Dnipro New Jewish Cemetery

Cemetery Information

Country
Ukraine
Region
Dnipropetrovsk
District
Central
Settlement
Dnipro
Site address
The cemetery has been demolished, now it is the territory of a park and a block of flats at 129B Kirov Street.
GPS coordinates
48.43458, 35.01594
Perimeter length
1,26 км
Is the cemetery demolished
yes
Type and height of existing fence
No fence
Preservation condition
Demolished and overbuilt Jewish cemetery
General site condition
The cemetery was demolished, now it is the territory of a square and a block of flats. It is covered with dry seasonal vegetation. There is a memorial in honor of the Jewish cemetery, renovations are underway there, so it is temporarily impossible to access it. The cemetery was closed in 1954, it was demolished and now it is a public garden and a block of flats. A memorial in honor of the Jewish cemetery has been erected on the territory of the park and renovation works are currently being carried out. It is fenced and it is temporarily impossible to access. There is also a cross on the territory of the park, not far from the Jewish memorial.
Number of existing gravestones
No tombstones preserved.
Date of oldest tombstone
N/A
Date of newest tombstone
N/A
Urgency of erecting a fence
Fence is not needed
Land ownership
Municipality
Preserved construction on site
No
Drone surveys
Yes

Historical overview

The cemetery was established at the turn of the 20th century. It is marked on the city plans from 1898.
The cemetery was closed in 1954 and it was demolished. Today there is a Pisarzhevsky park and a block of flats on the cemetery site. There are no gravestones left. There is a memorial in honor of the Jewish cemetery.
In September 2009, the memorial complex Matseva was opened in the Pisarzhevsky park.