cemetery is Dessauer Gabor (first Rabbi of the community) who died 1878. The last known Jewish burial was before WWII. The Jewish community was Congress. [sic] The flat isolated suburban agricultural site has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all with no wall or gate. The approximate size before WWII was 0.90 hectares and now is 0.82 hectares. No mass graves or structures. 20-100 gravestones (25-50% are toppled or broken) date from 19th-20th centuries. The limestone and sandstone flat shaped stones, finely smoothed and inscribed stones, flat stones with carved relief decoration or double tombstones, some with metal fences around graves, have Hebrew and Hungarian inscriptions. The national Jewish community owns the cemetery used for Jewish cemetery and waste dumping. Adjacent properties are agricultural and residential. Boundaries are smaller than in 1939 because of a housing development. The cemetery was not vandalized since restoration in 1990 on a limited part of the cemetery by Jewish individuals abroad. There has been cleaned stones and cleared vegetation but no further care. Security, vegetation, and incompatible development are moderate threats, weather erosion is serious threat.
     Peter Wirth completed survey on 1/10/91 using: M.ZS.L. (Jewish Encyclopedia of Hungary.). He visited on 01/10/1991. Interviewed was Varga Istvanne on 01/10/1991 at Zalka Mate utca, born 1915.

BALATONFURED: US Comm.no.000057
Balatonfured is located in Veszprem (46º57 17º53), 20km from Veszprem. Cemetery: NW of town, alongside the public road to BalatonszoUos. Town population is 5,000-25,000, with fewer than ten Jews.      The pre-WWII Jewish population (census) was 143. Buried in the cemetery is Rabbi Goldstein Ezra/died in 1938. The last known Hasidic Orthodox Jewish burial was 1988. The suburban forested hillside, separate but near other cemeteries, has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open with permission via a broken masonry wall with a locked gate. Keyholder: of Polgarmesteri Hivatal Bavatonfured, Ady utca 6 Ph: 8643255. Pre- and post-WWII size of cemetery is 0.19 hectares. 100-500 gravestones, 20-100 not in original location and 50-75% toppled or broken, date from 1750-20th century. The marble, granite, limestone and sandstone flat shaped stones, finely smoothed and inscribed stones or flat stones with carved relief decoration. Inscriptions are in Hebrew, German and Hungarian. The cemetery contains special memorial monuments to Holocaust victims, but no mass graves or structures. The national Jewish community owns Jewish cemetery. Adjacent properties are residential, woods, and waste dumping. Boundaries are unchanged since 1939. The cemetery was vandalized frequently in the last ten years since restoration in 1991 by local or municipal authorities: cleared vegetation, fixed wall. Authorities clean or clear occasionally. Security and vandalism are serious threats, weather erosion and vegetation are moderate threats.
     Peter Wirth completed survey on 11/20/91 using M.ZS.L. (Jewish Encyclopedia of Hungary.) He visited on 20/09/1991. Interviewed was Singer Boriska at Balatonfured, Kossuth u.12.

BATCHEV:
I just came back from Uzgorod/Ungvar. While there, I was in a little town called Batchev, near Munkatch and Uzgorod. The cemetery has around 3 or 4 stones still standing. The rest is just empty field. Is anyone interested in putting a gate can be put up around it? Moshe Izrailev. Realmet@aol.com [January 2001]

BEKES County:
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BELED:
Located about 15 kms S of Kupovar. A c. The 1790 cemetery and chevra kadisha building were intact in 1975, when the last Jew left the town. On the chevra kadisha wall is a memorial to the people of the region who died in the Holocaust. At that time, the chevra kadisha had several items salvaged from the synagogue destroyed by the German army and the Arrow Cross. Source: Gerald Cook, Michigan: sent by Sam Gruber, US Commission.

BEREKBOSZORMENY:
The Jewish cemetery in Berekboszormeny is a small tree-enclosed site in the middle of a family's field planted with zucchini and other vegetables. When I was there in 1987, the graves were in reasonably good condition and the site obviously maintained periodically. As I recall, about 30-40 graves date from the mid-19th Century. The most recent burial appeared to be my great-grandmother, who died in 1942. No Jews remain in the village, as they were all killed in 1944. Source: Robert Winkler robertwinkler@veriomail.com [6 December 2000]

BODROGKERESZTUR: US Commission No. 000012
Bodrogkeresztur is located in Borsod-Abauj-Zemplen (48º10, 21º22), 63km from Miskolc. Cemetery: N of village, on hilltop, land record 243.hrsz. Town population is under 1,000, with no Jews.      The pre-WWII Jewish population (census) was 535. Living here were Reb Eliazer London (first rabbi) between 1780 and 1796 and Reb Steiner Saje (1851-1925). The Jewish cemetery was established in 1767. The last known Jewish burial was 1979. The Jewish community was Baal-Sem Hasidic Orthodox, Sephardic Orthodox, Conservative, Progressive/Reform, and Neolog. The isolated rural agricultural crown of a hill has no sign, but has Jewish symbols on gate or wall. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all via a masonry wall with a locked gate. Keyholder: Sperka Margit Bodrogkeresztur Kossuth ut. 58 of Kadas Jozsene Bodrogkeresztur Kossuth ut. 65. Pre- and post-WWII size of cemetery is 0.26 hectares. 100-500 gravestones, 1-20 not in original location with 25-50% toppled or broken, date from 19th-20th centuries. No mass graves. Within the cemetery is an ohel. The marble, limestone and sandstone flat shaped stones, finely smoothed and inscribed stones or flat stones with carved relief decoration have Hebrew, German ,and Hungarian inscriptions. Some have traces of painting on their surfaces. The national Jewish community owns Jewish cemetery. Adjacent properties are agricultural. The cemetery was vandalized occasionally in the last ten years, but not since Jewish individuals and groups within Hungary and Jewish individuals and groups abroad did restoration in 1980-91: patching broken stones, cleared vegetation, and fixed wall and gate. Jewish Congregation pays a regular caretaker (?). Weather erosion and vandalism are serious threats. Vegetation is moderate threat.
     Lowy Lajos of Tokaj, Ratkoczi ut 41 and Peter Wirth completed survey and visited site on 10/29/91 using: Orban; Wirth; Zemplen Zsidosaganak Tortenete. Other documentation was inaccessible.

BONYHAD:
Bonyhad, in Sern part of Hungary, has two Jews and two Jewish cemeteries. As Bonhad has undergone a tremendous building boom, I was hard pressed to find the cemetery that I had visited in 1993. Generally, older people (70s and 80s) are happy to help you if you asked for the "Jido temeto." Some middle-aged folks asked, "What is a Jido?" Men in general were more helpful then women. Especially helpful was one WWII veteran whose friend is the sole Jewish woman in town. The Orthodox cemetery is well kept and maintained by the Bonyhadi Rabbi in Vienna. Shoo the dogs away on entry and say "Yo nappot kivanok" to the old caretakers. Cemetery: next to the "new" Gymansium (High School). We did not visit the Neolog cemetery as it was late in the day. The Orthodox Synagogue was converted into a book warehouse. The old Orthodox "kehila" center, which I visited in 1993, was in disrepair. Source: Abe Kohen; ABE-Kohen@deshaw.com

BORGASZKA: See Dombrad

BUDAKALASZ: US Commission No. 000034
Budakalasz is located in Pest (47º37 19º03), 19km from Budapest. Cemetery: NW of center. Town population is 5,000-25,000 with no Jews.      The pre-WWII Jewish population (census) was 52. The Jewish cemetery was established in circa 1900, last known Neolog burial was 1943. The suburban hillside, separate but near other cemeteries, no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all, with no wall or gate. Pre- and post-WWII size of cemetery is 0.02 hectares 1-20 gravestones, 50-75% are toppled or broken, date from 20th century. The marble, limestone and sandstone flat shaped stones, finely smoothed and inscribed stones or flat stones with carved relief decoration have Hebrew and Hungarian inscriptions. There are no mass graves or structures. The national Jewish community owns the cemetery. Adjacent properties are agricultural, residential, Christian cemetery and waste dumping. Boundaries are unchanged since 1939. The cemetery was vandalized occasionally in the last ten years, but not since local non-Jewish residents did restoration in 1991: vegetation cleared. The care now is by occasional cleared or cleaning by individuals. Security, vandalism, and erosion are serious threats. Pollution and vegetation are moderate threats. Tamas Peter completed survey and visited site on 10/27/91.

