The Jewish cemetery in Silbaš, Vojvodina district, is now protected by a new fence. The site stands as the last tangible reminder of the local Jewish community, with four tombstones preserved within its grounds.
The first Jews settled in Silbaš in the late 18th century. The community reached its peak around 1880, when 52 Jewish residents were recorded in the village.
According to the Yad Vashem database, there is information about 21 Jews who were born or lived in Silbaš before the Second World War. After the war, the Jewish community in Silbaš was not reestablished.
The fencing of the Silbaš Jewish cemetery was funded by the Auswärtiges Amt (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.
