The cemetery contains marked mass graves and a memorial monument to the Holocaust victims. Burials at this Cemetery are indexed. This the only Jewish cemetery which emerged in Latvia after the Second World War. In the 1950’s, the old Jewish Cemetery in Krustpils (founded in the early 19th century) was liquidated, and the tombstones were…
Austria: Bill to restore Jewish Cemeteries; France: Jewish Cemetery desecrated; Germany: Pogrom Memorial stolen; Latvia: Jewish Cemetery desecrated; Romania: Restored Cemetery rededicated; Ukraine: Memorial unveiled; UK: Websites lists Jewish Commonwealth Soldiers.
Austria: Government to help restore cemeteries; Germany: Medieval gravestones identified, new Jewish cemetery approved; Poland: New memorial, cemetery clean-up; Romania: Rededication of restored gravestones; Russia: Cemetery restoration.
This cemetery, established in 1710, is located near the Nemunas River. It can be identified thanks to an entrance sign with an inscription in Lithuanian. Only three gravestones are still visible.
France: Memorial and Cemetery Vandalised; Germany: Cemeteries Vandalised; Poland: Restoration Project with Prison Inmates Underway; UK: Cemetery Expansion Permit Granted.
