Obj. ID: 47280
Jewish Funerary Art Site of the Jewish cemetery in Sokal, Ukraine
According to ESJF European Jewish Cemeteries Initiative, the exact period of the cemetery’s establishment is unknown. First, it appears on cadastral maps of 1850. Later it can be found on Polish maps of Wojskowy Instytut Geograficzny (WIG) of 1939, and cemetery’s borders expanded. The cemetery was demolished and built over with private houses. No tombstones preserved.
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According to "Jewish Sotones UA,":
"The Sokal Jewish cemetery was established early in the 17th century on a plot just over 500 meters east of the Great Synagogue and the Jewish quarter. The cemetery appears on historical maps of the city, including on an 1854 Austrian cadastral (tax parcel) map and with expanded boundaries on a ca. 1925 Polish street map. During the German occupation of WWII, the Great Synagogue was destroyed and headstones were removed from the Jewish cemetery to be used as paving stones."
The site of the cemetery was built up after WWII.
Jewish Stones UA report about ca. 100-300 replaced tombstones deposited in Sokal. In 2023, the first headstones were recovered and placed neat the synagogue.