Brzozow New Jewis Cemetery
Cemetery Information
Country
Poland
Region
Subcarpathian Voivodeship
District
Brzozów
Settlement
Brzozów
Site address
33a, Cegłowskiego Street.
GPS coordinates
49.69054, 22.00801
Perimeter length
257 metres
Is the cemetery demolished
no
Type and height of existing fence
There is a metal fence. The gate is left open.
Preservation condition
Fenced and protected Jewish cemetery
General site condition
There are 19 gravestones piled in the centre of the cemetery, the majority of them are fragmented and there are only a few intact. The cemetery is in good condition, tidy and well-kept.
Number of existing gravestones
24. Only one tombstone has a legible inscriptions.
Date of oldest tombstone
1929
Date of newest tombstone
1929
Urgency of erecting a fence
Fence is not needed
Land ownership
Municipality
Preserved construction on site
No
Drone surveys
Yes
Historical overview
During WW2 the Germans removed some of the tombstones and the devastation process continued after liberation. The matzevot disappeared and the area of the necropolis was gradually covered with rubbish. This state of affairs did not change until the 1990s, when, on the initiative of Drejza and Natan Weiss, with financial support from, among others, Zygfryd Kellerman, Roman Laufer and Leon Reich, the cemetery was fenced and cleaned up.
A dozen or so fragments of discovered tombstones have also been recovered.
