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All descriptions that follow with a "RO-CE" and a number are from the Survey of Historic Jewish Sites and Monuments in Romania sponsored by the U.S. Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad.

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FAGARAS: Brasov County

The cemetery is located in Fagaras, near the Greek Orthodox cemetery, cod 2300, judet Brasov, Transylvania, Romania. The alternate names are Fogaras (Hungarian), FOGARASCH, and FAGARASO. 4551 2458, 112.3 miles NNW of Bucharest and 55 km from Brasov. Present town population is 5,000-25,000 with no Jews.

The Jewish population by census was 113 in 1838, 183 in 1850, 180 in1857, 276 in 1869-1870, 276, 514 in 1910 registered, and 388 in 1930. The Jewish community was founded in 1820. The first synagogue was built in 18ioslated school was founded in 1840. In 1836, the synagogue was destroyed by the local townspeople, but it was rebuilt in 1858. The first rabbis of the community were Lobl Silberman until 1864 and Josef Cohne beginning with 1864. The unlandmarked Orthodox 19th and 20th century cemetery on isolated suburban flat land has no sign or marker. Reached by a public road, access is open to all. A fence with a non-locking gate surrounds the site.

Approximate pre- and post- WWII size is 100 m x 50 m. 100-500 stones are visible. 100-500 are in original location. 20-100 stones are not in original location. 25%-50% of the stones are toppled or broken. Location of stones removed from the cemetery is unknown. Vegetation overgrowth in the cemetery is not a problem. Water drainage is good all year. No special sections.

The oldest known gravestone dates from 19th century. The 19th and 20th century marble, granite, sandstone, and limestone memorial markers are flat shaped, smoothed and inscribed, carved relief-decorated, and double tombstones. Some have traces of painting on their surfaces and metal fences around graves. Inscriptions are in Hebrew and Romanian. No known mass graves. The national Jewish community owns the property used for Jewish cemetery only. Adjacent property is Greek-Orthodox cemetery. Rarely, private Jewish or non-Jewish visitors stop. The never vandalized cemetery has no care or maintenance. No structures. Weather erosion is a moderate threat.

Oprea Ioana, B-dul 21 Decembrie, no. 13-15, ap. 6, Cluj Napoca, tel: 190
849 and Popa Cosmina, Tatra Str., no. 4, ap. 11, Cluj Napoca, tel: 128 764 visited the site and completed the survey on December 15, 2000 using the following documentation:

No interviews. [January 2003]


FALCIUL: also see BARLAD
FALK: see FELEAC

FALTICENI:
Alternate names: Buciumeni/Falticenii Vechi/Fultichen/Gradinile/Opriseni/Tampesti/Timpesti. See: abandoned sites Jewish Heritage Travel: A Guide to East-Central Europe by Ruth Ellen Gruber- New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1992-217-218. Located at 47°27' 26°18' in Suceava County, Moldavia region. 1 picture in Saros Laszlo and Vali Dezso. Tanu ez a kohalom; (This Cairn is Witness Today) ISBN 963 7476 172. Bruce Kahn bkahn@servtech.com,
FĂLTICENI (I): (judet Suceava)
The cemetery is located at Str. Nutzu Ema 49, Fălticeni, judet Suceava, 4727 2618, 208.5 miles N of Bucharest and 25 km from Suceava. Present town population is 25,000-100,000 with 21 Jews.

The Jewish population by census was 1831 registered 360 Jewish families and in 1930 was 4046. In 1941, the Jews were deported to Transnistria. The cemetery was established in 18th century with last known burial was end of the 19th century. The unlandmarked Orthodox cemetery is 300 m. from the congregation that used it. The isolated urban flat land and hillside has no sign or marker. Reached by a public road, access is open to all. A broken masonry wall surrounds the site with a non-locking gate.

Approximate pre-WWII size was 250 x 400 m. Approximate post-WWII size is 250 x 400 m. 500-5000 stones are visible. (About 4500.) 500-5,000 gravestones are in original location. 20-100 stones are not in original location. 25%-50% of the stones are toppled or broken. Location of stones removed from the cemetery is unknown. Vegetation overgrowth in the cemetery is a seasonal problem preventing access. Water drainage is good all year.

The oldest known gravestone dates from about 1850. The 19th century granite, limestone, and sandstone gravestones have Hebrew inscriptions. Some have traces of painting on their surfaces, iron decorations or letting, bronze decorations or lettering, and other metallic elements.

The local Jewish community owns the property used for waste dumping. Adjacent properties are in village residential setting with houses, gardens, orchards, and pastures. Rarely, local residents stop. The cemetery was vandalized frequently in the last ten years. No maintenance. No care now. No structures. Security (uncontrolled access) is a serious threat. Weather erosion is a moderate threat. Vegetation is a moderate threat. Vandalism is a very serious threat. The gravestones are broken or stolen.

Lucian Nastasă, Clinicilor Str., no. 19, Cluj, Romania, tel. 064/190107. Email: Nastasălucian@hotmail.com completed the survey on September 22, 2000 using the following documentation:

Lucian Nastasă visited September 20, 2000 but conducted no interviews. [January 2003]

FALTICENI (II)
The cemetery is located at Str. Brosteni 76, Fălticeni, judet Suceava.

The cemetery was established in the end of 19th century with last known burial (Gold Sara) in May 2000. Liteni, judet Suceava, also used this unlandmarked Orthodox cemetery that is 2 km from the congregation that used it.

The isolated urban flat land has no sign or marker. Reached by a public road, access is open with permission. A masonry wall with a gate that locks surrounds the site. Approximate pre- and post-WWII size is 500 x 440 m. About 12,000 gravestones are visible. 20-100 stones are not in original location. More than 75% of the stones are toppled or broken. Location of stones removed from the cemetery is unknown. Vegetation overgrowth in the cemetery is a seasonal problem preventing access. Water drainage is good all year.

No special sections. The oldest known gravestone dates from the end of the 19th century. The 19th and 20th century marble, granite, limestone, sandstone, and slate memorial markers have traces of painting on their surfaces, iron decorations or letting, bronze decorations or lettering, and other metallic elements and metal fences around graves. Some have traces of painting on their surfaces, other than metallic elements, and metal fences around graves with Hebrew, Yiddish, and German inscriptions. The cemetery contains memorial to Jewish soldiers

The local Jewish community owns the property used for Jewish cemetery and orchard. Adjacent properties are in village residential setting with houses, gardens, orchards, and pastures. Frequently, private Jewish or non-Jewish visitors and local residents stop. The cemetery was vandalized occasionally in the last ten years. No maintenance, but current care is regular caretaker paid by the Jewish community of Falticeni, approximately 2 $/month.) Within the limits of the cemetery is a preburial house and a house, The preburial house has a tahara, catafalque, and an ohel. Vegetation is a moderate threat.

Lucian Nastasă, Clinicilor Str., no. 19, Cluj, Romania, tel. 064/190107. Email: Nastasălucian@hotmail.com completed the survey on September 22, 2000 using the following documentation:

Lucian Nastasă visited September 20, 2000 and interviewed Sinciuc Domnica, Str. Brosteni 76, Falticeni, judet Suceava. [January 2003]


FANTANELE: see FINTANELE
FARAOANI (Bacău judet): see BACĂU

FAURESTI:     US Commission: RO/MM/0308
Alternate Hungarian name: Forrasfalva. Located in Maramures at 4734 2345, 16.7 kilometers SE of Baia Mare. On the road from Copalnic Manastur, the road to the cemetery crosses the second bridge on the right. Follow the road back along the river. Cross the waterfall formed by a small stream entering the river continue following the track up the hillside. Nearing the top of the hill the cemetery is visible down on the right about 200 meters away.
     The cemetery in Fauresti (Forrasfalva) is badly in need of a caretaker. Although fenced at one time, sections are missing. Vegetation has been cleared occasionally, but threatens to take over the site and further disturb stones that are already leaning precariously. The cemetery currently has no caretaker, our informant, Mr. Gheorghe Danciu (44), said that the former caretaker, Mr. Ioan Vint, passed away in 1990 and that since his death there has been no caretaker. Before 1990, there was a man, who Mr. Danciu believes was from the Jewish community center in Cluj or Bucuresti, used to visit every year to make sure upkeep was being performed. One year, he came with jars of paint and colored in the writing on many of the stones, though today only a few traces remain. "In that time, in the time of Ceaucescu, this was an authorized cemetery like any other cemetery. It was protected by laws!" The road leading up to the cemetery was once covered with small rounded stones from the riverbed so that it was at one time possible to drive a car up to the top of the hill. Today, the site is in need of some serious repairs as many of the stones are leaning over; and the undergrowth is beginning to take over. A number of stones were removed before the 1990's especially towards the bottom of the cemetery where an entire row of perhaps 7 or 8 stones are missing.
     Although Mr. Danciu is only 44 years old, his father told him a great many stories about the former Jewish community. He pointed out that there used to be an "ice house" and a small building, that belonged to members of the Jewish community, at the intersection of the stream and the river. The "ice house" was in fact an artificial cave tunneled into the side of the hill to the left of the stream, that was supported by large timbers on the inside and had a door that locked. "In the winter time, they would use saws to cut large blocks of ice out of the river and then store them deep inside the ice cave. Then, in the summertime, when it was hot, they would take out blocks of ice and use it cool down drinksand beer.. Man did that get cold!" When Mr. Danciu was a child, in the middle 1960s, he and his friends used to play in the abandoned ice cave on hot summer days to keep cool. The ice cave is no longer recognizable today, only a slight depression in the hillside remains where the entrance used to be. Although the well, which supplied water to building near the icehouse, was filled in years ago, portions of the stones that were used to cover it up and fill it in are still visible beneath the underbrush. During the war, according to what Mr. Danciu has heard from his father, the Jewish community of Fauresti was taken away to the ghetto in Copalnic-Manastur in horse carts during the night.
     The cemetery location is rural (agricultural), on a hillside and isolated with no sign or marker, only a broken fence and gate that does not lock. The approximate size is 715 square meters and probably the same size as in 1939. 37 limestone or sandstone, flat-shaped, smoother and Hebrew-inscribed gravestones are in the cemetery, all in original location with ten broken or toppled and ten leaning. Missing stones probably were incorporated into roads or structures. Vegetation is a constant problem, disturbing stones and graves and damaging stones. Water drainage is good all year. No structures. The current owner is unknown. The substantially empty site is used for agricultural purposes and was vandalized between 1945 and the last ten years. In 1990, the Jewish Community in Baia Mare erected a fence and cleared vegetation. Seasonal clearing of vegetation stopped a few years ago. Uncontrolled access, vegetation, and erosion are serious threats.
     John DeMetrick and Christina Crowder, (formerly of Cluj, they have no further information) , completed this survey on 22 April 2000 using a list of cemeteries known by the Jewish Community in Baia Mare. They visited the site on 7 April 2000 and interviewed Mr. Gheorghe (Ghita) Danciu.


FEIGENDORF: see Micasasa
FEKETETOT: see TAUT

FELEAC: Bistrita County
The cemetery is located in Feleac, near the village, code 4586. Bistrita, 4705 2415, 203.5 miles NNW of Bucharest and 28 km from Bistrita. Alternate name: Fellak (Hungarian), Falk (German). Present town population is under 1,000 with no Jews.

The 1857 Jewish population by census was 13, in 1880 was 18, in 1900 was 18, and in 1930 was 13. In May 1944, the Jews were gathered in the ghetto of Bistrita and in June 2-6, 1944 were deported to Auschwitz. The unlandmarked Orthodox cemetery was established in 19th century. Last known burial was 20th century.

The isolated rural/agricultural hillside has no sign or marker. Reached by a public road, access is open with permission. A fence surrounds the site with a gate that locks. Approximate pre- and post-WWII size is 30 m.x 15 m. 1-20 stones are visible, some not in original location. Less than 25% of the stones are toppled or broken. Location of stones removed from the cemetery is unknown. Vegetation overgrowth in the cemetery is not a problem. Water drainage is good all year. No special sections. The oldest known gravestone dates from 19th century. The 19th and 20th century granite and limestone flat shaped and smoothed and inscribed common gravestones have Hebrew inscriptions. No known mass graves.

The national Jewish community owns the property used for Jewish cemetery only. Adjacent properties are a village setting with houses, gardens, orchards, and pastures. Rarely, private Jewish or non-Jewish visitors stop. The never vandalized cemetery maintenance has been re-erection of stones and clearing vegetation. Current care is occasional clearing or cleaning by unpaid individuals. No structures. Weather erosion is a moderate.

Cosmina Popa, Tatra Str. no. 4, tel. 064/ 128764, Cluj Napoca, 3400 and Ioana Raiciu, Bd. 21 Decembrie, 13-15, 064/190849, Cluj-Napoca, 3400 visited the site and completed the survey on July 26, 2000 using the following documentation:

No interviews. [January 2003]


FELIAK: see FELEAC
FELOR: see URIU 
FELOSBANYA: see BAIE SPRIE
FELSO-ARPAS: see Arpasu de Sus
FELSODERNA: see DERNA
FELSÖSZIVĂGY: see ASUAJUL de SUS
FELSOSZUCS: see SUCIU de SUS
FELSZOPOR: see SUPURU DE SIUS
FILDU de JOS: Located at 46°56' 23°04' in Sălaj County, Transylvania region, Alternate name: Alsofuld/. See also town of Cluj

FINATE:     US Commission Number: RO/MM/03
Alternate Hungarian name: Kovarfonac. Located in Maramures County at 4732 2346, 20.2 kilometers SE of Baia Mare and approximately 19 km. from Tirgu Lapus. As you drive along the main road through the village of Finate, from the town of Cernesti, the cemetery lies beyond the end of a dirt small dirt road on the left. When visiting this cemetery, the best thing to do is to ask for directions to the old "moara" (moe-arah), or mill, which lies at the end of the small dirt road about 150 meters from the main road. A small footpath leads beyond the mill, traverses a footbridge over the river, and continues towards the slope of a hill. The cemetery will be on your left. The distance from the mill is approximately 150 meters.
     Although this cemetery in Finate (Kovarfonac) did not figure on any of the lists that we had, local residents informed us of its presence. The cemetery has no caretaker and is likely entirely unknown to all but a few of the village residents. Someone has obviously visited this site within the past ten years as one of the stones has had the text highlighted with paint. The major threat to the cemetery is uncontrolled access and apparently no care. The site is located off the side of a grassy path leading up through a grove of trees between a mill and a farm on top of the hill where the grass and undergrowth are regularly trimmed (likely by whoever uses the path). However, there is a good deal of underbrush around the one remaining standing stone that threatens to topple it eventually. Hopefully someone can be appointed caretaker; and the site can be looked after. Until then, we can only hope that the stones will not be hauled away or damaged. Present cemetery size is by on-site guess: 30 m. It is not easy to tell as there is no clear definition as to where graves began and ended. There are only a few stones but there are mounds in the land where graves might be. 3 limestone, flat-shaped, smoothed and Hebrew inscribed gravestones are in the cemetery, one facedown, one broken into two pieces and facedown, and one stand, recently painted. Vegetation is a constant problem disturbing stones. Water drainage is good all year. The present owner of the property is unknown. (It seems that what remains of the cemetery is located next to a grassy path.) Adjacent properties are agricultural and pathway. Uncontrolled access, weather erosion and vegetation are threats.
     John DeMetrick and Christina Crowder, (formerly of Cluj, they have no further information) . They visited the site on 10 April 2000.

FINTANELE: Bistrita County
The cemetery is located in Fintanele, no. ___, code 4455, judet Bistrita, 4656 2417, 16.7 miles of Bistrita and 193.6 miles NNW of Bucharest. Alternate names: Ujos (Hungarian), Eisch (German), Fantanele (Romanian). Present town population is under 1,000 with no Jews.

The 1850 Jewish population by census was one and from 1930 census was thirteen. In May 1944, the Jews were gathered in the ghetto of Bistrita and in June 2-6, 1944 were deported to Auschwitz. The unlandmarked Orthodox cemetery was established in 19th century. Last known burial was 20th century.
The isolated rural/agricultural hillside has no sign or marker. Reached via private property, access is open with permission. A fence with a gate that locks surrounds the site. Approximate pre- and post-WWII size is 150 m. 1-20 stones are visible, some not in original location. Less than 25% of the stones are toppled or broken. Location of stones removed from the cemetery is unknown. Vegetation overgrowth in the cemetery is a seasonal problem preventing access. Water drainage is good all year.

No special sections. The oldest known gravestone dates from 19th century. The 19th and 20th century granite, flat shaped and smoothed and inscribed common gravestones have Hebrew inscriptions. No known mass graves. The national Jewish community owns the property used for Jewish cemetery only. Adjacent properties are a village setting with houses, gardens, orchards, and pastures. Rarely, private Jewish or non-Jewish visitors stop. The never vandalized cemetery maintenance has been re-erection of stones and clearing vegetation and repair of wall. Current care is occasional clearing or cleaning by unpaid individuals. No structures.

