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Kocsord Jewish Cemetery

Cemetery Information

Country
Hungary
Region
Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg
District
Mátészalkai
Settlement
Kocsord
Site address
The cemetery is located at the end of Dankó Pista Street.
GPS coordinates
47.93473, 22.37187
Perimeter length
N/A
Is the cemetery demolished
yes
Type and height of existing fence
No fence.
Preservation condition
Demolished Jewish cemetery that has not been built over
General site condition
The cemetery has been abandoned, it is overgrown with tall grass.
Number of existing gravestones
No tombstones preserved
Date of oldest tombstone
Date of newest tombstone
Urgency of erecting a fence
High
Land ownership
Other
Preserved construction on site
No
Drone surveys
Yes

Historical overview

The Jewish cemetery in Kocsord’s appears in the zstm.hu database. Another location is given (at the following link http://www.izraelitatemetok.hu/index.php/kocsord/) which notes that the cemetery was located at the end of the local Roma neighbourhood. The survey team chose the former location. According to Nagy Elek there used to be a cemetery in Kocsord which was demolished later, and it is alleged that the person who demolished the cemetery was tried and sentenced to prison. The cemetery was possibly founded after 1891, since it does not appear on the cadastral map of that year. It was destroyed at an unknown time, most likely during World War II or soon after.

By 1828, the village of Kocsord already had 47 Jewish residents. In 1880, the total population of the village was 1,549, among whom 73 were Jews. In 1941, there were 60 Jews in the village. The Jewish inhabitants of Kocsord were deported from Mátészalka on May 25, 1944.

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