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Lutowiska Jewish Cemetery

Country

Poland

Region

Subcarpathian Voivodeship

District

Bieszczady

Settlement

Lutowiska

Site address

Take the road 896, pass the Catholic cemetery on the left hand side, and at the next junction turn right, towards the viewpoint. Then go straight for 350m and then the Jewish cemetery will be on the right.

GPS coordinates

49.2501, 22.70084

Perimeter length

452 metres

Is the cemetery demolished

Type and height of existing fence

No fence

Preservation condition

Unfenced Jewish cemetery

General site condition

The cemetery had a wooden fence however it is no longer there. It urgently needs fencing.

Number of existing gravestones

500. There are many beautifully engraved tombstones, with unique ornamentation of animal, floral and object motifs, of great artistic value. Many tombstones are leaning or are covered with moss, making the inscriptions difficult to read. The cemetery is partially overgrown by trees, bushes and tall grass, there's a serious threat of overforestation. According to sztetl.org, during a long term research project in 2002, the researchers found and identified around 1000 tombstones in the cemetery.

Date of oldest tombstone

1796

Date of newest tombstone

1940

Urgency of erecting a fence

High

Land ownership

Municipality

Preserved construction on site

Drone surveys

Yes

The Jewish cemetery in Lutowiska was likely established in the second half of the 18th century, on a hill in the eastern part of Lutowiska, around 400m from the center of the village. The necropolis served as a burial place for Jews from Lutowiska and also the surrounding towns, including Polany, Skorodny, Stuposianów and Zatwarnica.

It survived World War II in a fairly good condition and as such, next to Lesko, it is one of the best-preserved Jewish cemeteries in south-eastern Poland. It has not been entered in the register of monuments.
There were also no mass executions there, which was the case in many other Jewish cemeteries.

The Jews living in Lutowiska and its vicinity were murdered by the Ukrainians on the night of June 22-23, 1942, near the local church.