The Jewish Cemetery « Return to families

The Jewish cemetery is located on a flat urban plot with no sign or marker. The approximate size of cemetery before WWII was 1.00 hectares but it has since shrunk to 0.54 hectares due to residential development and encroachment.

The entrance to the Jewish cemetery is open to the public and unmarked. There are no buildings on the site and goats are allowed to graze on the land.



Most of the cemetery was dismantled in 1989 and it is said that the headstones were used to lay the foundation for the new schoolhouse. It is believed that the demise of the cemetery coincided with the death of the town's last Jewish resident, Yakov Laufer. The municipality owns the land and additional development was planned as 1995.


The earliest date found on a grave marker left in the Jewish cemetery is 1851. The last known Hasidic burial was about 1940.





Additional information is available from the IAGJS International Jewish Cemetery Project.