Information on the cemetery’s establishment is unknown. According to epigraphic data, it already existed in the 1890s. The cemetery was used after WWII, the latest preserved gravestone relates to 1950s.
For more information on this site visit: https://www.esjf-cemeteries.org/fenced/nepolokivtsi-jewish-cemetery-2/
The exact period of the cemetery’s establishment is unknown. The oldest gravestone relates to the mid-19th century, so it can be assumed that the cemetery emerged during that period. First, it appears on Austrian maps of the 1880s and later on Polish maps of 1939.
The Synagogue in Sniatyn is an Ashkenazi synagogue built in the 1930s. This National Romantic brick synagogue has been turned into a factory.
In 1925, a Jewish cemetery was established. According to epigraphic data, the cemetery was operating until WWII. Jews settled in Luzhany in the 18th century. In the early 20th century, a Hebrew school was opened
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