Jewish cemetery (Briceni)

Gravestones in the old part of the Briceni Jewish cemetery

Gravestones in the old part of the Briceni Jewish cemetery

Gravestones in the new part of the Briceni Jewish cemetery

The Briceni Jewish Cemetery is a cemetery in Briceni , a city in the far northwest of the Republic of Moldova, right on the border with Ukraine .

The Jewish cemetery is located on the eastern outskirts to the north, not far from the R11 road leading to Ocnița . There are about 5000 tombstones on it .

The older part of the cemetery with graves from the 19th and early 20th centuries up to the Second World War is overgrown by thick vegetation; many graves are damaged by vegetation. However, most of the tombstones are well preserved. On the smaller, newer part there are graves from the period after the Second World War, when a small part of the formerly large Jewish community of Briceni returned to the place.

Due to the size of the cemetery and the limited accessibility of the grave sites, these have not yet been cataloged and comprehensively documented.

See also

• List of Jewish cemeteries in Moldova

Web links

Commons : Jewish Cemetery (Briceni)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• BRICHANY (Briceni) on iajgsjewishcemeteryproject.org (in English)
• Briceni. Jewish Cemetery. In: JEWISH HERITAGE SITES AND MONUMENTS IN MOLDOVA on heritageabroad.gov (in English; p. 31)

Coordinates: 48 ° 21 '32.5 "  N , 27 ° 6' 21.7"  E