Cosmina Popa, Tatra Str. no. 4, tel. 064/ 128764, Cluj Napoca, 3400 and Ioana Raiciu, Bd. 21 Decembrie, 13-15, 064/190849, Cluj-Napoca, 3400 visited the site and completed the survey on July 26, 2000 using the following documentation:

They interviewed Gheorghe Mihai, Fintanele [January 2003]


FIZERU GHERLII:
Alternate name: Oerdöngösfüzes in Hungarian. Located at 47°01' 23°59' in Cluj County, Transylvania region, 50 km from Cluj-Napoca, 20 km from Dej, and 6 km from Gherla. The cemetery is located at the back of the courtyard of Mr. Vasile Pascu, Nr.32/B, 3493 Fizeru Gherlii, jud. Cluj, Romania. The current town population is 1,431 with no Jews.
     Censuses: 1850 - 6 Jews of a total population of 1,203, but 1857 ?no Jews; 1880 - 40 Jews out of 1,292; 1886- 28 Jews out of 1,365; 1891- 36 Jews of 1,502; and 38 Jews in 1930. In May 1944, the Jews were confined to Dej ghetto. On May 28 and June 6-8, all 30 Jews from Fizeru Gherlii were deported to Auschwitz. The Orthodox cemetery was established in the nineteenth century, 3 km. away. Other nearby communities used this cemetery. The rural (agricultural) isolated flat land with no sign or marker is reached by crossing a private property (of Mr. Vasile PASCU). Probably, the old road was incorporated in the present property. Access to the cemetery is open with permission. A continuous fence and a locking gate surround the cemetery. The approximate size of cemetery before World War II was 30 sq.m. There are 3 gravestones in the cemetery, two of which are in the original position and one that is broken. One tombstone is in the garden of Mr. Pascu outside the present cemetery. According oral testimony, possibly another Jew had his grave on his old property. The oldest known gravestone in the cemetery is from the nineteenth century. The limestone rough stones or boulders probably had Hebrew inscriptions but are destroyed. Known mass graves exist.
     Dej community must clarify the present status of the land. The Federation of Jewish Communities of Romania owns the property is used for Jewish cemetery only. Adjacent properties are agricultural and residential. The cemetery is rarely visited. The cemetery was possibly vandalized during the World War II but not in the last ten years. Care included annual clearing vegetation and fixing fence and gate in the 1960s and 1970s and annually since "controls" ceased by Dej Jewish community, str. Infrăþirii, nr. 8, 4650 Dej, ph.: 40-64-215179. Current care: The past caretaker has access to the site. The present owner found an unknown tombstone and offered to care for the cemetery himself. Dej Jewish community paid the past caretaker. There are no structures. Weather erosion and vegetation are moderate threats. There is a serious threat by presence of water. The tombstones are leaning. Mircea-Sergiu Moldovan, Ph.D. (Professor and architect), str. Paring, nr. 1, bl. A4, ap. 12, 3400 Cluj-Napoca, Romania, Ph.: 40-64-161261 completed the survey form on March 15, 1999 after a visit on March 10. An interview was conducted with Vasile Pascu of Fizeru Gherlii.

FOCSANI:
REFERENCE: See: abandoned sites Jewish Heritage Travel: A Guide to East-Central Europe by Ruth Ellen Gruber- New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1992 - 10. Located at 45°42' 27°11' in Vrancea County, Moldavia region. Alternate name: Foksani.

FODORA: Salaj County, Transylvania
The cemetery is located in Fodora, near the village, code 4676, judet Salaj, 4716 2341, 227.5 miles NNW of Bucharest and 45 km from Jibou. Alternate name: Olah Fodorhaza (Hungarian). Present town population is under 1,000 with no Jews.

The 1850 Jewish population by census was 44, in 1857 was 30, in 1880 was 31, in 1900 was 31, in 1910 was 39, and in 1930 was 6. In May 1944, the Jews were gathered in the ghetto of Cehei, then in Simleul Silvaniei and on May 31, June 3, 6 they were deported to Auschwitz. The unlandmarked Orthodox cemetery was established in 19th century. Last known burial was 20th century.

The isolated rural/agricultural hillside has no sign or marker. Reached by a public road, access is open to all. A fence with a non-locking gate surrounds the site. Approximate pre- and post-WWII size is 10 x 25 m. 1-20 stones are visible, some not in original location. 25%-50% of the stones are toppled or broken. Location of stones removed from the cemetery is unknown. Vegetation overgrowth in the cemetery is a seasonal problem preventing access. Water drainage is good all year. No special sections.

The oldest known gravestone dates from 19th century. The 19th and 20th century granite, flat shaped and smoothed and inscribed gravestones have Hebrew inscriptions. No known mass graves. The national Jewish community owns the property used for Jewish cemetery and an orchard. Adjacent properties are agricultural. Rarely, private Jewish or non-Jewish visitors stop. The never vandalized cemetery maintenance has been clearing vegetation Current care is occasional clearing or cleaning by individuals. No structures. Weather erosion is a moderate threat.

Cosmina Popa, Tatra Str. no. 4, tel. 064/ 128764, Cluj Napoca, 3400 and Ioana Oprea, Bd. 21 Decembrie, 13-15, 064/190849, Cluj-Napoca, 3400 visited the site and completed the survey on September 29, 2000 using the following documentation:

Cosmina Popa and Ioana Oprea interviewed no one. [January 2003]


FOGARAS: see Fagaras
FOGLAS: see SUPLACU DE BARCAU
FOKSANI: see also Focsani
FORRASFALVA: see FAURESTI
FRATA:
Located at 46°42' 24°03' in Cluj County, Transylvania region. See also town of Cluj

FRUMUSICA: Botosani, Moldavia
Located at 47°32' 26°54' in Botosani county, Moldavia region. Town population: under 1,000 with no current Jewish population. The mayor of the town of Frumusica is interested in the site and may share information. Caretaker. A miniscule Jewish community, 15 km. from Hirlau, Frumusica (probably suburban to Hirlau.) From the respondent's father's account, the town had maybe fifty Jews. Jewish Encyclopedia says the Jewish population was less than 200. The inactive cemetery location is isolated rural/agricultural flat land of a slight incline has a sign. The cemetery is reached by turning directly off a public road (by side of road). Access is open with permission obtained at the City Hall. Someone from City Hall probably will accompany the visitor to the cemetery surrounded by a continuous wooden fence with an entry opening. Probably about 500 or more tombstones are visible with about 75% or more topped or broken. Inscriptions are in Romanian and Hebrew. The cemetery is visited rarely by private visitors. Village officials say that they have funds to do anything for care or maintenance but they need medical supplies. If they get medical supplies, they will try to do something for the cemetery. The condition of the cemetery is a very serious problem due to neglect. The fence indicates some desire to protect it. Ravishes of time and nature have wrought great damage. Jack H Bloom, 23 Sherman Street, Fairfield, Connecticut. Tel: 203/255-0600, ext 111. Home tel: 203/374-5600 completed this survey on 25 August 1997. E-mail: JackHBloom@aol.com.
FRUMUSICA: (Botosani judet) US Commission No. _
Frumusica is located in Botosani judet, Moldavia region at 47°39' 26°58', 46 km from Tîrgu Frumos. Present town population is 5,000-25,000 with no Jewish population.

The 1831 Census registered 82 Jewish inhabitants and that from 1899 registered 79 Jewish inhabitants. The 1930 Census registered 36 Jewish inhabitants. Prominent residents include Avraham Sechter (1853-1918), scholar rabbi. This Jewish cemetery was established in the 19th century. The last known Jewish burial in cemetery was in 1941. The unlandmarked Conservative cemetery is 2 km from the congregation that used it.

The isolated flat rural (agricultural) land has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open with permission. A continuous masonry wall and a gate that locks surround. The pre- and post-WWII size is 70 m X 60 m. 100 - 500 tombstones are visible with 1 to 20 not in original location. More than 75% are toppled or broken. Vegetation overgrowth and water drainage are not problems. Tombstones date from end of the 19th to the 20th century.

The marble, limestone, and sandstone tombstones are rough stones or boulders, flat shaped stones, finely smoothed and inscribed stones, and flat stones with carved relief decoration. Some have portraits on the stones. Inscriptions are in Hebrew and Romanian.

The national Jewish community owns the cemetery property now is used for Jewish cemetery and agriculture. Compared to 1939, the cemetery boundaries enclose the same area. Rarely, private visitors (Jewish or non-Jewish) stop. The never vandalized cemetery has no maintenance but care is by the regular unpaid caretaker. No structures. Security, weather erosion, and vegetation are slight threats.

Lucian Nastasa, Clinicilor str., no. 19, Cluj, Romania, tel. 064/190107. Email: nastasalucian@hotmail.com completed the survey on July 21, 2000 using the following documentation:

He visited July 21, 2000 and interviewed Cretu Constantin, Frumusica, Botosani judet. Phone: 032/554108. [June 2002]

FRUNZI: see SANMIHAIU DE CAMPIE
FULTICHEN: see Falticeni

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GAESTI: (Dimbovita County)
The cemetery is located at Gaesti, 0150, Campului Str., no. 35, judet Dimbovita. 4443 2519, 30 km from Tirgoviste and 43.2 miles WNW of Bucharest. Present town population is 25,000-100,000 with no Jews.

The Jewish population by census was 150 in 1889 and 130 in 1930. The unlandmarked Orthodox The cemetery was established at end of the 19th century. Last known burial was 1960.

The urban flat land, separate but near other cemeteries, has no sign or marker. Reached by a public road, access is open with permission. A fence with a gate that locks surrounds the site. Approximate pre- and post-WWII size is 50 x 40 m. 1-20 stones are visible. 1-20 stones are and 1-20 stones are not in original location. 25%-50% of the stones are toppled or broken. Location of stones removed from the cemetery is unknown. Vegetation overgrowth in the cemetery is not a problem. Water drainage is good all year. No special sections.

The oldest known gravestone dates from 1916. Tombstones date from the 20th century.
The marble, sandstone, and concrete flat shaped and smoothed and inscribed common gravestones have inscriptions in Hebrew and Romanian. No known mass graves.

The local Jewish community owns the property used for Jewish cemetery and orchard. Adjacent properties are residential. Rarely, private Jewish or non-Jewish visitors stop at the never vandalized cemetery maintenance has been cleaning stones and clearing vegetation. Current care is regular caretaker paid by the Jewish community of Pitesti. Within the limits of the cemetery is a preburial house. The chapel is now the caretaker's house. No threats.

Ursutiu Claudia, Pietroasa Str. no. 21, 3400 Cluj-Napoca, tel: 0040-64-151073 visited the site and completed the survey on 6 July 2001 using the following documentation:

Claudia & Adrian Ursutiu interviewed Dumitru Gabriel in Gaesti. [January 2003]


GALAC: see GALATII BISTRITEI
GALATI: * 201
Alternate name: Galacz, Galatz, Galaz, Galitz. Located at 45°27' 28°03'.
Cimitir Israelite (Jewish Cemetery): See: abandoned sites Jewish Heritage Travel: A Guide to East-Central Europe by Ruth Ellen Gruber- New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1992 - 201. Located at 45°27' 28°03' in Galati County, Moldavia region. The local Jewish Community owns cemetery with entrance on Str. Stefan cel Mare No. 34. Jewish tombstones dating from between 1590 and 1595 on were found in Galati. A second cemetery dates from 1629, and a third from 1774.
      http://www.aboutromania.com/maps7.html [August 2005]
Cimitir Israelite is located at Str. Stefan cel Mare 34, 6200 Galati, Galati judet, Romania, 250 Km from Bucharest. 1999 Population: 300,000 with 200 Jews.
     The earliest known Jewish community was about 1600. Jewish population (census) before World War II: 16,000. Jewish cemetery was established in late 1890s with last known Orthodox Jewish burial in cemetery in 2000. The urban flat land, separate but near other cemeteries, has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access to the cemetery is open with permission. A continuous masonry wall with a locking gate surrounds the site. Present cemetery size is 12 hectares. Approximately, 17,000 gravestones are in cemetery, all in original location. The vegetation overgrowth in the cemetery is a constant problem, disturbing graves and stones. The cemetery has no special sections. The oldest known gravestone dates from 1895. The cemetery marble, granite, or iron rough stones, flat shaped stones, finely smoothed and inscribed stones, double tombstones, or obelisks have Hebrew inscriptions. Some tombstones have metal fences around graves. The cemetery contains special memorial mounuments to Jewish soldiers. The present owner of the cemetery property is the local Jewish community. The cemetery property is used for Jewish cemetery only. Properties adjacent are other cemeteries. Compared to 1939, the cemetery boundaries enclose the same area. The cemetery is visited rarely. Jewish or non-Jewish private visitors visit the cemetery. Vegetation was cleared (March 2000) and wall fixed (1999) by Galati Jewish Community that pays the regular caretaker. Within the limits of the cemetery is a pre-burial house with a tahara (table) and a catafalque. Slight threat: weather erosion and moderate threat: vegetation. Gheorghe Mireuta, Str. Rosiori, 6, Bl. R 5, Apt. 60, 6200 Galati, ROMANIA, Tel: 40 36 318433 completed survey on May 21, 2000 after a visit while accompanying Simone Bercu of Maryland shimona18@aol.com who has additional information about the Jewish Community and the burial register in the possession of the Jewish Synagogue. Galati has a JewishGen ShtetLink. ROM-SIG has information.
GALATI (I) (judet Galati)

The cemetery is located at Str. Stefan cel Mare no. 34, Galati, Romania, 4531 2304, 166.0 miles WNW of Bucharest and 110 km from Focsani. Current town population is over 100,000 with 10-100 Jews.

The Jewish population by census was 72 in 1803, 408 in 1831, 976 in1838, 3137 in 1859, 13970 in 1899 and 19252 in 1930. Between June and July 1944, many Jewish families were deported to Oltenia.

The cemetery was established in 1903. Last known burial was Grosu Clara Claudia in 1995. The unlandmarked Orthodox cemetery is 5 km from the congregation that used it. The isolated suburban flat land cemetery has sign in Romanian. Reached by a public road, access is open with permission. A masonry wall and fence with a gate that locks surround the site.

Approximate pre- and post-WWII size was 800 x 500 m. More than 5,000 stones are visible. More than 5,000 are in original location. 1-20 stones are not in original location. More than 75% of the stones are toppled or broken. Location of stones removed from the cemetery is unknown. Vegetation overgrowth in the cemetery is not a problem. Water drainage is good all year.

No special sections. The oldest known gravestone dates from 1903. Tombstones date from the 20th century. The marble, granite, limestone, sandstone, and slate
Some have traces of painting on their surfaces, iron decorations or letting, bronze decorations or lettering, and other metallic elements and portraits on stones, sculpted monuments, and multi-stone monuments are flat shaped and carved relief-decorated, double tombstones, and sculpted. Inscriptions are in Hebrew, Yiddish, German, Romanian, and Greek. The cemetery has Holocaust memorial and Jewish solider memorial.

The local Jewish community owns the property used for Jewish cemetery only. Adjacent properties are agricultural. Frequently, organized Jewish group or pilgrimage tours organized individual tours, Jewish and non-Jewish private visitors, and local residents visit the never vandalized cemetery maintenance has been re-erection of stones, patching broken stones, cleaning stones, and clearing vegetation by the local or municipal authorities and Jews abroad. Current care is regular unpaid caretaker. Within the limits of the cemetery is a preburial house with a tahara, catafalque, and an ohel. No threats.

Lucian Nastasă, Clinicilor Str., no. 19, Cluj, Romania, tel. 064/190107. email: Nastasălucian@hotmail.com visited the site and completed the survey on 22 December 2000 using the following documentation:

Lucian Nastasă interviewed Neculai Ana, Str. Stefan cel Mare no. 34, Galati. Phone: 422261 on 17 December 2000. [January 2003]
GALATI (II): (judet Galati)

See Galati I for town information.
The cemetery is located at Str. Stefan cel Mare no. 36, Galati, Romania.

The cemetery was established in 19th century with last known burial at the end of the 19th century. The unlandmarked Orthodox cemetery is 5 km from the congregation that used it.

The isolated suburban flat land has a sign in Hebrew. Reached via private road, access is open with permission. A fence with a no gate surrounds the site. Approximate pre- and post-WWII size is 300 x 200 m. 500-5000 stones are visible. 500-5,000 are in original location. 20-100 stones are not in original location. More than 75% of the stones are toppled or broken. Location of stones removed from the cemetery is unknown. Vegetation overgrowth in the cemetery is not a problem. Water drainage is good all year.

Cannot determine if cemetery has/had special sections. The oldest known gravestone dates from the end of the 19th century. The 19th century marble, granite, limestone, sandstone, and slate flat shaped and carved relief-decorated, double tombstones, and sculpted monuments have Hebrew, Yiddish, German, and Romanian inscriptions. Some have traces of painting on their surfaces, iron decorations or letting, bronze decorations or lettering, and other metallic elements and portraits on stones and sculpted monuments. The Galati Jewish community owns the property used for Jewish cemetery only. Adjacent properties are agricultural. Rarely,
private Jewish or non-Jewish visitors and local residents stop at the never vandalized cemetery maintenance has been patching broken stones, cleaning stones, and clearing vegetation by local or municipal authorities and Jews abroad. Current care is regular unpaid caretaker. No structures. No threats.

Lucian Nastasă, Clinicilor Str., no. 19, Cluj, Romania, tel. 064/190107. email: Nastasălucian@hotmail.com visited the site and completed the survey on 22 December 2000 using the following documentation:

Lucian Nastasă interviewed Neculai Ana, Str. Stefan cel Mare no. 34, Galati. Phone: 422261 on 17 December 2000. [January 2003]


GALATII BISTRITEI
The cemetery is located in Galatii Bistritei, near the village, cod 4420, judet Bistrita, Romania at 4659 2424, 194.2 miles NNW of Bucharest and 24 km from Bistrita. Alternate names: Galac (Hungarian), Heresdorf (German). Present town population is 1,000-5,000 with no Jews.

The 1850 Jewish population by census was 4 and from 1930 census was 41. In May 1944, the Jews were gathered in the ghetto of Bistrita and on June 2 and 6 were deported to Auschwitz. The unlandmarked Orthodox cemetery was established in 19th century. Last known burial was 20th century.

The rural/agricultural hillside, separate but near other cemeteries, has no sign or marker. Reached by a public road, access is open with permission. A fence with a gate that locks surrounds the site. Approximate pre- and post-WWII size is 30 m x 30 m. 1-20 stones are visible, some not in original location. Less than 25% of the stones are toppled or broken. Location of stones removed from the cemetery is unknown. Vegetation overgrowth in the cemetery is a seasonal problem preventing access. Water drainage is good all year.

No special sections. Tombstones date from the 19th century. The limestone flat shaped and smoothed and inscribed common gravestones have Hebrew inscriptions. No known mass graves. The national Jewish community owns the property used for an orchard. Adjacent properties are agricultural. Rarely, private Jewish or non-Jewish visitors stop. The never vandalized cemetery maintenance has been re-erection of stones and clearing vegetation. Current care is occasional clearing or cleaning by unpaid individuals. No structures. Vegetation is a "moderate" threat since the vegetation makes difficult access.

Cosmina Popa, Tatra Str. no. 4, tel. 064/ 128764, Cluj Napoca, 3400 and Ioana Raiciu, Bd. 21 Decembrie, 13-15, 064/190849, Cluj-Napoca, 3400 visited the site and completed the survey on July 21, 2000 using the following documentation:

They interviewed Somfelean Ioan, Galatii Bistritei. [January 2003]


GALOSPETREU: (Bihor County, Transylvania)
The cemetery is located at Galospetreu, 3765, com. Tarcea, judet Bihor, Romania at 4729 2213, 281.2 miles NW of Bucharest and 30 km from Sacuieni. Alternate name: Galospetri (Hungarian.) Present town population is under 1,000 with no Jews.

