Obj. ID: 8313
Jewish Funerary Art Old Jewish cemetery in Făleşti (Faleshty), 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 old Jewish cemetery in Faleşti is marked by a sign in Hebrew and is surrounded by a continuous fence, which is entered through an arched gateway. The 60,000 square meters area contains up to 5,000 gravestones, nearly half of which are broken or toppled, and a monument dedicated to the victims of the Holocaust. The stones date to the 19th century. The cemetery is no longer in use and its borders were narrowed by housing construction and commercial development following the Second World War. The present area is approximately one-third of its pre-War size. There is no regular caretaker, but the cemetery is occasionally cleaned by local individuals. Overgrowth remains a seasonal problem."
Jewish Heritage Sites and Monuments in Moldova, p. 41