He visited 11 locations that, according to various historical sources, may have been Jewish burial sites, and identified four Jewish cemeteries. The findings will be further verified by our team and local historians.
Research is ongoing, and additional Jewish cemeteries that were demolished and could not be located during the survey may still be identified.
We are grateful to Goran Sadikarijo, Director of the Holocaust Memorial Center for the Jews of Macedonia, for his support of our work. We also appreciate our cooperation in this endeavour with the Jewish Community in the Republic of Macedonia.
ESJF surveys in North Macedonia are part of a broader plan to document Jewish cemeteries across the Balkans and the Baltic region: Estonia, Latvia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania, Bulgaria, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Slovenia.
This work is made possible thanks to funding from the U.S. Commission for the Preservation of America’s Heritage Abroad.