Paramythia Jewish Cemetery
Cemetery Information
Country
Greece
Region
Epirus
District
Thesprotia
Settlement
Paramythia
Site address
The cemetery was located in the northern part on the town, on Galatas hill, at the crossing of Meliggon - Paramithias Road and Konstantinou Karamanli Street.
GPS coordinates
39.47086, 20.51020
Perimeter length
Further research is required for an exact delineation.
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 has been demolished. Today, there is a highway, a Galatas bus station, and a restaurant on the cemetery site.
Number of existing gravestones
No tombstones preserved.
Date of oldest tombstone
Date of newest tombstone
Urgency of erecting a fence
Fence is not needed
Land ownership
State
Preserved construction on site
Drone surveys
No
Historical overview
Excavations indicate a Jewish presence in the Byzantine period as well as in the 12th century, and again in the early 19th century. Active in the textile trade, they played a vital role in Paramythia’s economy. The Jewish population in 1928 was 15 (of a total population of 15,688). All but 2 perished in the Holocaust, together with the Jews of Ionnina.
The exact period of the cemetery’s establishment is unknown, but it can be assumed that it emerged between the 19th and 20th centuries.
