Obj. ID: 46213
Jewish Funerary Art  Old Jewish cemetery in Staryi Ostropil, Ukraine

According to ESJF European Jewish Cemeteries Initiative, the exact period of the cemetery’s establishment is unknown. It appears on old maps from the end of the 19th century. There are no preserved gravestones older than early 20th century. There are revived borders of a mass grave of the victims of the Khmelnytsky Uprising dated to the mid-17th century, so it can be assumed that the Jewish cemetery existed during that period. The cemetery is surrounded by a concrete fence of 2.5 metres height with metal gates. It is locked with a combination lock. The fence was installed by the Ohalei Tzadikim — Gader Avot union in 2014. There are 87 gravestones.

Ohel of Rabbi Shimshon of Ostropil in the Old Jewish cemetery in Staryi Ostropil, Ukraine

Mass grave of the victims of the Khmelnytsky Uprising in the Old Jewish cemetery in Staryi Ostropil, Ukraine