Slużewo (Wolka) Jewish Cemetery
Cemetery Information
Country
Poland
Region
Kuyavian-Pomeranian
District
Aleksandrów Kujawski
Settlement
Służewo (Wólka)
Site address
1F, Księżyzna Street.
GPS coordinates
52.84805, 18.64094
Perimeter length
261 meters
Is the cemetery demolished
yes
Type and height of existing fence
No fence.
Preservation condition
Demolished Jewish cemetery that has not been built over
General site condition
The cemetery area is quite overgrown by dense grass, it looks like it’s a private field partially. There’s a small iron sign marking that there used to be a Jewish cemetery.
Number of existing gravestones
No tombstones preserved.
Date of oldest tombstone
N/A
Date of newest tombstone
N/A
Urgency of erecting a fence
High
Land ownership
Private
Preserved construction on site
No
Drone surveys
No
Historical overview
The cemetery is located in remote farmland. There is a metal sign showing the cemetery location. The 18th century cemetery south of the village was turned into a garbage dump during the war and finally cleaned in 1987. Before the war, a metal fence with a gate surrounded the cemetery containing a brick building [beit tahara?] and a wooden caretaker house. The Nazis destroyed the cemetery. No gravestones remain, only vegetation. The Nazis stole the gravestones to shore up the lake shore or build pavements. Some are part of a fence of a local property.
