10 Jewish cemetery

Jewish cemetery. Jews appeared in Žilina only in the middle of the nineteenth century. The exact date of the Jewish cemetery in Žilina is unknown. It was administered by the Chevra Kadisha Association, which was founded in 1865. The cemetery is 40 by 180 metres in size and is enclosed along its entire length by a solid wall. Behind the gate there is a poplar avenue leading to the ceremonial hall. There are more than 1,450 graves in the cemetery with combined Hebrew-German and Hebrew-Slovenian inscriptions. Among the symbols are the blessing hands of the Kohen, the Levitical krchah with a bowl, the mourning willow, doves and wreaths of roses. The tombstones vary in form from simple, through grand Art Nouveau monuments to richly florally decorated ones. It is one of the few well-preserved Jewish cemeteries in Slovakia.