Tiszanagyfalu Jewish Cemetery
Cemetery Information
Country
Hungary
Region
Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg
District
Nyíregyházi
Settlement
Tiszanagyfalu
Site address
The cemetery is located on Töltés Street, about 400m south of Árpad Street.
GPS coordinates
48.08291, 21.46965
Perimeter length
66 metres (approximate).
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 cemetery was demolished. The territory is a flood basin and is covered in dense vegetation. A lot of broken glass was found at the site.
Number of existing gravestones
0
Date of oldest tombstone
N/A
Date of newest tombstone
N/A
Urgency of erecting a fence
High
Land ownership
State
Preserved construction on site
No
Drone surveys
No
Historical overview
The Jewish cemetery of Tiszanagyfalu was established as early as 1870, since it appears on the cadastral map of that year. It was demolished at an unknown time.
In 1840, 23 Jews lived in Tiszanagyfalu. The community’s population later increased to 37 in 1880, after which the population declined and by 1941 only 12 Jews remained in the village. According to the Yad Vashem database, about 20 Jews from Tiszanagyfalu were killed in the Holocaust.
