Słupsk Jewish Cemetery

The Jewish cemetery in Słupsk was established in 1815 at Totenweg, today’s Kaszubska Street. The first person to be buried there was Hinde Abraham, who died at the age of 71. In the years 1907-1908, at the entrance, a magnificent mortuary was erected, designed by E. Roser – a brick building on a rectangular plan with characteristic breaks with a semi-circular finial.
During the Second World War, the cemetery was devastated. In 1941, the Nazi authorities forced the Jewish community to sell the cemetery. Part of the plot of land was attached to the adjacent municipal cemetery, part was leased to gardener Albert Reetz for the purpose of a horticultural farm. Reetz used some of the tombstones, among others. as foundations for a greenhouse.
After 1945, the abandoned cemetery gradually deteriorated. Despite the devastation, there were still a number of matzevot on it. In the 1970s, the authorities of Słupsk decided to remove the remaining tombstones. Shortly before the commencement of the works, Warcisław Machura, an inhabitant of Słupsk, took a series of photos at the cemetery. The cemetery area was incorporated into the nearby municipal cemetery. The building of the former funeral home was taken over by the Monument Conservation Studio.
In 1994, a monument was unveiled at the cemetery, resembling a matzevah with a semi-circular top, with an inscription in Hebrew and Polish: “In memory of the Jews whose ashes rest in this land. Inhabitants and city authorities of Słupsk. 1994”.
In 2009, the alley running by the cemetery fence was given the name of Rabbi Dr. Max Joseph – the last rabbi of Słupsk.
A few fragments of the discovered tombstones were secured in the former funeral home.
(K. Bielawski, cmentarze-zydowskie.pl)

Photos of fragments of a few saved matzevot deposited in the beit-tahara:
https://koszalin.gosc.pl/gal/pokaz/1773457.Cmentarz-zydowski-w-Slupsku/8#gt

Photos of memorial plate erected in 1994:
https://koszalin.gosc.pl/gal/pokaz/1773457.Cmentarz-zydowski-w-Slupsku/6#gt