THE JEWISH CEMETERY IN LOSTICE

The cemetery was founded in 1554. The area of 6 500 square meters contains about 650 gravestones. Most of them were made from Maletin sandstone during the 18th and 19th centuries. The oldest preserved tombstones date from the early the 18th century. The house near the entrance used to be the gravedigger's dwelling and morgue. The record of the last funeral is from 1942.

EXAMPLES OF TOMSTONES AND HEBREW INSCRIPTIONS:

Simeon the Son of Learned Simeon 1743

Rebbereb Jehuda Lejb Son J´´
(1737)

reb Zelki, syn reb Lejba (1767)

The tombstone (with the motif of hands raised in blessing) of the Lostice Rabbi Aaron Moses Neuda (1771 – 1835), who was the father-in-law of the writer Fanny Neuda.

Jewish cemetery in Lostice - aerial view

Spring in the Lostice Jewish cemetery

Students visiting the Jewish cemetery in Lostice, May 2007