JEWISH CEMETERY, VARNA

Varna has a functioning Jewish cemetery, which is a part of the Central City Cemetery, sometimes called the "Old Cemetery". It has about 400 graves and a non-functioning chel. Most of the graves are in good condition but some of them are overgrown with vegetation. 

In the 1930s, however, this was the "New Cemetery." The old "Old Cemetery" was by the sea. It was demolished to make room for the city's famous Maritime Garden. 

Most of the remains of the Jews buried there were transferred to the Old-New Cemetery, but some were not – and their names were in- scribed on a special wall next to the chel.