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DABER: (German) see Dobra Nowogardzka

DABIE:     US Commission No. POCE000702
The cemetery is located in Dabie, at 18 Lesna Street (Wiesiolkow), in Koninskie at 52º05 18º49, 20 km from Kolo. Present population is 1,000-5,000 with no Jews.
     In 1792, Icek Heyman, the first Jew, lived in Dabie. The Progressive/Reform and Orthodox Jewish cemetery existed as of 1811; the first burial was February 3, 1822. Living here were Rabbi Fabius Kowalski (up to 1848); Lejzer Glicenstein, Icek Rozental (1882), Abram Laski, and Abel Lewin, teachers (1895). The last known Jewish burial was 1939. Karszew, Tarnowka Wiesiotowska, Krupin Wies, Ladorudz, Chelmno, Chojny, Kietczewek Wies Ladorudz and Majdany and other villages, 2-10 km away, used the cemetery. The rural (agricultural) isolated crown of a hill has no wall or fence. Access, turning directly off a public road, is open to all. The approximate size of the cemetery before WWII and today is 0.72 ha. No gravestones are visible. Two sandstone removed stones are in the Museum in Konin; a number of stones were incorporated into roads or structures. A private individual (see above) owns the cemetery used for animal grazing. Occasionally, private visitors stop. The cemetery was vandalized during World War II. No maintenance or care. A pre-burial house was destroyed in 1945 during the war. Moderate threats: uncontrolled access and weather erosion.
     Lucja Pawlicka-Nowak, 62-510 Konin, 15, 11 Listopada St., Ap. 76, tel. No. 43 43 56 visited and completed survey on September 3, 1992. The work of Dr. J. Mujto, literature and an interview with Ms. Zurowska, Dabie, 18, Lesna St. (the cemetery) were used.

DABROWA BIALOSTOCKA:     US Commission No. POCE000105 Alternate name: Dubrawa in Yiddish. The town is in region Bialostocka region at 53º40 23º21, 65 km from Bialegostoku and 25 km from Augustowa. The cemetery is located in Dabrowa Bialostocka by the intersection of Sztabinska and Suchowolska Streets. Present population is 5,000-25,000 with no Jews.      The earliest known Jewish community was the beginning of the 18th century. 1921 census Jewish population was 1218. Living here were Chaim Mosze Gerszon Mowszowicz, Rabbi Chaim Kac, and Rabbi Menachem Mendel. The was Orthodox, Conservative, and Progressive/Reform Jewish cemetery was established at the beginning of the 19th century with last known Jewish burial around 1943. Surrounding villages 5 to 10 km away used the cemetery. The isolated suburban hillside between fields and woods has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a private road, access is open to all with is no wall, fence, or gate. The approximate size of the cemetery before WWII was 1 ha and today is 0.6 ha. 20 to 100 gravestones remain. 1 to 20 gravestones are no longer in original locations. Less than 25% of the surviving stones are toppled or broken. The gravestones date from 1860 to 20th cemeteries. granite, sandstone, slate, and concrete (cement rough stones or boulders, flat shaped stones, finely smoothed and inscribed stones, or flat stones with carved relief decoration have Hebrew inscriptions. Some tombstones have traces of painting on their surfaces. No known mass graves. The municipality currently owns the cemetery used as a Jewish cemetery and for agriculture (crops or animal grazing). Properties adjacent are agricultural and residential. Private visitors and local residents visit the cemetery rarely. The cemetery was vandalized during World War II and not in the last ten years, but occasionally between. No maintenance, care, or structures. Moderate threats: uncontrolled access, weather erosion, and vandalism. Vegetation and incompatible nearby development (existing) pose slight threats.
     This site was visited between 1989 and 1990 by Tomasz Wisniewski, Bialystok, Bema 95/99, Tel. 212-46, who completed survey on August 10, 1991. He interviewed Bronislaw Markowski, Dabrowa Bialostocka (nie zyje), notatka w zbiorze autora.
DABROWA BIALOSTOCKA II:     US Commission No POCE000106
     The cemetery is located in Dabrowa Bialostocka, on the river Kropiwna, between the old streets Sztabinska and Sklodowskiej, in region Bialostocka. See Dabrowa Bialostocka I for town details. The Jewish cemetery was established in the mid-18th century with last known Orthodox or Conservative Jewish burial at the beginning of the 19th century. Communities from surrounding villages up to 15 km away used the cemetery. The cemetery does not exist today.
     The approximate size of the cemetery before WWII was 1 ha. The cemetery was vandalized during World War II. The site was visited in 1990 and Tomasz Wisniewski, Bialystok, Bema 95/99, Tel. 212-46 conducted the survey, on September 29, 1991. He interviewed Bronislaw Markowski.
     The materials above are either outdated or in error. Of the two separate descriptions of the cemetery and town, the first is reasonably accurate but does not reflect the restoration that was completed in June 1995. The history of the shtetl was related in a Yizkor book published by me in 1979, now out of print. A new edition will include exciting events leading up to June 1995 when a small group from America and Israel gathered to rededicate the cemetery that now is surrounded by a solid brick wall. There also is an iron gate and a plaque that commemorates the site although no work was done to restore the decaying gravestones. The local caretaker is Jan Jarjecki who was instrumental in accepting money raised by the Holsteins and overseeing the completed work. The new edition of the memorial book will be available, about June 1998 from me, the author, at the following address: Michael Nevins, 808 Arcadia Place, River Vale, NJ 07675. [date? 1998]
     Two sisters, Rena Holstein(d.1/23/96), and Lily Gritz had a stone wall, iron gate and monument built at the cemetery site. Source: Washington Jewish Week , Rachel B. Levine, Editorial Assistant [9/29/95]

