Grudziadz New Jewish Cemetery
Cemetery Information
Country
Poland
Region
Kuyavian-Pomeranian
District
Grudziądz
Settlement
Grudziądz
Site address
3A, Cmentarna Street.
GPS coordinates
53.4766, 18.76121
Perimeter length
298 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 cemetery is overgrown by bushes and grass, there are some stones without inscriptions. The isolated urban hillside has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a private road, access is open to all with no wall or fence around the cemetery. The approximate size of the cemetery before WWII was 0.1328 ha. No tombstones remain. The cemetery contains no known mass graves or structures. The municipality owns property used for agriculture (crops or animal grazing). Properties adjacent are agricultural.
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
No
Drone surveys
No
Historical overview
The earliest known Jewish community was beginning of the 19th century. The Jewish population on 2/27/1939 was 182. In 1844, the synagogue was built. In 1845, the Regency of Kwidzyn issued the first statute. In 1858, the second statute was issued. In 1910, a new statute made Grudziądz center of the synagogue district. Living here were Mickat Jakubowski, the head of the board after WWI, and deputies [other names illegible]. The Jewish cemetery was established in the 1830s. Communities from 38 localities (10-30 km away) used this cemetery. The cemetery was vandalized during WWII.