The 1880 Jewish population by census was 103 and was 55 in 1900. In May 1944, the Jews were gathered in the Oradea ghetto and on May 23, 25, 28-30, and June 1-5, 27 were deported to Auschwitz. The unlandmarked Orthodox cemetery was established in second half of 19th century. Last known burial was 1945.

The isolated rural/agricultural flat land has no sign or marker. Reached via private property, access is open with permission. A fence with a gate that locks surrounds the site. Approximate pre- and post-WWII size is 16 x 6 m. 1-20 stones are visible. All gravestones are in original location. Location of stones removed from the cemetery is unknown. Vegetation overgrowth in the cemetery is not a problem. Water drainage is good all year.

No special sections. The oldest known gravestone dates from second half of 19th century. The 20th century marble and sandstone flat shaped and smoothed and inscribed common gravestones have Hebrew and Hungarian inscriptions.

The local Jewish community owns the property used for Jewish cemetery only. Adjacent properties are agricultural. Rarely, private Jewish or non-Jewish visitors stop. The never vandalized cemetery maintenance has been cleaning stones and clearing vegetation by local non-Jewish residents. Current care is regular unpaid caretaker. No structures. No threats.

Ursutiu Claudia, Pietroasa Str. no. 21, 3400 Cluj-Napoca, tel: 0040-64-151073 visited the site and completed the survey on 3 July 2000 using the following documentation:

Claudia and Adrian Ursutiu interviewed Rezmives Carol, 30. 06. 2000, Galospetreu. [January 2003]


GATAIA: Timis County

The cemetery is located at Gataia, 1837, judet Timis, Romania. The alternate names are Gatalja (Hungarian) and Gattaja (German.) 4526 2125, 239.1 miles WNW of Bucharest and 19 km from Deta. Present town population is 5,000-25,000 with no Jews.

The Jewish population by census was 29 in 1880, 110 in 1900, and thirteen in 1930. The unlandmarked Orthodox and Neolog cemetery was established in second half of the 19th century. Last known burial was 1976.

The rural/agricultural flat land, part of a municipal cemetery ((Catholic cemetery) has no sign or marker. Reached by a public road, access is open to all. No wall, fence, or gate. Approximate pre-WWII size is unknown. Approximate post-WWII size is 40 x 20 m. 20-100 stones are visible with 20-100 in original location and 20-100 stones not in original location. 25%-50% of the stones are toppled or broken. Location of stones removed from the cemetery is unknown. Vegetation overgrowth in the cemetery is a seasonal problem preventing access. Water drainage is good all year. No special sections. The oldest known gravestone dates from 1874. The 19th and 20th century marble, granite, limestone, sandstone, and concrete memorial markers are flat shaped, smoothed and inscribed, and carved relief-decorated. Some have other metallic elements and metal fences around graves. Inscriptions are in Hebrew, German, and Hungarian. No known mass graves.

The local Jewish community owns the property used for Jewish cemetery only. Adjacent properties are in village residential setting with houses, gardens, orchards, and pastures. Rarely, private Jewish or non-Jewish visitors stop. The cemetery was not vandalized in the last ten years or occasionally in the last ten years. [sic] No maintenance. No care now. No structures. Security and vegetation are moderate threats.

Claudia Ursutiu, Pietroasa Str. no. 21, 3400 Cluj Napoca, Romania, tel. 0040-64-151073 visited and completed survey in September 2000 using the following documentation:

No interviews. [January 2003]


GATALJA: see Gataia
GATTAJA: see Gataia

GELU: Timis County

The cemetery is located at Gelu, 1961, com. Varias, judet Timis, Romania. Alternate Hungarian name is Ketfel. 4601 2103, 268.8 miles WNW of Bucharest and 28 km from Sanicolaul Mare.
Present town population is 1,000-5,000 with no Jews.

The Jewish population by census was 25 in 1880, 19 in 1900, and two in 1930. Unlandmarked Orthodox and Neolog The cemetery was established at end of the 19th century. Last known burial was inter-war period.

The rural/agricultural flat land, separate but near other cemeteries, has no sign or marker.
Reached via private property, access is open with permission. A fence with a locking gate surrounds the site. Approximate pre-WWII size is unknown. Approximate post-WWII size is 20 x 18 m. 1-20 stones are visible with 1-20 in original location and 1-20 stones not in original location. Less than 25% of the stones are toppled or broken. Location of stones removed from the cemetery is unknown. Vegetation overgrowth in the cemetery is not a problem. Water drainage is good all year. No special sections. The oldest known gravestone dates from 1893. The 19th and 20th centuries marble and sandstone memorial markers are flat shaped and smoothed and inscribed common gravestones. Inscriptions are in Hebrew and German. No known mass graves.

The local Jewish community owns the property used for Jewish cemetery and orchard. Adjacent properties are residential. Rarely, private Jewish or non-Jewish visitors stop at the never vandalized cemetery maintenance has been re-erection of stones, cleaning stones, and clearing vegetation. Current care is regular caretaker paid by the Jewish community of Timisoara. No structures. No threats.

Claudia Ursutiu, Pietroasa Str. no. 21, 3400 Cluj Napoca, Romania, tel. 0040-64-151073 visited and completed survey in 23 September 2000 using the following documentation:

Claudia and Adrian Ursutiu interviewed Apostol Natalia in Gelu. [January 2003]


GENCS: see GHENCI

GEOAGIU: Hunedoara County
The cemetery is located at Geoagiu, 2616, judet Hunedoara (outside the village), 4555 2312, 174.4 miles NW of Bucharest and 12 km from Orastie. Alternate name: Algyogyalfalu (Hungarian). Present town population is 5,000-25,000 with no Jews.

The 1880 Jewish population by census was 105, by 1900 census was 121 and in 1930 was 88. The cemetery was established in first half of the 19th century. Noteworthy individuals buried in The unlandmarked Orthodox and Neolog cemetery: Cohanim: Itzik Katz(d. 1855), Itzchak ben Elia haCohen (d. 1831). Last known burial was 1937.

The isolated hill has no sign or marker. Reached by a public road, access is open to all.
A fence surrounds the site with a non-locking gate. Approximate pre-WWII size is unknown. Approximate post-WWII size is 46 x 42 m. 20-100 stones are visible. 1-20 stones are not in original location. Less than 25% of the stones are toppled or broken. Location of stones removed from the cemetery is unknown. Vegetation overgrowth in the cemetery is not a problem. Water drainage is good all year. No special sections.

The oldest known gravestone dates from 1831. The 19th and 20th century marble, granite, limestone, sandstone, iron, and concrete flat shaped, smoothed and inscribed, and carved relief-decorated, and double tombstones have Hebrew, German, and Hungarian inscriptions. No known mass graves. The local Jewish community owns the property used for
Jewish cemetery only. Adjacent properties are agricultural. Rarely, private Jewish or non-Jewish visitors stop.

The never vandalized cemetery maintenance has been cleaning stones and clearing vegetation. Current care is a regular caretaker paid by the Jewish community of Deva. No structures. Security is a moderate threat.

Claudia Ursutiu, Pietroasa Str. no. 21, 3400 Cluj Napoca, Romania, tel. 0040-64-151073 visited the site and completed the survey in 24 September 2000 using the following documentation:

No interviews. [January 2003]


GERENDKERESZTUR: see Luncani
GERES: see GHIRISA

GHENCI: Satu Mare County, Transylvania
The cemetery is located in Ghenci, 3826, com. Cauas, judet Satu Mare, 4738 2232, 279.3 miles NW of Bucharest and 8 km from Carei. Alternate name: Gencs (Hungarian), Ghenciu. Present town population is 1,000-5,000 with no Jews.

The 1880 Jewish population by census was 11, by 1900 census was 19, and in 1930 was 12. In May 1944, the Jews were gathered in the ghetto of Carei, then in that from Satu Mare and on May 19, 22, 26, 29, 30, 31, and June 1 were deported to Auschwitz. The unlandmarked Orthodox The cemetery was established at end of the 19th century. Last known burial was inter-war period

The rural/agricultural flat land, separate but near other cemeteries, has no sign or marker. Reached by a public road, access is open to all via a broken fence with a no gate. Approximate pre-WWII size is unknown. Approximate post-WWII size is 40 x 10 m. 1-20 stones are visible, some not in original location. Less than 25% of the stones are toppled or broken. Location of stones removed from the cemetery is unknown. Vegetation overgrowth in the cemetery is a constant problem disturbing stones. Water drainage is good all year. Cannot determine if cemetery has/had special sections. The oldest known gravestone dates from end of the 19th century. The 19th and 20th century limestone, concrete, and local stone flat shaped and smoothed and inscribed common gravestones have Hebrew inscriptions. No known mass graves.

The local Jewish community owns the property used for Jewish cemetery only. Adjacent properties are residential and local cemetery. Rarely, private Jewish or non-Jewish visitors stop. The never vandalized cemetery had no maintenance. No care now. No structures. Security and vegetation are serious threats. The cemetery is almost covered by vegetation. Weather erosion is a moderate threat.

Claudia Ursutiu, Pietroasa Str. no. 21, 3400 Cluj Napoca, Romania, tel. 0040-64-151073 visited the site and completed the survey 27 July 2000 using the following documentation:

No interviews. [January 2003]

GHERLA: Cluj County, Transylvania
The cemetery is located at Gherla, Bradet, Dumbravei str, 3475, judet Cluj, 4702 2355, 208.1 miles NNW of Bucharest and 35 km from Cluj. Alternate names: Szamosujvar (Hungarian); Neuschloss (German). Present town population is 25,000-100,000 with no Jews.

The 1857 Jewish population by census was 162 and in 1930 was 1019. In May 1944, the Jews were gathered in the ghetto of Dej and on May 28 and June 6, 8, 1944 deported to Auschwitz. The unlandmarked Orthodox cemetery was established in 19th century. Last known burial was 1993.

The urban hillside, separate but near other cemeteries, has Jewish symbols on wall or gate. The sign mentions Jews. Reached by a public road and crossing private land, access is open with permission. A fence with a gate that locks surrounds the site. Approximate pre- and post-WWII size is 36 m. x 212 m. 100-500 stones are visible, some not in original location. Less than 25% of the stones are toppled or broken. Location of stones removed from the cemetery is unknown. Vegetation overgrowth in the cemetery is not a problem. Water drainage is good all year. No special sections.

The oldest known gravestone dates from 19th century. The 19th and 20th century marble, granite, sandstone, and "other" gravestones have Hebrew and Yiddish inscriptions. Some have traces of painting on their surfaces, iron decorations or letting, bronze decorations or lettering, other metallic elements, portraits on stones, sculpted monuments, and multi-stone monuments. Some have metal fences around graves. The national Jewish community owns the property used for Jewish cemetery and orchard. Adjacent properties are recreational. Occasionally, private Jewish or non-Jewish visitors stop. The never vandalized cemetery maintenance has been re-erection of stones, cleaning stones, and clearing vegetation. Current care is regular unpaid caretaker. Within the limits of the cemetery is an ohel.

Assistant Professor Alexandru Pecican, Almasului Str., Bl. R1, apt. 14, 3400 Cluj-Napoca
completed the survey and visited the site on May 9, 2000 using the following documentation:

He interviewed David Culcear, Gherla. [January 2003]


GHERTA MICA: Satu Mare County, Transylvania

The cemetery is located at Gherta Mica, 3937, judet Satu Mare, 4756 2314, 277.8 miles NNW of Bucharest and 24 km from Negresti Oas. Alternate name: Kisgerce (Hungarian). Present town population is 1,000-5,000 with no Jews.

The 1880 Jewish population by census was 36, in 1900 census was 67, and in 1930 was 51. In May 1944, the Jews were gathered in the ghetto of Satu Mare and on May 19, 22, 26, 29, 30, 31, and June 1 were deported to Auschwitz. The unlandmarked Orthodox, Hasidic cemetery was established at end of the 19th century. Last known burial was 1967.

The hill and hillside, separate but near other cemeteries, has no sign or marker. Reached via private property, access is open with permission. A fence with a non-locking gate surrounds the site. Approximate pre-WWII size is unknown. Approximate post-WWII size is 23 x 16 m. 1-20 stones are visible, some not in original location. 25%-50% of the stones are toppled or broken. Location of stones removed from the cemetery is unknown. Vegetation overgrowth in the cemetery is not a problem. Water drainage is good all year.

No special sections. The oldest known gravestone dates from second half of the 19th century. The 19th and 20th century granite, limestone, and concrete flat shaped and smoothed and inscribed gravestones have inscriptions in Hebrew and Romanian. No known mass graves. The local Jewish community owns the property used for Jewish cemetery and orchard. Adjacent properties are residential. Rarely, private Jewish or non-Jewish visitors stop the never vandalized cemetery maintenance has been cleaning stones and clearing vegetation. Current care is regular unpaid caretaker. No structures. Weather erosion is a moderate threat.

Ursutiu Claudia, Pietroasa Str. no. 21, 3400 Cluj-Napoca, tel: 0040-64-151073 visited the site and completed the survey on 30 June 2000 using the following documentation:

Claudia and Adrian Ursutiu interviewed Palincas Ana, Gherta Mica. [January 2003]


GHIORAC: see GHIOROC

GHIOROC: Arad County, Transylvania
The cemetery lost in aggressive vegetation is located in Ghioroc at the place called "La Dimb", 2899, judet Arad, 4609 2135, 249.3 miles WNW of Bucharest and 30 km from Arad. Around the abandoned cemetery are deserted houses. Alternate name: Gyorok (Hungarian), GHIORAC. Present town population is under 1,000 with no Jews.

The 1880 Jewish population by census was 32 and by 1910 census was 66. The unlandmarked Orthodox cemetery was established in 19th century with last known burial around 1946. The isolated rural/agricultural flat land has no sign or marker. Reached by a public road, access is open to all via a partial wall and a gate that locks.

Approximate pre-and post-WWII size is 46 m x 18 m. 20-100 stones are visible. All gravestones are in original location. Less than 25% of the stones are toppled or broken. Location of stones removed from the cemetery is unknown. Vegetation overgrowth in the cemetery is a constant problem damaging stones. Water drainage is a constant problem.

No special sections. The oldest known gravestone dates from 19th century. The 19th and 20th century marble, granite, and "other" flat shaped and smoothed and inscribed and double tombstones have inscriptions in Hebrew and Hungarian. Some have metal fences around graves.
No known mass graves.

The national Jewish community owns the property used for an orchard. Adjacent properties are commercial or industrial and other cemeteries. Rarely, private Jewish or non-Jewish visitors stop. The cemetery was not vandalized in the last ten years. No maintenance. No care now. Security is a serious threat. (part of the wall missing). Vegetation is a very serious threat and must be cut - damages stones) Vandalism is a moderate threat. The fences were stolen.

Elisabeta Pecican, Revolution Avenue, no. 35, apt. 31, Arad, 2900 completed the survey on September 11, 2000 using the following documentation:

Elisabeta Pecican visited the site on September 9, 2000 and interviewed Petrovici Ana, Ghioroc. [January 2003]


GHIRISA: Satu Mare County, Transylvania
The cemetery is located in Ghirisa, 3968, com. Beltiug, judet Satu Mare, 4736 2248, 269.8 miles NW of Bucharest and 28 km from Satu Mare. Alternate name: Geres (Hungarian). Present town population is under 1,000 with no Jews.

The 1880 Jewish population by census was 49, by 1900 census was 48 and in 1930 was 40. In May 1944, the Jews were gathered in the ghetto of Satu Mare and on May 19, 22, 26, 29, 30, 31, and June 1 were deported to Auschwitz. The unlandmarked Orthodox, Hasidic cemetery was established at end of the 19th century. Noteworthy individuals buried in the cemetery: The Hasidic Rabbi Itzak Eli Wellner, his wife Hendel, son Jonathan Beniamin and two daughters. Last known burial was 1934.

The isolated rural/agricultural flat land has no sign or marker. Reached by a public road,
access is open with permission. A fence with a gate that locks surrounds the site. Approximate pre-WWII size is unknown. Approximate post-WWII size is 54 x 30 m. 1-20 stones are visible, some not in original location. Less than 25% of the stones are toppled or broken. Location of stones removed from the cemetery is unknown. Vegetation overgrowth in the cemetery is not a problem. Water drainage is good all year.

The oldest known gravestone dates from end of the 19th century. The 19th and 20th century marble, limestone, and concrete flat shaped and smoothed and inscribed common gravestones have Hebrew inscriptions. No known mass graves. The local Jewish community owns the property used for Jewish cemetery only. Adjacent properties are agricultural. Rarely, private Jewish or non-Jewish visitors stop. The never vandalized cemetery maintenance has been re-erection of stones, patching broken stones, cleaning stones, and clearing vegetation by local non-Jewish residents and Jewish abroad in 1990 and1998. Current care is regular unpaid caretaker. No structures. Weather erosion is a moderate threat.

Claudia Ursutiu, Pietroasa Str. no. 21, 3400 Cluj Napoca, Romania, tel. 0040-64-151073 visited the site and completed the survey 27 July 2000 using the following documentation:

Claudia and Adrian Ursutiu interviewed Varga Antoniu, Ghirisa. [January 2003]


GILAU: see town of Cluj. Located at: 46°45' 23°23' in Cluj County
GÎDINTI (Neamt judet): see ROMAN

GIOROCUTA: Satu Mare County, Transylvania
The cemetery is located in Giorocuta, 3973, com. Supuru de Jos, judet Satu Marre, 4726 2248, 260.8 miles NW of Bucharest and 27 km from Tasnad. Alternate name: Girokuta (Hungarian). Present town population is under 1,000 with no Jews.

The 1880 Jewish population by census was 22, by 1900 census was 27 and in 1930 was 14. In May 1944, the Jews were gathered in the ghetto of Satu Mare and on May 19, 22, 26, 29, 30, 31, and June 1 were deported to Auschwitz. The Orthodox cemetery was established at end of the 19th century. Last known burial was inter-war period.

The rural/agricultural hill, part of a municipal cemetery, has no sign or marker. Reached by a public road, access is open to all. No wall, fence, or gate. Approximate pre-WWII size is unknown.
Approximate post-WWII size is approximately 7 x 5 m. 1-20 stones are visible, some not in original location. 50%-75% of the stones are toppled or broken. Location of stones removed from the cemetery is unknown. Vegetation overgrowth in the cemetery is a constant problem disturbing stones. Water drainage is good all year. No special sections.

