Lavochne Jewish Cemetery
Cemetery Information
Country
Ukraine
Region
Lviv
District
Skole
Settlement
Lavochne
Site address
To reach the cemetery, walk for 50 metres up the hill from the railroad bridge next to the house at 12, Vokzalna Street. The cemetery is located opposite to the lumbermill.
GPS coordinates
48.80132, 23.35780
Perimeter length
159 metres
Is the cemetery demolished
no
Type and height of existing fence
No fence
Preservation condition
Unfenced Jewish cemetery
General site condition
The cemetery is slightly overgrown. It requires clearing and fencing.
Number of existing gravestones
10
Date of oldest tombstone
1926
Date of newest tombstone
1930s
Urgency of erecting a fence
High
Land ownership
Municipality
Preserved construction on site
Drone surveys
No
Historical overview
Information on the cemetery’s establishment is unknown, but it was marked on a Russian map of 1939. It can be assumed that the cemetery was operating until WWII.
There is no much information about the Jewish community of Lavochne. In 1921, 140 Jews lived in the village. On August 15, 1941, it was occupied by the Wehrmacht troops. On September 4, 1942,160 Jews of Lavochne were deported to the Belzec death camp.
