Chodecz Jewish Cemetery
Cemetery Information
Country
Poland
Region
Kuyavian-Pomeranian
District
Włocławek
Settlement
Chodecz
Site address
Polna Street, 100 meters North from the intersection with Dębowa Street, on the left side, Chodecz.
GPS coordinates
52.4138987, 19.0210247
Perimeter length
323 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 area is partially overbuilt but most of it is not overbuilt, just overgrown by dense grass, young trees and bushes. The cemetery has no visible matzevot, however some stones are visible on its territory that could be remnants of tombstone. It is clearly signed with a good stone of remembrance.
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
Municipality
Preserved construction on site
Memorial & Information board.
Drone surveys
No
Historical overview
The number of the Jewish community members in the years 1921-39 oscillated between 470 and 402. The majority of the Jewish state tax payers earned their living in trade. The rest engaged in various other professions: tailors, butchers, glaziers, entrepreneurs, landowners etc. he Jewish Religious Council in Chodecz was liquidated between the autumn of 1939 and the spring of 1942. In 1940 440 Jews resided in the town. After a selection, some of them were sent off to labour camps near Poznań. A group of 316 people (74 men and 242 women) was deported on three separate transports (September 28, 1941; October 9, 1941 and at the turn of the 1941 and 1942) to the Łódź Ghetto. After the deportations at the beginning of 1942 170 Jews remained in Chodecz. Little is known about their fate. Most probably they were murdered in the Nazi death camp in Chełmno on Ner.
