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Tczew Old Jewish Cemetery (also known as Górka Jewish Cemetery)

Cemetery Information

Country
Poland
Region
Pomeranian Voivodeship
District
Tczew
Settlement
Tczew
Site address
The cemetery is located at the back of the factory belonging to the "Huber & Suhner" company (producer of components and solutions for electrical and optical connections) at 26, Bałdowska Street and the storehouse belonging to the "Uniq Logistic sp. z o.o." transport and logistics company at 27, Bałdowska Street. Cadastral parcel no. 221401_1.0014.13/3
GPS coordinates
54.065816, 18.799401
Perimeter length
241 metres
Is the cemetery demolished
no
Type and height of existing fence
No fenced.
Preservation condition
Unfenced Jewish cemetery
General site condition
Partly heavily overgrown Jewish cemetery with some preserved tombstones. It is located on a hill next to agricultural land and two large warehouses owned by private companies. The cemetery is not marked in any form.
Number of existing gravestones
Four matzevot probably in their original places and six matzevot stacked in a pile. All of these are badly damaged.
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
Yes

Historical overview

The cemetery is located between the town of Tczew and the village of Bałdowo.
The cemetery was established in the 19th century. It occupies an area of ​​0.23 hectares and is situated on a small hill, on a plan similar to a rectangle. It is surrounded on the north and west sides by a ditch, and on the south and east sides by slopes.
Like most other Jewish cemeteries in Pomerania, the necropolis was devastated during World War II, and this process continued in later years. The cemetery was officially closed in 1972. In 1992, the necropolis was sold to a private company for the purpose of building a fruit concentrate plant there. In the 1990s, there were still several dozen matzevot in the cemetery.
A lapidarium was established at the site of the cemetery. Fragments of tombstones and a plaque with an inscription in Polish and Hebrew: “Lev Hasharon. Tczew. There was a Jewish community in Tczew until the beginning of World War II. On this hill in the years 1835–1939 there was a cemetery of the Jewish community in Tczew. God save their souls.”
On one of the preserved matzevot – partially destroyed – there are hands spread in a gesture of blessing and a Hebrew inscription: “Here lies our teacher and rabbi, Jacob, the son of our teacher, Rabbi Simon, a righteous priest, passed away in his old age. Hoshana Rabbah … “. The year of his death remains unknown. It is possible that it is the stele from the grave of Rabbi Dr. Jakub Caro.
(sztetl.org.pl)

Tczew Old Jewish Cemetery
Tczew Old Jewish Cemetery
Tczew Old Jewish Cemetery
Tczew Old Jewish Cemetery
Tczew Old Jewish Cemetery
Tczew Old Jewish Cemetery
Tczew Old Jewish Cemetery
Tczew Old Jewish Cemetery
Tczew Old Jewish Cemetery
Tczew Old Jewish Cemetery
Tczew Old Jewish Cemetery
Tczew Old Jewish Cemetery
Tczew Old Jewish Cemetery
Tczew Old Jewish Cemetery
Tczew Old Jewish Cemetery
Tczew Old Jewish Cemetery
Tczew Old Jewish Cemetery
Tczew Old Jewish Cemetery
Tczew Old Jewish Cemetery
Tczew Old Jewish Cemetery
Tczew Old Jewish Cemetery
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