Cemetery

According to ESJF European Jewish Cemeteries Initiative, the exact date of the cemetery’s establishment is unknown, but it can be stated that it was established no later than the early 20th century, as the only surviving legible gravestone dates to 1911. The cemetery was demolished in the 1970’s. The remains of the gravestones are lying by the western wall of the building with garages on Hastelo street. There is one readable gravestone of 1911 dedicated to Mordukh Iosifovich Brodsky and a few broken illegible tombstones.

Photos of the remnants of the Cemetery are available via the Center for Jewish Art.

New Montefiore Cemetery, West Babylon, New York

Landsmanshaftn were local benevolent societies formed by Jewish immigrants from the same town or other locality in Central and Eastern Europe. They acted as social support groups and often provided burial plots. One of these societies was the Werchnedneprowsker Young Men’s Society, founded by a group of immigrants from Verkhnedneprovsk. The society purchased a section of land in the New Montefiore Cemetery in West Babylon, New York.

To search for names: The cemetery’s website is searchable by a person's name.

• To see all names in the Werchnedneprowsker section, enter Section 6 Block 8.

• The total names seem fewer than the visible gravestones.

• Search results are not limited to the Werchnedneprowsker section, so pay attention to the society name at the right of each listing.