Jewish cemetery (Mád)

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The Jewish cemetery was established in 1769. Buried in the cemetery are Rabbis: Mose Wolf Litman (-1799), Schwartz Abraham Juda Leb Hakohen (1824-1883) and Inkler Mordechaj Yehuda ( -1932). The Jewish community was Bal-Sem-Tov Hasidic Orthodox, Sephardic Orthodox, Conservative, Progressive/Reform, and Neolog. No other towns or villages used this landmarked (1990 historic monument) cemetery. The isolated suburban agricultural hillside by water has no sign, but has Jewish symbols on gate or wall. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all via continuous masonry wall and locking gate. The approximate size before WWII was 0.65 hectares and now is 0.61 hectares. Less than 25% of gravestones are toppled or broken. Vegetation overgrowth is a seasonal problem. 500-5000 18th-20th century marble, granite, limestone and sandstone flat shaped stones, finely smoothed and inscribed stones or flat stones with carved relief decoration have Hebrew and Hungarian inscriptions. Some tombstones have traces of painting on their surfaces. There are no known mass graves, but there is an ohel. The national Jewish community owns the still-active cemetery. Adjacent properties are agricultural and residential. Boundaries were smaller than in 1939 because of agriculture.

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www.jewishgen.org/cemetery/e-europe/hung-m-z.html
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