Polczyn-Zdroj Jewish Cemetery

It is not known whether the fact that the Jewish community in Połczyn-Zdrój already employed a gravedigger in the middle of the 18th century was synonymous with the fact that it already had its own cemetery at that time. One can only assume that the local Jewish cemetery was founded in the 18th or 19th century. It was located by the road, 1.5 km west of the city, between the railway tracks leading to Złocieniec (Falkenburg) and Świdwin (Schievelbein), and was surrounded by trees. Its area, both before the war and today, is approximately 0.3 ha. During Kristallnacht (November 9-10, 1938) the cemetery was desecrated, and in 1970 the cemetery wall that existed at that time was demolished and the remaining tombstones were auctioned off. In April 1998, at the back of the cemetery, an information board with an inscription in Polish was placed, indicating its former location.
(sztetl.org.pl)

The Jewish community in Połczyn was one of the largest in Western Pomerania. In the second half of the 18th century, about 30 Jews lived in the city, over 200 years later, and at the beginning of the 20th century there were still over 100. The cemetery was devastated during Kristallnacht (November 9-10, 1938). In 1970, the wall surrounding the cemetery was demolished and the matzevot were sold. Until the 1990s, only a few 19th-century tombstones survived. In 1998, the cemetery area was cleaned up and marked. Its existence is still confirmed by the trees with which it was planted and the information board.
(West Pomeranian Encyclopedia; http://encyklopedia.szczecin.pl)