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Tyukod Jewish Cemetery

Cemetery Information

Country
Hungary
Region
Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg
District
Csengeri
Settlement
Tyukod
Site address
The cemetery is located on Vasváry Pál Street, on the right hand side in the woods, around 30 metres north of the intersection with Szabadsagter Street.
GPS coordinates
47.850458, 22.562317
Perimeter length
86 metres. The exact perimeter is unknown.
Is the cemetery demolished
no
Type and height of existing fence
No fence.
Preservation condition
Unfenced Jewish cemetery
General site condition
The site has been abandoned. The territory is overgrown with tall grass and bushes.
Number of existing gravestones
10 gravestones were located. The dates are illegible from the photos.
Date of oldest tombstone
N/A
Date of newest tombstone
N/A
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 Tyukod does not appear on any cadastral maps from the 19th century. According to “Izraelita Temetok” (http://www.izraelitatemetok.hu/index.php/tyukod/), there are at least 15 tombstones in the cemetery. No legible tombstones which could supply further information about the cemetery’s period of operation have been found.

Tyukod is a village located in Szabolcs-Szatmár Bereg county—an area rich in Bronze Age artefacts—in the northeast of Hungary, close to the Romanian border. In 1880, Jews accounted for 17 people of the village’s total population of 947. The Jewish population increased over the years and peaked at 107 in 1920. By 1941, 80 people of village’s population (3,537) were Jewish. During the World War II, 77 Jews from Tyukod were sent to the Mátészelka Ghetto, and then deported Auschwitz. 12 Jews from the village survived the war. The synagogue in Tyukod was demolished.

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