Bender New Jewish Cemetery
Historical map :
Country:
MoldovaRegion:
TransnistriaSettlement:
BenderSite Address:
Zagorodnaya Street.GPS coordinates:
46.8098298,29.4634216Perimeter length:
835 metresIs the cemetery demolished:
NoType and height of existing fence:
Type of the fence. The cemetery is surrounded by a 2-2.5 metre tall brick wall.General Site Condition:
Fenced and protected Jewish cemeteryNumber of existing gravestones:
7000Date of Oldest Tombstone:
1913Date of Newest Tombstone:
2010sUrgency of erecting a fence:
Fence is not neededLand Ownership:
Municipality/Property of local communityPreserved Construction on Site:
OhelMass Graves on Site:
Yes. There are several mass graves of victims of the Holocaust and the 1917 pogrom.Drone surveys:
No. The site is located in a restricted zone.The New Jewish Cemetery in Bender was founded at the beginning of the 20th century, and can be found marked on a map of the region from the 1910s. The cemetery is still in use, and was surveyed in 2015 by Yefim Kogan of JewishGen.
