Kisvarda, Hungary

Evaluation
Fundraising
PREPARATION
RESTORATION
MAINTENANCE
INDEXING

Evaluation of Cemetery

Heritage Foundation for Preservation of Jewish Cemeteries (HFPJC), first began evaluating the Cemetery on Apr 16 2003.

The evaluated was initiated upon request of Rabbi Joseph Hersh Perl z"l.

Once the evaluation request was submitted, HFPJC representatives set out to visit the site and provide a detailed report with accompanying photos on the condition of the grounds, enclosure and gravestones, naturally reporting any existing or potential threats to the cemetery. A highly important facet is determining the pre-war boundaries by comparing the current borders to cadastral, pre-war maps obtained from the local archives, to ensure that the original cemetery property has remained intact.

As a result of the analysis and assessment, HFPJC has produced the following Evaluation Report.

Restoration Committee

Rabbi Joseph Hersh Perl z"l
Admo"r Of Viznitz zt"l
Mr. Shmuel Aba Gross z"l
Rabbi Reuven Gross
Mr. Kalman Sporn
Mr. Shimon Yitzchak Zvi Sporn
Mrs. Esther Genuth

Raising Funds for the Restoration

Upon receiving the request, the descendants, assisted by the dedicated staff at HFPJC, set out to raise the necessary funds to restore the cemetery.



Chief Sponsors


Mr. Samuel Stern
Mr. & Mrs. Morton Berkowitz
Rabbi Lowy
Rabbi Joseph Hersh Perl z"l
Mr. Alex Moss
Rabbi Eric Rosenbaum
Mr. Harry Lerner
Mr. Lipot Fleischman
Mr. Joseph Fried
Mrs. Teresa Greenfeld
Mr. Nathan Gluck
Mrs. Gross
Mr. Nechemya Jacobowitz
Mr. Benjamin Klein
Rabbi Lipa Jacobowitz
Mr. Jeno E. Lorincz
Mr. Abraham Marmorstein
Keren Mitzvah Trust
Mr. Ignac Lichtenstein
Mr. Martin Perlstien
Mr. Morris Weisz
Mr. Jacob Schwartz
Mr. Shlome Yida Stern
Mr. Shlome Hersh Bodek
Mr. Avraham Shia Wertzberger
Mr. Sender Goldberger
Mr. Kalman Sporn
Mr. Joseph Aronow
Mr. & Mrs. Patrick W. & Trisha Duval
Mr. Jake Seltzer – In Memory Of Jerry Seltzer & Bella Markowitz
Mr. Isaac Jacobowitz

Pre-Restoration Reasearch & Preparation


HFPJC conducted intensive research to determine the original cemetery borders. Research techniques may have included some or all of the following: synchronization of old and current maps; gathering identifying landmarks establishing possible corners of the cemetery; discovering original fence foundations; and conducting professional surveys of the plot.


Cemetery Restoration Project

HFPJC launched the restoration project on Dec 08 2003. The following restoration works were executed:

Cleared Overgrowth
Constructed Durable Fence
Fence Type:
Concrete
Repaired / Erected Tombstones atop
New Concrete Foundations
Amount of Tombstones Restored:
1400

The Hfpjc Maintenance Program

Upon completion of the cemetery restoration, HFPJC works with the families to arrange a viable maintenance plan for the cemetery. One cannot overstate how crucially important it is to ensure that a cemetery is maintained, both so that the wild vegetation, left to grow unchecked, doesn't overwhelm and damage the fence, as well as to prove to the locals that this is a place of honor and respect and should be treated as such. Maintenance can either be arranged privately through the family, scheduling periodic, on-site inspections by descendants or visitors, or the family may enroll the cemetery in the HFPJC Maintenance Program.

This cemetery is under the HFPJC Maintenance Program

Maintenance Committee

Jacobowitz Aron Moshe
Jacobowitz Hershel
Perl z"l Joseph Hersh

Indexing & Cataloguing

As a post-restoration service, HFPJC offers to photograph each restored gravestone, transliterate the information culled from the stones, and then catalogue the entire cemetery so that the descendants could receive a full index listing of those buried in the cemetery.

Indexing Requested
Indexing Completed
Photographs of Individual Gravestones available

Contact Us

The HFPJC team is prepared to service all your cemetery-related needs.

Jacob Gutman
CEO
Calman Lieberman
President
Chaim Ferencz
Vice President
Shia Fisch
Family Liaison
Jacob Hiller
Family Liaison
Moshe Landau
CFO
Yoel Berkowitz
Maintenance Director
Mrs. R. Gelbman
Assistant Director
Mrs. F. Ellenbogen
Project Coordinator
Mrs. Y. Ungar
Foreign Correspondent