Cemetery

The old Jewish cemetery of Zapyškis, approx. 60 gravestones with Hebrew inscriptions.

Large and well-preserved cemetery, oldest grave ca. 1860, ca. 600 graves.

Located on one of the hills with a view over the Memel, today unpaved, less than 30 graves spread over a grassy area.

The Jewish cemetery was probably laid out in the middle of the 19th century on an area of 0.41 hectares about three kilometers outside the town of Schivelbein. It is surrounded by a wall and divided into quarters by lime tree alleys. At the back are the remains of the foundations of the mortuary. Around 500 people are said to have been buried here and around 60 matzevot have been preserved. Many of the gravestones have German inscriptions on one side and Hebrew inscriptions on the other. The cemetery was destroyed during the Reichspogromnacht.

The cemetery survived the Second World War almost unscathed. Destruction and vandalism began in 1945 and continue to this day (graffiti). The mourning halls became car repair shops that encircle the well-preserved administration building at the entrance. Ten upright stones, 36 horizontal stones, the broken pieces of 36 others and the frames of 92 gravestones have been preserved. The cemetery has been a protected cultural monument since 2006 and the grounds are maintained.

The Jewish cemetery „Am Leipziger Tor“ was laid out in 1687, extended several times – and almost completely destroyed in the November pogrom of 1938. Burials have been taking place here again since 1995.

The Jewish burial ground is located within the municipal cemetery on Eberhardystra e