BUDAKESZI:
Our community -- children, families and teachers -- helped restore a Jewish cemetery in suburban [Budapest], Paty. This cemetery, fully destroyed in the Holocaust, has only one tomb that could be saved but the rest of the cemetery was cleaned and marked. We have plans to restore another small cemetery in Budakeszi, another suburb, which seems to date from the 17th century. It has about 30-40 tombs, some broken marble with Hebrew letters. We are organizing a professional volunteer to help with the reconstruction. Source: Catherine Engel; ekati@lauder.hu Lauder Javne Jewish Community School, a Jewish Day School in Budapest, Hungary

BUDAPEST AREA:
Located in Budapest (47º30 19º05).
BOOK: http://www.osi.hu/ceupress/books/Jewish%20Budapest.htm: Jewish Budapest -- Memories, Rites, History. Edited by Geza Komoroczy. Centre for Jewish Studies, Eötvös Lóránd University, Budapest, and Hungarian Academy of Sciences with Kinga Frojimovics, Viktoria Pusztai, and Andrea Strbik. 1998. 520 pages. 963-9116-38-6 cloth $69.95 /£45.00. 963-9116-37-8 paperback $26.95 /£16.95
BOOK: http://www.geocities.com/winter_peter_4/data.html?search=battonya provides the city, local authority, mayor, address, telephone, fax and county. A new wing of the Dohany Street Synagogue has a "Temple of Heroes" memorial to the more than 10,000 Jews who died fighting for Hungary in WWII. A restored synagogue at 26 Tancsics Street in the Castle Hill district of Budapest contains the remains of an ancient synagogue (17th century) with tombstones found nearby dating from as early as 1268. Source: Freedman, Warren. World Guide for the Jewish Traveler. NY: E.P. Dutton Inc, 1984.
BOOK: Die juedischen Friedhoefe Ofens. Kaufmann, David, 1852-1899 Breslau: 1896. 84-90 p. 21 cm. Detached from Monatsschrift fuer Geschichte und Wissenschaft des Judentums, Jahrg. 40. At the Leo Baeck Institute: ID # GT 3247.5 B8 K3
BOOK: Magyarosz gi zsid¢ feliratok (Jewish inscriptions in Hungary), by A. Scheiber. Budapest, 1960. 365 pages, illustrated, Hungarian. 61B144. Notes: 114 tombstones (not complete), 1278-1683, some biographies, chronological index, index of museums possessing the stones, index of houses from which stones have been excavated, personal names index.
BOOK: Newly found Jewish tombstones at Buda in Acta Orientalis Hungary t.2, fak.1, 1952, by A. Scheiber. Pages 123-142, photographs. S55B180. Notes: 21 tombstones (many not complete), 1278, 1576-1679. BOOK: Zsid¢ sirk"vek Bud rol a T"r"k h¢dols g kor b¢l in: Kulonlenyomat Budapest Regisegei, XVIII (Jewish tombstones in Buda from Turkish times), by A. Scheiber. Kotetebol, 1958. Pages 501-518, Hungarian. S58B1227. Notes: 21 tombstones (many not complete), 1278, 1576- 1679.
BOOK: jabbz zsid¢ sirk"vek Bud rol a T"r"k h¢dols g kor b¢l (Additional tombstones in Buda from the Turkish occupation period), by A. Scheiber. Budapest, 1963. 10 pages, Hungarian. 2þ63B2070. Notes: 18 tombstones (not complete), 1539-1657, index of personal names.
BOOK: Tagger, Mathilde. Printed Books on Jewish cemeteries in the Jewish National and University Library in Jerusalem: an annotated bibliography. Jerusalem: The Israel Genealogical Society, 1997.
BOOK: A zsido' Budapest I-II ("Jewish Budapest.") Authors: Frojimovics, Kinga/ Komoro'czy, Ge'za/ Pusztai, Vikto'ria/ and Strbik, Andrea editor: Komoro'czy, Ge'za. The book is part of two in a series: "A va'ros arcai Hungarica Judaica" Va'rosha'za, MTA Judaisztikai Kutato'csoport, Budapest, 1995. ISSN 1218-3806 (A va'ros arcai), ISSN 0865-1345 (Hungarica Judaica), ISBN 963 508 007 7 (I-II.), ISBN 963 508 008 5 (I.), ISBN 963 508 009 3 (II.) Two parts of the book contain information on both present and abandoned/non-existent cemeteries of former Buda, Pest, and O'buda (I./p. 14-16; I./p. 67-71; II./p. 582-610) and mentions 13 cemeteries of former villages that are now part of Great-Budapest agglomeration. Only one of the 13 is found in the town names list. These "suburban" places are (in brackets the rough addresses of the cemeteries): BUDAPEST: (XII) US Commission No. 000026
Alternate names: Farkasret in Hungarian. Cemetery: XII.ker. Erdiu.9. Town population is over 100,000, with over 10,000 Jews.      Living here were Frommer Rudolf, Vago Laszlo, Dr. Ferenczy Sandor, Krupieci Bauer Gyula, Lanczos Kornel, Palagyi Lajos, and Farkas Sandor. The Jewish cemetery was established in 1885, last known burial was 1993. [survey date 1993] Some Tzadakkim and other noteworthy Jews buried in the cemetery are Rabbis Goldberg Rafael, Geyer Artur, Heller Bernat and Kiss Arnold, and Benoschofsky Imre. The Jewish community was entire country's Hasidic Orthodox, Sephardic Orthodox, Conservative, and Progressive/Reform. The suburban hillside location is part of a municipal cemetery and has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road, the site is open with permission with a masonry wall and locked gate. Pre- and post-WWII size of cemetery is 2.80 hectares. 500-5000 gravestones, less than 25% are toppled or broken. Special sections exist for children and important/ famous. The oldest known gravestone dates from 1897. There 19th-20th centuries marble, granite, limestone and sandstone flat shaped stones, finely smoothed and inscribed stones, flat stones with carved relief decoration, sculpted monuments or multi-stone monuments have Hebrew, German and Hungarian inscriptions. Some have traces of painting on their surfaces, iron decorations or lettering and portraits on stones. The cemetery contains special memorial monuments to Holocaust victims and Jewish soldiers, but no mass graves. The pre-burial house has a tahara (table), a catafalque, and wall inscriptions. The local Jewish community owns the property. Adjacent properties are cemeteries and waste dumps. Boundaries are unchanged since 1939. The cemetery was not vandalized in the last ten years. Jewish individuals and groups within Hungary and abroad regularly clean stones and clear vegetation. Budap Jewish Congregation pays a regular caretaker. Budai Korzet. Weather erosion and vegetation are moderate threats.
     Peter Wirth completed survey on 12/10/93 using: M.ZS.L.; Orban Ferenc: Magyarorszag Zsido emlekei; and Registers of burials (from 1896). Other documents were inaccessible. He visited on 11/10/93. Interviewed were Egyed Ferencne on 11/10/93 at at the cemetery and Reich Janos on 12/10/93 at on the phone.
       UPDATE: My parents arrived 5/6/2006 with to show their grandsons where their great-grandparents buried as they have a few times before. They were shocked to find out that the gravestone vanished and a new one appeared. Source: Eytan Rado, eytanrado@walla.com [June 2006]
BUDAPEST: (XXII) US Commission No. 000024
Budapest (XXII), called Nagyteteny in Hung. and Teteny. Cemetery: Angeli Utca. Local: Polgarmesteri Hivatal of Budapest XXII Varoshaz ter 11 Ph: 226 6511.      Living here were Rabbis Tauber Salamon, Ungar Rezso, Kammer Vilmos, and Scherman Odolf. The last known Sefardic, Orthodox, or Neolog Jews Jewish burial was 1949. The flat isolated surburban site has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all via a broken masonry wall and unlocked gate. Pre- and post-WWII size of cemetery is 0.14 hectares. 100-500 gravestones, 1-20 not in original location with less than 25% toppled or broken, date from 1880-20th century. The marble, limestone and sandstone finely smoothed and inscribed stones or multi-stone monuments have Hebrew and Hungarian inscriptions. Some have traces of painting on their surfaces. There is a pre-burial house but no known mass graves. The national Jewish community owns the cemetery. Adjacent properties are agricultural and residential. Boundaries are unchanged since 1939. The cemetery was not vandalized in the last ten years. Jewish groups within Hungary cleared vegetation in 1991 but no care now. Security and vandalism are serious threats; vegetation is moderate. Peter Tamas completed survey on 10/25/91 using: M.Zs.L. He visited site in August 1991.

