Sidra Jewish Cemetery

Cemetery Information

Country
Poland
Region
Podlaskie Voivodeship
District
Sokółka
Settlement
Sidra
Site address
The cemetery is located about 1km north of the town, on the western side of Różanostocka Street (the local road from Sidra to Siderka). Cadastral parcel no. 201107_2.0022.10
GPS coordinates
53.563733, 23.447336
Perimeter length
476 metres
Is the cemetery demolished
no
Type and height of existing fence
Although the remnants of the old masonry fencing was located.
Preservation condition
Unfenced Jewish cemetery
General site condition
The destroyed, unfenced Jewish Cemetery, is located in the meadow amongst a pine and birch forest. The borders are partly marked by the remnants of the old masonry wall. Some matzevot have been preserved.
Number of existing gravestones
6 gravestones (or their parts; some badly destroyed) were found. The best preserved is the matzevot of Icchak, son of Zev Kryński (died 22 Shevat, 5682; February 20th, 1922).
Date of oldest tombstone
1848
Date of newest tombstone
1922 (source: https://cemetery.jewish.org.pl/list/c_74 )
Urgency of erecting a fence
High
Land ownership
Other
Preserved construction on site
No
Drone surveys
Yes

Historical overview