Garbolc Jewish Cemetery
Cemetery Information
Country
Hungary
Region
Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg
District
Fehérgyarmati
Settlement
Garbolc
Site address
The cemetery is located on Rákóczi Street. It is not numbered but may be No.1.
GPS coordinates
47.94609, 22.86421
Perimeter length
104 meters
Is the cemetery demolished
no
Type and height of existing fence
No fence.
Preservation condition
Unfenced Jewish cemetery
General site condition
It is a highly endangered cemetery. The territory is used as a farm owned by the mayor. On the territory of cemetery a lot of trash, excrement and industrial waste was found. The cemetery is easily accessed by dogs.
Number of existing gravestones
6
Date of oldest tombstone
N/A
Date of newest tombstone
N/A
Urgency of erecting a fence
High
Land ownership
Private
Preserved construction on site
No
Drone surveys
Yes
Historical overview
The Jewish cemetery of Garbolc existed as early as 1895, since it appears on the cadastral map of that year.
Garbolc is the easternmost settlement in Hungary. In 1840, 19 Jews lived there. In 1880, of the village’s total population of 292, 29 were Jews. In the following years there were 35 Jews in 1910, 23 in 1920, 33 in 1930, and 17 in 1941. The Jewish inhabitants of Garbolc were detained in the Szatmárnémeti (Satu Mare) Ghetto in 1944. There used to be a synagogue in the village which does not exist anymore.
