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Apagy New Jewish Cemetery

Cemetery Information

Country
Hungary
Region
Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg
District
Nyíregyházi
Settlement
Apagy
Site address
The cemetery is located at the intersection of road No. 41 and Ady Endre Street.
GPS coordinates
47.95692, 21.93287
Perimeter length
138 metres
Is the cemetery demolished
no
Type and height of existing fence
There is a concrete fence, about 2 metres high, but only on 2 sides.
Preservation condition
Fenced and protected Jewish cemetery
General site condition
The cemetery is mildly overgrown with wild flowers.
Number of existing gravestones
4
Date of oldest tombstone
1936
Date of newest tombstone
1940
Urgency of erecting a fence
Low
Land ownership
Other
Preserved construction on site
No
Drone surveys
No

Historical overview

The newer Jewish cemetery in Apagy was not marked on any 19th century cadastral maps, suggesting the cemetery was established later. The oldest of the remaining four gravestones in the cemetery dates to 1936, while the latest dates to 1940.

The first statistical data in 1828 recorded 32 Jews as living in the village, and the number remained the same until 1840. After the construction of the Nyíregyháza—Vásárosnamény railway in 1904, Apagy became a local commercial hub. Subsequently, the Jewish population grew, and, at its peak, numbered 160 individuals, constituting almost 13% of the total population. Following this, the Jewish population in Apagy began to decrease and, in 1941, there were merely 105 Jews in Apagy. By 1944, there were 92 Jews, all of whom were deported to Auschwitz. There are no traces of a Jewish presence in Apagy after 1945.

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