Prienai Jewish Cemetery
Cemetery Information
Country
Lithuania
Region
Kaunas County
District
Prienai
Settlement
Prienai
Site address
Prienai Jewish Cemetery
GPS coordinates
54.640643, 23.948599
Perimeter length
360 metres
Is the cemetery demolished
no
Type and height of existing fence
No fence
Preservation condition
Demolished and overbuilt Jewish cemetery
General site condition
Demolished and overbuilt Jewish cemetery. The cemetery has been converted into a kind of memorial park. It is clear and well-maintained. There is a memorial dedicated to the victims of the Holocaust.
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
Property of local community
Preserved construction on site
There is memorial dedicated to the Holocaust victims.
Drone surveys
No
Historical overview
The exact period of the cemetery’s establishment is unknown. There is no available information about the date of its demolition or the location of the tombstones. Today, there are no visible traces of the cemetery or its boundaries, save the recently erected monument.
