Slovak Jewish Heritage Database

Unín cemetery

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Title

Unín cemetery

Description

The Unín cemetery is located southeast of the village and is accessible via a dirt road. On a hillock surrounded by fields, there are 36 gravestones, mostly with inscriptions in Hebrew and German. A small number of the limestone headstones are still standing, but the majority have toppled. The oldest gravestone belongs to Gerson Spitzer, who died in 1881. Burials continued at the cemetery even after World War II. Jozefína Richter (d. 1952) and Leo Richter (d. 1955), the grandmother and father of the contemporary poet Milan Richter, are buried here. In addition to the name Richter, other surnames found here include Schidlof, Chlamtatsch, Landesmann, and others. The cemetery was once enclosed by a wire fence. [Ľudmila Pártošová, Peter Werner]

Coverage

Unín, Skalica district

Identifier

Lot no.: 838

Physical Dimensions

910 square meters

Collection

Citation

“Unín cemetery,” Slovak Jewish Heritage Database, accessed July 17, 2025, https://database.slovak-jewish-heritage.org/items/show/772.

Geolocation