Papos Jewish Cemetery
Cemetery Information
Country
Hungary
Region
Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg
District
Mátészalkai
Settlement
Papos
Site address
The cemetery is located along the path from the end of Mikszáth Kálmán Street.
GPS coordinates
47.97694, 22.24488
Perimeter length
145 metres
Is the cemetery demolished
no
Type and height of existing fence
There is a heavily damaged wire fence.
Preservation condition
Fenced and protected Jewish cemetery
General site condition
The fence is broken, otherwise the site is in a good condition. The grass is mown and it is not overgrown.
Number of existing gravestones
20 gravestones: 14 intact & 6 fragments or pedestal bases.
Date of oldest tombstone
1836
Date of newest tombstone
1918
Urgency of erecting a fence
Low
Land ownership
Municipality
Preserved construction on site
No
Drone surveys
Yes
Historical overview
The Jewish cemetery of Papos was established as early as 1836, since the oldest tombstone found in the cemetery dates to that year. The latest legible tombstone was erected in 1918. The cemetery has been fenced.
The first Jews settled in Papos at the beginning of the 19th century and, by 1840, 27 Jews lived in the settlement. The Jewish population peaked at 66 in 1910, after which the population decreased, and by 1941, merely 31 Jews remained in the settlement. In 1944, the Jews of Papos were deported to the Matészalka Ghetto, and then to Auschwitz.
