Novomoskovsk Old Jewish Cemetery
Cemetery Information
Country
Ukraine
Region
Dnipropetrovsk
District
Novomoskovsk
Settlement
Novomoskovsk
Site address
The site of this cemetery has been overbuilt with many private houses. These include Nos. 33, 37 & 39 Zheleznodorozhniy land and Nos. 14, 31, 33 & 37 Transportnaya street.
GPS coordinates
48.63695, 35.2318
Perimeter length
595 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 cemetery is overbuilt with private houses.
Number of existing gravestones
No tombstones preserved. There are no tombstones on the cemetery. The expedition team found two tombstones with inscriptions separately from their graves.
Date of oldest tombstone
1865 (the earliest tombstone found by ESJF).
Date of newest tombstone
1907 (the latest tombstone found by ESJF).
Urgency of erecting a fence
Fence is not needed
Land ownership
Private
Preserved construction on site
No
Drone surveys
Yes
Historical overview
There have been two tombstones with inscriptions found, one was found by a local woman in her yard in 2016. The second one was found by a family living at No.6 Zheleznodorozhny Lane Street, on August 9th 2020, and was taken to the local museum by ESJF. The museum also contains a fragment of the American map of 1943, where the perimeter of the cemetery is clearly visible. Around 1945, the cemetery was demolished, and the land was given out to local residents for construction. A local woman Tasya, born in 1938, showed us where the cemetery was. She indicated where there was a high arch (entrance), located where No.14 Transportnaya street is now.
