
Unín cemetery
Item
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.