Alternate names: Mád [Hun], Nagynad, Maád, Mada, Hegyalja-Mad. 48°12' N, 21°17' E, In NE Hungary, 24 miles ENE of Miskolc. 1900 Jewish population: 897.
- Ha-kehilah ha-yehudit shel Mad, Hungaria
(Jerusalem, 1974) - Pinkas ha-kehilot; entsiklopediya shel ha-yishuvim le-min hivasdam ve-ad le-aher shoat milhemet ha-olam ha-sheniya: Hungary
(Jerusalem, 1975) - Encyclopedia of Jewish Life (2001), pp. 780-781: "Mad".Pinkas HaKehilot, Hungary (1975), p. 340: "Mad"
- JewishGen Hungary SIG
- JOWBR: burial listings'
The town in NE Hungary has a Baroque synagogue now being restored to be used as a memorial museum and educational center. Built around 1795 andone of the finest
surviving examples of this type of synagogue architecture is one of the oldest surviving synagogues in the country. The city is located close to several villages where Hasidic
rabbis are buried. Since 1944, the synagogue stood empty when the Jewish community was deported to Auschwitz. Remaining today, though not in good condition, is the
former yeshiva and rabbi's residence, A plaque hanging inside the synagogue commemorates hundreds of local Holocaust victims. "Mad" - Encyclopedia of Jewish Communities
in Hungary [February 2009]
Mád Jewish cemetery: 1984 view of the cemetery. The one-of-a-kind baroque style synagogue, built in 1795, was renovated in 2004, along with the rabb'si residence and
cemetery near the edge of the village with 200-300-year-old graves. Mayor's office is caretaker. Cemetery and synagogue Summer photos and winter photos. [February 2009]
Visited July 2009. Cemetery is in excellent condition due to the efforts of family and helpers in Hungary. All stones are readable and marked. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. [May 2010]
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Mad is located in Borsod-Abauj-Zemplen, (48°21' 21°12'), 50km from Miskolc. Cemetery: outside of town, E of center. (Land Record #778.hrz.) Present town
population is 1,000-5,0 with no Jews.
Local: Polgarmesteri Hivatal of MadRakovci ut 50. Ph: 1.
Regional: Budapesti Orthodox Hitkozseg of Dob u.35, H-1075 Budapest Phone: (011-361) 132-4333 and Orthodox Tagozat.
Caretaker with key: Csengeri Toth Barnabas of Mad Tancsics ut 98.
The Pre-WWII Jewish population (census) was 700. Rosenbaum Amram (tzadik), who in 1826 moved to Palestine, lived here. The Jewish cemetery was
established in 1769. Buried in the cemetery are Rabbis: Mose Wolf Litman (-1799), Schwartz Abraham Juda Leb Hakohen (1824-1883) and Inkler Mordechaj
Yehuda ( -1932). The Jewish community was Bal-Sem-Tov Hasidic Orthodox, Sephardic Orthodox, Conservative, Progressive/Reform, and Neolog. No other towns
or villages used this landmarked (1990 historic monument) cemetery. The isolated suburban agricultural hillside by water has no sign, but has Jewish symbols on
gate or wall. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all via continuous masonry wall and locking gate. The approximate size before WWII
was 0.65 hectares and now is 0.61 hectares. Less than 25% of gravestones are toppled or broken. Vegetation overgrowth is a seasonal problem.
500-5000 18th-20th century marble, granite, limestone and sandstone flat shaped stones, finely smoothed and inscribed stones or flat stones with carved relief
decoration have Hebrew and Hungarian inscriptions. Some tombstones have traces of painting on their surfaces. There are no known mass graves, but there is
an ohel. The national Jewish community owns the still-active cemetery. Adjacent properties are agricultural and residential. Boundaries were smaller than in 1939
because of agriculture. Jewish individuals abroad cleared vegetation and fixed wall. Budapesti Orthodox Hitkozseg pays the regular caretaker. Weather erosion is
a serious threat. Vandalism is a moderate threat.
Lowy Lajos of Tokayj, Rakocri ut 41on 11/12/91 completed survey using: Zemplen Zsidosaganak Torrenetc; Orieh Lewy: Mad Zsido hitkozsege (Jeruzsalem, 1974).
Other documentation exists but was not redundant. He visited site on 11/10/91.