Csernus Lukács - Triff Zsigmond: The Cemeteries of Budapest - Our Budapest (Budapest, 1999)

The briefcase that belonged to the salesman in the play of Arthur Miller on József Tímár’s grave

of hundreds of people during World War II; Gyula Sváb, an architect who planned dozens of elementary schools; and Lajos Lőrincze, the unforgettable linguist who devoted his working life to the protection of correct Hungarian usage. The memorial of actress Ella Kertész and her actor husband Sándor Goth, the work of Miklós Ligeti, stands out among the other beautiful monuments along the circular part of the section. It is mainly academicians who are buried in the part numbered 6/1. Since 1967, more than fifty members of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences have been laid to rest here. Visitors can effortlessly cover this small area scanning the inscriptions on the tombstones.

The layout of the neighbouring Section 7 follows a pattern of arcs and radii like the one before it. This is where the famous tennis champion Béla Kehrling rests. A marble relief by Jenő Bory decorates the graves of mathematician Gusztáv Rados and his son Jenő Rados, professor of architecture. Near the graves of modern architect and the saviour of the painter Csontváry’s heritage Gedeon Gerlóczy and the architect-writer Pál Granasztói, the wife of the poet Endre Ady, Csinszka, later Mrs Ödön Márffy, is buried here under a statue by Tibor Vilt.

Walking over to Sections 8 and 9, you find the grave of actor József Timár (the briefcase of Arthur Miller’s salesman on the grave recalls Timár’s memorable role in the play); the resting places of Lajos Csatay, former minister of defence, and Pál Kovács, winner of several Olympic gold medals in sabre fencing, are also in this area. This is

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