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CIGAND: Has photos: Lynn Golumbic; e-mail: lynng@escmed.com

COUNTRY-WIDE: See Budapest (XII)

CSAJAG: US Commission No. 000058
Csajag is located in Veszprem, (47º03 18º11), 82km from Budapest. Cemetery: N of village beyond railroad by start of Sport utca. Town population is 1,000-5,000 with no Jews.      The Jewish cemetery was established in 19th century. Csizmadia Ferenc (teacher in the community between 1852-86) is buried here. The last known Jewish burial was 1936. Between fields and woods, the isolated flat land has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all via a ditch and no gate. Pre- and post-WWII size of cemetery is 0.10 hectares. 20-100 gravestones, 25-50% toppled or broken, date from 1868-20th century. The marble, limestone and sandstone flat shaped stones or finely smoothed and inscribed stones have Hebrew and Hungarian inscriptions. The cemetery contains special memorial monuments to Holocaust victims but no known mass graves or structures exist. The national Jewish community owns the cemetery. Adjacent properties are agricultural. The cemetery was vandalized occasionally in the last ten years, but not since local non-Jewish residents did restoration in 1989. There is no current care. Security is serious threat. Erosion and vegetation are moderate threats.
     Peter Wirth completed survey and visited site on 1/10/91. Interviewed was Markus Zoltan at Csajag, Tancsics U.3 on 01/10/1991.

CSENGER:
Csenger is located in NE Hungary, near the border of Romania. It is in excellent condition and has a non-Jewish keeper. [April 2004]

CSERHATSZENTIVAN: US Commission No. 000030
Cserhatszentivan is located in Nograd (47º56 19º35), 10km from Paszto. Cemetery: N of the village on a hill. Town population is 1,000-5,000 with no Jews.      The pre-WWII Jewish population (census) was 14. The Hasidic Orthodox Jewish cemetery was established in 19th century. Between fields and woods at the crown of a hill, the isolated site has no sign or marker. Reached by crossing private property and a track, access is open to all with no wall or gate. Pre- and post-WWII size of cemetery is 0.04 hectares. 20-100 gravestones, less than 25% toppled or broken, date from 1875-20th century. The marble, limestone and sandstone flat shaped stones, finely smoothed and inscribed stones or flat stones with carved relief decoration have Hebrew and Hungarian inscriptions. The cemetery contains special memorial monuments to Holocaust victims but no known mass graves or structures exist. The national Jewish community owns the cemetery. Adjacent properties are agricultural. The cemetery was not vandalized since local or municipal authorities carried out restoration in 1990: re-erection of stones and vegetation cleared. Authorities clean or clear occasionally. Security is moderate threat.
     Tamas Peter completed survey on 7/11/91. He visited on 02/11/91 and interviewed Nosko Sandor on 02/11/91 at Alsotold.

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DANSZENTMUKLOS: See Pilis

DEBRECEN:
Cemetery is at Monostorpalyi u. 10 in downtown Debrecen (Pasti utca). Caretaker lives next to the still-active cemetery with several thousand tombstones. The Jewish community is about 1,000 strong. The center has a kosher kitchen. For visits, contact the Jewish Community (Zsido Hitkozseg) in Debrecen, Bajcsy-Zsilinszki E. u. 26. Phone: 315-861. source: Lazarg@gnn.com (George Lazar)

DISZEL: US Commission No. 000059
Diszel is located in Veszprem (46º53 18º15), 5km from Tapolca. The cemetery is E of village on the slope of Hill Csobanc (land record 558/1 hrsz.). Town population is under 1,000 with no Jews.      The pre-WWII Jewish population (census) was 31. There was a pogrom in 1919. The Jewish cemetery was established in 20th century with last known Hasidic Orthodox burial in 1919. The isolated rural/agricultural hillside has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all via a partial fence with unlocked gate. Pre- and post-WWII size of cemetery is 0.19 hectares. 20-100 gravestones, 1-20 not in original location with less than 25% are toppled or broken, date from 19th-20th centuries. Stones were relocated to another cemetery. The marble and sandstone flat shaped stones, finely smoothed and inscribed stones or double tombstones have Hebrew and Hungarian inscriptions. The cemetery contains special memorial monuments but no known mass graves or structures exist. The national Jewish community owns the cemetery. Adjacent properties are agricultural. Boundaries are unchanged since 1939. The cemetery was not vandalized since Jewish individuals within Hungary carried out restoration in 1960-70: patched broken stones, cleaned stones, cleared vegetation, and fixed fence. The regular caretaker is unpaid. There is no current threat to cemetery.
     Peter Wirth completed survey on 10/18/91. He visited on 17/10/1993. Interviewed were Gelencser Ferenc and Marton Janos on 17/10/1993.

