The site is located behind the Christian cemetery. Around ten tombstones have survived, belonging to local Jewish families such as Marberger, Steinitz, and Löbl, and dating from 1898 to 1912.
According to Yad Vashem, there are 27 records connected to Kovilj. Before the war, the Jewish community included families such as merchant Adam Morgenstern, Franjo Spitzer, tailor Teodor Löbl, and others. Most of them were later killed in Auschwitz.
The fencing of the Kovilj Jewish cemetery was funded by the German Federal Foreign Office and made possible with the support of our partners at the Federation of Jewish Communities in Serbia, especially our country coordinator, Ladislav Trajer.