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gmina Kazimierz Dolny

Kazimierz Dolny Jewish Cemetery and Wailing Wall Memorial

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Kazimierz Dolny Jewish Cemetery and Wailing Wall Memorial

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Location: gmina Kazimierz Dolny, powiat puławski, Lublin Voivodeship, Poland

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1. Spa Park Nałęczów – Lipinki Gorge loop from Góry Pierwsze

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2. Lipinki Gorge – Kazimierz Dolny Castle loop from Nałęczów Wąskotorowy

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3. Kazimierz–Janowiec Ferry – Janowiec Castle loop from Jeziorszczyzna

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Kermit

August 4, 2023

The Jewish cemetery Kirchhof, called Kierkut, was founded on the initiative of the Jewish community in 1851. The plot of land for the cemetery was donated to the Jewish community by Motek Herzberg. Local Jews were buried in the cemetery until World War II. During the war, Nazi executions of the Polish and Jewish population took place here. By the decision of the German authorities, the cemetery was destroyed, and the mazevans were used to pave the entrance road and the yard of the Gestapo headquarters, which was located in the Franciscan monastery.

In 1984, a symbolic monument called the "Wailing Wall" of Kazimierz was erected from the recovered and saved tombstones. The monument was designed by architect Tadeusz Augustynek intended to symbolize the fate of Polish Jews. The tombstones were grouped into male and female quarters according to the division in force in Jewish cemeteries: on the left most of the 'tombs' were placed for women, on the right - for men. Some of the tombstones were put back into the ground in front of and behind the monument.

Every year hundreds of young people from Israel arrive here to commemorate their ancestors at this place. Kierkut on Czerniawy is not the oldest Jewish cemetery in Kazimierz Dolny.

The first Kirkut was on Lubelska Street. "under Mount Sitarz" right behind the former Jewish quarter. Its emergence can be connected with the establishment of the Jewish community in Kazimierz, which probably happened in the 15th century. The cemetery was destroyed by Germans at the beginning of World War II There is currently a school sports field in most of the cemetery area (source: information board on site).

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Krzakleski

August 16, 2021

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January 1, 2025

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Location: gmina Kazimierz Dolny, powiat puławski, Lublin Voivodeship, Poland

Kazimierz Dolny Jewish Cemetery and Wailing Wall Memorial

1. Spa Park Nałęczów – Lipinki Gorge loop from Góry Pierwsze

2. Lipinki Gorge – Kazimierz Dolny Castle loop from Nałęczów Wąskotorowy

3. Kazimierz–Janowiec Ferry – Janowiec Castle loop from Jeziorszczyzna

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