Wrzesnia New Jewish Cemetery
Cemetery Information
Country
Poland
Region
Greater Poland Voivodeship
District
Września
Settlement
Września
Site address
Between Piastów and Słowackiego streets, around 11, Piastów Street.
GPS coordinates
52.32349, 17.58934
Perimeter length
717 meters
Is the cemetery demolished
yes
Type and height of existing fence
No fence.
Preservation condition
Demolished and overbuilt Jewish cemetery
General site condition
No traces of the cemetery have survived. The cemetery was destroyed by the Nazis in the 1940s. After the war, apartment blocks were built in its place. During construction, bones and fragments of clothes were found. It is not known what happened to them.
Number of existing gravestones
One tombstone has survived and is currently located in the yard of the Museum in Września. The tombstone was taken out from a lake near the cemetery.
Date of oldest tombstone
N/A
Date of newest tombstone
1890
Urgency of erecting a fence
Fence is not needed
Land ownership
Private
Preserved construction on site
No
Drone surveys
No
Historical overview
There is a testimony of a witness who provided information that the entrance to the cemetery was from Słowackiego Street, while the bones were found at the construction site of building number 7 at Piastów Street. http://cmentarze-zydowskie.pl/wrzesnia.htm
