The cemetery lies between cultivated farmland on one side and residential homes on the other. Without a proper fence, it is difficult to know how long the site could have remained intact, rather than being gradually damaged or lost to agricultural use.
Today, around a dozen tombstones remain, dating from the late 19th to the mid-20th century. Although we cannot name every individual buried here, they were all part of this community, and their memory deserves to be preserved.
Metrical records offer a glimpse into the small Jewish community that once lived in Giurtelecu Șimleului in the late 19th and early 20th centuries: the Goldenberger family, who were farmers; Michaly Rosenberg, a merchant; the Grosz family, merchants and innkeepers; Lorincz Lowi, a tavern keeper; Leopold Roth, a tailor, among others.
Some Jewish residents of the village, including Rachel Meisler and Sandor Grosz, survived the Shoah. However, Jewish life in Giurtelecu Șimleului was not reestablished after the war.
The construction of the metal fence at the Giurtelecu Șimleului Jewish cemetery was made possible thanks to the financial support of the German Federal Foreign Office, and the work of our local coordinator in Romania and the President of the Jewish Community of Sălaj, Dan Has.