The oldest known gravestone dates from 1895. The 19th and 20th century sandstone
smoothed and inscribed common gravestones have Hebrew inscriptions. No known mass graves. The local Jewish community owns the property used for Jewish cemetery only. Adjacent property is local cemetery. Rarely, private Jewish or non-Jewish visitors stop. The never vandalized cemetery maintenance has been clearing vegetation Current care is occasional clearing or cleaning by individuals. No structures. Security is a serious threat. (no fence, no gate) Weather and vegetation are moderate threats.

Claudia Ursutiu, Pietroasa Str. no. 21, 3400 Cluj Napoca, Romania, tel. 0040-64-151073 visited the site and completed the survey 28 July 2000 using the following documentation:

They interviewed Ciuca Fabian, no. 57, Giorocuta. [January 2003]


GIRBOU: Salaj County, Transylvania
The cemetery is located in Girbou on the hill of the church, 4690, judet Salaj, 4709 2326, 227.3 miles NNW of Bucharest and 47 km from Dej. Alternate name: Csakigorbo (Hungarian) Present town population is 25,000-100,000 with fewer than 10 Jews.

The Jewish population by 1880 census was 22 and in 1930 was 14. The Jews were gathered in May 1944 in the ghetto of Dej and on May 28th, and June 6th, 8th 1944 deported to Auschwitz. The unlandmarked Orthodox cemetery was established in 19th century. Last known burial was 20th century.

The isolated rural/agricultural hillside has no sign or marker. Reached by a public road, access is open to all. A fence with a non-locking gate surrounds the site. Approximate pre- and post-WWII size is 20 x 40 m. 1-20 stones are visible, all in original location. Less than 25% of the stones are toppled or broken. Location of stones removed from the cemetery is unknown. Vegetation overgrowth in the cemetery is not a problem. Water drainage is a constant problem. No special sections.

The oldest known gravestone dates from 19th century. The 19th and 20th century marble and sandstone boulders and smoothed and inscribed common gravestones have Hebrew inscriptions. No known mass graves. The national Jewish community owns the property used for.
Jewish cemetery only. Adjacent properties are in village residential setting with houses, gardens, orchards, and pastures. Occasionally, private Jewish or non-Jewish visitors stop. The never vandalized cemetery maintenance has been annual clearing vegetation by local non-Jewish residents. Current care is occasional clearing or cleaning by unpaid individuals.

Asst. Prof. Alexandru Pecican, Almasului Str., Bl. R1, apt. 14, 3400 Cluj-Napoca completed the survey on April 29, 2000 using the following documentation:

Assist. Prof. Alexandru Pecican visited the site on April 21, 2000 and interviewed Velica Viorica, Girbou. [January 2003]


GIROKUTA: see GIOROCUTA
GIROV: see BOZIENII DE SUS
GIROV: see PIATRA NEAMT

GIUNGI: Satu Mare County, Transylvania
The location of the cemetery is Giungi, 3966, com. Beltiug, judet Satu Mare, 4734 2247, 268.5 miles NW of Bucharest and 40 km from Satu Mare. The alternate name is Gyongy (Hungarian). Present town population is under 1,000 with no Jews.

The 1880 Jewish population by census was 32, by 1900 census was 36 and in 1930 was 14. In May 1944, the Jews were gathered in the ghetto of Satu Mare and on May 19, 22, 26, 29, 30, 31, and June 1 were deported to Auschwitz. The unlandmarked Orthodox The cemetery was established at end of the 19th century. Last known burial was inter-war period.

The rural/agricultural flat land, separate but near other cemeteries, has no sign or marker.
Reached by a public road, access is open with permission. A fence with a gate that locks surrounds the site. Approximate pre-WWII size is unknown. Approximate post-WWII size is 108 x 15 m. 1-20 stones are visible, all in original location. Stones removed from the cemetery are probably in farms. Vegetation overgrowth in the cemetery is not a problem. Water drainage is good all year.

The oldest known gravestone dates from beginning of the 20th century. Tombstones date from the 20th century. The smoothed and inscribed common gravestones have Hebrew inscriptions. No known mass graves.

The local Jewish community owns the property used for Jewish cemetery and orchard. Adjacent properties are agricultural and local cemetery. Rarely, private Jewish or non-Jewish visitors stop. The cemetery was not vandalized in the last ten years or occasionally in the last ten years. [sic] Maintenance has been clearing vegetation. Current care is regular unpaid caretaker.

Claudia Ursutiu, Pietroasa Str. no. 21, 3400 Cluj Napoca, Romania, tel. 0040-64-151073 visited the site and completed the survey 27 July 2000 using the following documentation:

Claudia and Adrian Ursutiu interviewed Ghetea Vasile, Giungi. [January 2003]


GIURGIU: Giurgiu County
The cemetery is located at Giurgiu, 8375, Mihai Viteazu Str. no. 1, judet Giurgiu. 4353 2558, 38.5 miles S of Bucharest and 60 km from Bucuresti. Current town population is over 100,000 with fewer than 10 Jews.

The Jewish population by census was 427 in 1889 and 450 in 1930. The unlandmarked Orthodox The cemetery was established at end of the 19th century. Last known burial was 1996.

The urban flat land, separate but near other cemeteries, has no sign or marker. Reached by a public road, access is open with permission. Masonry wall with a gate that locks surrounds the site. Approximate pre- and post-WWII size is 120 x 100 m. 100-500 stones are visible. 100-500 are in original location. 20-100 stones are not in original location. 25%-50% of the stones are toppled or broken. Location of stones removed from the cemetery is unknown. Vegetation overgrowth in the cemetery is a seasonal problem preventing access. Water drainage is good all year. No special sections.

The oldest known gravestone dates from end of the 19th century. The 19th and 20th century marble, granite, limestone, and concrete memorial markers are flat shaped, smoothed and inscribed, and carved relief-decorated, double tombstones, and sculpted monuments. Some have portraits on stones and metal fences around graves. Inscriptions are in Hebrew and Romanian. No known mass graves.

The local Jewish community owns the property used for Jewish cemetery and orchard. Adjacent property is (local cemetery.) Rarely, private Jewish or non-Jewish visitors and local residents stop at the never vandalized cemetery maintenance has been clearing vegetation. Current care is regular caretaker paid by the Jewish community of Pitesti. Within the limits of the cemetery is a preburial house. The chapel is now the caretaker's house. No threats.

Ursutiu Claudia, Pietroasa Str. no. 21, 3400 Cluj-Napoca, tel: 0040-64-151073 visited the site and completed the survey on 9 July 2001 using the following documentation:

Claudia & Adrian Ursutiu interviewed Ivanus Dumitru in Giurgiu. [January 2003]


GLATT: see GLOD
GLOD: Salaj County
The cemetery is located in the center of the village, Glod, 4678, judet Salaj, 4717 2339, 229.3 miles NNW of Bucharest and 31 km from Dej. Alternate names: Szamossosmezo (Hungarian) and Glatt (German). Present town population is under 1,000 with no Jews.

The 1857 Jewish population by census was 76 and in 1930 was 38. The Jews were gathered in the ghetto of Dej in May 1944 and deported to Auschwitz between May 28-June 8, 1944.
The unlandmarked Orthodox cemetery was established in 19th century. Last known burial was 1931.

The isolated rural/agricultural flat land has no sign or marker. Reached by a public road, access is open to all. A fence with a non-locking gate surrounds the site. Approximate pre- and post -WWII size is 100 m x 26 m. 20-100 stones are visible, all in original location. Less than 25% of the stones are toppled or broken. Gravestones missing from the cemetery are in a museum or with a conservator. Vegetation overgrowth in the cemetery is not a problem. Water drainage is a constant problem. No special sections.

The oldest known gravestone dates from 19th century. The 19th century marble, granite, and "other" material memorial markers are only common gravestones with Hebrew inscriptions. The national Jewish community owns the property used for Jewish cemetery only. Rarely, private Jewish or non-Jewish visitors stop. The never vandalized cemetery maintenance has been clearing vegetation by local non-Jewish residents. No care now. No structures. Security is a moderate threat. Weather erosion and vegetation are serious threats.

Assistant Professor Alexandru Pecican, Almasului Str., Bl. R1, apt. 14, 3400 Cluj-Napoca, Romania visited the site and completed the survey on April 4, 2000 using the following documentation:

He interviewed Lacatus Eleonora in Glod. [January 2003]


GLODENI: Mures County, Transylvania
The cemetery is located at Glodeni, near the village, cod 4294, judet Mures, 4639 2436, 169.4 miles NNW of Bucharest and 15 km from Targu Mures. Alternate name: Sarpatak (Hungarian). Present town population is 1,000-5,000 with no Jews.

The 1850 Jewish population by census was 23 and from 1930 census was 22. In May 1944, the Jews were gathered in the ghetto of Targu Mures; and on May 27, 30 and June 8, 1944 were deported to Auschwitz. The unlandmarked Orthodox cemetery was established in 19th century. Last known burial was 20th century.

The isolated rural/agricultural flat land has no sign or marker. Reached by a public road,
access is open with permission. A fence with a gate that locks surrounds the site. Approximate pre- and post-WWII size is 30 m x 15 m. 1-20 stones are visible, some not in original location. Less than 25% of the stones are toppled or broken. Location of stones removed from the cemetery is unknown. Vegetation overgrowth in the cemetery is not a problem. Water drainage is good all year. No special sections.

The oldest known gravestone dates from 19th century. The 19th and 20th century granite, marble, and limestone common gravestones have Hebrew inscriptions. No known mass graves. The national Jewish community owns the property used for orchard. Adjacent properties are agricultural. Rarely, private Jewish or non-Jewish visitors stop. The never vandalized cemetery maintenance has been clearing vegetation. Current care is occasional clearing or cleaning by unpaid individuals. No structures. Weather erosion is a moderate threat.

Cosmina Popa, Tatra Str. no. 4, tel. 064/ 128764, Cluj Napoca, 3400 and Ioana Oprea, Bd. 21 Decembrie, 13-15, 064/190849, Cluj-Napoca, 3400 visited the site and completed the survey on 7 August 2000 using the following documentation:

No interviews. [January 2003]


GORGENY SZENT IMRE: see GURGHIU
GRADINILE: see Falticeni

GROSS-SCHOGEN: see SIEU
GROSSANKNIKOLAUS: see Sannicolaul Mare
GROSSANKTPETER: see SANPETRU MARE
GROSSENDORF: see NUSENI
GROSI: Bihor County, Transylvania

The cemetery is located in Grosi, 3586, com. Auseu, judet Bihor, Romania at 4702 2229, 250.2 miles NW of Bucharest and 3.9 miles SE km of Alesd at 4704 2225. Alternate name: Totos (Hungarian). Present town population is 1,000-5,000.with no Jews.

The 1880 Jewish population by census was 17, by 1900 census was 15, and in 1930 was 11. In May 1944, the Jews were gathered in the Oradea ghetto and on May 23, 25, 28-30, and June 1-5, 27 were deported to Auschwitz. The unlandmarked Orthodox c cemetery was established in end of 19th century Last known burial was first half of 20th century.

The rural/agricultural hillside, separate but near other cemeteries, has no sign or marker. Reached by a public road, access is open to all. A fence surrounds the site. Approximate pre-WWII size is unknown. Approximate post-WWII size is 33 x 30 m. [?]1-20 stones are in original location. Location of stones removed from the cemetery is unknown. Vegetation overgrowth in the cemetery is not a problem. Water drainage is good all year.

The oldest known gravestone dates from end of the 19th century. The 19th and 20th century limestone flat shaped common gravestones have Hebrew inscriptions. No known mass graves. The local Jewish community owns the property used for Jewish cemetery and orchard. Adjacent properties are residential. Rarely, private Jewish or non-Jewish visitors stop at the never vandalized cemetery or vandalized in the last ten years. [sic] Maintenance has been cleaning stones and clearing vegetation. Current care is regular unpaid caretaker. No structures.

Ursutiu Claudia, Pietroasa Str. no. 21, 3400 Cluj-Napoca, tel: 0040-64-151073 visited the site and completed the survey on 6 July 2000 using the following documentation:

Claudia and Adrian Ursutiu interviewed Furlan Maria, 06. 07. 2000, Grosi. [January 2003]


GROSSILVA: see ILVA MARE
GROSSVARDEIN: see ORADEA
GURA HUMORA: see Gura Humorului

GURA HUMORULUI:
Also see Mogilev, Ukraine
REFERENCE: http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/guraho/gurahumo.htm [February 2000]
Located at 47°33' 25°54' in Suceava County, Moldavia region. Alternate name: Gura Humora/Gurahumora. Stones beautifully cared for, many in German. 3 pictures in book. Source: Saros Laszlo and Vali Dezso. Tanu ez a kohalom (This Cairn is Witness Today). ISBN 9637476172.
Bruce Kahn bkahn@servtech.com,
http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/guraho/photoalbum_cem.htm has photographs of the cemetery. [February 2001]
      UPDATE:http://humora.tripod.com/ includes the burials records of that cemetery. [March 2004]

GURAHONT: Judetul Arad
The cemetery is on a hill, surrounded by an old stone wall like a fortress and isolated in the middle of rich vegetation, looking like a natural reservation. The location on Iosasel Str. is at the place called "on the oxen hill." Alternate/former name is Honcto (Hungarian.) 4616 2221, 221.6 miles NW of Bucharest and 100 km from Arad. Present population is 1,000-5,000 with no Jews.

The Jewish population by 1880 census was 37 and by 1910 census was 184 Jewish. Last known burial was 1976. The isolated, unlandmarked Orthodox hillside cemetery, between woods and fields, has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all. A stone wall with an unlocked gate surrounds the cemetery.

Approximate pre- and post-WWII size of cemetery is 65 m x 20 m. Eight stones are visible. Vegetation overgrowth in the cemetery is not a problem. Water drainage at the cemetery is a constant problem. No sections.

The oldest known gravestone dates from the 19th century. The 19th and 20th century limestone and sandstone flat shaped gravestones have Hebrew and Hungarian inscriptions. The national Jewish community owns the property now used for Jewish cemetery only. Properties adjacent to cemetery are agricultural. Rarely, private visitors stop at the never-vandalized cemetery with no care. No structures. Weather erosion is a moderate threat.

Asst. Prof. Alexandru Pecican, Almasului Str., Bl. R1, apt. 14, Cluj-Napoca, 3400 visited the site and completed the survey on September 14, 2000 using the following documentation:

August 27, 2000, he interviewed Mot Dorel, Gurahont. [January 2003]


GURASADA: Hunedoara County

The cemetery is located at Gurasada, 2745, judet Hunedoara, 4553 2254, 34 km from Deva. Alternate name: Guraszada (Hungarian.) Present town population is 1,000-5,000 with no Jews.

The 1880 Jewish population by census was 16, by 1900 census was 21, and in 1930 was 15. The unlandmarked Orthodox and Neolog The cemetery was established at end of the 19th century. Last known burial was 1985.

The hill and hillside, separate but near other cemeteries, has no sign or marker. Reached via private property, access is open to all. A fence with a non-locking gate surrounds the site. Approximate pre-WWII size is unknown. Approximate post-WWII size is 38 x 28 m. 1-20 stones are visible, some not in original location. 25%-50% of the stones are toppled or broken. Location of stones removed from the cemetery is unknown. Vegetation overgrowth in the cemetery is not a problem. Water drainage is good all year. No special sections.

The oldest known gravestone dates from end of the 19th century. The 19th and 20th century marble, iron, and concrete flat shaped snd smoothed and inscribed common gravestones have Hebrew and Hungarian inscriptions. No known mass graves. The local Jewish community owns the property used for Jewish cemetery only. Adjacent properties are in village residential setting with houses, gardens, orchards, and pastures. Rarely, private Jewish or non-Jewish visitors stop. The never vandalized cemetery maintenance has been cleaning stones and clearing vegetation. Current care is occasional clearing or cleaning by individuals. No structures. Security is a moderate threat.

Claudia Ursutiu, Pietroasa Str. no. 21, 3400 Cluj Napoca, Romania, tel. 0040-64-151073 visited the site and completed the survey in 24 September 2000 using the following documentation:

Claudia and Adrian Ursutiu interviewed Maris David, 24. 09. 2000, Gurasada. [January 2003]


GURASZADA: see GURASADA

GURGHIU: Mures County, Transylvania
The cemetery is located in Gurghiu, near the village, cod 4281, judet Mures, 4646 2451, 172.0 miles NNW of Bucharest and 10 km from Reghin. Alternate name is Gorgeny Szent Imre (Hungarian.) Present town population is 1,000-5,000 with no Jews.

The 1850 Jewish population by census was 7 and in 1930 was 66. In May 1944, the Jews were gathered in the ghetto of Reghin and on June 4, 1944 were deported to Auschwitz. The unlandmarked Orthodox cemetery was established in 19th century. Last known burial was 20th century.

The isolated rural/agricultural hillside has no sign or marker. Reached via private property, access is open with permission. A fence with a non-locking gate surrounds the site. Approximate pre- and post-WWII size is 3000 m. 1-20 stones are visible, some not in original location. Less than 25% of the stones are toppled or broken. Location of stones removed from the cemetery is unknown. Vegetation overgrowth in the cemetery is a seasonal problem preventing access. Water drainage is good all year. No special sections.

The oldest known gravestone dates from 19th century. The 19th and 20th century
granite, marble, and limestone common gravestones have Hebrew inscriptions. No known mass graves. The national Jewish community owns the property used for orchard. Adjacent properties are agricultural. Rarely, private Jewish or non-Jewish visitors stop. The never vandalized cemetery maintenance has been clearing vegetation Current care is occasional clearing or cleaning by unpaid individuals. No structures.

