Obj. ID: 46958
Jewish Funerary Art  Old Jewish cemetery in Ladyzhyn, Ukraine

According to ESJF European Jewish Cemeteries Initiative, the cemetery was established in the latter half of the 19th century. It can be found marked on a map of Western Russia from the 1900s. The site is marked by KSEN and IAJGS as the New Jewish Cemetery of Ladyzhyn. However, its location (adjacent to the town centre) and the dates of its tombstones (dating back at least to 1867), suggest it is in fact the Old Cemetery. According to local residents, the cemetery was in excellent condition in the 1980s. However, in the 1990s, locals began stealing tombstones. A local woman who lived near the cemetery and used to look after it died in the 1980s. The gardens on the cemetery site are not owned by the locals, simply occupied and claimed as their own. The side of the cemetery closest to the road is protected by a 1.5 metre tall iron fence (rusted). There is no gate. There are 42 gravestones.

Holocaust memorial in the Old Jewish cemetery in Ladyzhyn, Ukraine