Aleksandrow Kujawski Jewish Cemetery
Cemetery Information
Country
Poland
Region
Kuyavian-Pomeranian
District
Aleksandrów Kujawski
Settlement
Aleksandrów Kujawski
Site address
Parkowa Street, several meters East from intersection with Spólna, Aleksandrów Kujawski.
GPS coordinates
52.87933, 18.70887
Perimeter length
103 meters
Is the cemetery demolished
yes
Type and height of existing fence
No fence.
Preservation condition
Demolished Jewish cemetery that has not been built over
General site condition
The cemetery plot is now used as a private field, there is a probability that some remnants of tombstones are still in the land. There’s a memorial marking this place as a former Jewish cemetery.
Number of existing gravestones
No tombstones preserved.
Date of oldest tombstone
N/A
Date of newest tombstone
N/A
Urgency of erecting a fence
High
Land ownership
Private
Preserved construction on site
Memorial.
Drone surveys
No
Historical overview
The Jewish cemetery in Aleksandrów Kujawski was probably established at the end of the 19th century with the independence of the local religious community. The necropolis was established on a large hill to the east of the city, at the intersection of today's Parkowa and Wspólna streets.
During World War II, on the order of the Germans, the cemetery was devastated and the tombstones were used for road works. The destruction process probably continued after 1945. To this day, no original matzevot have survived in the necropolis. A dozen or so years ago, during the widening of the road, part of the slope on which the cemetery is located was removed. The bones excavated at that time were taken to the anthropology department of the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń. On September 10, 2009, thanks to the efforts of local community activists - including Zbigniew Sołtysiński and Adam Brzuszkiewicz - and the city authorities, a monument commemorating the Jews of Aleksandrów was unveiled on the edge of the cemetery.
