Debica Jewish Cemetery
Cemetery Information
Country
Poland
Region
Subcarpathian Voivodeship
District
Dębica
Settlement
Dębica
Site address
The cemetery is located in the backyard of a residental multistorey building at 33, Cmentarna Street. The western part of the Jewish cemetery is adjacent to a military cemetery.
GPS coordinates
50.05568, 21.42121
Perimeter length
461 metres
Is the cemetery demolished
yes
Type and height of existing fence
There is an iron fence, 2m high.
Preservation condition
Fenced and protected Jewish cemetery
General site condition
The cemetery is located in an urban area. It is fenced and preserved. The territory consists of a green lawn with trees growing along its perimeter. The northern part of the cemetery was demolished and overbuilt with residential buildings and a parking lot.
Number of existing gravestones
Between 350 to 500 tombstones, both intact and fragments, were returned to the cemetery after the war. Some of tombstones are collected in the 2 lapidariums: one is in the sothern part of the cemetery (wall-lapidarium, approx. 20 tombstones) and another is in the north western corner, in a pile of broken fragments. The other tombstones were placed on the ground in rows, standing or laying.
Date of oldest tombstone
1791 (photo by cmentarze-zydowskie.pl).
Date of newest tombstone
1943
Urgency of erecting a fence
Fence is not needed
Land ownership
Municipality
Preserved construction on site
No
Drone surveys
Yes
Historical overview
