Soroksár was one of the places around Budapest that was populated by settlers coming from various German-speaking areas in the mid-18th century. It was a small town when in 1950, together with many satellite settlements, the growing Budapest absorbed it. It's now Budapest's 23rd district.

The popular Hungarian website, Index.hu now reports that the old cemetery had to face demolition. The cemetery was closed in 1986 when the dead were disintered (with some remains apparently left on the spot) and bulldozers shaped the landscape. Tombs, tombstones and even human remains were pulled together then, and they were buried with soil.

About one month ago, the bulldozers showed up once again, and started to "finish the job". Bones and tombstones were turned out. Civil orgs now cast their opposition against the suspected plans (real estate development).