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Kaba Jewish Cemetery

Cemetery Information

Country
Hungary
Region
Hajdú-Bihar
District
Püspökladányi
Settlement
Kaba
Site address
The Jewish cemetery is located on Szentgyörgyi Albert Street, it is 140m south of the street leading to the municipal cemetery.
GPS coordinates
47.35465, 21.25615
Perimeter length
287 metres
Is the cemetery demolished
no
Type and height of existing fence
There is a 2m high concrete fence.
Preservation condition
Fenced and protected Jewish cemetery
General site condition
The cemetery is well maintained. The western part appears to be under agricultural use, there are no graves in this area.
Number of existing gravestones
144
Date of oldest tombstone
1854
Date of newest tombstone
1947
Urgency of erecting a fence
Fence is not needed
Land ownership
Other
Preserved construction on site
The former Beit Tahara is now a house.
Drone surveys
No

Historical overview

The Jewish cemetery of Kaba was established as early as 1854, since the oldest tombstone found in the cemetery dates to that year. The latest tombstone was erected in 1947. There is a Holocaust memorial and a former beit tehara in the cemetery. The cemetery has been fenced and is maintained by the Heritage Foundation for Preservation of Jewish Cemeteries.

The first Jew in the village was Abraham Kohn, who lived there at the end of the 18th century. However, the Jewish community only began to grow in the 19th century. Jewish registers were kept in the settlement from 1835. The Jewish community was officially established in 1862 and the Chevra Kadisha (burial society) was established in 1870. They opened their own cemetery in 1865. By 1880, there were 195 Jewish residents in Kaba.

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