Olawa Jewish Cemetery
Cemetery Information
Country
Poland
Region
Lower Silesia Region
District
Oława
Settlement
Oława
Site address
Adjacent to 25 Cicha str.
GPS coordinates
50.93005, 17.29522
Perimeter length
155 meters
Is the cemetery demolished
no
Type and height of existing fence
Yes – wire mesh 1.5 meters height (requires repair).
Preservation condition
Fenced and protected Jewish cemetery
General site condition
The Cemetery is fenced with a mesh wire fence and properly marked. The grass is mowed. Sitting next to a busy village road, it is highly visible.
Number of existing gravestones
38 standing tombstones and 19 lying and more 30 fragments.
Date of oldest tombstone
1851
Date of newest tombstone
1904
Urgency of erecting a fence
Fence is not needed
Land ownership
Municipality
Preserved construction on site
Beit tahara is now a private house.
Drone surveys
No
Historical overview
Opening of the Jewish cemetery was in 1818 that survived WWII in pretty good condition, but in post-war years was systematically robbed and destroyed. The preserved beitt tahara is converted to residential quarters. The site is cleaned every few years especially by youth. By Spring 2006, students from the Wroclaw Municipal Gimnazjum No 13 came to help restore the Cemetery. Interestingly, the ancestors of German writer Thomas Mann’s wife are buried in the Cemetery.