DOMBRAD: US Commission No. 000039
Dombrad is located in Szabolcs-Szatmar-Bereg (48º14 21º56), 10km from Kisvarda. The cemetery is in part of closed public cemetery. (Land Record B 1264 hrsz.) Town population is 5,000-25,000 with fewer than 10 Jews.      1930 population (census) was 234. Goldmann Samuel and Rabbi Leichtag Efraim (1920-44) are buried here (see below for refutation). The Jewish cemetery was established in 18th century. Reb Friedman was later transferred to the Holy Land. The last known Sephardic Orthodox Jewish burial was 1941. Tiszakanyar and Borgaszka (both 20km away) used this rural/agricultural hillside in a municipal cemetery with no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all with no wall or gate. Pre- and post-WWII size of cemetery is 0.18 hectares. 100-500 gravestones, less than 25% toppled or broken., date from 18th-20th century. The marble and limestone finely smoothed and inscribed stones or flat stones with carved relief decoration have Hebrew and Hungarian inscriptions. No known mass graves or structures exist. The national Jewish community owns the cemetery. Adjacent properties are agricultural, cemetery, and waste dump. The cemetery was vandalized between 1945 and ten years ago, but not since local or municipal authorities cleared vegetation in 1990. Authorities clean or clear occasionally. Security and vandalism are moderate threats; erosion and vegetation are serious threats. Riczu Zoltan of Nyiregyhaza, Vasvari ut 74, completed survey and visited site on 10/22/91 using: Kisyarda es Kornyeke Zsidosaga (Szerk. Jolesz Icaroly). Interviewed was Gal Gyorgy at Dombrad, Petofi on 22/10/1991 at Utca 13.
     UPDATE: I have photos of all the legible stones, however, they do not scan well. I have no negatives (the minister of the town sent them). I have asked him to rephotograph them and send me a map. I have undertaken to identify these stones in English as part of a sefer zicharon I am compiling. Also, during a recent visit to the museum in Sefat, I compared my photos and noted that I have many stones that they do not have. Source: Lynn Golumbic; e-mail: lynng@escmed.com [date?]
    UPDATE: "Rabbi Leichtag, Efraim is not buried in Dombrad. Rabbi Leichtag was my grandfather and rabbi of Dombrad. He was killed in Auschwitz...and is presumably buried there." Rabbi Efraim Leichtag was rabbi of Dombrad from 1920 to 1944. For further information regarding Rabbi Leichtag, contact Robert E. Sutton, 316 East 55th Street- Apt. 2E, New York, NY 10022. Source: Robert Ephraim Sutton at email: bobby_sutton@ziffdavis.com [August 2001]

DRUJA:
     We traveled to Druja to survey the town, now 1,400 mostly aging, agricultural workers. We knew that Germans and Latvians murdered nearly two thousand Jews from Druja and surrounding areas in 1941. But the execution site seemed too small to contain so many victims of German violence. We conducted excavations and found evidence of only about 350 bodies. What had happened to the other 1,650? The answer was found by interviewing the oldest residents in the town. From them, we discovered that 700 men had been machine-gunned into a lake 25 km out of town. Latvians ran through the streets of the German-created ghetto killing everyone in sight, leaving the corpses where they fell. The remaining Jews set fire to their houses before they were marched to the execution by the river. There, German boats waited to transport the clothes and belongings of the defenseless people whom the Germans and Latvians were about to gun down. Two days later, the surviving residents of Druja were forced to carry the bodies of their friends and dump them near the Jewish cemetery. On the basis of this information, we located the site of where these bodies had been abandoned. They now rest under gasoline storage tanks near the remains of the cemetery. Pending verifying excavations, the local authority will remove the tanks; and we will fence the area. We will now, with Jacov's help, repair the cemetery, build a new monument to the murdered Jews of Druja and make good the area where the bodies of the murdered were dumped.
     Before the war Druja was 50% Jewish. The remaining older generation remembers their friends. Since the war and without remuneration, the entire population has maintained the memorial to the execution site. We have photos of Druja to illustrate this story. If anyone wants them please e-mail me. Franklin J. Swartz, Executive Director, Eastern European Jewish Heritage Project (Reg'd U.K.), Jewish Revival Charitable Mission (Reg'd Republic of Belarus), 13b Dauman Street, Minsk 220002, Republic of Belarus, Tel/Fax: +375 17 234 3360/5612, fjs@voluntas.org [1999?]

DUNAEGYHAZA: See Apostag

DUNASZEKCSO: US Commission No. 000008
Dunaszekcso is located in Baranya, (46º05, 18º46), 15km N of Mohacs. Cemetery: W of the town center, in the fields. Town population is 1,000-5,000 with no Jews. Regional: MAZSIHISZ of Sip U.12, H-1075, Budapest Phone: (011-361) 122-6475/78.      The pre-WWII Jewish population (census) was 56. The Jewish cemetery was established in 1800 with last known Neolog burial in 1945. Between fields and woods, the isolated hillside has no sign or marker. Reached by crossing private property and crossing fields, access is open to all via no wall or gate. The approximate size before WWII was 0.10 hectares and now is 0.09 hectares. 20-100 gravestones, 1-20 not in original location and 25-50% toppled or broken, have special section for children. The 19th-20th centuries marble, limestone and sandstone flat shaped stones, finely smoothed and inscribed stones, flat stones with carved relief decoration or multi-stone monuments have Hebrew and Hungarian inscriptions. Some have traces of painting on their surfaces. No mass graves. The pre-burial house has a tahara (table) and hearse. The national Jewish community owns the cemetery. Adjacent properties are agricultural. The cemetery was vandalized occasionally in the last ten years. There has been no maintenance. Security, erosion, and vegetation are serious threats; vandalism is moderate threat. Peter Tamas completed survey on 10/30/91. He visited site on 10/29/91.

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EGER:
http://jerry.zeisler.home.att.net/Cemetery/cemetery.htm

ENCS:
Alternate names: Giba'rt and Gibart. Located at 48º20' 21º08', whether Encs (county B.A.Z.) has its own Jewish cemetery is unclear. Encs is in the "town names in land register", because I saw that the village of Gibar't (Gibart [Encs] 4820 2108) has one. The name of Giba'rt is missing from the town names list, possibly because it is officially a part of Encs, a couple of kilometers E of Encs, towards Herna'd River. The cemetery is on the left side of the river out of the residential area on bushless and treeless flat land. The blue-colored hiking trail leads there from Giba'rt. On a road atlas, one may not find Giba'rt, but definitely Encs is found. The cemetery has a concrete wall, no caretaker, and no entry restriction. It is small. I was there in 1996 and saw vandalized, broken stones. I have pictures. Source: Gyorgy Vero: gyuroveri@freemail.hu

ERDOBENYE: US Commission No. 000013
Erdobenye is located in Borsod-Abauj-Zemplen (48º16' 21º22'), 55km from Miskolc. Cemetery: E of town center, land record 224 hrsz. Town population is 1,000-5,000 with no Jews.      The pre-WWII Jewish population (census) was 153. The Jewish cemetery was established in 18th century with last known Hasidic Orthodox burial in 1950. The isolated flat urban site has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all via a broken masonry wall and unlocked gate. Pre- and post-WWII size of cemetery is 0.22 hectares. 100-500 gravestones, 1-20 not in original location and 25-50% toppled or broken, date from 18th-19th centuries. The marble, limestone and sandstone finely smoothed and inscribed stones or flat stones with carved relief decoration have Hebrew and Hungarian inscriptions. Some have traces of painting on their surfaces. No known mass graves or structures exist. The national Jewish community owns the cemetery. The cemetery was vandalized occasionally in the last ten years, but not since restoration. There is no maintenance. Security and erosion are serious threats; vegetation is moderate threat.
     Lowy Lajos of Tokaj, Rakoozi ut 41 completed survey on 12/9/91 using: Peter Wirth, itt van elrejtve. He visited site on 12/09/91.
     In 1992, down the road from the cemetery lives an elderly Gentile lady named Annish Gaal-Szabo (at Kossuth ut 76 (16), Erdobeny. Her husband was Lazlo.) She speaks no English, only Hungarian and German. We hired a very helpful guide and translator: Her mother was Jewish; and she definitely considers herself Jewish. Her name is Marton Agnes, home address Budapest 1072, Majakovszkij u. 47. II. 30, Budapest. Her home telephone is 1415-229. Office phone 1223-488. She is a paid professional guide. In 1992, we estimated about 50 stones standing and more toppled. We were told that a few visitors come from the US and Canada annually. The cemetery is not maintained and is overgrown. The Erdobenye family told us that after WWII, the local population rebuilt their houses using stones from the synagogue building. Source: Les Simon; lsimon@dakotacom.net [date?]

