Jewish cemetery (Mărculești)

The Mărculeşti Jewish Cemetery (2013)

The Mărculeşti Jewish Cemetery is a cemetery in Mărculeşti , a village in the Floreşti Rajon in northeastern Moldova .

The 5,000 m² Jewish cemetery, surrounded by a wall, is located on the outskirts. About a quarter of the more than 1500 tombstones ( Mazewa in Hebrew ) are in good condition, most of them have been overturned or broken.

A Jewish cemetery of a similar size has been preserved in Floreşti a few kilometers away .

See also

• List of Jewish cemeteries in Moldova

Web links

Commons : Jewish Cemetery (Mărculeşti)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Markuleşti (Floreşti region). In: Jewish Heritage Sites and Monuments in Moldova. United States Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad, Washington 2010, p. 55

Coordinates: 47 ° 52 ′ 7 "  N , 28 ° 14 ′ 51"  E