Óbuda Jewish Cemetery

Óbuda Jewish Cemetery
Óbudai zsidó temető
Common grave of the victims of the Jewish Hospital Massacre on Maros Street in the Óbuda Jewish Cemetery
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Established1922
Location
Budapest District III
CountryHungary
Coordinates47°34′18″N 19°01′08″E / 47.5717°N 19.0189°E / 47.5717; 19.0189
TypeJewish
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The Jewish Cemetery of Óbuda in Budapest, Hungary, was opened by the Jewish community in 1922 in the Óbuda-Békásmegyer district (District III) of Budapest. The opening speech was delivered by Ignác Schreiber, a young rabbi, who died only three days later, becoming the first person to be buried there.[1]

Later the remains of Mózes Müncz, Gyula Wellesz and Gyula Klein, chief rabbis of Óbuda, were brought there. The tomb of Mózes Müncz is a significant place of pilgrimage. Renowned Jewish Hungarian artists and scientists are also buried here, including the writer, Andor Endre Gelléri, and the psychologist, Ferenc Mérei.

The mass grave of the Maros Street Hospital's 149 victims, patients, doctors and nurses alike, who were murdered in January 1945 by the members of the Hungarian Arrow Cross Party, during the Holocaust in Hungary, are located in this cemetery.[2]

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  1. ^ "Budapest". International Jewish Cemetery Project. International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies. 2015. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  2. ^ Budapest, III. Külső Bécsi út 369.