Kozma Street Cemetery
The Kozma Street Cemetery is the biggest Jewish cemetery of Budapest, Hungary. It is located next to the New Public Cemetery (Újköztemető).
Jewish cemetery
The Jewish cemetery, one of the largest in
Kozma Street Cemetery was opened in 1891 by the
In 2016, the remains of about 20 people, believed to be Jews who were among the thousands shot on the banks of the Danube River in 1944–1945 by the Hungarian Arrow Cross, and which were found during the renovation of a bridge in 2011, were brought to burial at the Kozma Street Cemetery. [2][3]
Schmidl Family Mausoleum
The Schmidl Family Mausoleum, along the western border of the cemetery, is a decorative tomb designed by Béla Lajta — with influences from Ödön Lechner — for Sándor and Róza Schmidl.[4]
Built in the early 1900s, the turquoise-and-gold mausoleum features ceramics from the Zsolnay factory.[5] The structure, which underwent extensive renovations between 1996 and 1998, is a magnificent example of Hungarian Secessionism and of Hungary’s Jewish funerary art.[6]
References
- ^ Kozma str. Jewish cemetery, Budapest Archived 2009-10-21 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ "Hungary buries remains of Holocaust victims found in Danube", Fox News, 2016-04-15, retrieved 2019-01-16
{{citation}}: Unknown parameter|agency=ignored (help) - ^ "Holocaust victims laid to rest in Hungary". DW.com. 2016-04-15. Retrieved 2019-01-16.
- ^ Hiltner, Stephen. "Reckoning With Memories of Budapest". The New York Times. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
- ISBN 9781465413567. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
- ISBN 9780300097047. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
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