Sopot Jewish Cemetery
Cemetery Information
Country
Poland
Region
Pomeranian Voivodeship
District
Sopot (Tri-City metropolitan area)
Settlement
Sopot
Site address
32, Jacka Malczewskiego Street. Cadastral parcel no. 226401_1.0001.AR_17.½
GPS coordinates
54.450749, 18.546168
Perimeter length
249 metres
Is the cemetery demolished
no
Type and height of existing fence
The cemetery is fenced with two types of fencing: a wall with metal rails at the front, and a concrete wall made of prefabricated elements on the other sides. Fencing height varies between 1.8–2meters.
Preservation condition
Fenced and protected Jewish cemetery
General site condition
Well preserved and maintained Jewish cemetery, fenced and protected. There is a historic cemetery gate with information boards in Polish and Hebrew. It is located in a park with some old trees preserved. Some minor repairs are required.
Number of existing gravestones
In the 1980s, thorough inventory works were carried out at the cemetery. As a result, about 100 tombstones were counted and the foundations of an ohel were discovered.
Date of oldest tombstone
1920
Date of newest tombstone
N/A
Urgency of erecting a fence
Fence is not needed
Land ownership
State
Preserved construction on site
There are ohel foundations discovered in the 1980s and a historic cemetery gate.
Drone surveys
No
Historical overview
Two interested articles about Sopot Jewish Cemetery history (in Polish):
1) “«Ze Shaar Elohim» – History of the Jewish necropolis in Sopot” (Dec 12, 2016 by Natalia Dyckin)
https://impuls.nzsug.pl/ze-szaar-elohim-historia-zydowskiej-nekropolii-w-sopocie/
2) “Jewish cemetery in Sopot” (Nov 28, 2020; InfoGdansk):
