The Jewish Cemetery of Grigoriopol Before 1917, Grigoriopol was part of district of Gubernia, now it is part of Pridnestrovskaya Moldavian Republic, also known as Republic

ЕВРЕЙСКОЕ КЛАДБИЩЕ Григориополь, Молдавия Final report, Jeffrey D. Wexler, 22 December 2015

The project was started by JewishGen, Bessarabia SIG in August, 2015. All photographs were taken by Serghei Daniliuc, our Bessarabia SIG Photographer, resident of Causeni, .

Address: Krasnogorka, northern part of Grigoriopol 47°08'13.9"N 29°18'41.2"E

Grigoriopol Jewish Cemetery on Google Maps:

The Jews lived in Grigoriopol district about 200 years. In 1850 there were 150 Jews in , and in 1897 – 832 Jews, and in 1910 – 1109 Jews (12% of total population). In 1991 there were records of 50 Jews in town.

Grigoriopol Jewish Cemetery on Google Earth:

This is a completion of indexing and photographing of the Jewish Cemetery in Grigoriopol.

Jewish Cemetery of Grigoriopol

Number of burials at the cemetery – about 100 currently marked by tombstones.

Number of records to upload to JewishGen JOWBR – 73 (10 names are from a mass grave memorial to the victims of fascism killed in Grigoriopol in 1941)

Number of unknown graves – 30. These 30 images can viewed at the Bessarabia SIG website / Cemetery section or directly at: Unknown Graves at Grigoriopol cemetery.

Photographs: 72.

Language of the inscriptions: Mostly Russian; several inscriptions are in Russian and Hebrew.

Our gratitude to ALL volunteers who helped transcribe, translate and verify the records: Inna Vayner (Russian and Hebrew), second reading by Yefim Kogan.

Many thanks to ALL who donated money for the project!

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Dates: All of the burials are dated after the World War II, except one from 1933. The 1933 inscription was written in Russian with Hebrew on the opposite side of the monument. See it below:

Rozenberg Bentsion ben Tsvi, died 20 Kislev, 5694 (7-Dec- 1933) at the age of 65.

(Two photos are stitched together)

Cemetery view from adjacent field

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The monument at the Mass Grave at the cemetery

Vinogray Rova, daughter of Iosif, 1886-1941

Gluzman Fira,daughter of Iosif, 1886-1941

Gluzman Polina, daughter of Mark, 1908-1941

Glizman Moisey, son of Yefim, 1904-1941

Vinogray Leonid, son of Mark, 1912-1941

Vinogray, Izrail, son of Mark, 1912-1941 To the victims of fascism, killed in Grigoriopol, Moldavskaya SSR in 1941 The bright memory of you will always be in the hearts of the descendants.

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The cemetery fence.

The gates and fence.

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