Tiraspol - Jewish History

Jewish History

• 1847: Jewish population in Tiraspol amounted to 1,406.
• 1897: Jewish population rose to 8,668 (27% of the total population).
• 1910: Tiraspol had two Jewish private schools, one for boys and one for girls.
• 1926: There were 6,398 Jews (29.1%) in the town.
• 1941-1944 - Most of the Jewish population was deported to concentration camps and killed.
• 1959: The only synagogue was closed by the authorities.
• 1960's: The Jewish population was estimated at about 1,500.
• 14–15 April 2001: the Synagogue of Tiraspol suffered a pipe bomb attack. The building was damaged, but the guard was not hurt.
• 13–30 March 2004: Over 70 tombstones in the Jewish cemetery of Tiraspol were vandalized Local community leaders said the authorities refused to help clean up the graffiti painted over the tombstones
• 4 May 2004: Vandals threw a Molotov cocktail in an attempt to set fire to a synagogue in Tiraspol The attack failed when passers-by extinguished the fire.
• 2007: Jewish population of Tiraspol is 2,200.
• 25 April 2012: Nazi symbols on several tombstones were painted in black paint, in the Jewish cemetery, as what seems to be an anti-semitic act.