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Tiszakanyar Jewish Cemetery One

Cemetery Information

Country
Hungary
Region
Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg
District
Kisvárdai
Settlement
Tiszakanyár
Site address
In the municipal cemetery on Iskola Street.
GPS coordinates
48.244173, 21.962182
Perimeter length
138 metres. The perimeter is approximate as the only gravestones were found outside of the perimeter marked on the cadastral map.
Is the cemetery demolished
no
Type and height of existing fence
No fence
Preservation condition
Jewish section
General site condition
The only remains of the Jewish cemetery are 2 gravestones in the municipal cemetery, outside of the perimeter marked on the cadastral map. The Jewish section has been partially demolished and overbuilt as a Christian cemetery.
Number of existing gravestones
2
Date of oldest tombstone
1891
Date of newest tombstone
1909
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

There were two Jewish cemeteries in Tiszakanyár. This cemetery was established as early as 1870, since it appears on the cadastral map of that year. The cemetery remained in use until at least 1939, which is the date marked on the latest tombstone found in the cemetery. The cemetery is currently part of the municipal cemetery.

Around 1843, 10 Jewish people lived in Tiszakanyár. There was never a significant Jewish community in the village. Indeed, the Jewish population reached its peak in 1870 with 28 people. Three families with the last name ‘Klein’ who lived in the settlement were taken to the Kisvárda Ghetto on April 16, 1944, when carts carrying the Jews of Dombrád passed through the village.
They were deported to Auschwitz at the end of May. By 1949, there were no Jews living in Tiszakanyár.

Tiszakanyár Jewish Cemetery One
Tiszakanyár Jewish Cemetery One
Tiszakanyár Jewish Cemetery One
Tiszakanyár Jewish Cemetery One
Tiszakanyár Jewish Cemetery One
Tiszakanyár Jewish Cemetery One
Tiszakanyár Jewish Cemetery One
Tiszakanyár Jewish Cemetery One
Tiszakanyár Jewish Cemetery One
Tiszakanyár Jewish Cemetery One
Tiszakanyár Jewish Cemetery One
Tiszakanyár Jewish Cemetery One
Tiszakanyár Jewish Cemetery One
Tiszakanyár Jewish Cemetery One
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