The Lo Tishkach Foundation’s online Database of European Jewish Burial Grounds now contains data on more than 9,500 Jewish burial grounds. Established in 2006 and created with the help of data inputters throughout Europe, the database features burial grounds in 36 European countries.
A vast project which will see the surveying of hundreds of Jewish burial sites across Ukraine is to start next month as teams of local students and youth begin visiting cemeteries and mass grave sites across the country. Working together with local partners, this project will see young Ukrainians visiting hundreds of Jewish burial sites in five Ukrainian regions.
Located at the end of Bártfa street on the outskirts of Budapest, the cemetery is accessible via the adjacent Christian cemetery. It is neither fenced nor otherwise demarcated or signposted. Access is completely open and litter can be found at the site. The cemetery is surrounded by wide open areas and a residential street.
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The Lo Tishkach Foundation is currently working in co-operation with MAZSIT, the Foundation for Jewish Cemeteries in Hungary, to review the data on the country’s Jewish cemeteries held by both organisations. Both Lo Tishkach and MAZSIT maintain extensive databases of around 1,300 Jewish burial grounds in Hungary.
