BOGDAND: Satu Mare County, Transylvania (Bogdan)

Bogdan,Bogdand commune, 47°25' N 22°56' E, 256.0 miles NW of Bucureşti .

The commune is composed of four villages:

CEMETERY:

The cemetery is located in Bogdand, 3978, judet Satu Mare, 4725 2256, 256.0 miles NW of Bucharest and 20 km from Cehu Silvaniei. Hungarian name also is Bogdand. Present town population is 1,000-5,000 with no Jews.

• Mayor Sipos Andras, Town Hall of Bogdand, judet Satu Mare
• The Jewish Community of Satu Mare, Decebal Str. no. 4A, 3900 Satu Mare, Romania, tel. 0040-61-713703
• The Federation of the Jewish Communities of Romania, Sf. Vineri Str., no. 9-11, sect. 3, Bucharest, Romania
• "Dr. Moshe Carmilly" Institute for Hebrew and Jewish History, Universitatii Str. no. 7-9, room 61, 3400 Cluj-Napoca, Romania, Director: Ladislau Gyemant, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
• Key holder and caretaker: Nagy Andrei, Bogdand no. 243

The 1880 Jewish population by census was 15, by 1900 census was 18, and in 1930 was 18. In May 1944, the Jews were gathered in the ghetto of Satu Mare and on May 19, 22, 26, 29, 30, 31, and June 1 were deported to Auschwitz. The unlandmarked Orthodox The cemetery was established at end of the 19th century. Last known burial was inter-war period.

The rural/agricultural hillside, part of a municipal cemetery, has no sign or marker. Reached by a public road, access is unknown. A fence with a gate that locks surrounds the site. Approximate pre-WWII size is unknown. Approximate post-WWII size is 20 x 8 m. 1-20 stones are visible, some not in original location. 50%-75% of the stones are toppled or broken. Location of stones removed from the cemetery is unknown. Vegetation overgrowth in the cemetery is not a problem. Water drainage is good all year. Cannot determine if cemetery has/had special sections.

The oldest known gravestone dates from end of the 19th century. The 19th and 20th century limestone and sandstone smoothed and inscribed common gravestones have Hebrew inscriptions. No known mass graves. The local Jewish community owns the property used for Jewish cemetery only. Adjacent properties are residential. Rarely, private Jewish or non-Jewish visitors stop. The never vandalized cemetery maintenance has been cleaning stones and clearing vegetation and fixing wall by local non-Jewish residents and Jewish abroad in 1993. Current care is regular caretaker. The property is used only as a Jewish cemetery. No structures. Weather erosion is a moderate threat.
Claudia Ursutiu, Pietroasa Str. no. 21, 3400 Cluj Napoca, Romania, tel. 0040-64-151073 visited the site and completed the survey on 28 July 2000 using the following documentation:

• Recensamantul din 1880. Transilvania coord.: Traian Rotariu, Cluj 1997.
• Recensamantul din 1900. Transilvania Traian Rotariu, Cluj, 1999
• Recensamantul general al populatiei din 29 decembrie 1930 (The General Census of the Population from December 29, 1930), vol. II, Bucuresti 1938
• Recensamintul general al populatiei din Romania din 7 ianuarie 1992 (The General Census of the Population of Romania from January 7, 1992), vol. I, Bucuresti, 1994
• Zsido Lexicon, ed. by Ujvari Peter, Budapest, 1929
• Carmilly-Weinberger, Moshe. History of the Jews of Transylvania (1623-1944), Bucuresti, 1994, in Romanian
• Izvoare si marturii referitoare la evreii din Romania (Sources and Testimonies on the Jews in Romania), vol. III/1-2, coord. L. Gyemant, L. Benjamin, Bucuresti, Ed. Hasefer, 1999
• Ladislau Gyemant, Evreii din Transilvania in epoca emanciparii, 1790-1867 (The Jews of Transylvania in the Age of Emancipation 1790-1867), Bucuresti, Enciclopedica, 2000
• Coriolan Suciu, Dictionar istoric al localitatilor din Transilvania (The Historical Dictionary of Localities in Transylvania), vol. I-II, Bucuresti, 1967
• Otto Mitelstrass, Historisch-Landeskundlicher Atlas von Siebenburgen, Ortsnamenbuch, Heidelberg, 1992
• Microsoft Auto Route Express 1999

Claudia and Adrian Ursutiu interviewed Nagy Andrei, 28. 07. 2000, Bogdand. [January 2003]