Skwierzyna New Jewish Cemetery
Cemetery Information
Country
Poland
Region
Lubusz Voivodeship
District
Międzyrzecz
Settlement
Skwierzyna
Site address
Międzyrzecka Street, opposite to #5.
GPS coordinates
52.59204, 15.50962
Perimeter length
658 meters
Is the cemetery demolished
no
Type and height of existing fence
No fence.
Preservation condition
Unfenced Jewish cemetery
General site condition
The cemetery is overgrown and neglected but well marked. Access site on a high hill with steep sides and heavily wooded, contains several hundred graves and over 250 mostly sandstone gravestones.
Number of existing gravestones
247 tombstones and more 100 fragments.
Date of oldest tombstone
1755
Date of newest tombstone
1913, 1929
Urgency of erecting a fence
High
Land ownership
Municipality
Preserved construction on site
No
Drone surveys
No
Historical overview
The badly neglected Jewish cemetery situated on what is known as Jewish Hill (Judenberg) on Mickiewicza.
The oldest visible tomb dates from 1736. Many carved symbols and Hebrew and German inscriptions are evident. Some of the gravestones have either been removed or damaged. In November 2003, the cemetery was vandalized with 19 Matzevot were overturned and anti-Semitic graffiti painted. The investigation was discontinued because the vandals were not found. The Cemetery is in urgent need of attention and preservation in my opinion.
