Brzesc Kujawski Jewish Cemetery
Cemetery Information
Country
Poland
Region
Kuyavian-Pomeranian
District
Brześć Kujawski
Settlement
Brześć Kujawski
Site address
1, 11 Listopada Street, South-East from the intersection with Mickiewicza Street.
GPS coordinates
52.60509, 18.89279
Perimeter length
217 meters
Is the cemetery demolished
yes
Type and height of existing fence
There’s a part of fence which marks the swimming pool, but it’s not a cemetery fence, no mark that it’s a cemetery.
Preservation condition
Demolished and overbuilt Jewish cemetery
General site condition
There’s a municipal swimming pool built on the place of a 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
Fence is not needed
Land ownership
Municipality
Preserved construction on site
No
Drone surveys
No
Historical overview
Up until 1830 it was also a burial ground for Jews from the nearby Wloclawek. The cemetery was fenced, with a wooden pre-burial hut next to the entrance. In 1930 the yard was extended by occupying the acquired neighbouring lot. The burial yard was destroyed by the Nazis. One former citizen of Brzesc Kujawski wrote in a letter to our editor's office. "The cemetery was beautiful, I remember it from my childhood. The gravestones where opulent, mainly made of black marble and almost each was surrounded by iron balustrades. There is not a single trace after it today. It was taken apart by looters following the war, then vandals and thoughtless children had their way with it. After that a swimming pool was built in its place".
