Stanislavchyk Jewish Cemetery
Cemetery Information
Country
Ukraine
Region
Lviv
District
Brody
Settlement
Stanislavchyk
Site address
The cemetery is located at 9, Shkilina Street.
GPS coordinates
50.17089, 24.9084
Perimeter length
236 metres
Is the cemetery demolished
no
Type and height of existing fence
No fence
Preservation condition
Unfenced Jewish cemetery
General site condition
Part of the site is occupied by surrounding households. The site is used for goods storing.
Number of existing gravestones
150. Preserved gravestones relate to the 19th century.
Date of oldest tombstone
Date of newest tombstone
Urgency of erecting a fence
High
Land ownership
Property of local community
Preserved construction on site
Drone surveys
No
Historical overview
Information on the cemetery’s establishment is unknown. First, it was marked on a map of the 19th century. It can be assumed that it was operating until WWII.
The Jewish community is first mentioned in 1880 when the population was 795. A wooden synagogue, two kloizes and Beit-Midrash operated when the Jewish population reached its peak. Ruzhin, Gusiatin and Belz Hasidic dynasties predominated. In 1921, due to the emigration, it reduced to 165. In the 1930s, the Zionist groups were active. In 1939, the Soviets occupied the town. The German troops occupied Stanislavchyk on June 25, 1941. Before deportation to the Belzec death camp in October 1942, many Jews escaped, but the majority were found and murdered.
