Jewish cemetery in Druya

The Druya Jewish cemetery is one of the largest and oldest in Belarus. The first burials appeared here in 1542. The last burial dates back to 1980 and belongs to E. K. Taitz, one of the few Jewish survivors of the Druya Ghetto.
In 2000 it was restored by Jewish descendants of Druya, the cemetery was cleaned up and surrounded by a stone wall. For Druya it is not only a place of remembrance, but als…