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

his findings, it is therefore to him that this work is dedicated (196/VII). Continuing this walk towards the exit, you pass by German military graves in one part of Section 140. Crossing the north-south axis of the cemetery, you can find the granite obelisk of Colonel-General Artúr Arz, the last chief of staff of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy. In Section 100 lies geologist Béla Mauritz; the resting place of the transatlantic pilot Gyula Bitai is in Section 99, while that of the master confectioner Rezső Hauer, founder of the Hauer Confectionery, is across the large circular part to the south. Sándor Nékám, mathematician, who also fought as a soldier in the 1848-49 War of Independence, is buried in Section 96. in the following sections you can find the graves of Levente Sipeki, solo dancer of the Opera House (79), of Antal Ijjas, religious writer (64), of Sándor Posta, Olympic sabre fencing champion (63/1), and of Rózsa Ignác, writer and actress, who is buried under a carved grave post (63/VIII). In Section 48, there is the grave of sculptor Szilárd Sződy (48/XII) and the tomb of ballet dancer Gyula Harangozó, his tombstone decorated with a relief by Alice G. Lux (48/XII1).

It was along the fence south of here that a separate section was created in 1983 to scatter the ashes of those who so desired it. This is where the ashes of world famous cimbalom player Aladár Rácz and writer Zsuzsa Krúdy have been scattered. At the side of this section a monument was erected in 1993 to honour those who have offered their organs to further medical research.

Returning to the circular area near the exit, we can again pay tribute to famous sportspeople: the Olympic bronze medal winning wrestler, an honorary Hungarian champion of all time Béla Varga trained several generations of wrestlers (Section 67); teacher Ferenc Kemény worked together with Coubertin in the front line of the international and the Hungarian Olympic movement (35/11); Lajos Keresztes won a gold medal at the Olympics in wrestling (34/1); Jenő Fuchs was a sabre fencing champion at the Olympic Games in 1908 and 1912 (23). This walk can be finished at the grave of the actress Irén Varsányi (22/1) and the tomb of Sándor Schuachulay, another pioneer of Hungarian aviation (Section 10).

The Kozma utca Jewish Cemetery

When establishing the Public Cemetery, the municipal authorities granted the Jewish community a vast territory in the Rákoskeresztúr field. In the meantime, the Váci út Cemetery was closed down; therefore, between 1905 and

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