Tiraspol New Jewish Cemetery
Historical map and perimeter :
Country:
MoldovaRegion:
TransnistriaSettlement:
TiraspolSite Address:
The cemetery can be found on the corner of Ucraineasca Street and Contructori Street.GPS coordinates:
46.8593823,29.6242414Perimeter length:
750 metresIs the cemetery demolished:
NoType and height of existing fence:
Type of the fence. The cemetery is surrounded by a 2.5-3 metre tall stone wall.General Site Condition:
Fenced and protected Jewish cemeteryNumber of existing gravestones:
Upwards of 2500Date of Oldest Tombstone:
1930sDate of Newest Tombstone:
2004Urgency of erecting a fence:
Fence is not neededTraces of Vandalism:
Yes. Graffiti on the tombstones.Land Ownership:
Municipality/Property of local communityMass Graves on Site:
Yes, there are mass graves and memorials to victims of the Holocaust and Stalinist repression. The cemetery also contains bones transferred from the demolished old cemetery.Drone surveys:
YesAccording to epigraphic data, the Tiraspol cemetery was established just prior to WWII. It can be found marked on a map of the region from the 1980s, and is still in use today. In 2015, the cemetery was surveyed by Yefim Kogan of JewishGen.
