The Great Synagogue in Pidhaitsi was built as a fortress synagogue between 1621 and 1648. During World War II and the Holocaust, the local Jewish community was wiped out. Afterwards, the building was used as a storehouse. Today the building is empty and dilapidated.
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The exact period of the cemetery’s establishment is unknown. It was not marked on cadastral maps of 1846, but according to epigraphic data, it already existed in the 1830s. Fenced by ESJF in November 2018.
The Great Synagogue of Berezhany is an Ashkenazi synagogue completed in 1718 but rebuilt around 1900. This brick building in Baroque Survival style is now abandoned.
The exact period of the cemetery’s establishment is unknown. It can be assumed that the cemetery emerged in the 16th century. The earliest preserved gravestone relates to the mid-19th century. According to epigraphic data, the cemetery was operating till WWII. The site was fenced by ESJF in 2018.
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