Obj. ID: 40839
Jewish Funerary Art Jewish Cemetery in Cahul, Moldova
The report "Jewish Historic Monuments and Sites in Moldova," published by The United States Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad in 2010, states:
"The cemetery occupies an area of about 10,000 square meters and is surrounded by a continuous masonry wall with a gate that can be locked. The cemetery contains about 1,500 gravestones, but more than 75% of them are toppled or broken. The earliest gravestones date from the 19th century, but there is also a fairly large section of new graves, many of which have portraits of the deceased engraved upon the large polished marble stones. There is also a monument to Holocaust victims. The cemetery has a regular caretaker and is also occasionally cleared and cleaned by individuals."
Jewish Heritage Sites and Monuments in Moldova, p. 33-34
For the description prepared in the Survey of Jewish History and Holocaust-related Sites in Moldova, see here.