Kozma Cemetery

Frommer's Review

The city's main Jewish cemetery is in the eastern end of the Kobánya district, a long tram ride from the center of town. An estimated half-million people are buried here. A vast, peaceful place, the cemetery is still in use today. Ornate Art Deco tombs stand proudly near the main entrance, their faded grandeur a testament both to the former status of those buried beneath them and to the steady passage of time. The cemetery is the site of Hungary's most moving Holocaust memorial, a set of nine walls with the names of victims etched into it. About 6,500 names appear -- a small portion of the 600,000 Hungarian Jews estimated to have perished in the war. Survivors and relatives have penciled in hundreds of additional names.

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