The Jewish cemetery in Dunaszerdahely

The Orthodox Jewish cemetery, which has existed since the 1740s, is the oldest functioning cemetery in our city. Its establishment is essentially the same age as the appearance of Judaism in Szerdahely, since, together with the rights received from the Pálffys, the landlord also designated the Csótfa Pusztán cemetery near Sikabony for the Jews - in addition to the inhabited areas. The cemetery, which has since been built around, has miraculously survived the wars and the period of danger, as well as the destruction of the cemetery in Szerdahely by the communists. The grave garden is surrounded and protected by a high wall, and the cemetery caretaker's apartment is located at the entrance. The building next to the entrance was erected in 1985, and the memory of this is preserved by three marble tablets in Slovak, Hebrew and Hungarian, with the inscription: ; ; “There is no future for those who forget their ancestors. ; This building was built in 1985 by the Dunaszerdahely Municipal National Committee. / The cemetery, in which our deceased loved ones and / our sacred ancestors rest, is maintained by the remaining / Jewish Community.” ; At the entrance, we find ourselves facing a memorial grave, on which a brown marble slab bears the following inscription in three languages: ; ; “In memory of 3,500 Jewish citizens who fell victim to hatred / from Dunaszerdahely and its surroundings / were deported and murdered / between 1939 and 1945” ; ; Among the well-kept graves, we can also find the graves of several world-famous rabbis, including the renowned Yehuda Aszáde, but for example, the mother of the renowned Orientalist Ármin Vámbéry is also buried in this cemetery.