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Nikopol Oldest (At Port) Jewish Cemetery

Cemetery Information

Country
Ukraine
Region
Dnipropetrovsk
District
Nikopolsky district
Settlement
Nikopol
Site address
Opposite the house on Melitopolskaya Street, No. 37, there is a stone that looks like a tombstone.
GPS coordinates
47.55527, 34.37637
Perimeter length
780 мetres
Is the cemetery demolished
yes
Type and height of existing fence
No fence
Preservation condition
Demolished and overbuilt Jewish cemetery
General site condition
The territory has been overbuilt with private houses. We were not able to talk with the Director of the Museum, as there was a conference. Local residents did not know anything about the Jewish cemetery. Opposite No.37 Melitopolskaya Street, there is a stone that resembles a part of the tombstone, however we could not confirm that it was. There are building materials lying around the entire specified territory.
Number of existing gravestones
1. There is one stone that looks like a tombstone, however we were unable to confirm this.
Date of oldest tombstone
N/A
Date of newest tombstone
N/A
Urgency of erecting a fence
Fence is not needed
Land ownership
Private
Preserved construction on site
No
Drone surveys
Yes

Historical overview

The exact period of the cemetery establishment is unknown. But, there is information that a Jewish cemetery operated in 1910. According to an expedition by ESJF, the cemetery started to be demolished in the 1930s, and it was totaly demolished in the late of 1990s. LoTishkah indicated that there were the remains of about 200 gravestones (some of them with readable inscriptions) in 2014.

The exact period of the cemetery’s establishment is unknown. It is said that there was a Jewish cemetery in 1910. According to LoTishkah, in 2014 there were around 200 gravestones, some of which had readable inscriptions. Nowadays there is only one stone that looks like a gravestone. According to ESJF information, the demolishing of the cemetery had begun in the 1930s, and it was completely destroyed in the late 1990s.
The cemetery territory is overbuilt with private houses.

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