JACOB JR, MY JEWISH WORLD. JEWISH CEMETERY OSWIECIM - OSWIECIM/POLAND


Wednesday, Iyar 17, 5778. May 2, 2018.

Shalom! World.

The first Jewish Cemetery was founded circa 1588; however, its location is unknown. Today, the only surviving cemetery is situated at the corner of Dabrowskiego Street and Wysokie Brzegi Street. It was established at the turn of the 19th century. The cemetery was originally square, but the área that remains today is shaped like a trapezoid.


During World War II, the cemetery was completed devastated by the Germans and its grounds were included in Dabrowskiego Street.In 1941, the cemetery was closed just after the Jews were deported from Oswiecim. In the first decade after  the war, the Jews who returned to  Oswiecim took care of the cemetery and in the following yers, the wall surrounding the graveyard was repaired. In the 1980s, the cemetery was renovated thanks to the support of Asher Acharf of New York. Sections of tombstones were arranged in memorials built of broken tombstones. At the same time, the Schart family's Ohel was reconstructed. The other ohel in the cemetery covers the grave of Szymon Kluger, the last Jew who lived in Oswiecim. Almost 800 tomstones have been preserved in Oswiecim's Jewish cemetery.


Shalom! Aleichem.

Suporte cultural:  Jacob Jr. B.A.C.E., avec L'Integration d'Association avec Israel et dans le Monde/Cz.

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