Pavlovo Jewish Cemetery

Cemetery Information

Country
Ukraine
Region
Zakarpattia
District
Svalyava
Settlement
Pavlovo
Site address
To reach the cemetery, enter Pavlovo from the direction of Ploske village. Turn left on the second crossroad. Proceed for about 140 metres. The cemetery is located on the hill behind the house 10.
GPS coordinates
48.65055, 22.91111
Perimeter length
76 meters
Is the cemetery demolished
no
Type and height of existing fence
The cemetery is surrounded by an old metal grid fence of 1.5 metres height.
Preservation condition
Fenced and protected Jewish cemetery
General site condition
The cemetery is slightly overgrown. It requires clearing and re-fencing.
Number of existing gravestones
54
Date of oldest tombstone
1847
Date of newest tombstone
1944
Urgency of erecting a fence
Medium
Land ownership
Property of local community
Preserved construction on site
Drone surveys
No

Historical overview

Presumably, the Jewish Cemetery in Pavlovo was established in the 19th century. The oldest preserved gravestone relates to 1847 and the latest one to 1944.

The first Jews arrived in the area of Pavlovo in the 18th century. In 1851 three Jews were living in the village. In 1880 the Jewish population had increased to 71. By 1930 Jews population had risen to 134. In March 1939, the Hungarian forces occupied the town, and the Jews were persecuted and forced out of their occupations. Some Jews were drafted into forced labour battalions. Some were sent to the Eastern front, where most perished. In 1941 some Jews without Hungarian citizenship were expelled to German-occupied Kamyanets’-Podils’kyy and shot there. The remaining Jews of Pavlovo were deported to Auschwitz in late May 1944. No Jews live in the town today. The house of Hisser family is a Greek-Catholic church today. Hisser family was killed in Auschwitz.

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