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FARKASRET: See Budapest (XII)
FEJER County: http://www.geocities.com/winter_peter_4
FUNFKIRCHEN: See Pecs

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GIBA'RT:
Tiny town that has the cemetery for Ens-see Ens.

GELENES: Szobolsz County, Sarmar Region
Genenes Hungary is located near the Tisza River in the Szobolsz County, Satmar region. Jews have lived there for many years until the Holocaust, when most were taken to the death camps in Poland. The Ukraine is five km away. I found the remains of the Jewish Cemetery near the Public Works Garage on the outskirts of town. The area was heavily weeded. The few stones that I saw were lying flat. I think I actually was at the site of what had been the Jewish Cemetery of Gelenes until 1944. Some Jews from Barabash may have been buried. Submitted by Norman L. Weiss; VXBJ43A@prodigy.com on 5 November 1997. He visited the site in July 1985.

GEMZSE: Map
Located at 48°08' 22°12', 151.0 miles ENE of Budapest.

Cemetery: Located on the main road, about 1 km south of town center in Szabolcs County, Hungary, 10 km from Kisvarda. Present total town population is under 1,000 with no Jews.

The village has a mayor, who at the time of the visit was the proprietor of the espresso bar. The village government takes responsibility for keeping the unlandmarked cemetery clean, aided by donations from foreign Jews. The village itself dates at least from the 1300s. The earliest known Jewish community dates from the 1770 census. Jews settled here in the 1700s as small farmers, due to land grants from the government. In the 1800s, about 20% of the village population was Jewish. A large proportion of the population was killed in the Holocaust; and most of the survivors moved to larger cities. The last Jewish inhabitant died around 1970. Jewish population was 79 in 1930. The last known Jewish burial in this Orthodox cemetery 2 km from the community that used it was 1941.

The one-acre rural cemetery on flat land is located on the main road going south from Gemzse towards Nyirmada, about 1 km south of the center of the town. It is across the street from a much larger Christian cemetery and part open to all. A continuous masonry wall and fence with a gate that locks surrounds the site. A new fence was installed about 2001. The cemetery was cleaned up. 1 to 20 stones are visible in original location. 50% - 75% are toppled or broken. Vegetation and water drainage are not a problem. The oldest known gravestone in the cemetery dates from the 1870s. The granite and limestone tombstones and memorial markers are finely smoothed and inscribed stones with traces of painting on their surfaces. Inscriptions on tombstones are in Hebrew.

The national Jewish community owns the cemetery property is now used for Jewish cemetery use only. Adjacent properties are agricultural. Compared to 1939, the cemetery boundaries enclose the same area. The cemetery is visited rarely by private visitors (Jewish or non-Jewish.)

The cemetery was vandalized frequently, between 1981 and 1991. Jewish individuals abroad re-erected stones and fixed the wall about 2001. Current care is occasional clearing or cleaning by authorities. Within the limits of the cemetery is a well. Weather erosion and security are serious threats. Pollution, vegetation, and vandalism are moderate threats. Peter Spiro, spirope@yahoo.com completed this survey on 9 September 2002. He visited in July 2001. Photographs of this cemetery can be found at http://ca.geocities.com/spirope/kisphotos.htm [September 2002]

GROSS KANIZSA: see Nagy Kanizsa
GYMS County: http://www.geocities.com/winter_peter_4
GYONGYOS: http://jerry.zeisler.home.att.net/Cemetery/cemetery.htm [August 2003]
GYONK: http://www.geocities.com/tolnajews/content.html [October 2000]

GYOR: {10966}
Husbands and wives are buried in the same grave. In other cases, children or other relatives are also interred in the same grave. In most cases, married women are listed under the husband's name. The ending "ne" this after the first name signals this. For example, Weisz Jozsefne, indicates the grave of Jozsef Weisz's wife. Where the name reads "Jozsef & ne", it means husband and wife are buried in the same grave. The list was compiled from old handwritten records. Every care was taken to get the names right, but because of various spellings in the records and different formats of the same name used in one family, it was difficult to be 100% correct. Also for some names, e.g. Herman David, it was difficult to determine which was the first and the surname. Source of names: Stephen Schmidig; stephen@sicore.com.au Gyor, Hungary Jewish Cemetery: http://gyorjewish.org

GYURE: US Commission No. 000040
Gyure is located in Szabolcs-Szatmar-Bereg at 48º11 22º17, 6km from Vasarosnameny. Cemetery: 1 km from village in the fields (Land record-796 hrsz.). Town population is 1,000-5,000, with 1 Jew.      1930 population (census) was 122. Rabbi Rav Roth Smuel is buried or lived here. The Jewish cemetery was established in 18th century. Fulep Majsi is buried here. The last known Hasidic Orthodox Jewish burial was 1940. Nagyvarsany, Kisvarsany and Revaranyos, Kopocsapati (both 12km away) used this cemetery. The isolated rural/agricultural hillside has no sign or marker. Reached by through fields on a track, access is open to all with no wall or gate. Pre- and post-WWII size of cemetery is 0.18 hectares. 20-100 gravestones, 1-20 not in original location and 25-50% toppled or broken, date from 19th-20th centuries. The marble and limestone flat shaped stones or finely smoothed and inscribed stones have Hebrew inscriptions. No known mass graves or structures exist. The national Jewish community owns the cemetery. Adjacent properties are agricultural. Boundaries are unchanged since 1939. The cemetery was not vandalized since Jewish individuals within Hungary cleared vegetation in 1991. Occasional individuals cleared or cleaned. Security, erosion, and vegetation are serious threats. Riczu Zoltan of Nyiregyhaza, Vasvati ut 74 completed survey on 1/11/91 using: Kisvarda es Kotnyeke Zsidosaga. He visited site on 01/11/1991. Interviewed was Goldstein Euginia on 01/11/1991 at Gyure, Vorosmarty ut 1.


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HABS County: http://www.geocities.com/winter_peter_4

HEGYALJAI:
BOOK: Hegyaljai zsid¢ sirk"vek (Hagyaljai Jewish tombstones) by A. Scheiber. Miskolc, 1982. pages 177-194, Hungarian and German. S84B828. Notes: tombstone art analysis, tombstone photo, 12 Jewish community histories in NE Hungary. Source: Tagger, Mathilde. Printed Books Jewish National and University Library in Jerusalem: an annotated bibliography. Jerusalem: The Israel Genealogical Society, 1997.
BOOK: Itt van Elrejive: Tokaj-Hegyaljai zsido temtok (Here lays: The Jewish cemeteries in the region of Tokaj-Hegyaljai [Hungary}), by O. Wirth. Budapest, 1988. 157 pages, chiefly illustrated, Hungarian. S86B1637. Notes: inscription photographs (some readable), region Jewish history, men index: 32 personal names (2: + family names), Women index: 20 personal names (2: + family names). Source: Tagger, Mathilde. Printed Books Jewish National and University Library in Jerusalem: an annotated bibliography. Jerusalem: The Israel Genealogical Society, 1997.

