Tiszacsecse Jewish Cemetery
Cemetery Information
Country
Hungary
Region
Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg
District
Fehérgyarmati
Settlement
Tiszacsécse
Site address
8, Újsor Street.
GPS coordinates
48.11014, 22.75033
Perimeter length
65 metres
Is the cemetery demolished
no
Type and height of existing fence
No fence
Preservation condition
Unfenced Jewish cemetery
General site condition
The cemetery is located in the garden of the Babita family. It is neglected and overgrown with bushes.
Number of existing gravestones
3
Date of oldest tombstone
1919
Date of newest tombstone
1922
Urgency of erecting a fence
High
Land ownership
Property of local community
Preserved construction on site
No
Drone surveys
Yes
Historical overview
The Jewish cemetery of Tiszacsécse was established as early as 1891, since it appears on the cadastral map of that year. Only three tombstones were found preserved in the cemetery, the latest of which dates to 1922. The cemetery has not been fenced and the land belongs to a private owner.
According to census data, the Jewish population in Tiszacsécse never exceeded 10 people, which was the peak number of Jewish inhabitants in the village in 1840. In the subsequent years, the Jewish population was as follows: 8 in 1880, 5 in 1910, 4 in 1920, 5 in 1930, and 4 in 1941. According to the Yad Vashem database, about 9 Jews from Tiszacsécse were murdered in the Holocaust.
