Obj. ID: 26768
Jewish Funerary Art Jewish Cemetery in Vashkivtsi, Ukraine
© Center for Jewish Art, Photographer: Unknown, 1991
According to ESJF European Jewish Cemeteries Initiative, the exact period of the cemetery’s establishment is unknown. According to epigraphic data, it already existed in the first half of the 19th century. First, it was marked on a map of the 1880s. The cemetery is still operating. The cemetery site is used for cattle grazing. The cemetery is surrounded by a metal mesh fence, installed by ESJF in December 2018.
Number of existing gravestones: 500
Date of oldest tombstone: 1840
Date of newest tombstone: 2004
Perimeter length: 441 metres
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Jewish Cemetery in Vashkivtsi | Unknown
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1840 (Date of the oldest tombstone)
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