HEVES County: http://www.geocities.com/winter_peter_4

HERNADANMETI
UPDATE: Cemetery restored; (enclosure built, tombstones re-erected, grounds cleared, etc.) Source: Toby Mendlowitz, Assistant Director. HFPJC, E-mail: hfpjc@thejnet.com or gen@jewishcemeterypreservation.org [July 2004]

HIDASNEMETI:
We stopped at the Jewish cemetery just S of the Slovakian border. About 50 gravestones and a memorial to the Jews who had died in the Holocaust are on the main road to Budapest from Kosice, Slovkia. Source: Lawrence Riesenbach e-mail: Riesenbach@aol.com [date?]

HODASZ: US Commission No. 000041
Hodasz is located in Szabolcs-Szatmar-Bereg at 47º55' 22º13', 14km from Matetzalka. Cemetery: Dozsa Gyorgy ut. Town population is 1,000-5,000 with no Jews.

     The pre-WWII Jewish population (census) was 191. The Jewish cemetery was established in 19th century with last known Hasidic Orthodox burial 1944. The isolated urban flat land has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open with permission via a fence with a locking gate. Pre- and post-WWII size of cemetery is 0.16 hectares. 20-100 gravestones, 1-20 not in original location and 25-50% toppled or broken, date from 19th-20th centuries. The marble, granite, limestone and sandstone flat shaped stones or finely smoothed and inscribed stones have Hebrew inscriptions. Some have metal fences around graves. No known mass graves or structures exist. The national Jewish community owns the cemetery. Adjacent properties are agricultural and residential. Boundaries are unchanged since 1939. The cemetery was not vandalized since local non-Jewish residents and Jewish individuals abroad cleared vegetation and fixed wall and gate in 1985. Occasional individuals clear or clean. Weather erosion is serious threat; and vegetation is moderate threat. Peter Wirth completed survey on 10/12/91 and visited site on 06/12/1991. Interviewed was Pap Erzsebet at Hodvasz on 06/12/1991.

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IRSA: See Albertirsa (II)
IVANBALTYAN: See Villany

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JANOSHAZA:
    Present total town population is 1,000 - 5,000 with no Jewish population: the last Jew, a doctor, died about 1970.
    Local authority: Gombos Ferenc, mayor, very friendly, helpful and interested in the Jewish cemetery.
    Keyholder: An old men named Gyula has the the key and lives maybe a 100 meters from the cemetery. Locals can point you to Gyula's small house.
    The Jewish community in town dates from around 1800. Jewish population just before World War II was a couple of thousand, more than 50% of the inhabitants. Hannah Szenes, World War II heroine, came from Janoshaza, as did members of the Gestetner family. The founder of the Gestetner company, David Gestener, came from a nearby village, Csorna. Last known burial was 1943. Mayor Gombos Ferenc is interested in restoring the unlandmarked cemetery.
The isolated cemetery at the crown of a hill, separate, but near other cemeteries, has a sign or plaque in Hebrew and inscriptions on pre-burial house. Reached by crossing a little vegetable garden in front of the cemetery, the pre- and post- WWII size is 50 x 50 meters. About 150 gravestones exist, most in good condition. Vegetation and water drainage are not problems. The finely smoothed and inscribed stones and flat stones with carved relief decoration have Hebrew and Hungarian inscriptions. A special section for refugees exists as does a Holocaust memorial. The property belonging to a private individual. A local farmer who stores some goods in the pre-burial house. Adjacent properties are residential and agricultural. Private visitors (Jewish or non-Jewish-some family members from Budapest) very rarely visit the cemetery. The old man Gyula takes care, but is in his 80's. He may be paid by the Jewish Community of Budapest.  There is a very beautiful coach in the preburial house with a coffin to transport dead people from their house to the cemetery. A yizkor book exists. We will visit the cemetery again in the summer of 2003 and will photograph all stones and try to translate the inscriptions. Their grandmother, Lenke Federer, born in Sandor, was interviewed. Specific questions before the end of May 2003 by email. Source: Judith Federer and Paul Posthumus  [March 2003]

JOSVAFO:
Located at: 48º29' 20º34', B.A.Z County. This village is in Aggtelek National Park. The cemetery is above the Christian cemetery that is above the village itself. The 1100 km. long blue hiking trail mark leads to this place, just as to Giba'rt. One can see the Christian cemetery from the main road of the village so it is easy to find. The cemetery is even smaller than the one at Giba'rt. It has no wall or fence but has a gate built a couple of years ago. I was last there in 1997 and have pictures. Source: Gyorgy Vero, gyuroveri@freemail.hu

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KANTORJANOSI: US Commission No. 000042
Location: Szabolcs-Szatmar-Bereg (47º56' 22º09'), 15km from Mateszalka. Town population: between 1,000-5,000 with fewer than 10 Jews. The Hasidic Orthodox cemetery, used exclusively by town residents, is located at Zalka Mate ut.

     Pre-WWII Jewish population was 213. The last known Jewish burial was 1987. The isolated urban, residential flat land has no signs or markers. Access is open directly off a public road with a gate and broken fence. Cemetery occupies 0.27 hectares. 100-500 mostly limestone finely smoothed and Hebrew inscribed tombstones, none moved and fewer than 25% toppled or broken, date from 19th and 20th centuries. No vegetation overgrownth, water drainage problems, mass graves or structures exist. The national Jewish community owns property. Boundaries are unchanged since 1939 with no known vandalism. Hungarian Jewish groups cleared vegetation and wall repairs after 1991. Caretaker is paid by MAZSIHISZ Sip U.12, H-1075, Budapest. The only known threat is weather erosion. Riczu Zoltan of Nyiregyhaza, Vasvan Pal tuca 74 completed survey on 1/11/91. There is no known documentation. Interviewed were Gluckne Friedmann Olga and Kovacs Gyorgyne.

KAPTALANTOTA: US Commission No. 000060
Kaptalantotais located in Veszprem at 46º51' 17º37, 7km from Tapolca. Present population is 1,000-5,000 with no Jews. Cemetery: N of the village along the road to Tapolca. There is no caretaker. The pre-WWII Jewish population (census) was 12. The last known Hasidic Orthodox Jewish burial was pre WWII. The unlandmarked isolated 0.56-hectare cemetery has no sign. Accessed off a public road, the agricultural wooded hillside has no wall or fence. Fewer than 20 gravestones, all in original condition, date from 19th-20th centuries. The marble, granite, limestone and sandstone finely smoothed and inscribed or flat stones with carved relief decoration have Hebrew and Hungarian inscriptions. There are special memorial monuments but no known structures or mass graves. The national Jewish community owns the property. Boundaries are unchanged since 1939. There are few visitors. Vegetation overgrowth is a constant problem. Some recent vandalism, security, weather erosion, and vegetation are problems. Jewish individuals within Hungary cleared vegetation. Occasional clearing or cleaning continues. Peter Wirth completed survey on 12/9/91.

