Obj. ID: 49358
Jewish Funerary Art  Site of the Old Jewish cemetery in Sejny, Poland

first Jewish cemetery in Sejny was likely established in the 1880s and was located outside the town, approximately 450 metres south of the market square. Its history and appearance are unknown. It was shaped like a rectangle and covered an area of approximately 0.5 hectares. It was in use until around 1830 when the new cemetery was established. It was destroyed during World War II. After the war, it was forgotten, then divided into plots and developed. There are no traces of the cemetery and no tombstones have been found. 

The area of the demolished Jewish cemetery is now an overbuilt territory between Zawadzkiego and Broniewskiego Streets. The cemetery area starts at the road curve of Zawadzkiego Street and covers the whole area between the two streets and part of the eastern side of Broniewskiego Street.