The cemetery is situated southwest of the town centre, on the left bank of the Pilica River, near the railway bridge, which was built between the wars. It is accessed from the town via Bielańska Street, by crossing public property and climbing a long flight of steps from the adjacent roadside. The cemetery is located between fields and woods…
France: Skinheads jailed for vandalising Strasbourg cemeteries; Germany: New technique helps preserve inscriptions, documentary about Berlin Weißensee cemetery; Macedonia: Holocaust centre inaugurated; Netherlands: Local research project, Excess vegetation cleared at cemetery; Russia: Malakhovka cemetery extended; UK: Metal stolen from Blackpool cemetery.
France: Skinheads jailed for vandalising Strasbourg cemeteries; Germany: New technique helps preserve inscriptions, documentary about Berlin Weißensee cemetery; Macedonia: Holocaust centre inaugurated; Netherlands: Local research project, Excess vegetation cleared at cemetery; Russia: Malakhovka cemetery extended; UK: Metal stolen from Blackpool cemetery.
The cemetery is situated in a suburban hillside location, separate but near other cemeteries. A broken and locked fence surrounds it. The boundaries are the same since 1939. The cemetery is not marked with signage. The current area of the cemetery stands the same as its pre WWII size at 0.54 hectares. This cemetery was established in 1841. The last known burial was in 1967. The Jewish settlements in Alsoqod, Felsogod and Szod (15km away) also used this cemetery. Over 500 gravestones remain, of which in excess of 25% are damaged.
Following the recent publication of new survey reports based on survey work carried out in various regions across Ukraine and Latvia, we have updated our list of restoration works required at Jewish burial grounds in Ukraine’s Chernihiv and Zakarpattia regions, as well as in the Latvian region of Zemgale.
