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PÜSPÖKLADÁNY in Hungarian. 1984 photo: converted building of the synagogue. "Puspokladany" - Encyclopedia of Jewish Communities in Hungary [February 2009]

Jewish cemetery. [February 2009]

The address given by the Mazshihisz is Hosszuhati ut is somewhat accurate but this is not how the street is known on Google maps. Furthermore, the cemetery cannot be seen easily from the road. It is on the road of all the town cemeteries named Eross Lajos u.​ Best thing is to type "Puspokladanyi temeto" into Google Maps. Drive along this road and go past the entrance to the main Christian cemetery. Keep driving and follow the fence line on the right. Follow the road around the bend. Once you reach the end of the last of the cemeteries along the fence, there is a dirt driveway that is not signposted which you turn right onto. In the distance one can see the concrete walls of the Jewish cemetery and keep driving towards it.​ There is a gate but it was wide open and no key was needed.​

The conditions are fairly good. The grass had been cut but the clippings left all around. Moreover, animals had bored large holes in a number of places so care ft should be taken when walking around but overall, it is manageable for most people. The cemetery is large with around 200-300 stones many of which are faded and difficult to read. Perhaps about 10-15% are lying on the ground and were under the grass clippings and some dirt. With gloves, this was easy to remove.​ The earliest stones were from the 1840s or 1850s.

60% or more of the stones were only in Hebrew but many contain the family name. As long as one can read Hebrew the people buried there are readily identifiable.​

Michael Perl visited in October 2019. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.