Obj. ID: 46915
Jewish Funerary Art Jewish cemetery in Orativ, Ukraine
According to ESJF European Jewish Cemeteries Initiative, the exact period of the cemetery’s establishment is unknown. According to the Commission on the Preservation of Jewish Heritage, the cemetery was established in the first half of the 19th century. According to IAJGS the last known Jewish burial dates to 1917. The cemetery could not be found marked on old maps of the region. The majority of the site’s perimeter is lined with a metal mesh fence. There is decorative gabion around the gate. The side bordering the church is lined with a 1.5 metre tall concrete wall. A dirt road passes through the cemetery, gates are installed at both ends. There are 8 gravestones. The tombstones are damaged and located in the bushes, with illegible inscriptions.
sub-set tree:
| Adjacent to the Christian graveyard on 2A, Yarovyi Lane