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Czersk Jewish Cemetery

Cemetery Information

Country
Poland
Region
Pomeranian Voivodeship
District
Chojnice
Settlement
Czersk
Site address
Piaskowa Street; about 100 meters south-west from the commemorative table on Piaskowa Street, near a small canal (drainage ditch or stream). Cadastral parcels no. 220204_4.0001.1380/1; 220204_4.0001.1379/1; 220204_4.0001.1382/1
GPS coordinates
53.792734, 17.984238
Perimeter length
194 metres
Is the cemetery demolished
yes
Type and height of existing fence
The cemetery, and the whole large area around it, is enclosed with a private metal mesh, height about 1.6-1.7 meters.
Preservation condition
Demolished Jewish cemetery that has not been built over
General site condition
The area is fenced and difficult to access to even get close to the fence near the cemetery area (deep drainage ditch or stream). The cemetery is overgrown, which can be seen even from the outside. It was not possible to enter the area to examine it in more detail. From the side of Piaskowa Street, (at the junction of the street with a watercourse), a commemorative plaque has been placed, attached to a small brick wall. The cemetery area is private property.
Number of existing gravestones
No tombstones preserved. Demolished Jewish cemetery.
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
No
Drone surveys
Yes

Historical overview

The area of the cemetery, established around 1800, is located at the present Piaskowa Street, on the premises of Klose Furniture Factory. During World War I and in the immediate period thereafter, 54 Russian Jewish prisoners from a nearby POW camp were buried there. According to the inhabitants of Czersk, the necropolis was destroyed by the Nazis. It was completely destroyed at the behest of the local landrat, Hermann Gross, who before the war was an entrepreneur in Czersk and the owner of a mill. Most of the matzevot were taken away. There is no access to the cemetery from the outside and the factory management refuses entry to the grounds. Apparently, a few tombstones may have survived on an area of approximately 0.5 hectares.
(“Śladami żydowskimi po Kaszubach”, book edited by Miłosława Borzyszkowska-Szewczyk and Christian Pletzing; © 2010 Academia Baltica, © 2010 Instytut Kaszubski)

Czersk Jewish Cemetery
Czersk Jewish Cemetery
Czersk Jewish Cemetery
Czersk Jewish Cemetery
Czersk Jewish Cemetery
Czersk Jewish Cemetery
Czersk Jewish Cemetery
Czersk Jewish Cemetery
Czersk Jewish Cemetery
Czersk Jewish Cemetery
Czersk Jewish Cemetery
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