Temető Ut (Cemetary St.)

I know for sure my mom would not approved of me going to a cemetary for no good reasons ('cos of her superstitions and etc), what more to take shots of headstones! Sincerely (to the souls) I mean no disrespect. I wouldn't have this intention if not for this hobby call - photography.

This cemetary is located at Temető Ut (Cemetary St.). I guess this an older site because most of the stones are, as you can see grimy and not attended to. Across the street there's a newer and more organised site but I've chosen this one for my project. Upon looking at the town's map, I realised there 3-4 other burial sites near the border which I think I'll not explore for now.

Did you know that Mariemcc of Alexandria DP has a site dedicated to cemetaries and headstones? Go read it here
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Tracing 3 - The secrets of Vecseri Street

The title is straight from the article "I" read , it's not really secrets but rather an account of what took place 62 years ago. Vecseri Street was formerly a ghetto, the ghetto where the Jewish community was relocated. It all began......

April 28, 1944
central government issued an instruction for all counties to relocate jewish community to ghetto.
May 6, 1944
Szentes made a decision to adhere to the mentioned instruction
May 9, 1944
All Jewish families were brought to the ghetto of Vecseri Street. The community was guarded by armed guards.
Each family was entitled to only one room each where corridors, kitchens, courtyards were also classified as rooms!
Each family was allowed to bring 1 of each item :- wardrobe, bed, table, chair and some clothing.
About 398 jewish lived in the getto until Jul 16, 1944.
Jul 16, 1944
Following further intructions from the cent. government, all families were transported to detention camp at Szeged.

After the war, some did return to the town. But eventually these families left the town due to the slow economy recovery.

Source : Szentesi Élet

I got to know about the ex-ghetto from Mr. Griff Tedd, an Englishman who has resided in Szentes. He sent me some photos he took of the place . Last week, when we visited the area, the plaque (small pix) is no longer in place. Whether it has been removed or stolen, I have no idea..


PS . I tried commenting but i keep getting error messages after a few posting..ah well, later...

Stick no bills

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See that bowling-pin-like cone? that's the advertising space for current events, mostly for entertainment outlets. I don't know about you, I find it a very ugly and messy! Weeks after weeks, the posters get bulkier! Some posters are not too family-friendly either or am I too conservative? Well, I do think they are effective advertising, they got my attention, at least ..

ps. Cooking and laundry weekend for me, check on you later :) Enjoy your weekend!