Oros Jewish Cemetery
Cemetery Information
Country
Hungary
Region
Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg
District
Nyíregyházi
Settlement
Oros
Site address
The cemetery is located on Búcsú Street, to the north-west of the sharp curve in the road.
GPS coordinates
47.96328, 21.79894
Perimeter length
498 metres. This is the historical perimeter, the current perimeter is much smaller.
Is the cemetery demolished
no
Type and height of existing fence
There is a wire fence, about 2 metres high.
Preservation condition
Fenced and protected Jewish cemetery
General site condition
The fenced territory is smaller than the historical perimeter. The cemetery is looked after and the grass is mown.
Number of existing gravestones
47
Date of oldest tombstone
1874
Date of newest tombstone
1943
Urgency of erecting a fence
Fence is not needed
Land ownership
Property of local community
Preserved construction on site
No
Drone surveys
No
Historical overview
The Jewish cemetery in Oros (now a district of Nyíregyháza) was established as early as the 1870’s, since it appears on the cadastral map of that year. It remained in operation until at least 1943 (as latest tombstone found in the cemetery dates that year), or, presumably, until the community was demolished in the Holocaust.
The Jewish population in Oros over the course of a few decades was as follows: 60 in 1840, 159 in 1880, 136 in 1910, 110 in 1920, 113 in 193, and 98 in 1941. In 1944, the Orthodox community of Oros had 72 members. The registrar rabbi was Rabbi Géza Leonorovitz. The Jews of Oros were later taken to and confined in the Nyíregyháza Ghetto. There is no information concerning any survivors.
