The old Jewish cemetery in Burshtyn, Ukraine.

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Published: 07/26/2010

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Category: Cemeteries Viewed: 1830 Downloads: 0 Keywords architecture belief burial burshtyn bury cemetery crypt grave gravestone graveyard headstone hebrew historic history holy inscription israel jew jewish judaic judaism memorial memory monument mourn old ruins sad sadness shrine shtetl stone symbol tombstone ukraine Description: The old Jewish cemetery is the only surviving testament of once thriving Jewish community in the city - in 1942 there were 1,700 Jews residing in Burshtyn. Nazis transferred all Burshtyn Jews to ghetto nearby Rohatyn, where they have been executed by shootings, the remainder of Jews were taken to Belzec extermination camp.