|BATARCI: Satu Mare County, Transylvania, Bătarci, Comlăuşa,
Şirlău, Tămăşen| ALTERNATE NAMES: BĂTARCI [ROM], BATARCS [HUN],
BATARSCH [YID]. 48°02' N, 23°10' E, 21 miles NE of Satu Mare
(Szatmár), 10 miles SE of Vynohradiv (Nagyszőllős). Jewish
population: 112 (in 1880), 150 (in 1920). Bătarci is a commune
composed of four villages: Bătarci, Comlăuşa, Şirlău and
Tămăşeni. The cemetery is located at Batarci, 3933, judet Satu
Mare, 4802 2310, 285.3 miles NNW of Bucharest and 44 km from
Satu Mare. Alternate names: Batarcs (Hungarian); Batartsch
(German) Present town population is 1,000-5,000 with no Jews.
The 1880 Jewish population by census was 112, by 1900 census was
214, and in 1930 was 201. 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,
Hasidic cemetery was established in second half of the 19th
century. Noteworthy individuals buried in the cemetery: one
Cohan. Last known burial was inter-war