Židovský cintorín na Hrádku v Michalovciach

One of the highest percentages of Jewish population in Slovakia, up to 32%, was recorded in the city of Michalovce at the beginning of the 20th century. It was a vibrant Orthodox and Hasidic community that owned significant economic enterprises and included many merchants, financiers, and lawyers. They established several yeshivas in the city, various Jewish associations, and youth sports clubs. In addition to synagogues and prayer houses, their spiritual life also included a mikveh, and there was also a ritual slaughterhouse to maintain kosher dietary laws.

The Jewish community of Michalovce was deprived of its social status, property, and dignity during the Second World War, which only about 100 people survived. Today, only the cemetery on Hrádok remains from this significant ethnic group, with around a thousand gravestones of various sizes and craftsmanship. Among those buried there are the Michalovce rabbis Jehuda Landesman and Áron Grünberger. Although the Jewish community in Michalovce no longer exists, the cemetery is regularly maintained.