Jewish cemetery. [February 2009]
The exact address is on a dirt road named Hajnal utca (it is on Google Maps). As you are heading out of the village on Dozsa Gyorgy u., just as it turns into Konyari Ut, you turn right into Hajnal. Google Maps:
Along the road, one passes the town’s Catholic cemetery on the left including the caretaker’s house. From this house, keep driving for 600 ft (183 meters) to the grass driveway to get to the cemetery gate. On your left will be a large field and on the other side of that field you will see a large wall surrounding the Jewish cemetery. As you reach the end of the field, you will see a grass driveway on your left that is blocked by a makeshift gate made of logs. One needs to take the crosspiece out of the metal clasp and lift the gate to open it outwards. Then drive all the way down past another small cemetery on the right and the Jewish cemetery gate will be visible. It has a combination lock. On the metal pillar of the gate, two phone numbers are written which one can call to get the code.
This cemetery was in excellent condition. The grass and trees had been cut and at some point in the last 10 years, the fallen tombstones were re-erected on placed on new cement bases, even the broken ones.
Grave dates range from the mid 1800s until the late 1940s and 60% are in Hebrew only. If one is looking for graves from the 1800s, in just about all rural towns they are in Hebrew only so it is necessary to have someone who can read them quickly. Many of these stones do contain the family name though so as long as you can read Hebrew they are useful.
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