Jeke Jewish Cemetery
Cemetery Information
Country
Hungary
Region
Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg
District
Kisvárdai
Settlement
Jéke
Site address
The Jewish cemetery is located on Fő Street, inside the municipal cemetery.
GPS coordinates
48.24147, 22.15466
Perimeter length
36 metres
Is the cemetery demolished
no
Type and height of existing fence
No fence.
Preservation condition
Unfenced Jewish cemetery
General site condition
An enormous amount of litter and rubbish was found at the site. As well as many fallen adn cut down tree branches.It appears that this territory operates as the dumping site of the municipal cemetery.
Number of existing gravestones
1
Date of oldest tombstone
1916
Date of newest tombstone
N/A
Urgency of erecting a fence
High
Land ownership
Municipality
Preserved construction on site
No
Drone surveys
Yes
Historical overview
The Jewish cemetery of Jéke was in use as early as 1870, since it appears on the cadastral map of that year. The only preserved tombstone found in the cemetery dates back to 1916.
There was never a significant Jewish community in Jéke. There were 23 Jewish residents in 1836, 11 in 1848, 19 in 1870, 6 in 1880, 10 in 1890, 15 in 1900, 15 in 1910, 12 in 1920, and 7 in 1930. In 1941, Jews accounted for 6 individuals among the village’s total population of 673. Three Jews from Jéke are reported in the Yad Vashem database to have been murdered in Holocaust.
