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The site is bordered on one side by a country road and on the other by residential houses, and it is now protected by a proper fence. The cemetery dates back to at least 1850, based on the earliest tombstone identified there. The most recent tombstone discovered is from 1943. Several tombstones at the site […]

The ESJF has completed the fencing of the Jewish cemetery in the village of Szegi in northeastern Hungary. The cemetery, which contains approximately 30 tombstones, is now physically protected. The site also has a memorial to those who perished in the Shoah. In 1944, shortly after Passover, the Jews of Szegi were deported to the […]

The village of Opályi is located in the Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg region – an area that borders Slovakia and Ukraine and has an exceptionally high and unique concentration of Jewish cemeteries. The Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg region has 414 such burial sites, as confirmed by our surveys. As the majority of them require urgent physical protection, ESJF pays special attention […]

This report is the most comprehensive survey of Slovakian cemeteries ever produced and includes 745 sites visited by ESJF over a five-year period (link in the comments). The conference, organized by ESJF together with the Federation of Jewish Communities in Slovakia (Židia na Slovensku, ÚZŽNO), was aimed at discussing the protection of Jewish cemeteries in […]

Thus, a fencing project is now underway at the Jewish cemetery in Opályi, Hungary. The site was in urgent need of protection, since a section of the cemetery had already been overtaken by construction in the past. There are 78 remaining tombstones at the site, 52 intact and 26 broken, dating back to the period […]

The Vámosújfalu Jewish cemetery is located in the woods behind the municipal cemetery. On the other side, it borders a road, which previously posed a risk of damage before the fence was installed. The cemetery was established after 1866. Today, around 20 tombstones remain, most dating to the first half of the 20th century. Jews […]

Located right at the corner of two streets, the Sényő Jewish cemetery was particularly vulnerable, for example, to potential car accidents that could have damaged it if there had been no protective fence. Today, 18 tombstones dating from 1882 to the early 20th century, along with a remarkable mausoleum, are safely protected from this and […]

When the ESJF team surveyed the site some time ago, it became clear that it urgently needed protection. The cemetery sits within an active municipal Christian burial ground, which is continuing to expand. The Jewish cemetery in Császló has been in existence since at least the 1840s and is marked on the 1894 cadastral map. […]

Led by Gabriella Dohi, our team has already visited the first five cemeteries from the list compiled by our historians. We plan to complete the documentation of all cemeteries in Tolna сounty by the end of the month. This marks the fourth region where we aim to locate, document, and map every known Jewish cemetery […]

Led by Gabriella Dohi, seventh-grade students from the Hungarian-German Elementary School Esterházy Móric in Csákvár, accompanied by their teachers and several members of the Friends of the Vértes Museum, learned about the role of Jewish cemeteries in Jewish life, as well as the symbols and inscriptions found on gravestones. Afterwards, they visited the cemetery, recently […]

In September, our survey team visited and documented 55 Jewish cemeteries across Fejér county. Preparations are already underway to begin surveys in the surrounding regions. Between 2019 and 2021, the ESJF documented 311 cemeteries in the north-eastern counties of Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg and Hajdú-Bihar. With the addition of Fejér, Jewish cemeteries in three Hungarian counties have now […]

Our work in Serbia was presented by Ladislav Trajer, ESJF country coordinator, at the Memorials, Groups, Functions International conference in Budapest. In his presentation, Ladislav Trajer, President of the Jewish Community of Novi Sad, spoke about ESJF’s fencing projects and surveys of Jewish cemeteries in Serbia, carried out with funding from the Auswärtiges Amt (German […]