Marokpapi Jewish Cemetery
Cemetery Information
Country
Hungary
Region
Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg
District
Vásárosnaményi
Settlement
Márokpapi
Site address
The cemetery is located at the end of Petőfi Street, in the swamp.
GPS coordinates
48.1541, 22.49988
Perimeter length
173 metres
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 site is covered with dense vegetation and the ground is swampy.
Number of existing gravestones
No tombstones preserved
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
No
Historical overview
The Jewish cemetery of Márokpapi was established as early as 1866, since it appears on the cadastral map of that year. It was demolished at an unknown time.
According to census data, 7 Jews lived in Márokpapi in 1840. The population peaked at 54 in 1880, and gradually decreased in the following decades. 50 Jews lived in Márokpapi in 1910, 46 in 1920, 18 in 1930, and 17 in 1941. According to the Yad Vashem database, about 15 Jews from Márokpapi were murdered in the Holocaust.
