Vasmegyer Jewish Cemetery
Cemetery Information
Country
Hungary
Region
Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg
District
Kemecsei
Settlement
Vasmegyer
Site address
10, Táncsics Street.
GPS coordinates
48.11335, 21.81967
Perimeter length
76 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 behind No.10 Táncsics Street. The site is abandoned, forgotten and densely overgrown.
Number of existing gravestones
10
Date of oldest tombstone
1931
Date of newest tombstone
1938
Urgency of erecting a fence
High
Land ownership
Municipality
Preserved construction on site
No
Drone surveys
No
Historical overview
The Jewish cemetery of Vasmegyer was established after 1870, since it does not appear on the cadastral map of that year. The oldest tombstone found in the cemetery dates to 1931, while the latest was erected in 1938. These dates do not provide sufficient information to definitively determine the cemetery’s operation period. This cemetery has not been fenced.
The first Jews settled in Vasmegyer in the late 18th century. The Jewish population in 1836 was 26 and peaked at 70 in 1880. The community’s numbers later decreased and by 1941 only 34 Jew remained in the village. In 1944, they were deported to the Nyíregyháza Ghetto and then to Auschwitz.
