Warsaw Jewish Cemetery

Warsaw Jewish Cemetery

The term Warsaw Jewish Cemetery (Polish "Cmentarz Żydowski") might refer to a number of necropolises in the city. Three of them are the most notable, however:

* The 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.
* Praga cemetery was once much bigger than the earlier cemetery and served both the Jews of the right-bank borough of Praga and poorer Jews of other boroughs of the city of Warsaw. After the Okopowa Street cemetery became overcrowded, the Praga cemetery was intended as the main Jewish cemetery. However, after the German conquest of Poland in 1939 and the start of the Holocaust, most of it was demolished and the 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, or a cemetery of one of numerous Jewish villages founded in the area of Polish capital in 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 Aleje Jerozolimskie, one of Warsaw's principal streets. In early 19th century, during the Austrian occupation of Warsaw, the cemetery was closed down and the ashes were moved to cemetery in Powązki


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