Biskupiec Pomorski Jewish Cemetery
Cemetery Information
Country
Poland
Region
Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship
District
Nowe Miasto Lubawskie
Settlement
Biskupiec Pomorski
Site address
The area is located approximately at the back of the property at 30 Grudziądzka Street and 32 Grudziądzka Street. The former cemetery plot also includes a part of a residential block at the address Osiedle 6 (formerly 6 Osiedle 40-Lecia PRL).
GPS coordinates
53.500368, 19.343812
Perimeter length
153 metres
Is the cemetery demolished
yes
Type and height of existing fence
No fence.
Preservation condition
Demolished and overbuilt Jewish cemetery
General site condition
Currently there are private properties and residential block in its area. In a nearby park I found an almost complete matzevah and a fragment of another one.
Number of existing gravestones
Two matzevot have been found in the nearby park (outside terrain of former cemetery). One is better preserved (about three-quarters by the eye), the other is only a small fragment. See the photos 11-17.
Date of oldest tombstone
N/A
Date of newest tombstone
N/A
Urgency of erecting a fence
Fence is not needed
Land ownership
Municipality
Preserved construction on site
No
Drone surveys
No
Historical overview
In the second half of the 19th century, between 1850 and 1855, a synagogue was built at the then Ossa Straße (now Grudziądzka Street), which was passed into Aryan hands during the Nazi period, thus avoiding destruction during the Kristallnacht madness. However, it did not survive the war period and the destruction of the city by the Red Army soldiers. Similarly, in Biskupiec, the cemetery has not survived to this day. Today, its place is taken by single-family and multi-family buildings. There is no information on whether the former purpose of this place was known at the time of the construction investments. From the interview I conducted in 2016, it can be stated that currently only some of the inhabitants of the estate know that there was a Jewish cemetery there.
(“Żydowskie domy modlitwy oraz cmentarze na Warmii i Mazurach – stan obecny” book by Seweryn Szczepański, 2017; doi.org/10.26774/rzz.165)
