Wielopole Skrzynskie Jewish Cemetery

Cemetery Information

Country
Poland
Region
Subcarpathian Voivodeship
District
Ropczyce-Sędziszów
Settlement
Wielopole Skrzyńskie
Site address
23, Wielopole Skrzyńskie Street.
GPS coordinates
49.94479, 21.61881
Perimeter length
351 metres
Is the cemetery demolished
yes
Type and height of existing fence
There is an iron fence around the Holocaust memorial.
Preservation condition
Unfenced Jewish cemetery
General site condition
The cemetery is located in a field on the eastern outskirts of Wielopole Skrzyńskie. The territory of the cemetery is covered with wild grass. There is Holocaust memorial to the 43 people killed in the territory of the cemetery.
Number of existing gravestones
10 tombstones (3 intact and some fragments) were returned to the cemetery and placed near the Holocaust memorial.
Date of oldest tombstone
1915 (sztetl.org.pl)
Date of newest tombstone
1935
Urgency of erecting a fence
High
Land ownership
Other
Preserved construction on site
No
Drone surveys
Yes

Historical overview

The cemetery wasa demolished during WW2. Some gravestones were returned to the site and the Holocaust monument was erected.