Sudylkiv Jewish Cemetery

Cemetery Information

Country
Ukraine
Region
Khmelnytskyy
District
Shepetivka
Settlement
Sudylkiv
Site address
The cemetery is located opposite the house at 5, Naberezhna Street, near the lake.
GPS coordinates
50.16368, 27.13333
Perimeter length
484 metres. Perimeter is approximate.
Is the cemetery demolished
no
Type and height of existing fence
No fence
Preservation condition
Unfenced Jewish cemetery
General site condition
The western part is used for cattle grazing. The eastern part is slightly overgrown. Presumably, gravestones' fragments are piled at the northern part of the cemetery.
Number of existing gravestones
160. Most of the 20th-century gravestones have a boot shape. The older gravestones have a slab shape.
Date of oldest tombstone
1879
Date of newest tombstone
1940
Urgency of erecting a fence
High
Land ownership
Property of local community
Preserved construction on site
Drone surveys
No

Historical overview

The exact period of the cemetery’s establishment is unknown, but the oldest preserved gravestone relates to the second half of the 19th century. The cemetery was operating until WWII. It was not marked on old maps.

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