Cosmina Popa, Tatra Str. no. 4, tel. 064/ 128764, Cluj Napoca, 3400 and Ioana Oprea, Bd. 21 Decembrie, 13-15, 064/190849, Cluj-Napoca, 3400 visited the site and completed the survey on 7 August 2000 using the following documentation:

Cosmina Popa and Ioana Raiciu interviewed Naza Carol, Gurghiu [January 2003]


GYALU: see Gilau
GYONGY: see GIUNGI
GYOROK: see GHIOROC
GYULAFEHERVAR: see Alba Iulia

H


HADAD: see HODOD
HADADNADASD: see NADISU HODODULUI

HALMAGIU I: (judet Arad)
The cemetery is in the northern part of the village on the right side of the national road at the exit to Arad. It looks like a garden of trees on the edge of the hill. Few local people, mostly the old ones, know about the cemetery in the place traditionally called "at the Jewish cemetery" (la cimitiru jidovesc.) Alternate or former name is Nagyhalmagy (Hungarian.) 4616 2235, 212.4 miles NW of Bucharest and135 km from Arad Current town populations is 1,000-5,000 with no Jews.

The Jewish population by census was 65 in 1880 and 46 in 1910. The unlandmarked cemetery dates from beginning of the 19th century. Last known burial was 1976.

The isolated wooded/forest hillside has no sign or marker. The cemetery is reached by
a. turning directly off a public road. Access is open to all. The cemetery is surrounded by broken fence and unlocked gate. Approximate pre- and post-WWII size is 60 m x 10 m x 15 m. No stones are visible. 20-100 gravestones are in cemetery with ten not in original location. Vegetation overgrowth in the cemetery is a seasonal problem preventing access. Water drainage at the cemetery is a constant problem. The cemetery has special sections for unmarried men. The oldest known gravestone dates from
19th century. The 19th and 20th century marble, granite, and limestone flat shaped and smoothed and inscribed tombstones have Hebrew and Hungarian inscriptions. The national Jewish community owns the site used for a Jewish cemetery only. Properties adjacent to cemetery are agricultural. Compared to 1939, the cemetery boundaries enclose the cemetery boundaries enclose the same area. Rarely, private visitors visit. No maintenance or care. No structures. Security is a serious threat: 10 m of stolen wall, open gate, and no caretaker. Weather erosion and vegetation are moderate threats.

Assistant Professor Alexandru Pecican, Almasului Str., Bl. R1, apt. 14, Cluj-Napoca, 3400 completed the survey on September 14, 2000 using the following documentation:

He visited on August 27, 2000 and interviewed Toma Ion, Halmagiu [January 2003]

HALMAGIU II: (judet Arad)
The cemetery is lost into the wood. The stones have disappeared or were destroyed year by year. Situated outside of the northern part of the village at the place "spre padure" (towards the woods), it is almost unknown, a weird and savage place nowadays.

No caretaker or key holder, but Toma Ion, Motilor Str., no. 44, Halmagiu, phone: 144 is the former caretaker. The isolated hillside has no sign or marker. The cemetery is reached by a. turning directly off a public road with access is open to all via a broken fence with no gate at all. Approximate pre-WWII size was unknown. Approximate post-WWII size around 1300 quadrat m. Nine stones are visible. With 4 toppled or broken. Vegetation overgrowth in the cemetery is a constant problem, damaging stones. Water drainage at the cemetery is a constant problem. The oldest known gravestone dates from the 19th century. The 19th and 20th century marble, granite, and limestone flat shaped and smoothed and inscribed tombstones have Hebrew and Hungarian. The cemetery has concrete tombstones.

The national Jewish community is now used for Jewish cemetery only. Compared to 1939, the cemetery boundaries enclose the cemetery boundaries enclose the same area. Rarely, private visitors stop. No maintenance. No care. No structures. Security is a very serious threat. (no wall, open gate, no caretaker) Vegetation is a serious threat. (The trees damage the tombs.) Vandalism is a very serious threat. The stones were damaged and stolen for building materials. Incompatible nearby development, planned, current, or proposed, is a moderate threat Assistant Professor Alexandru Pecican, Almasului Str., Bl. R1, apt. 14, Cluj-Napoca, 3400 completed the survey on September 14, 2000 using the following documentation:

He visited on August 27, 2000 and interviewed Toma Ion, Halmagiu [January 2003]


HALMEU:
Alternate/former town name: Halmi (Hung.) (2 cemeteries may exist.) Located in Satu Mare County at 47°58' N, 23°01' E about 146 km NNW of Cluj. Present Jewish poplation 1?.
     The cemetery is isolated in a suburban area on flat land with no sign/marker and reached by turning directly off public road. Access is with permission. A continuous masonry wall and a locking gate surround the cemetery. About 500-5,000 stones, with less than 25% broken or toppled, are flat stones with carved relief and Hebrew/Yiddish inscriptions. Some have metal fences around graves. Vegetation is mostly controlled but disturbing a very few stones. Federation of Jewish Communities uses it for Jewish cemetery only. Adjacent properties are agricultural. Diane Goldman, 4977 Battery Lane, Bethesda MD 20814: dgoldman@erols.com visited the site on 8 August 1998. She completed the survey on 1 March 1999.

HALMIL: see Halmeu
HARINA: see HERNINA
HARLAU: see Hirlau

HĂSMAS:
Alternate name: Alsohagymas in Hungarian. Located at 46°30' 22°05' in Arad County, Banat-Crisana region, 96 km from Cluj-Napoca, 35 km from Dej and 95 km from Zalău, the cemetery is back of the courtyard of Leontina Petric at 4681, Hăsmas, comuna Rus, jud. [county] Sălaj, Romania. The present total town population is 730 with no Jews.
     The Census of 1850 registered 52 Jews of a total population of 747; in 1857, 67 Jews out of 770; and 1880 showed 29 Jews of 728. In 1930, there were 34 Jews. The whole Jewish population of the town was placed a ghetto in Dej in May 1944 then deported to Auschwitz on May 28 and June 6-8. The cemetery was established in the nineteenth century. According oral testimony, the last burial was in the 1980s in the garden of the last Jew of the village. An Orthodox Jewish community used this cemetery, 2 km. away, as did other towns. The isolated rural (agricultural) hillside with sign or marker is reached by crossing a private property (probably the old road was incorporated in the present property) by two roads and the agricultural fields. Access to the cemetery is open with permission. A continuous fence surrounds the cemetery and has a gate that is usually locked surround. The approximate size of cemetery before World War II and now is 288 sq.m. Eleven gravestones exist, eight in the original locations and 3 fallen stones. The oldest known gravestone in the cemetery dates from about 1850. The limestone, sandstone, or slate flat shaped stones, finely smoothed and inscribed stones or flat stones with carved relief decoration have Hebrew inscriptions. Federation of Jewish Communities of Romania owns the property used only as a Jewish cemetery. Adjacent properties are agricultural or residential. The cemetery is visited rarely by private visitors. The cemetery may have been vandalized during World War II but not in the last ten years. Care included clearing vegetation and annual repair of fence and gate by Dej Jewish community in the 1960s and 1970s and annually since controls ended. Dej Jewish community pays the caretaker. No structures. Weather erosion and vegetation are moderate threats. Trees extend in large parts of the cemetery. The caretaker is having a hard time getting rid of them. A serious threat is movement of the hill; some tombstones are inclined. It is necessary to take care before cutting vegetation or digging. Mircea-Sergiu Moldovan, Ph.D. completed the survey form on October 15, 1998 after a visit on October 10. Ioan Cristea and Leontina Petric were interviewed on 1998 October 10, at Hăsmas.

HAVADTO: see VIFOROASA
HEGYKOZKOVACS: see CAUACEU
HEMEIUS (Bacău judet): see BACĂU
HERESDORF: see GALATII BISTRITEI

HERINA: Bistrita County
The cemetery is located in Herina, no. 86, code 4421, judet Bistrita, Romania at 4701 2425, 195.9 miles NNW of Bucharest and 18 km from Bistrita. Alternate names: Harina (Hungarian), Monchsdorf (German). Present town population is under 1,000 with no Jews.

The 1850 Jewish population by census was 31 and in 1930 was 87. In May 1944, the Jews were gathered in the ghetto of Bistrita and on June 2 and 6 were deported to Auschwitz. The unlandmarked Orthodox cemetery was established in 19th century. Last known burial was 1943.

The isolated rural/agricultural flat land has no sign or marker. Reached via private road,
access is open with permission. A fence with a non-locking gate surrounds the site. Approximate pre- and post-WWII size is 600 m. 20-100 stones are visible, some not in original location. 50%-75% of the stones are toppled or broken. Location of stones removed from the cemetery is unknown. Vegetation overgrowth in the cemetery is a seasonal problem preventing access. Water drainage is a constant problem because a small river divides the cemetery.

No special sections. The oldest known gravestone dates from 1920. Tombstones date from the 19th century. The granite, marble, and limestone common gravestones have Hebrew inscriptions. No known mass graves. The national Jewish community owns the property used for orchard. Adjacent properties are agricultural. Rarely, private Jewish or non-Jewish visitors stop. The never vandalized cemetery maintenance has been re-erection of stones and clearing vegetation. Current care is occasional clearing or cleaning by individuals. The caretaker pays a fee to the Jewish community from Bistrita for using the land of the cemetery. No structures. Weather erosion is a moderate threat.

Cosmina Popa, Tatra Str. no. 4, tel. 064/ 128764, Cluj Napoca, 3400 and Ioana Raiciu, Bd. 21 Decembrie, 13-15, 064/190849, Cluj-Napoca, 3400 visited the site and completed the survey on July 21, 2000 using the following documentation:

They interviewed Trifan Vasile, Herina. [January 2003]

UPDATE: I visited the Jewish cemetery in Herina, Romania, last month. The oldest gravestone belongs to my father's grandfather, Rafel-Zvi Thalblum, who died and was buried on the 7.7.1919 and not 1920 as written on.the gravestone in Hebrew. Tove Harel tharel@netvision.net [October 2006]



HERMANNSTADT: see Sibiu
HEVIZ: see Hoghiz

HIDA:
Located at 47°04' 23°17' in Sălaj County. Alternate name: Hidalma/Hidalmas. See also town of Cluj

HIDALMAS: see Hida
HIRIP: see HRIP

HIRLAU: Iasi, Moldavia {10990}
Alternate name: Harlau. Also possibly used Frumusica, 15 km away. Located at 47°09' 27°42' in Iasi County, Moldavia region. Present population 5,000-25,000 with a current Jewish population of 20. Gamliel Greenberg, Str. Nicolae Gheouga 42, Hirlau, Jud Iasi, Romania may have information. The Yiddish cemetery list is in the possession of Jack Bloom and Rick Bercuvitz. [undergoing translation: January 2001] The caretaker with a key may be contacted through Gamliel Greenberg. For the Jewish community history see Encyclopedia Judaica. The active cemetery location is an urban hillside with a sign in English and possibly Romanian. The cemetery, reached by turning directly off a public road, is open with permission. A continuous masonry wall and a locking gate surround the site. Inscriptions on the tombstones are in Romanian and Hebrew. The local Jewish community owns the cemetery. Adjacent properties are commercial or industrial and residential. The cemetery is visited occasionally. Past maintenance includes re-erection of stones, patching broken stones, cleaning stones, clearing vegetation, and fixing wall and gate. Prior to 1981, Bernard Schwartz of United Harlauer Association, a New York City landsmanschaft cared for the cemetery.
     Jack H Bloom, 23 Sherman Street, Fairfield, Connecticut. Tel: 203/255-0600 ext 111. Home tel: 203/374-5600. JackHBloom@aol.com completed the survey on 25 Aug 1997. He visited the site during the summer of 1997. The names of those interred need translation. [8/30/97]
HÎRLAU (I): (Iasi judet) US Commission No. _

The cemetery is located at str. Stejar no. 24, Iasi judet, Moldavia region at 47°27' 27°03', 8 km from Tîrgul Frumos. Present town population is 25,000-100,000 with 0-100 Jews.

The 1774 Census registered 18 Jewish inhabitants, 1821 Census registered 105 Jewish families. The Census from 1899 registered 1497 Jewish inhabitants. The 1930 Census registered 2004 Jewish inhabitants. Prominent residents include Betalel Baruch, Betalel Baruch, and Mendel Rabinovici-scholar rabbis. This Jewish cemetery was established in the end of the 18th century. Buried noteworthy individuals in the cemetery include Betalel Baruch (dead ~1785), Betalel Baruch, and Haim Itzac (died 1861)-scholar rabbis. The last known Jewish burial in cemetery was in 1917. The unlandmarked Orthodox cemetery is 0.5 km from the congregation that uses it.

The isolated urban hillside has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open with permission. Reached by turning directly off a public road, a gate that locks surrounds. The pre- and post-WWII size is 180 m X 80 m. 600 gravestones are visible in the cemetery with none in original location. More than 75% are toppled or broken. Vegetation overgrowth and water drainage in the cemetery are not problems. Tombstones date from the 19th through the 20th centuries. The limestone, sandstone, and other materials are rough stones or boulders, flat shaped stones, finely smoothed and inscribed stones, and flat stones with carved relief decoration. Some have portraits on the stones. Inscriptions are in Hebrew.

The national Jewish community owns the cemetery property now used for Jewish cemetery and agriculture. Adjacent properties are agricultural and residential. Compared to 1939, the cemetery boundaries enclose the same area. Occasionally, private visitors (Jewish or non-Jewish) stop.

The never vandalized cemetery has no maintenance, but the regular caretaker is paid by the Jewish Congregation of Hîrlau. Within the cemetery is a house. Security, weather erosion, pollution, and vegetation are slight threats.

Lucian Nastasa, Clinicilor str., no. 19, Cluj, Romania, tel. 064/190107. Email: nastasalucian@hotmail.com completed the survey on July 21, 2000 using the following documentation:

He visited July 21, 2000 and interviewed Grimberg Gambel, str. N.Iorga no. 42, Hîrlau, Iasi judet. Phone: 032/721137. [June 2002]
HÎRLAU (II): (Iasi judet) US Commission No. _

The cemetery is located at str. Eternitatea no. 20, Hîrlau, Iasi judet, Moldavia region at 27°03' 47°27', 8 km from Tîrgul Frumos. See Hîrlau I for town information.

This Jewish cemetery was established in 1915. The last known Jewish burials in the cemetery were 1998 (Haim Feiga) and Sept. 1999 (Ruhla Iosup from Frumusica).

Frumusica (Botosani judet); Cotnari (Iasi judet) used the unlandmarked Conservative cemetery, 0.5 km from the congregation that used it. The urban flat land, separate, but near other cemeteries, has a sign in Romanian. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open with permission. A continuous masonry wall and a gate that locks surround.

The pre- and post-WWII size is 100 m X 60 m. 1,100 gravestones are visible in the cemetery with none in original location. More than 75% are toppled or broken. Vegetation overgrowth and water drainage in the cemetery are not problems. The cemetery has special sections for men, Cohanim, and children. Tombstones date from 1917. Tombstones date from the 20th century. Marble, granite, limestone, sandstone, and wood are rough stones or boulders, flat shaped stones, finely smoothed and inscribed stones, and flat stones with carved relief decoration., sculpted tombstones, and multistone monuments. Some have portraits on the stones and metal fences around graves. Inscriptions are in Hebrew, Yiddish, and Romanian.

The national Jewish community owns the cemetery property. Properties adjacent are commercial or industrial and residential. Compared to 1939, the cemetery boundaries enclose the same area. Frequently, organized individual tours, private visitors (Jewish or non-Jewish), local residents visit.

The never vandalized cemetery maintenance includes re-erection of stones and cleaning and patching broken stones arranged by Jewish individuals and groups abroad in 1998. Care is annual clearing of vegetation by the unpaid regular caretaker. The preburial house has a tahara (table), a catafalque, and wall inscriptions. Weather erosion, pollution, and vegetation are slight threats.

Lucian Nastasa, Clinicilor str., no. 19, Cluj, Romania, tel. 064/190107. Email: nastasalucian@hotmail.com completed the survey on July 21, 2000 using the following documentation:

He visited July 21, 2000 and interviewed Grimberg Gambel, str. N.Iorga no. 42, Hîrlau, Iasi judet. Phone: 032/721137. [June 2002]

HODOD: Satu Mare County, Transylvania
The cemetery is located at Hodod, 3979, judet Satu Mare, 4724 2302, 252.3 miles NW of Bucharest and 13 km from Cehu Silvaniei. The alternate names are Hadad (Hungarian) and Kriegsdorf (German), Present town population is 1,000-5,000 with no Jews.

The 1880 Jewish population by census was 139, by 1900 census was 167, and in 1930 was 101. In May 1944, the Jews were gathered in the ghetto of Satu Mare and on May 19, 22, 26, 29, 30, 31, and June 1 were deported to Auschwitz. The unlandmarked Orthodox cemetery was established in second half of the 19th century. Last known burial was inter-war period.

The rural/agricultural hillside, separate but near other cemeteries, has no sign or marker. Reached via private property, access is open to all. A fence with a non-locking gate surrounds the site. Approximate pre-WWII size is unknown. Approximate post-WWII size is 28 x 24 x 16 m. 1-20 stones are visible, some not in original location. Less than 25% of the stones are toppled or broken. Location of stones removed from the cemetery is unknown. Vegetation overgrowth in the cemetery is a constant problem disturbing stones. Water drainage is good all year.

Cannot determine if cemetery has/had special sections. The oldest known gravestone dates from 1862. The granite, limestone, and sandstone flat shaped and smoothed and inscribed common gravestones have Hebrew inscriptions. No known mass graves. The local Jewish community owns the property used for Jewish cemetery only. Adjacent properties are residential. Rarely, private Jewish or non-Jewish visitors stop. The never vandalized cemetery has no maintenance. No care now. No structures. Security and weather erosion are moderate threats. Vegetation is a very serious threat. The cemetery is completely covered with vegetation.
Claudia Ursutiu, Pietroasa Str. no. 21, 3400 Cluj Napoca, Romania, tel. 0040-64-151073 visited the site and completed the survey on 29 July 2000 using the following documentation:

Claudia and Adrian Ursutiu interviewed no one. [January 2003]


HOGHIZ I: Brasov County
The cemetery is located at Hoghiz, near the village, cod 3035, judet Brasov, Romania. The alternate names are Heviz (Hungarian) and Warmbach (German.) 4559 2518,53 km from Brasov and 113.9 miles NNW of Bucharest. Present town population is 1,000-5,000 with no Jews.

The 1850 Jewish population by census was 35, in 1857 was 74, in 1910 was 76, and in 1930 was 27. The 19th and 20th century unlandmarked Orthodox cemetery on isolated rural/agricultural flat land has no sign or marker. Reached by a public road, access is open with permission. A fence with a gate that locks surrounds the site.

