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As a result of concerted efforts and support, the Jewish cemetery in Toponar has been revived. It had been neglected for decades, but now, with work completed in early March, not only has a new fence been erected, but the area has been thoroughly cleaned and the existing headstones have been strengthened. The family of […]

This week the ESJF’s Legal Research Officer had a successful meeting with Mária Baranya and Tamás Péter from the Association of Jewish Communities in Hungary, MAZSIHISZ-Magyarországi Zsidó Hitközségek Szövetsége, on the status of abandoned Hungarian Jewish cemeteries. The possibility of fencing burial sites which MAZSIHISZ supported the ESJF to survey under the previous European Commission […]

As part of our newly launched EU project, the ESJF met on Wednesday with the President of the Páva street Synagogue and the legal representative of the Federation of Hungarian Jewish Communities (MAZSIHISZ-Magyarországi Zsidó Hitközségek Szövetsége), Dr. Gádor György, to gather information on the legal ownership of the Hungarian Jewish cemeteries. The meeting took place […]