Wodzislaw Slaski Jewish Cemetery
Cemetery Information
Country
Poland
Region
Silesian Voivodeship
District
Wodzisław Śląski
Settlement
Wodzisław Śląski
Site address
The cemetery area is situated about 100 meters to the west of 2, Stroma Street, Wodzisław Śląski.
GPS coordinates
49.997395, 18.4639192
Perimeter length
320 meters
Is the cemetery demolished
yes
Type and height of existing fence
The area of the Jewish cemetery is fenced but as a Soviet soldiers memorial cemetery rather than a Jewish cemetery. It has a metal fence about 1.8 meters in height.
Preservation condition
Demolished and overbuilt Jewish cemetery
General site condition
The Jewish cemetery was destroyed during World War II. After the war, the cemetery area was transformed into a Soviet military cemetery. No visible historical traces of the existence of a Jewish cemetery have survived. At the entrance to the cemetery, there is a monument in the form of two joined matzevot, in recognition that this site was a Jewish cemetery before the war.
Number of existing gravestones
No Jewish tombstone has survived on the site. A few matzevot found in the city are kept in the museum in Wodzisław Śląski.
Date of oldest tombstone
N/A
Date of newest tombstone
N/A
Urgency of erecting a fence
Fence is not needed
Land ownership
State
Preserved construction on site
No
Drone surveys
No
Historical overview
