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Uzhhorod (Ungvar) Cemetery update #hungary
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Micah Salb
Dear Marshall:
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We are deeply indebted to the rabbis who did this extraordinary project and= to you for your work on Uzhhorod generally, including bringing attention t= o this corner of the world, and for your upcoming photographic work. Thanks! Micah Salb
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From: PACKARD40@... [mailto:PACKARD40@...]=20 Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2012 2:29 AM To: H-SIG Subject: [h-sig] Uzhhorod (Ungvar) Cemetery update Dear Sub-Carpathia researchers, As I have mentioned in my recent "Trip Reports," the Uzhhorod (Ungvar) cem= etery has looked like "Jurassic Park" with most of its tombstones inaccess= ible. This has been a subject of concern to many researchers interested in= finding and photographing their ancestors' burial places therein. Further= more, recent visitors were unable to reach any of the stones due to the se= vere overgrowth on the cemetery grounds---a common problem throughout Sub-= Carpathia for many abandoned cemeteries. However, I am pleased to announce that over the past month, the Uzhhorod (Ungvar) cemetery has been cleared of its severe overgrowth to allow acces= s to all of the plots and tombstones. This mitzvah was funded by a rabbi f= rom upstate New York, who has no relatives in the Uzhhorod (Ungvar) cemetery, but had a keen interest in seeing that the deceased who= are buried there have their final resting place properly cared for.=20 He contacted fellow rabbi >from Brooklyn, with experience managing restorati= ons in Sub-Carpathia, to oversee this cemetery project that was completed = last week.=20 Some grass and small twig cuttings remain for the spring, but the cemetery= is fully accessible now. Needless to say, clearing the cemetery of the ov= ergrowth and dealing with the large piles of cut trees and brush was an ex= tremely time-consuming task. Plans are underway to repair the breaches in the stone wall surrounding th= e cemetery which permitted "unauthorized access" to it and hopefully, putt= ing a stop to the removal of any more tombstones. Additionally, many tombs= tones have fallen due to age or vandalization. Plans are underway to erect= them. Sadly, in some instances, the top sections of the tombstones were r= emoved, only the bases remain. In 2013, I plan to photograph all of the tombstones in the Uzhhorod (Ungvar) cemetery.=20 For your viewing, I made a small slide show of 14 images taken today and o= ne image showing one of the breaches in the cemetery wall, yet to be repai= red. Here is the link for the slide show:=20 < http://216.220.160.82/Uzhhorod-Cemetery/ >=20 Feel free to contact me off list if you have any questions. Very respectfully, Marshall KATZ Sub-Carpathia SIG coordinator =20 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This SIG (h-sig@...) is hosted by JewishGen: The Home of Jewish Genealogy Visit our home page at http://www.jewishgen.org For more information on the Hungarian SIG=20 see our website at http://www.jewishgen.org/hungary/=20 and check out the fabulous Hungary Database at=20 http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Hungary/ For back issues, search the H-SIG message archives at http://data.jewishgen.org/wconnect/wc.dll?jg~jgsys~sigspop Has JewishGen helped you connect with your family? We want to hear your story! Please email us at info@... today ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Sign up now for value-added services! http://www.jewishgen.org/JewishGen/ValueAdded.asp To post a message, please address it to <h-sig@...> ---- You are currently subscribed to h-sig as: [msalb@...] To change = the format of our mailings, to stop/resume delivery (vacation), or to unsub= scribe, please go to http://www.jewishgen.org/listserv |
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Marshall Katz
Dear Sub-Carpathia researchers,
As I have mentioned in my recent "Trip Reports," the Uzhhorod (Ungvar) cemetery has looked like "Jurassic Park" with most of its tombstones inaccessible. This has been a subject of concern to many researchers interested in finding and photographing their ancestors' burial places therein. Furthermore, recent visitors were unable to reach any of the stones due to the severe overgrowth on the cemetery grounds---a common problem throughout Sub-Carpathia for many abandoned cemeteries. However, I am pleased to announce that over the past month, the Uzhhorod (Ungvar) cemetery has been cleared of its severe overgrowth to allow access to all of the plots and tombstones. This mitzvah was funded by a rabbi >from upstate New York, who has no relatives in the Uzhhorod (Ungvar) cemetery, but had a keen interest in seeing that the deceased who are buried there have their final resting place properly cared for. He contacted fellow rabbi >from Brooklyn, with experience managing restorations in Sub-Carpathia, to oversee this cemetery project that was completed last week. Some grass and small twig cuttings remain for the spring, but the cemetery is fully accessible now. Needless to say, clearing the cemetery of the overgrowth and dealing with the large piles of cut trees and brush was an extremely time-consuming task. Plans are underway to repair the breaches in the stone wall surrounding the cemetery which permitted "unauthorized access" to it and hopefully, putting a stop to the removal of any more tombstones. Additionally, many tombstones have fallen due to age or vandalization. Plans are underway to erect them. Sadly, in some instances, the top sections of the tombstones were removed, only the bases remain. In 2013, I plan to photograph all of the tombstones in the Uzhhorod (Ungvar) cemetery. For your viewing, I made a small slide show of 14 images taken today and one image showing one of the breaches in the cemetery wall, yet to be repaired. Here is the link for the slide show: < http://216.220.160.82/Uzhhorod-Cemetery/ > Feel free to contact me off list if you have any questions. Very respectfully, Marshall KATZ Sub-Carpathia SIG coordinator |
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