Approximate pre- and post-WWII size is 20 m x 25 m. 1-20 stones are visible. 1-20 stones are and 1-20 stones are not in original location. Less than 25% of the stones are toppled or broken. Location of stones removed from the cemetery is unknown. Vegetation overgrowth in the cemetery is a seasonal problem preventing access. Water drainage is good all year. No special sections.

Tombstones date from the 19th century. The limestone and sandstone flat shaped and smoothed and inscribed common gravestones have inscriptions in Hebrew. No known mass graves. The national Jewish community owns the property used for Jewish cemetery only. Adjacent properties are agricultural. Rarely, private Jewish or non-Jewish visitors stop. The never vandalized cemetery has no maintenance or care. No structures. Weather erosion is a moderate threat.

Oprea Ioana, B-dul 21 Decembrie, no. 13-15, ap. 6, Cluj Napoca, tel: 190
849 and Popa Cosmina, Tatra Str., no. 4, ap. 11, Cluj Napoca, tel: 128 764 visited the site and completed the survey on December 16, 2000 using the following documentation:

No interviews. [January 2003]

HOGHIZ II:

See HOGHIZ I for town information.

The 19th and 20th century unlandmarked Orthodox isolated rural/agricultural flat land has no sign or marker. Reached via private property, access is open with permission. A fence with a gate that locks surrounds the site.

Approximate pre- and post-WWII size was 50 m x 35 m. 20-100 stones are visible. 20-100 stones are in original location. 1-20 stones are not in original location. Less than 25% of the stones are toppled or broken. Location of stones removed from the cemetery is unknown. Vegetation overgrowth in the cemetery is not a problem. Water drainage is good all year. No special sections.

The oldest known gravestone dates from 19th century. The 19th and 20th century granite and sandstone flat shaped and smoothed and inscribed common gravestones have inscriptions in Hebrew. No known mass graves. The national Jewish community owns the property used for Jewish cemetery only. Adjacent properties are "other." Rarely, private Jewish or non-Jewish visitors stop. The never vandalized cemetery's Maintenance has been clearing vegetation. Current care is by unpaid regular caretaker. No structures. Weather erosion is a moderate threat.

Oprea Ioana, B-dul 21 Decembrie, no. 13-15, ap. 6, Cluj Napoca, tel: 190
849 and Popa Cosmina, Tatra Str., no. 4, ap. 11, Cluj Napoca, tel: 128 764 visited the site and completed the survey on December 16, 2000 using the following documentation:

No interviews. [January 2003]

HOLOD: Bihor County, Transylvania
The cemetery is located in Holod, 3628, judet Bihor, Romania at 4647 2208, 251.0 miles NW of Bucharest and 22 km from Beius. Alternate name: Pusztahollod (Hungarian). Present town population is 1,000-5,000 with no Jews.

The 1880 Jewish population by census was 16, by 1900 census was 18, and in 1930 was 5. In May 1944, the Jews were gathered in the Oradea ghetto and on May 23, 25, 28-30, and June 1-5, 27 were deported to Auschwitz. The unlandmarked Orthodox The cemetery was established at end of the 19th century. Last known burial was inter-war period.

The isolated rural/agricultural flat land has no sign or marker. Reached by a public road,
access is open to all. No wall, fence, or gate. Approximate pre-WWII size is unknown. Approximate post-WWII size is 12 x 16 m. 1-20 stones are visible, some not in original location. Less than 25% of the stones are toppled or broken. Location of stones removed from the cemetery is unknown. Vegetation overgrowth in the cemetery is a constant problem preventing access and disturbing and damaging stones. Water drainage is good all year.

The oldest known gravestone dates from 1896. The 19th and 20th century marble, concrete, and local stone flat shaped and smoothed and inscribed and double tombstones have Hebrew and Hungarian inscriptions. Some have metal fences around graves. No known mass The local Jewish community owns the property used for Jewish cemetery only. Adjacent properties are agricultural. Rarely, private Jewish or non-Jewish visitors stop at the never vandalized cemetery. No maintenance. No care now. No structures. Security is a serious threat. (no gate, far from village) Vegetation is a very serious threat. The cemetery is completely covered with vegetation making access almost impossible structures.

Ursutiu Claudia, Pietroasa Str. no. 21, 3400 Cluj-Napoca, tel: 0040-64-151073 visited the site and completed the survey on 8 July 2000 using the following documentation:

Claudia and Adrian Ursutiu interviewed Mut Petru, 08. 07. 2000, Holod. [January 2003]


HORIA - com. (Neamt judet): see ROMAN

HOSSZUSOR: see LUNCSOARA
HOSSZUASZO:: Valea Lunga

HRIP: Satu Mare County, Transylvania
The cemetery is located at Hrip, 3954, com. Paulesti, judet Satu Mare, 4743 2300, 271.0 miles NNW of Bucharest and 17 km from Satu Mare. Alternate name: Hirip (Hungarian). Present town population is under 1,000 with no Jews.

The 1880 Jewish population by census was 25, by 1900 census was 45 and in 1930 was 23. In May 1944, the Jews were gathered in the ghetto of Satu Mare and on May 19, 22, 26, 29, 30, 31, and June 1 were deported to Auschwitz. The unlandmarked Orthodox cemetery was established at end of the 19th century. Last known burial was inter-war period.

The rural/agricultural hillside, separate but near other cemeteries, has no sign or marker. Reached by a public road, access is open with permission. A fence with a gate that locks surrounds the site. Approximate pre-WWII size is unknown. Approximate post-WWII size is 33 x 12 m. 1-20 stones are visible, some not in original location. 50%-75% of the stones are toppled or broken. Stones removed from the cemetery probably are in area farms. Vegetation overgrowth in the cemetery is not a problem. Water drainage is good all year. The oldest known gravestone dates from end of the 19th century. The 19th and 20th century granite, concrete flat shaped and smoothed and inscribed common gravestones have Hebrew inscriptions. No known mass graves.

The local Jewish community owns the property used for Jewish cemetery and orchard. Adjacent properties are residential. Rarely, private Jewish or non-Jewish visitors stop. The cemetery was not vandalized in the last ten years or occasionally in the last ten years. [sic] Maintenance has been re-erection of stones, cleaning stones, and clearing vegetation. Current care is regular unpaid caretaker. No structures. Weather erosion is a moderate threat.

. Claudia Ursutiu, Pietroasa Str. no. 21, 3400 Cluj Napoca, Romania, tel. 0040-64-151073 visited the site and completed the survey July 2000 using the following documentation:

Claudia and Adrian Ursutiu interviewed Feder Ileana, Hrip. [January 2003]


HUEDIN:
Located at 46°52' 23°03' in Cluj County, Transylvania region. Alternate name: Banffyhunyad.

HUNYADDORA: see DORA

HUREZU MARE: Satu Mare County, Transylvania
The cemetery is located at Hurezu Mare, 3974, com. Supuru de Jos, 4728 2251, 261.1 miles NW of Bucharest and 30 km from Tasnad. Alternate name: Nantu (Hungarian). Present town population is under 1,000 with no Jews.

The 1880 Jewish population by census was 21, by 1900 census was 26 and in 1930 was 13. In May 1944, the Jews were gathered in the ghetto of Satu Mare and on May 19, 22, 26, 29, 30, 31, and June 1 were deported to Auschwitz. The unlandmarked Orthodox cemetery was established at end of the 19th century. Last known burial was inter-war period.

The rural/agricultural hill, separate but near other cemeteries, has no sign or marker. Reached by a public road, access is open to all. No wall, fence, or gate. Approximate pre-WWII size is unknown. Approximate post-WWII size is approximately 30 x 20 m. 1-20 stones are visible, some not in original location. 25%-50% of the stones are toppled or broken. Stones removed from the cemetery are probably in the farms. Vegetation overgrowth in the cemetery is not a problem. Water drainage is good all year.

The oldest known gravestone dates from end of the 19th century. The 19th and 20th century limestone and sandstone, concrete flat shaped and smoothed and inscribed common gravestones have Hebrew inscriptions. No known mass graves. The local Jewish community owns the property used for Jewish cemetery only. Adjacent properties are agricultural and local cemetery. Rarely, private Jewish or non-Jewish visitors stop.

The cemetery was not vandalized in the last ten years or occasionally in the last ten years. [sic] Maintenance has been clearing vegetation. Current care is occasional clearing or cleaning by individuals. No structures. Security is a very severe threat: (no fence, no gate and far away from the village) Weather erosion is a moderate threat.

Claudia Ursutiu, Pietroasa Str. no. 21, 3400 Cluj Napoca, Romania, tel. 0040-64-151073 visited the site and completed the survey 28 July 2000 using the following documentation:

They interviewed Lobont Gheorghe, Hurezu Mare [January 2003]


HUSI (I): Vaslui County
The cemetery is located in Husi, Str. Fundatura Calarasi no. 3, judet Vaslui, Moldavia, 4641 2804, 182.1 miles NNE of Bucharest.and 70 km from Vaslui. Present town population is 25,000-100,000 with fewer than 10 Jews.

The Jewish population by 1899 census was 416 Jewish inhabitants and in 1930 was 2493 Jewish inhabitants. In 1941, the Jews were deported to Transnistria. The cemetery was established in the 19th century. Last known burial was approximately 1910. Albitza, judet Vaslui, also used the unlandmarked Orthodox cemetery that is 1 km from the congregation that used it.

The isolated urban flat land has no sign or marker. Reached via private road, access is open with permission. A fence with a gate that locks surrounds the site. Approximate pre- and post-WWII size is 150 x 250 m. 100-500 stones are visible. 1-20 stones are not in original location. More than 75% of the stones are toppled or broken. Location of stones removed from the cemetery is unknown. Vegetation overgrowth in the cemetery is a seasonal problem preventing access. Water drainage is good all year.

The oldest known gravestone dates from the 19th century. The 19th and 20th century marble, granite, limestone, and sandstone gravestones have Hebrew inscriptions. Some have traces of painting on their surfaces, iron decorations or letting, bronze decorations or lettering, and other metallic elements. Some have portraits on stones. The national Jewish community owns the property used for an orchard. Adjacent properties are in village residential setting with houses, gardens, orchards, and pastures. Rarely, private Jewish or non-Jewish visitors stop. The never vandalized cemetery has no maintenance. Current care is regular unpaid caretaker. No structures.

Lucian Nastasă, Clinicilor Str., no. 19, Cluj, Romania, tel. 064/190107. Email: Nastasălucian@hotmail.com completed the survey on September 22, 2000 using the following documentation:

Lucian Nastasă interviewed Gilca Neculai, Str. Fundatura Calarasi no. 3, Husi, judet Vaslui. Phone: 472798 on September 20, 2000. [January 2003]
HUSI (II)
The cemetery is located in Husi at Soseaua Stanilestiului, no. 6, judet Vaslui.

The cemetery was established about 1910 with last known burial in July 2000 (Fridman Mihel.) The unlandmarked Orthodox cemetery is 2 km from the congregation that used it.

The suburban isolated flat land has no sign or marker. Reached by a public road, access is open with permission. A fence with a gate that locks surrounds the site. Approximate pre- and post-WWII size is 400 x 450 m. 500-5000 stones are visible. 1-20 stones are not in original location. More than 75% of the stones are toppled or broken. Location of stones removed from the cemetery is unknown. Vegetation overgrowth in the cemetery is a seasonal problem preventing access. Water drainage is good all year.

No special sections. The oldest known gravestone dates from 1914. The marble, granite, limestone, sandstone, and slate gravestones have inscriptions are in Hebrew, Yiddish, and Romanian. Some have traces of painting on their surfaces, iron decorations or letting, bronze decorations or lettering, and other metallic elements and. Some have carved relief-decorated, double tombstones, and sculpted monuments. The national Jewish community owns the property used for Jewish cemetery only. Adjacent properties are commercial or industrial and recreational, and residential. Frequently, private Jewish or non-Jewish visitors and local residents stop at the never vandalized cemetery has no maintenance. Current care is regular unpaid caretaker. Within the cemetery boundaries is a house. Vegetation is a moderate threat.

Lucian Nastasă, Clinicilor Str., no. 19, Cluj, Romania, tel. 064/190107. Email: Nastasălucian@hotmail.com completed the survey on September 22, 2000 using the following documentation:

Lucian Nastasă interviewed Herghelegiu Vasile, Str. N. Lupu no. 6, Husi, judet Vaslui. Phone: 475135 on September 20, 2000. [January 2003]


I


IACOBENI (judet Suceava)
The cemetery is located in Iacobeni at Str. Republicii 230, judet Suceava, 4727 2719 or 4726 2519, 210.5 miles N of Bucharest or 216.3 miles NNE of Bucharest and 100 km from Suceava. Present town population is 5,000-25,000 with no Jews.

The Jewish population by census was 1831 registered 360 Jewish families and in 1930 was 228 Jewish inhabitants. The cemetery was established at the end of the 19th century. Last known burial was approximately 1930. The unlandmarked Orthodox cemetery is from the congregation that used it. 500 m.

The urban hillside, separate but near other cemeteries (near the German cemetery), has no sign or marker. Reached by a public road, access is open to all. A fence with a gate that locks surrounds the site. Approximate pre-WWII size was 400 x 350 m. Approximate post-WWII size is 300 x 250 m. 1-20 stones are visible, all in original location. Less than 25% of the stones are toppled or broken. Location of stones removed from the cemetery is unknown. Vegetation overgrowth in the cemetery is a seasonal problem preventing access. Water drainage is good all year.

The oldest known gravestone dates from the end of the 19th century. The 20th century granite, sandstone, marble and limestone gravestones have Yiddish and German inscriptions. Some have portraits on stones. The national Jewish community owns the property used for an orchard. Adjacent properties are in village residential setting with houses, gardens, orchards, and pastures Compared to 1939, the cemetery boundaries enclose a smaller area. Rarely, private Jewish or non-Jewish visitors stop. The never vandalized cemetery had no maintenance. Current care is occasional clearing or cleaning by unpaid individuals. No structures. Security and weather erosion are moderate threats. Incompatible nearby development is a serious threat, size was reduced through the railway's building. [sic].

Lucian Nastasă, Piata Mihai Viteazul 9A, apt. 23, Cluj, Romania, tel. 064/134858. Email: Nastasălucian@hotmail.com visited the site and completed the survey on September 21, 2000 using the following documentation:

Lucian Nastasă visited September 19, 2000 and interviewed Fodor Ion (zis Neamţzu), Str. Republicii 82, Iacobeni and Dranca Mircea, Str. Drancani 19, Iacobeni, judet Suceava. [January 2003]


IARA:
Located at 4633°23°31° in Cluj county, Transylvania region, 43 km from Cluj-Napoca. Alternate name: Also Jára in Hungarian. Iara cemetery is located at 3359 Iara, jud. Cluj, Romania. The present total town population is 5190 with no Jews.
     Iara was an important 19th century economic center because its location near the mining area of the Western Carpathian Mountains. Before 1848, the Jews were not allowed to settle less than 7 miles from mining centers. The Jews of Iara were threatened all the time with expulsion, but their services as brandymakers and leaseholders were in the interest of the local landlords, making expulsions reversible. The Census of 1850 registered 2 Jews of a total present population of 646. The Census of 1857 registered 27 Jews of a total population of 1094; 1880 showed 49 Jews of 1445. In 1930, there were 76 Jews. The Jews were confined to May 1944 in the ghetto from Cluj and were deported to Auschwitz on May 25, 29, 3l and June 3, 8 and 9. The Orthodox Jewish cemetery was established in the 19th century, 5 km away from other towns and villages that used it. The flat isolated suburban site, near the exit crossroad on the road to Cluj-Napoca, with no sign or marker is reached by turning directly off a public road, in a crossroad. It is open with permission and surrounded by a continuous fence and a gate that does not usually lock. The approximate size of cemetery before World War II and now is 955 sq.m. 49 gravestones, all in their original locations, are granite, limestone, and volcanic tuff flat shaped stones, finely smoothed and inscribed stones, or flat stones with carved relief decoration with Hebrew inscriptions. No known mass graves; no structures, or special sections. The oldest known gravestone is 19th century. The Federation of Jewish Communities of Romania owns and uses site only as a Jewish cemetery. Adjacent properties are agricultural, residential and two public roads. Compared to 1939, the cemetery boundaries enclose smaller area due to modernization of roads on two edges of cemetery. It is visited rarely by private visitors.
     The cemetery may have been vandalized during the WW II. In 1994 the metal gate was stolen. Care has been clearing vegetation, fixing wall after 1970, and fixing gate after 1970 and after 1994 by Cluj-Napoca Jewish Community and annually after controls. The Cluj Jewish congregation pays the regular caretaker. . Incompaqtible nearby existing development, weather erosion, pollution, and vegetation are moderate threats. Trees extend on large parts of the cemetery; the caretaker is having a hard time getting rid of them. Now, I meet the caretaker when I visit the cemetery. The national road is on an edge of the cemetery so pollution can become a problem in the future.
     Mircea-Sergiu Moldovan, PhD. Professor and Architect, str. Parîng, nr. 1, bl. A4, ap. 12, 3400 Cluj-Napoca, Romania, Ph.: 40-64-161261 Mircea-Sergiu Moldovan, PhD. Professor and architect, str. Parîng, nr. 1, bl. A4, ap. 12, 3400 Cluj-Napoca, Romania, Ph.: 40-64-161261 completed survey on May 13, 1999 after a visit on May 4. Gavrila Brata was interviewed on May 4, in Iara.

