Former Jewish Cemetery in Bolesławiec

The Jewish cemetery in Bolesławiec lay at the junction of today's Podgórna and Jeleniogórska streets. The necropolis was established in 1817 and served the local Jewish community for more than a hundred years, until it was liquidated in the 1960s.

History of the cemetery

In 1870 a funeral house was built on the cemetery grounds. In the 1930s the necropolis was devastated, but it survived the Second World War. The end of the cemetery came only after the war: its liquidation began in 1963 and was completed in 1965. At the time of its closure it held 128 graves, spread over an area of about 820 square metres.

What remains of the necropolis

The surviving matzevot were moved in the early 1970s to the municipal cemetery in Bolesławiec. No gravestones or other elements of the necropolis remain on the former site of the Jewish cemetery today - the place is unmarked and is not a destination for visits; its history can only be learned from published studies.

Practical information

• Bolesławiec, at the junction of Podgórna and Jeleniogórska streets
• A few hundred metres away the Ceramics Museum in Bolesławiec operates
• No gravestones survive on the site of the former cemetery, and the place is not set up for visiting