KECSKEMET: US Commission No. 000005
Kecskemet is located in Bacs-Kiskun at 46º54' 19º42', 85km from Budapest. Population is over 100,000. 1400 Jews lived here before WWII with fewer than 100 Jews in 1991. Cemetery: on the western edge of town along the main road to Budapest. A big earthquake in 1911 destroyed the synagogue and other buildings. The Jewish cemetery was established in 1828, with the oldest known burial in 1825 and the last known Neolog Jewish burial in 1990. No other towns or villages used this cemetery. The suburban flat land near other cemeteries has signs in Hungarian and Hebrew. Located directly off a public road, a continuous fence and no locked gate surround the 1.18-hectare cemetery with 500-5000 graves all in original location. The cemetery is not divided into special sections. The marble, granite, limestone and sandstone tombstones are flat shaped stones, finely smoothed and inscribed stones, flat stones with carved relief decoration, or double tombstones or sculpted monuments have Hebrew, Yiddish, and Hungarian inscriptions. Some have traces of painting on their surfaces, bronze decorations or lettering and/or metal fences around graves. The cemetery contains special memorial monuments to Holocaust victims and Jewish soldiers but no known mass graves. The national Jewish community owns the exclusively Jewish cemetery. Adjacent areas are agricultural and residential with the same boundaries since 1939. Within the limits of the cemetery are a well and pre-burial house with a tahara (table) and a catafalque. The only known problems are security, pollution from a busy nearby road, and weather erosion. The cemetery has been restored with no later vandalism. Caretaker is paid by visitors' contributions. Peter Tamas visited Feb. 1991 and completed survey on 10/14/91 using Land record M.Zs.L., Orban: Magyarorozag.

KEMECSE:
Caretaker: Ms. Markus Miklosne, 4501 Kemecse, Rakoczi u. 13, Hungary. Number of the place in the mayor book: 879/1. The cemetery is about 3.880 sq. meters. The number of the graves is 90-95. Source: Mihaly Aranyossy, Air Mediterran Travel Agency, Nyiregyhaza-Hungary. [Date?]

KESZ County: http://www.geocities.com/winter_peter_4

KESZTHELY: US Commission No. 000068 Keszthely is located in Zala, 36km from Zalaegerszeg at 46º46' 74º15'. Present town population is 5,000-25,000 with fewer than 100 Jews. Cemetery: Goldmark utca 33.      Pre-WWII Jewish population ws 872. Noteworthy Jewish residents included Goldmark Karoly and Dr. Buchler Sandor. This cemetery was founded in 1850 with last known Neolog Jewish burial in 1993. Alsopahoh, Felsophahok (15km away) and Gyenesdias, Rezi, Zalavar (15km away) used this site. The isolated flat suburban has no sign. Surrounded by a continuous wall, access is turning directly off a public road. The 0.92-hectare cemetery has 500-5000 stones, all in original condition, dating from 1750-20th century. Vegetation overgrowth is a constant problem disturbing stones. The cemetery has a special section for children. The marble, granite, limestone and sandstone finely smoothed and inscribed stones or flat stones with carved relief decoration,have Hebrew and Hungarian inscriptions. Some have metal fences around some graves. There are no known mass graves. The local Jewish community owns the Jewish cemetery in an agricultural and residential area. Boundaries are unchanged since 1939. Vandalized occasionally in the last ten years, but not since its restoration by Jewish individuals within Hungary: re-erection of stones and vegetation cleared. Occasional clearing continues. Caretaker is paid by Mazsihisz Sip U.12, H-1075, Budapest. Within the limits of the cemetery are a pre-burial house with wall inscriptions and caretaker quarters. There are slight problems with security (uncontrolled access), weather erosion, pollution, vegetation, and vandalism. Peter Wirth visited site was and completed survey on 2/6/92, using the M.ZS.L. (Hungarian Jewish Encyclopedia). He interviewed Furst Laszlone.

KISHVARDA: see Kisvarda

KISVARDA: US Commission No. 000043
Alternate name: Kleinwardein in German and Varda. Kisvarda is located in Szabolcs-Szatmar-Bereg, (48º13 22º05), 42km from Nyiregyhaza. Cemetery: on the border of the town, E of center. Land record: 3714-16 hrsz. Town population is 25,000-100,000 with less than ten Jews.      1941 Jewish population was 3770. In 1844, Kisvarda became an independent community. The Jewish cemetery was established in 1796. Avraham Weinberger, Rosenbaum Lits Segal and Landau Mose Cvi are buried jere. The last known Hasidic Orthodox Jewish burial was 1988. Ajak and Anarcs (each 20km away) used this cemetery. The isolated suburban hillside site has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all via a fence with a locked gate. The approximate size before WWII was 2.50 hectares and now is 21.38 hectares. [?] 500-5000 gravestones, less than 25% toppled or broken, date from 19th-20th centuries. Special sections exist for men, women, unmarried men, unmarried women, rabbis, Cohanim, children and suicides. The marble, granite, limestone and sandstone flat shaped stones, finely smoothed and inscribed stones, flat stones with carved relief decoration or double tombstones have Hebrew and Hungarian inscriptions. Some have traces of painting on their surfaces. The cemetery contains special memorial mounuments but no known mass graves. The pre-burial house has a tahara (table), a catafalque, and wall inscriptions. The national Jewish community owns the cemetery. Adjacent properties are commercial or industrial. Boundaries were smaller than in 1939 because of commercial or industrial development. Jewish individuals abroad re-erected stones, patched broken stones, cleaned stones, cleared vegetation, and fixed gate. Occasional individuals clear or clean. Caretaker is paid by MAZSIHISZ, Sip U.12, H-1075, Budapest. Weather erosion and vegetation are moderate threats, pollution (metal foundry on adjacent property pollutes) and incompatible nearby development are very serious threats.
     Karadi Gabor and Peter Wirth completed survey on 3/11/91 using Dr. Jolesz Karoly: Kisvarda es Kornyeke Asidosaga; Newmann Albert: A Szabolcsi Zsidok; Venetianer Lajos: A Magyar Zsidosag Tortenete Magyar Zsido Okleveltar, Encyclopaedia Judaica. Other documentation exists but was not used. Wirth [?] visited site on 11/08/1991.
     Cemetery: the intersection of Akacfa and Wesslenyi Streets in Kisvarda, Sabolcs-Szatmar-Bereg County at 48 º13' N, 22º 05' E, about 94 km. ENE of Miskolc. The Orthodox or Neolog cemetery may be landmarked and is marked on city maps. The urban hillside, separate but near other cemeteries, has a sign in Hungarian. Reached by turning directly off public road, access is open with permission via a continuous fence and locking gate. Vegetation overgrowth is somewhat heavy but apparently seasonal and does not prevent access. 500-5,000 marble and granite tombstones/memorial markers finely smoothed/inscribed stones have Hebrew, Yiddish, and Hungarian inscriptions. Some have metal fences around graves and/or small "houses. [ohels] No known mass graves. The site is now for Jewish cemetery use only. Adjacent properties are commercial/industrial. Diane Goldman, 4977 Battery Lane, Bethesda MD 20814 visited site on 2 August 1998 and completed survey on 1 March 1999. dgoldman@erols.com. Lynn Golumbic lynng@escmed.com has photos.
Some photographs of this cemetery can be found at http://ca.geocities.com/spirope/kisphotos.htm [September 2002]
UPDATE: One wall erected. 900 tombstones up righted. Second and last wall currently being completed. Source: Toby Mendlowitz, Assistant Director. HFPJC, E-mail: hfpjc@thejnet.com or gen@jewishcemeterypreservation.org [July 2004]

