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

The arcade from the rear (the vaulted Tóth-tomb is the work OF ARCHITECT OSZKÁR FRITZ AND SCULPTOR GYULA BETLEN)

1929, put to final rest in this new section included József Bajza, Gergely Csiky, Róza Laborfalvy, Tivadar Puskás, Gyula Reviczky and Miklós Ybl.

As funeral expenses increased and the cemetery became more easily accessible due to the development of the city, and as the Rákoskeresztúr Public Cemetery was opened, the Kerepesi Cemetery became the graveyard of the wealthy. Thus one of the richest and most beautiful cemeteries in Europe, abundant in artistic monuments, came into being.

The first period in the history of the Kerepesi Cemetery ended when World War II was over. The cemetery continued to carry out its melancholy function even as fierce battles raged outside, and thousands of war casualties were interred here.

The cemetery itself was not spared during the siege of Budapest. During air raids, a number of bombs aimed at traffic junctions but missing the mark fell on the cemetery, which is situated between two railway stations. The destruction of the cemetery apparently became complete when, in 1952, the Municipal Council issued a decree to close it down and to discontinue further funerals. The aim of this measure was to eliminate the resting places of the “exploiters of the working class”, and a housing estate was envisioned to replace the cemetery.

In 1953, an official declaration was published listing the names of those whose vaults were to be obliterated to provide room for the broadening of the thoroughfare Fiumei út. The list included Lipót Rottenbiller, former mayor of

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