Jewish cemeteries of Warsaw
Jewish cemeteries of Warsaw refers to a number of Jewish necropolises in the city.
Okopowa Street Jewish Cemetery
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Okopowa Street Jewish Cemetery is one of the largest Jewish cemeteries in Europe. Located on Okopowa Street and abutting the Powązki Cemetery, the Jewish Cemetery was established in 1806 and occupies 33 hectares (83 acres) of land.[1]
It is now the site of numerous overgrown and abandoned graves and crypts, having fallen in disrepair after the Nazi invasion of Poland and subsequent
Holocaust. Although it was closed down during World War II
, after the war it was reopened and a small portion of it remains active, serving Warsaw's small remaining Jewish population.
Bródno Jewish Cemetery
headstones
were used as street pavement. After the war the remaining tombstones were recovered from various towns in Poland and moved back to the cemetery. Currently it is inactive and serves as a monument only.
Nowa Jerozolima Cemetery
Nowa Jerozolima (New Jerusalem) Cemetery was a cemetery of one of the numerous Jewish villages founded in the area of the Polish capital in the 17th and 18th centuries. It was closed down in late 18th century and the village itself was incorporated into Warsaw to become the namesake of
Powązki
.
See also
References
- ^ "Jewish Cemetery (Okopowa Street) - Cemeteries - Historical monuments - Warszawa - Virtual Shtetl". 2011-10-07. Archived from the original on 2011-10-07. Retrieved 2022-11-30.
- OCLC 70659993.
- ^ Jagielski, Jan (1990). A Guide to Jewish Warsaw. Jewish Information and Tourist Bureau. p. 11.