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Kartuzy Jewish Cemetery

Cemetery Information

Country
Poland
Region
Pomeranian Voivodeship
District
Kartuzy
Settlement
Kartuzy
Site address
Sędzickiego Street. The empty plot to the south-east from the building belonging “Spółdzielnia Mieszkaniowa Kaszuby'' (translation: “Kashubia Housing Cooperative'') at 30, Sędzickiego Street. Cadastral parcels no. 220502_4.0007.92; 220502_4.0103.83
GPS coordinates
54.3258, 18.20047
Perimeter length
191 metres
Is the cemetery demolished
yes
Type and height of existing fence
No fenced.
Preservation condition
Demolished Jewish cemetery that has not been built over
General site condition
Currently empty field (no trees and almost no weeds) adjacent to Sędzickiego Street. The necropolis is not marked in any form. A large part of the terrain has clearly ben traversed by heavy vehicles (perhaps tractors or bulldozers) An underground heating pipeline runs through a part of the cemetery, as evidenced by information boards placed there.
Number of existing gravestones
No tombstones preserved. Demolished, but not overbuilt cemetery.
Date of oldest tombstone
N/A
Date of newest tombstone
N/A
Urgency of erecting a fence
High
Land ownership
Other
Preserved construction on site
No
Drone surveys
Yes

Historical overview

The Jewish cemetery was completely razed to the ground, writes Elżbieta Pintus in her memoirs from the beginning of World War II. The inhabitants of Kartuzy remember that the matzevot were gathered on one of the neighbouring properties, where they were located until the 1970’s. Most likely, the burial place of local Jews was completely destroyed by the Communists in January 1970, at around the same period they destroyed the surrounding Protestant cemeteries.
No traces of the old matzevot have survived. Until today, the place of the cemetery has not been developed but there is a housing estate nearby. The Society of Kartuzy Lovers intends to commemorate the place by putting up a commemorative plaque. There are also plans to create a municipal park on the site of the Jewish cemetery.
(“Śladami żydowskimi po Kaszubach”, book edited by Miłosława Borzyszkowska-Szewczyk and Christian Pletzing; © 2010 Academia Baltica, © 2010 Instytut Kaszubski)

Kartuzy Jewish Cemetery
Kartuzy Jewish Cemetery
Kartuzy Jewish Cemetery
Kartuzy Jewish Cemetery
Kartuzy Jewish Cemetery
Kartuzy Jewish Cemetery
Kartuzy Jewish Cemetery
Kartuzy Jewish Cemetery
Kartuzy Jewish Cemetery
Kartuzy Jewish Cemetery
Kartuzy Jewish Cemetery
Kartuzy Jewish Cemetery
Kartuzy Jewish Cemetery
Kartuzy Jewish Cemetery
Kartuzy Jewish Cemetery
Kartuzy Jewish Cemetery
Kartuzy Jewish Cemetery
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