Police Jewish Cemetery
Cemetery Information
Country
Poland
Region
West Pomeranian Voivodeship
District
Police
Settlement
Police
Site address
The site of the Jewish Cemetery in Police was located in what is today Park Staromiejski at the extension of Nowopol Street, to the west of the Roman Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary located on Mazurska Street. The cemetery was, more or less, in one line with this church. Today only a small elevation of the area remains of the cemetery area. The GPS coordinates of this elevation are approximately 53.546604, 14.570073.
GPS coordinates
53.546604, 14.570073
Perimeter length
183 metres
Is the cemetery demolished
yes
Type and height of existing fence
No fenced.
Preservation condition
Demolished and overbuilt Jewish cemetery
General site condition
The site where the cemetery was present is today a city park. Only the small ground elevation remains of the territory of the Jewish cemetery. Some old trees have been preserved in this area. The necropolis is not commemorated in any form.
Number of existing gravestones
There are no Jewish tombstones in the area. None of the tombstones in the nearby lapidarium are Jewish.
Date of oldest tombstone
N/A
Date of newest tombstone
N/A
Urgency of erecting a fence
Fence is not needed
Land ownership
Municipality
Preserved construction on site
No
Drone surveys
No
Historical overview
The Jewish cemetery in Police was established in the 19th century in the southern part of the city, in today’s Nowopol Street. The first Jewish families moved here only in the 1930s. The number of Jews was never higher than 60. In 1895, only 9 Jews lived in Police.
Nevertheless, this small commune had its own cemetery next to the municipal cemetery, with an area of approximately 0.2 ha, of which no trace has remained. The cemetery area was incorporated into the city park. It is not known what happened to the tombstones.
(West Pomeranian Encyclopedia; http://encyklopedia.szczecin.pl)