IASI:
     REFERENCE: http://www.aboutromania.com/maps23.html [August 2005]
Alternate names: Iasi/Jassy/Yassi/Yash/Yassy/Yosser/Tirgu-Yasski/Pacurari/Socola. Located at 47°10' 27°36' in Iasi County, Moldavia region. Iasi is pronounced "YASSY" in English and "YASH" in Romanian. In 1831, there were about 3,000 Jews in Iasi in 1859 they were about 30% of the whole population; in 1910, there were about 35,000 Jews; in 1930, they were over 40,000. Current Jewish population [late 1990s] of Iasi amounts to less than 2% of its total number before the war, i.e. to about 600 people. Source: http://home.dntis.ro/~fce96 [December 2000]
     REFERENCE: See: abandoned sites Jewish Heritage Travel: A Guide to East-Central Europe by Ruth Ellen Gruber- New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1992- 218-220; Synagogue; 219
     REFERENCE: http://home.dntis.ro/~fce96 Iasi Jewish Community website [October 2000] "Rabbi, Shlomo ben Aroga, most of them dating from round 1580. These documents do not certify that he was the first or the oldest Rabbi; yet, they are important for, indirectly, they point to the existence of a well organized community, having a cemetery, a synagogue, a micva, a talmud-tora, and a shohet (a Jewish butcher). In 1940, in the Ciurchi cemetery - a few years later desecrated by the Nazis - there was a tombstone dating from 1610. It is from the same century that came down to us old, official papers granting rights to the Jewish community as an institutional organisation. Among these rights we could mention: the right to live in any part of the town and not only in the ghetto, the right to practice any trade or craft, to have a family, to own property of any kind including houses. The leaders of the Iasi Jewish guild - its head and his counsellors - were elected by the members of the community and confirmed by the King or his council of state. The guild used to pay jointly the tribute on behalf of all the members of the community. The sum of money represented the taxes for the kosher meat, wine, candles, yeast, etc. This type of organisation lasted until 1831. ..." (and much more history and community information) [December 2000].
     REFERENCE: Cercetary epigrafice (Jewish epigraphic research) in Annuar pentru Israeliti v. 17, 1895, pp. 50 - 62, by W. Schwarzfeld, Romanian. 29V4851: Dates: 10 tombstones, 1716 - 1772. Chiefs of the nation [?] of Moldavia, 6 inscriptions, 1743 + 1849: Iasi Rabbis, judges and scholars. Source: 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.
     The cemetery houses approximately 80,000 graves and is quite impressive, although its records are apparently somewhat disorganized. The site dates back only about one hundred years. An earlier cemetery was destroyed, although a few of its gravestones were brought to the new cemetery. A large monument commemorates the 10,000 Iasi Jews murdered by the local Romanian police in 1941. After that pogrom on June 29, 1941, some 1,200 men and women, who died in the Nazi "Death Train" to deport Romanian Jews, were buried in a common mass grave at the Jewish cemetery in Podul Iloaie, near Iasi, and another 650 at Tirgu Frumos, 28 miles from Iasi. For this, there is a memorial in each cemetery. [Source: World Guide for the Jewish Traveler by Warren Freedman, NY: E.P. Dutton Inc, 1984. Extracted by Bernard Kouchel; Florida; 1994.]
     Burial register for the first half of the twentieth century, separate books for males and females, are available at the archives of the Iasi Jewish community in the Comuniate building. Some give name, Hebrew year of death, month day, section number in cemetery, row and grave number, and sometimes dates. Many inscriptions are in German. Source: Researching Jewish Romania On Site by Paul Pascal] The cemetery's 80,000 graves include some stones moved from older cemetery destroyed by the Nazis and a mass grave of those killed during massacre in 1941. Most graves are from the very late-nineteenth and twentieth century years. Cemetery caretaker is on premises; and Jewish community has map of cemetery. Source: Rick Bercuvitz: bercuvit@management.mcgill.ca
IASI (I) (judet Iasi)
The cemetery is located at Iasi, Dealul Copou, judet Iasi, Romania, 4710 2736, 202.1 miles NNE of Bucharest and 160 km from Bacau. Alternate names: Jassy, Yash, Copou. Current town population is over 100,000 with 100-1,000 Jews.

The Jewish population by 1772 census was 171 Jewish families, from 1852 was 3675 Jews, by 1885 census was 33141 and in 1930 was 34662. Jewish community existed since the 16th century. The first synagogue was built in the 18th century. Here was the residence of the "Hahambasa," or head of the Jewish communities of Moldavia and Wallachia. The first modern Jewish school was founded here in 1853. Here developed an important Jewish press in Romanian and Yiddish and a Yiddish theater since the second half of the 19th century. In 1939, there were 140 synagogues in Iasi. The 1941 pogrom (29 June-3 July ) had thousands of victims. In 1941-1942, the Jews were deported to Transnistria. Noteworthy Jewish residents of the community were rabbis: Aroyo ? 1580-1619; Natan Hanover 1652-1670; Josef ben Menahem Landa 1837-1853; Aharon M. Taubes 1837-1852; Smuel Smelke Taubes 1852-1865; Iacov Taubes 1868-1890. The Jewish population by 1852 census was registered 3675, by 1885 census was 33141.

The cemetery was established in the 18th century with the last known burial aprox.1918. The unlandmarked Orthodox cemetery is from 8 km the congregation that used it. The isolated rural/agricultural hillside has no sign or marker. Reached by a public road, access is open to all. No wall, fence, or gate.

Approximate pre- and post-WWII size is 800 x 600 m. More than 5,000 stones are visible. 500-5,000 stones are not in original location. 50%-75% of the stones are toppled or broken. Location of stones removed from the cemetery is unknown. Vegetation overgrowth in the cemetery is a seasonal problem preventing access. Water drainage is good all year.

No special sections. The oldest known gravestone dates from the 19th century. The 19th and 20th century marble, granite, limestone, sandstone, and slate gravestones have inscriptions in Hebrew, Yiddish, German, Hungarian, and Romanian. Some have traces of painting on their surfaces, iron decorations or letting, bronze decorations or lettering, and other metallic elements. Some have portraits on stones. The local Jewish community owns the property used for an orchard. Adjacent properties are commercial or industrial and recreational and residential.

Occasionally, private Jewish or non-Jewish visitors and local residents stop at the never vandalized cemetery had no maintenance. Current care is occasional clearing or cleaning by individuals. No structures. Incompatible nearby development is a moderate threat.

Lucian Nastasă, Clinicilor Str., no. 19, Cluj, Romania, tel. 064/190107. Email: Nastasălucian@hotmail.com visited the site and completed the survey on September 26, 2000 using the following documentation:

Lucian Nastasă visited the site on September 24, 2000 and interviewed Stela Cheptea, Str. Cuza Voda 51, Iasi 6600. [January 2003]
IASI (II):
The cemetery is located at Str. Pacurari no. 21, Iasi, judet Iasi, Romania
See Iasi I for town information.

The cemetery was established in the 19th century. Last known burial was Sept.2, 2000 (Braunstein Virgil) in the unlandmarked Orthodox cemetery, 3 km from the congregation that used it.

The isolated urban hill cemetery has sign in Romanian and Hebrew, German, and Hungarian mentioning Jews. Reached by a public road, access is open with permission. A masonry wall and fence with a gate that locks surround the site.

Approximate pre- and post-WWII size is 1500 x 350 m. Approximately 50,000 stones are visible. 20-100 stones are not in original location. More than 75% of the stones are toppled or broken. Location of stones removed from the cemetery is unknown. Vegetation overgrowth in the cemetery is a seasonal problem preventing access. Water drainage is good all year.

No special sections. The oldest known gravestone dates from 19th century. The 19th and 20th century marble, granite, limestone, sandstone, slate, iron, and other (probably concrete) memorial markers are have inscriptions in Hebrew, Yiddish, German, Hungarian, and Romanian. Some have traces of painting on their surfaces, iron decorations or letting, bronze decorations or lettering, and other metallic elements and portraits on stones, sculpted monuments, and multi-stone monuments. The cemetery has Holocaust memorial, and memorials to pogrom victims and Jewish soldiers. The cemetery contains marked mass graves.

The local Jewish community owns the property used for Jewish cemetery only. Adjacent properties are in village residential setting with houses, gardens, orchards, and pastures. Frequently, organized Jewish group or pilgrimage tours organized individual tours, Jewish and non-Jewish private visitors, and local residents visit.

The never vandalized cemetery maintenance has been re-erection of stones, patching broken stones, and clearing vegetation paid for every year by Jewish individuals abroad and in the country. Current care is regular caretaker paid by the Jewish community of Iasi. Within the limits of the cemetery is a preburial house and other structures. The preburial house has a tahara, catafalque, and an ohel. Pollution is a moderate threat.

Lucian Nastasă, Clinicilor Str., no. 19, Cluj, Romania, tel. 064/190107. Email: Nastasălucian@hotmail.com visited the site and completed the survey on September 26, 2000 using the following documentation:

Lucian Nastasă visited the site on September 25, 2000 and interviewed Cremer Carol, Str. Pacurari no. 21, Iasi, judet Iasi. Phone: 032/163098. [January 2003]

IBRAIL: see Braila
IBRAILA: see Braila
ICSEH: see Panticeu

IEGHERISTE: Satu Mare County, Transylvania

The cemetery is located in Iegheriste, no. 114, 3949, com. Crucisor at 4739 2316, 260.3 miles NNW of Bucharest and 40 km from Satu Mare. The alternate names are Ohuta (Hungarian) and JEGHERISTE in Romanian. Present town population is under 1,000 with no Jews.

The 1880 Jewish population by census was 14; by 1900 census was 19, and in 1930 was 10 Jewish inhabitants. In May 1944, the Jews were gathered in the ghetto of Satu Mare and on May 19, 22, 26, 29, 30, 31, and June 1 were deported to Auschwitz. The unlandmarked Orthodox c cemetery was established in end of 19th century with last known burial in interwar period.

The hill and hillside, separate but near other cemeteries, has no sign or marker. Reached via private property, access is open to all. No wall, fence, or gate or with a gate that locks. [sic[ Approximate pre-WWII size is unknown. Approximate post-WWII size is 40 x 16 m. 1-20 stones are visible, not all in original location. 25%-50% of the stones are toppled or broken. Location of stones removed from the site is unknown. Vegetation overgrowth in the cemetery is not a problem. Water drainage is good all year.

The oldest known gravestone dates from end of 19th century. The 19th and 20th century limestone flat shaped common gravestones have Hebrew inscriptions. No known mass graves. The local Jewish community owns the property used for Jewish cemetery only. Adjacent properties are in village residential setting with houses, gardens, orchards, and pastures. Rarely, private Jewish or non-Jewish visitors stop. The cemetery was vandalized occasionally in the last ten years. Maintenance has been cleaning stones and clearing vegetation. Current care is regular unpaid caretaker. No structures. Pollution is a moderate threat.

Claudia Ursutiu, Pietroasa Str. no. 21, 3400 Cluj Napoca, Romania, tel. 0040-64-151073 visited the site and completed the survey in 2000 using the following documentation:

Claudia and Adrian Ursutiu interviewed Melesca Viorica, no. 114, 2000, Iegheriste. [January 2003]


IERBUS: Mures County, Transylvania
The cemetery is located at Reghin, Cerbului Str. no. 35, cod 4225, judet Mures, 4646 2442, 174.7 miles NNW of Bucharest and 32 km from Targu Mures. Alternate names: Regen (Romanian), Szaszregen (Hungarian). Present town population is 25,000-100,000 with fewer than 10 Jews.

The 1850 Jewish population by census was 77, from 1857 was, 95, from 1869-1870 was 161, and in 1930 was 1.556

The first Jewish community was founded in 1850. The first synagogue was built in 1866. In May 1944, the Jews were gathered in the ghetto of Reghin and on June 4, 1944, 3149 Jews from Reghin and its environs were deported to Auschwitz. Noteworthy Jewish residents of the community were the first rabbi, Henrik Polak. The cemetery was established in 19th century. Noteworthy individuals buried in the unlandmarked Orthodox cemetery: Rabbis. Last known burial was 1944 - Geller David and Weisz Ilona.

The isolated urban flat land cemetery has sign in Hebrew mentioning Jews and the Jewish community. Reached via private property, access is open with permission. A masonry wall with a gate that locks surrounds the site. Approximate pre- and post-WWII size is 2100 m. 500-5000 stones are visible, all in original location. Less than 25% of the stones are toppled or broken. Location of stones removed from the cemetery is unknown. Vegetation overgrowth in the cemetery is not a problem. Water drainage is good all year. No special sections.

The oldest known gravestone dates from 19th century. The 19th and 20th century marble and granite flat shaped, smoothed and inscribed, carved relief-decorated, and double tombstones, sculpted monuments and "other" have Hebrew, Hungarian, and Romanian inscriptions. Some have traces of painting on their surfaces, iron decoration or lettering, other than metallic elements, portraits on stone, and metal fences around graves. The cemetery has Holocaust memorial. No known mass graves.

The national Jewish community owns the property used for Jewish cemetery only. Adjacent properties are residential. Occasionally, private Jewish or non-Jewish visitors stop. The never vandalized cemetery maintenance has been re-erecting and cleaning stones, clearing vegetation, and fixing gate and wall by Jewish individuals abroad. in 2000. Current care is regular unpaid caretaker. Within the limits of the cemetery are a "rabbi's chapel" and Holocaust memorial.

Cosmina Popa, Tatra Str. no. 4, tel. 064/ 128764, Cluj Napoca, 3400 and Ioana Oprea, Bd. 21 Decembrie, 13-15, 064/190849, Cluj-Napoca, 3400 visited the site and completed the survey on 8 August 2000 using the following documentation:

  • Recensamantul din 1850. Transilvania (The 1850 Jewish population census. Transylvania) coord.: Traian Rotariu, Cluj 1996.
  • Carmilly-Weinberger, Moshe. History of the Jews of Transylvania (1623-1944), Bucuresti, 1994, in Romanian, Budapest, 1995, in Hungarian
  • Recensamantul general al populatiei din 29 decembrie 1930 (The General Census of the Population from December 29, 1930), vol. II, Bucuresti 1938
  • Coriolan Suciu, Dictionar istoric al localitatilor din Transilvania (The Historical Dictionary of Localities in Transylvania), vol. I-II, Bucuresti, 1967

    • In Reghin, they interviewed Kiss Francisc. [January 2003]


    IEUD:
    Alternate names: Ieud/Jeud/Jod/Yoed/Yoid. Located at 47°41' 24°14' in Maramures county, Maramures region. See photo: http://www.johnrausch.com/Maramures/ieud12.htm. Jewish Cemetery is on a hill overlooking the village. In 1924, one of the few places in the world where Jews could own land was here for the 800,000 Jews in Maramures, Bucovina and Bessarabia. After World War II, about 450,000 Jews remained in Romania. By 1989, 300,000 emigrated leaving only 12,000 Jews today. [1999]

    IGHUI:     US Commission No. ROCE-0006
         Ighiu is located at 46°09' 23°31' in Alba county, Transylvania region on the Ighiu River, near the provincial capitol, Alba Iulia, on the Mures River, the main river of the area. This part of Transylvania was given to Romania in 1919 and previously in Hungary. Many people in this province still speak Hungarian. I visited the Jewish cemetery in 1985 and again in June, 1997. I found the cemetery to have become greatly disturbed since 1985. At that earlier date, the cemetery was protected by the authorities. I had found intact the grave monument of my paternal grandmother and two young uncles who predeceased her. There were about fifty to one hundred other graves. On the latter visit, I found the cemetery to be the victim of neglect and/or vandalism. Many stones were broken and my grandmother's monument toppled off its base, but unbroken. I tried to secure the assistance of the community leader of the Jews in Alba Iulia, Mr. Abraham Geza. Later, I was told that Mr. Geza and others had re erected the stone. Ighiu is a small community with a population of some 5,000, but with no known current Jewish population. The earliest known Jewish community in the town dates from the 18th or 19th century with the last known Orthodox Jewish burial about 1920. The Jewish cemetery is at the top of a hill, near several other cemeteries of various denomination, has no sign, but can be found by asking the help of local residents. The graves were marked with both granite, and softer brownstone. No care or maintenance is given to it.
         This survey was completed by Norman L. Weiss, 10099 Canoe Brook Circle, Boca Raton, FL. 33498, tel: 561-488-7020; FAX: 561-488-5502 on 8 Nov 1997: normanlee1@bellsouth.net

    ILLIENDORF: see ILIA

    INEU: Arad County, Transylvania
    The cemetery is located in Ineu, western side of the town, on the field, 2850, judet Arad, either 4731 2350, 239.0 miles NNW of Bucharest, or 4722 2316, 244.0 miles NNW of Bucharest; 56 km from Arad Alternate name: Borosjeno (Hungarian) Present town population is 1,000-5,000 with no Jews.

    The 1880 census Jewish population was 80 and in 1910 was 178. The unlandmarked Orthodox cemetery was established in 20th century Last known burial was around 1939 The cemetery is hidden between fields of grain. You can see only traces of stones, a ruined site. The isolated rural/agricultural flat has no sign or marker. Reached by a public road, access is open to all. No wall, fence, or gate. Approximate pre-and post-WWII size is 10 m2. 1-20 stones are visible, some not in original location. 25%-50% of the stones are toppled or broken. Location of stones removed from the cemetery is unknown. Vegetation overgrowth in the cemetery is not a problem. Water drainage is a constant problem. No special sections.

    The oldest known gravestone dates from 20th century The 19th and 20th century marble, granite, sandstone, and "other" common gravestones have Hebrew inscriptions. No known mass graves.

    The national Jewish community owns the property used for. orchard. Adjacent properties are agricultural. Rarely, private Jewish or non-Jewish visitors stop. The cemetery was not vandalized in the last ten years. No maintenance. No care now. No structures. Security is a very severe threat: Weather erosion is a moderate threat. Vegetation is a moderate threat. Vandalism is a very serious threat.

    Assistant Professor Alexandru Pecican, Almasului Str., Bl. R1, apt. 14, 3400 Cluj-Napoca
    visited the site and completed the survey on August 27, 2000 using the following documentation:

    He visited the site and interviewed Berar Pavel, Ineu. [January 2003]


    ILEANDA: Salaj County
    The cemetery is located on the place called Dreahota, Ileanda, 4679, judet Salaj, 4720 2338, 232.7 miles NNW of Bucharest and 40 km from Dej. The alternate Hungarian name is Nagy Ilonda. Present town population is 1,000-5,000 with no Jews.

    1857 Census showed 59 Jew and in 1930 was 300 Jews. The Jews were gathered in the ghetto of Dej in May 1944 and deported to Auschwitz between May 28 and June 8, 1944. The unlandmarked Orthodox cemetery was established in 19th century. Last known burial was 1940. Somcuta Mare also used this cemetery, 40 km from the congregation that used it.

    The isolated rural/agricultural hillside has no sign or marker. Reached via private property, access is open to all. No wall, fence, or gate. Approximate pre- and post-WWII size was 40 ari [sic]. 100-500 stones are visible in original location. Less than 25% of the stones are toppled or broken. Location of stones removed from the cemetery is unknown. Vegetation overgrowth in the cemetery is not a problem. Water drainage is a constant problem. No special sections.