KLEINWARDEIN: See Kisvarda
KOBANYA: See Budapest (X)
KOCSORD: See Mateszalka

KOVÁCSVÁGÁS:
The town is located at 48°27' 21°32', 130.9 miles ENE of Budapest and near Satoraljaujhely. The notary there says that people come to visit from time to time from America to visit the Jewish cemetery. They did have their own synagogue. Source: Geri Roth freelanceflowers@hotmail.com. [April 2006]
       UPDATE: : I just heard from the Notary that there are about fifteen tombstones visible in the Jewish cemetery. Writing is getting faint. She said there is no one there who reads Hebrew. Source: Geri Roth freelanceflowers@hotmail.com [May 2006]

KOVAGOORS: US Commission No. 000061
Kovagoors is located in Veszprem, (46º51' 17º36'), 16km from Tapolca. Cemetery: W of village at end of Temeto utca. Town population is 1,000-5,000 with no Jews.      The pre-WWII Jewish population was 72. The Jewish cemetery was established in 1820. Pfeifer Zelig Lebi, First Rabbi (died 1868), is buried in the cemetery. The last known Hasidic Orthodox Jewish burial was 1940. The flat suburban forest, separate but near other cemeteries, has no sign or marker. Access is open to all via a masonry wall and no gate. Pre- and post-WWII size of cemetery is 0.35 hectares. 20-100 gravestones, 25-50% toppled or broken, date from 19th century. The marble, limestone and sandstone flat shaped stones, finely smoothed and inscribed stones or flat stones with carved relief decoration, some with metal fences around graves, have Hebrew and Hungarian inscriptions. No known mass graves. There is a pre-burial house ruins. The national Jewish community owns the cemetery. Adjacent properties are agricultural, cemetery, and forest. Boundaries are unchanged since 1939. The cemetery was vandalized during and after World War II, but not since Jewish groups within Hungary cleared vegetation in 1976 and in 1990. There is no care of the cemetery now. Security, erosion, and vegetation are very serious threats, vandalism moderate. Peter Wirth completed survey on 9/13/91 using M.ZS.L. (Jewish Encyclopedia of Hungary.) He visited site on 13/09/1991. Grosz Bela at Koveskal, Varoskut at Utca 5 was interviewed.

KEREPSI: http://www.isjm.org/Projects/Kerepesi.htm

KORLAT: see VIZSOLY.
Jewish Cemetery: a village in Zemplén district at 48°23' 21°13' about 2.5 km away, this small Jewish cemetery in Korlat at 48°23' 21°15', 117.3 miles ENE of Budapest 47°30' 19°5', near Vizsoly. Information can be found at http://www.korlat.hu. The present total town population is 1073 with no Jews.
KUNGOS: See Csajag

KUNMADARAS: US Commission No. 000053
Kunmadaras is located in Szolnok, (47º26 20º48) 16km from Karcag. Cemetery is near the highway in Kunhegyesi ut. Present town population is 5000-25,000 with fewer than 10 Jews. (Land record 177 hrsz.)      The pre-WWII Jewish population (census) was 302. There was a pogrom on 21 May 1946. The Jewish cemetery was established in 1890 with last known Conservative Jewish burial 1989. The cemetery suburban flat site, near other cemeteries, has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open via a broken fence and non-locking gate. The cemetery is 0.50 hectares. 100-500 gravestones, with less than 25% broken, date from 19th-20th centuries. The cemetery is not divided into special sections. The marble, granite and limestone finely smoothed and inscribed stones, flat stones with carved relief decoration or double tombstones, have Hebrew and Hungarian inscriptions. Some graves have metal fences around them. The cemetery contains special memorial monuments to Holocaust victims. Within the limits of the cemetery is a pre-burial house. The Jewish community owns the still-active cemetery. Adjacent properties are agricultural and cemetery. Boundaries are unchanged since 1939. The Jewish community re-erected stones, cleared vegetation, and fixed the walls and gate in 1986. There has been no vandalism since restoration with occasional clearing or cleaning. Vegetation overgrowth is a problem. There is no present threat to the cemetery. Peter Wirth completed the survey on 12/6/92. No documentation was used. The site was visited for this survey. Quittner Janos was interviewed on 08/06/1992 at Budapest, Paucsi utca 69.

KUNSZENTMIKLOS: US Commission No. 000006 Kunszentmiklos is located in Bacs-Kiskun, (47º02' 19º08), 56km from Budapest. Cemetery: S of historic center behind the new cemetery in Kolcsey utca. Present town population is 5,000- 25,000 with no Jews.      The pre-WWII Jewish population (census) was 155. The cemetery was established in 1853. The last known Hasidic Orthodox Jewish burial before WWII. The flat rural agricultural location, separate but near other cemeteries, has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a private road, access is open to allvia no wall, fence, or gate. Pre- and post-WWII size of cemetery is 0.41 hectares. 100-500 gravestones, 25%-50% toppled or broken, date from 19th-20th centuries. Vegetation overgrowth is a constant problem; and water drainage is a seasonal problem. Special sections exist for Cohanim, children, and the wealthy. The marble, granite, limestone and sandstone flat shaped, finely smoothed and inscribed, or flat stones with carved relief decoration have Hebrew and Hungarian inscriptions. Some tombstones have metal fences around the graves. There is a pre-burial house foundation. The cemetery contains special memorial monuments to Holocaust victims but no mass graves. The present owner of the still-active cemetery is the national Jewish community. Boundaries are unchanged since 1939. Adjacent properties are agricultural. There was some restoration done to the cemetery, such as cleared vegetation with no current care. Security (uncontrolled access), weather erosion, and vegetation are very serious threats. Peter Wirth completed survey on 11/18/91 using M.Zs.L. He visited site on 11/11/91.

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LEVELEK: US Commission No. 000044
Levelek is located in Szabolcs-Szatmar-Bereg, (47.58' 22º00'), 20km from Nyiregyhaza. Cemetery: via a track at Rakoozi ut 80. (Land Record 026813 hrsz). The pre-WWII Jewish population (census) was 103. The Jewish cemetery was established in the 19th century with last known Hasidic Orthodox Jewish burial 1944. No other villages used this cemetery. Between fields and woods, the isolated flat land has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all via no fence or gate. Pre- and post-WWII size of cemetery is 0.26 hectares. Vegetation overgrowth is a constant problem. Water drainage is a seasonal problem. The marble finely smoothed and inscribed stones or flat stones with carved relief decoration have Hebrew and Hungarian inscriptions. The cemetery contains no known mass graves or structures. The owner of the still-active cemetery is the national Jewish community. Boundaries are unchanged since 1939. Adjacent properties are agricultural, visited rarely. Local or municipal authorities carried out the restoration in 1985 with no vandalism since restoration. Care now is occasional clearing or cleaning by authorities. Security (uncontrolled access), vegetation and weather erosion are serious threats. Riczu Zoltan of Nyiregyhaza, Vasvari Pal ut 74 completed survey on 3/11/91. He visited site on 01/11/1991.

LOWY: See Tokaj (I)


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