    The oldest known gravestone dates from 19th century. The 19th century marble, granite, sandstone, and "other" (stones from river) gravestones are boulders, flat shaped, and smoothed and inscribed and double tombstones. The gravestones have Hebrew inscriptions. The national Jewish community owns the property used for Jewish cemetery only. Adjacent properties are residential. Rarely, private Jewish or non-Jewish visitors stop. The never-vandalized cemetery maintenance has been re-erection of stones and clearing vegetation. Pop Nicolae said that every year, work is done because the field is eroding Current care is unpaid regular caretaker. No structures.

    Assistant Professor Alexandru Pecican, Almasului Str., Bl. R1, apt. 14, 3400 Cluj-Napoca, Romania visited the site and completed the survey on April 14, 2000 using the following documentation:

  • Otto Mittelstrass, Historisch-Landeskindlicher Atlas von Siebenburgen. Ortsnamenbuch, Heidelberg, 1992
  • The General Census of the Population of Romania - December 29, 1930, I-III, Bucharest, 1938
  • Ernst Wagner, Historisch-statistisches Ortsnamenbuch fur Siebenburgen, Koln-Vienna, 1977.
  • Carmilly-Weinberger, Moshe. History of the Jews of Transylvania (1623-1944), Bucharest, 1994 (in Romanian)

    • He interviewed Pop Nicolae. [January 2003]


    ILIA: Hunedoara County
    The cemetery is located in Ilia, Unirii Str., 2734, judet Hunedoara, 4556 2239, 24 km from Deva. Alternate names: Marosillye (Hungarian), Illiendorf (German.) Present town population is 1,000-5,000 with no Jews.

    The 1850 Jewish population by census was 15, by 1880 census was 55, by 1900 census was 92, and in 1930 was 106. The cemetery was established in second half of the 19th century. Noteworthy individuals buried in the unlandmarked Orthodox and Neolog cemetery: Cohanim: Albert Kohn, Shlomo ben Iosef, Rapaport Leopold and one orthodox rabbi (because the bad condition of the gravestone it was impossible to decipher the name or other details) Last known burial was 1981.

    The hill and flat land, separate but near other cemeteries, has no sign or marker. Reached by a public road, access is open with permission. A masonry wall and fence with a gate that locks. surround the site. Approximate pre-WWII size is unknown. Approximate post-WWII size is 70 x 12 m. 20-100 stones are visible. 1-20 stones are not in original location. Less than 25% of the stones are toppled or broken. Location of stones removed from the cemetery is unknown. Vegetation overgrowth in the cemetery is not a problem. Water drainage is good all year. No special sections.

    The oldest known gravestone dates from 1880. The 19th and 20th century marble, granite, limestone, and concrete flat shaped, smoothed and inscribed, and carved relief-decorated, and double tombstones have Hebrew, Hungarian, and Romanian inscriptions. No known mass graves. The local Jewish community owns the property used for Jewish cemetery only. Adjacent properties are residential. Rarely, private Jewish or non-Jewish visitors stop. The never vandalized cemetery maintenance has been re-erection of stones, cleaning stones, and clearing vegetation. Current care is regular caretaker paid by the Jewish community of Deva. No structures.

    Claudia Ursutiu, Pietroasa Str. no. 21, 3400 Cluj Napoca, Romania, tel. 0040-64-151073 visited the site and completed the survey in 24 September 2000 using the following documentation:

  • Recensamantul din 1880. Transilvania coord.: Traian Rotariu, Cluj 1997.
  • Recensamantul din 1900. Transilvania Traian Rotariu, Cluj, 1999
  • Recensamantul general al populatiei din 29 decembrie 1930 (The General Census of the Population from December 29, 1930), vol. II, Bucuresti 1938
  • Recensamintul general al populatiei din Romania din 7 ianuarie 1992 (The General Census of the Population of Romania from January 7, 1992), vol. I, Bucuresti, 1994
  • Zsido Lexicon, ed. by Ujvari Peter, Budapest, 1929
  • Carmilly-Weinberger, Moshe. History of the Jews of Transylvania (1623-1944), Bucuresti, 1994, in Romanian
  • Izvoare si marturii referitoare la evreii din Romania (Sources and Testimonies on the Jews in Romania), vol. III/1-2, coord. L. Gyemant, L. Benjamin, Bucuresti, Ed. Hasefer, 1999
  • Coriolan Suciu, Dictionar istoric al localitatilor din Transilvania (The Historical Dictionary of Localities in Transylvania), vol. I-II, Bucuresti, 1967
  • Microsoft Auto Route Express 1999
  • Otto Mitelstrass, Historisch-Landeskundlicher Atlas von Siebenburgen, Ortsnamenbuch, Heidelberg, 1992

    • Claudia and Adrian Ursutiu interviewed Popovici Petru, 24. 09. 2000, Ilia. [January 2003]


    ILISUA: (Bistrita County)
    The cemetery is located at Ilisua, no. 226, cod 4579, judet Bistrita, 4713 2405, 215.3 miles NNW of Bucharest and 20 km from Dej. The alternate name is Alsoilosva (Hungarian). Present town population is 1,000-5,000 with no Jews.

    The 1850 Jewish population by census was 61 and in 1930 census was 19. In May 1944, the Jews were gathered in the ghetto of Dej and on May 28, June 6-8 were deported to Auschwitz.
    The unlandmarked Orthodox cemetery was established in 18th century with Last known burial was 20th century.

    The isolated rural/agricultural flat land has no sign or marker. Reached via private road,
    access is open with permission. A fence with a gate that locks surrounds the site. Approximate pre- and post-WWII size is 30 m x 20 m. 20-100 stones are visible, some not in original location. Less than 25% of the stones are toppled or broken. Location of stones removed from the cemetery is unknown. Vegetation overgrowth in the cemetery is not a problem. Water drainage is good all year. No special sections.

    The 18th century granite, flat shaped and smoothed and inscribed, and carved relief decorated tombstones have Hebrew inscriptions. Some have traces of painting on their surfaces. No known mass graves. The national Jewish community owns the property used for an orchard. Adjacent properties are agricultural. Rarely, private Jewish or non-Jewish visitors stop at the never vandalized cemetery maintenance has been re-erecting and cleaning stones and clearing vegetation. Current care is occasional clearing or cleaning by unpaid individuals. No structures.

    Cosmina Popa, Tatra Str. no. 4, tel. 064/ 128764, Cluj Napoca, 3400 and Ioana Raiciu, Bd. 21 Decembrie, 13-15, 064/190849, Cluj-Napoca, 3400 visited the site and completed the survey on July 20, 2000 using the following documentation:

    They interviewed Borbiu Stefan, Ilisua. [January 2003]


    ILISUA: (Salaj county-Transylvania)
    The cemetery is located near the village of Ilisua, code 4775, judet Salaj, Romania, 4718 2251, 252.1 miles NW of Bucharest and 33 km from Zalau. The alternate Hungarian name is Ilosva. Present town population is under 1,000 with no Jews.

    The 1850 Jewish population by census was 5, in 1857 was 6, in 1880 was 9, in 1900 was 23, and in 1910 was 16. In May 1944, the Jews were gathered in the ghetto of Cehei, then in Simleul Silvaniei and were deported to Auschwitz on May 31 and June 6 and 8.

    The unlandmarked Orthodox cemetery was established in 19th century with last known burial in 20th century. The isolated rural/agricultural hillside has no sign or marker. Reached by a public road, access is open to all. A fence with a non-locking gate surrounds the site. Approximate pre- and post-WWII size is 400 m. 1-20 stones are visible. 1-20 stones are in original location. 1-20 stones are not in original location. 25%-50% of the stones are toppled or broken. Vegetation overgrowth in the cemetery is a seasonal problem preventing access. Water drainage is good all year.

    No special sections. The oldest known gravestone dates from 19th century. The 19th and 20th century limestone flat shaped and smoothed and inscribed common gravestones have inscriptions in Hebrew. No known mass graves. The national Jewish community owns the property used for Jewish cemetery only. Adjacent properties are agricultural. Rarely, private Jewish or non-Jewish visitors stop at the never vandalized cemetery. No maintenance. No care now. No structures. Weather erosion is a moderate threat. Vegetation is a serious threat. A lot of vegetation disturbs the graves

    Cosmina Popa, Tatra Str. no. 4, tel. 064/ 128764, Cluj Napoca, 3400 and Ioana Oprea, Bd. 21 Decembrie, 13-15, 064/190849, Cluj-Napoca, 3400 visited the site and completed the survey on 29 September 2000 using the following documentation:

    Popa Cosmina & Oprea Ioana interviewed Grad Cornel, Inspector for Culture, Zalau on 29 September 2000. [January 2003]


    ILSOVA: see ILISUA

    ILVA MARE: Bistrita County, Transylvania
    The cemetery is located at Ilva Mare, near the village, Bistrita, 4722 2454, 210.6 miles NNW of Bucharest and 55 km from Nasaud. Alternate name: Nagyilva (Hungarian), Grossilva (German). Present town population is 1,000-5,000 with no Jews.

    The 1857 Jewish population by census was 16, in 1880 was 45, in 1900 was 85, and in 1930 was 109. In May 1944, the Jews were gathered in the ghetto of Bistrita and in June 2-6, 1944 were deported to Auschwitz. The unlandmarked Orthodox cemetery was established in 19th century. Last known burial was 20th century.

    The isolated rural/agricultural flat land has no sign or marker. Reached via private property, access is open with permission. A fence with a gate that locks surrounds the site. Approximate pre- and post-WWII size is 50 m x 30 m. 20-100 stones are visible. 1-20 stones are not in original location. Less than 25% of the stones are toppled or broken. Location of stones removed from the cemetery is unknown. Vegetation overgrowth in the cemetery is a seasonal problem preventing access. Water drainage is good all year. No special sections.

    The oldest known gravestone dates from 19th century. The 19th and 20th century marble, limestone, and granite flat shaped, smoothed and inscribed, and carved relief decorated gravestones have Hebrew inscriptions. No known mass graves. The national Jewish community owns the property used for orchard. Adjacent properties are a village setting with houses, gardens, orchards, and pastures. Rarely, private Jewish or non-Jewish visitors stop. The never vandalized cemetery maintenance has been clearing vegetation and wall repair. Current care is occasional clearing or cleaning by unpaid individuals. No structures. Weather erosion is a moderate threat.

    Cosmina Popa, Tatra Str. no. 4, tel. 064/ 128764, Cluj Napoca, 3400 and Ioana Raiciu, Bd. 21 Decembrie, 13-15, 064/190849, Cluj-Napoca, 3400 visited the site and completed the survey on July 27, 2000 using the following documentation:

    No interviews. [January 2003]


    ILVA MICA: Bistrita County, Transylvania
    The cemetery is located at Ilva Mica, near the village, cod 4540, judet Bistrita, 4719 2440, 210.7 miles NNW of Bucharest and 21 km from Nasaud. Alternate name: Kisilva (Hungarian), Kleinilva (German). Present town population is under 1,000 with no Jews.

    The 1857 Jewish population by census was 16, in 1880 was 14, and in 1900 was 35, and in 1930 was 30. In May 1944, the Jews were gathered in the ghetto of Bistrita and in June 2-6, 1944 were deported to Auschwitz. The unlandmarked Orthodox cemetery was established in 19th century. Last known burial was 20th century.

    The isolated rural/agricultural flat land has no sign or marker. Reached via private property, access is open with permission. A fence with a gate that locks surrounds the site. Approximate pre- and post-WWII size is 10 m x 15 m. 1-20 stones are visible, some not in original location. Less than 25% of the stones are toppled or broken. Location of stones removed from the cemetery is unknown. Vegetation overgrowth in the cemetery is not a problem. Water drainage is good all year. No special sections.

    The oldest known gravestone dates from 19th century. The 19th and 20th century granite, marble, and limestone common gravestones have Hebrew inscriptions. No known mass graves. The national Jewish community owns the property used for Jewish cemetery only. Adjacent properties are a village setting with houses, gardens, orchards, and pastures. Rarely, private Jewish or non-Jewish visitors stop. The never vandalized cemetery maintenance has been clearing vegetation Current care is occasional clearing or cleaning by unpaid individuals. No structures.

    Cosmina Popa, Tatra Str. no. 4, tel. 064/ 128764, Cluj Napoca, 3400 and Ioana Raiciu, Bd. 21 Decembrie, 13-15, 064/190849, Cluj-Napoca, 3400 visited the site and completed the survey on July 26, 2000 using the following documentation:

    No interviews. [January 2003]


    IOJIB: Satu Mare County, Transylvania
    The cemetery is located in Iojib, 3983, com. Mediesu Aurit, judet Satu Mare, Romania at 4749 2310, 272.5 miles NNW of Bucharest and 27 km from Satu Mare. The alternate names are Jozsefhaza (Hungarian) and Josefhausen (German.) Present town population is under 1,000 with no Jews.

    The 1880 Jewish population by census was 46, by 1900 census was 38, and in 1930 was 20. In May 1944, the Jews were gathered in the ghetto of Satu Mare and on May 19, 22, 26, 29, 30, 31, and June 1 were deported to Auschwitz. The unlandmarked Orthodox The cemetery was established at end of the 9th century. Last known burial was inter-war period.

    The rural/agricultural flat land, separate but near other cemeteries, has no sign or marker.
    Reached by a public road, access is open to all. A fence with a non-locking gate surrounds the site. Approximate pre-WWII size is unknown. Approximate post-WWII size is 80 x 18 m. 1-20 stones are visible, some not in original location. 25%-50% of the stones are toppled or broken. Location of stones removed from the cemetery is unknown. Vegetation overgrowth in the cemetery is not a problem. Water drainage is good all year.

    The oldest known gravestone dates from end of the 19th century. The 19th and 20th century limestone and sandstone, and concrete flat shaped and smoothed and inscribed common gravestones have Hebrew inscriptions. No known mass graves. The local Jewish community owns the property used for Jewish cemetery and orchard. Adjacent property is local cemetery. Rarely, private Jewish or non-Jewish visitors stop.

    The never vandalized cemetery maintenance has been cleaning stones and clearing vegetation. Current care is regular unpaid caretaker. No structures. Weather erosion is a moderate).

    Claudia Ursutiu, Pietroasa Str. no. 21, 3400 Cluj Napoca, Romania, tel. 0040-64-151073 visited the site and completed the survey in July 2000 using the following documentation:

    Claudia and Adrian Ursutiu interviewed no one. [January 2003]

    ISACCEA: (Braila county)

    Cemetery is located at Str. Campia Libertatii, no. 11, Isaccea, judet Braila at 4516 2828, 129.3 miles ENE of Bucharest and 42 km from Tulcea. Present town population is 25,000-100,000 with no Jews.

    The Jewish population by 1900 census was 36 and was 21 in 1930. The cemetery was established in 19th century with last known burial in 1930. The unlandmarked Orthodox cemetery is 2.5 km from the congregation that used it.

    The isolated rural/agricultural hillside has Jewish symbols on wall or gate. Reached by a public road, access is entirely closed. A masonry wall with a gate that locks surrounds the site. Approximate pre- and post-WWII size is 80 x 50 m. 1-20 stones are visible. All gravestones are in original location. Less than 25% of the stones are toppled or broken. Location of stones removed from the cemetery is unknown. Vegetation overgrowth in the cemetery is a seasonal problem preventing access. Water drainage is good all year.

    Tombstones date from the 20th century. The limestone flat shaped gravestones, some with portraits on stones have Hebrew inscriptions. The regional or national government owns the property used for an orchard. Adjacent properties are agricultural. Rarely, local residents stop at the never vandalized cemetery with no maintenance. Current care is regular unpaid caretaker. No structures. No threats.

    Lucian Nastasă, Clinicilor Str., no. 19, Cluj, Romania, tel. 064/190107. Email: Nastasălucian@hotmail.com visited the site and completed the survey on 16 May 2001.

    Lucian Nastasă interviewed Zaharia Maria, Str. Avram Iancu no. 3, Isaccea. Phone: 040/540763 on 7 May 2001. [January 2003]


    ISPANMEZO: see SPERMEZEU

    IVESTI: Galati County

    The cemetery is located at Str. Eternitatii, Ivesti, judet Galati at 4541 2731, 110.6 miles NE of Bucharest and 85 km from Braila. Present town population is 25,000-100,000 with no Jews.

    The Jewish population by census was 118 in 1899 and 507 in 1930. The cemetery was established in 19th century with last known burial: Morit Moise (December 1992.) The unlandmarked Orthodox cemetery is 2 km from the congregation that used it.

    The suburban flat land, separate but near other cemeteries, has Jewish symbols on wall or gate mark the cemetery. Reached via private road, access is open with permission. A fence with a gate that locks surrounds the site. Approximate pre- and post-WWII size is 200 m x 180 m
    100-500 stones are visible. 100-500 are in original location. 1-20 stones are not in original location. More than 75% of the stones are toppled or broken. Location of stones removed from the cemetery is unknown. Vegetation overgrowth in the cemetery is a seasonal problem preventing access. Water drainage is good all year.

    Cannot determine if cemetery has/had special sections. The oldest known gravestone dates from 19th century. The 19th and 20th century marble, granite, limestone, sandstone, and "other" memorial markers have Hebrew and Romanian. Inscriptions. Some have traces of painting on their surfaces, iron decorations or letting, bronze decorations or lettering, and other metallic elements and metal fences around graves. Some have portraits on stones and metal fences around graves.

    The national Jewish community owns the property used for Jewish cemetery only. Adjacent properties are agricultural. Occasionally, private Jewish or non-Jewish visitors and local residents stop at the never vandalized cemetery. No maintenance. Current care is regular unpaid caretaker. Within the cemetery boundaries is a house. No threats.

    Lucian Nastasă, Clinicilor Str., no. 19, Cluj, Romania, tel. 064/190107. email: Nastasălucian@hotmail.com visited the site and completed the survey on 17 19 May 2001 using the following documentation:

    Lucian Nastasă interviewed Email: Rusu Costache, Str. Principala, no. 1034, Ivesti on 12 May 2001. [January 2003]


    J

    JASSY: see IASI
    JEGHERISTE: see IEGHERISTE
    JEUD: see IEUD
    JOD: see IEUD
    JOSEFHAUSEN: see IOJIB
    JOZSEFHAZA: see IOJIB


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