DABROWA GORNICZA:     US Commission No. POCE000253
In Katowice. The US Commission is not finished rechecking this file. [2000]
The following is a list of Jewish cemeteries in Zaglembie. I have personally visted most of them: Bedzin - ul. Podzamcze, Bedzin - ul. Zawale (now a park), Bedzin - ul. Sielecka (bus terminal), Czeladz - ul. Czealdzka 64 (also used by Bedzin community), Sosnowiec - ul. Gospodarcza 1, Sosnowiec (Modzejow) - ul. Niwka Pastewna, Sosnowiec (Milowice) - ul. Stalowa, Dabrowa Gornicza - ul. Wolka 5, Dabrowa gornicza - ul. Mydlice, Wolbrom - ul. Skalska, Zawiercie - ul. Daszynskiego, Kromolow - ul. Piaskowa 29, Olkusz - ul. Kopalniana, Olkusz - ul. Olowiana, Boleslaw - Krzykawka 139 (used by Slawkow community), I have many photos of these cemeteries. You should also consult the following:
     For your information a book listing every tombtone in the Zawiercie cemetery will be published shortly. Also, I am involved in a project to publish a book on the old Jewish cemetery in Bedzin which dates back to 1808. Anyone interested in this book, please contact me. Jeffrey Cymbler JCYMBLER@aol.com [November 2000 on JewishGen Digest]

DABROWA TARNOWSKA:
US Commission No. POCE000019
In Tarnow. The US Commission is not finished rechecking this file. [2000]
     Source: Gruber, Ruth Ellen. Jewish Heritage Travel: A Guide to East-Central Europe . New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1992. p. 44
     UPDATE: http://www.polishjews.org/photos/phsynag.htm has synagogue sketch. [August 2005]

DABROWNO:
     Called Gilgenburg in German; located in Olsztyn. The US Commission is not finished rechecking this file. [2000]
     Source: Gruber, Ruth Ellen. Jewish Heritage Travel: A Guide to East-Central Europe . New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1992. p. 75
US Commission No. POCE000259

DALESZYCE:     US Commission No. POCE000285
In Kielce region at 50º49N 20º46E, 18 km from Kielce. The cemetery is between the roads to Staszow and Napekow. Present population is under 1,000-5,000 with no Jews.
     The earliest known Jewish community was 1869. 1921 census shows 306 Jews (10%). The Jewish cemetery was established in 1823, "as epidemic" cemetery. The last known Jewish burial was in 1942. The suburban crown of a hill, separate but near other cemeteries, has no sign or marker. Access, turning directly off a public road, is open to all with no wall, fence, or gate. The approximate size of the cemetery before WWII was about 3 ha and is approximately 0.72 ha. today. There are no visible gravestones, structures, or known mass graves. Municipality owns property used for a park. Properties adjacent are agricultural. Compared to 1939, the cemetery boundaries enclose a smaller area reduced by agriculture. Rarely, private visitors stop. The cemetery was vandalized during World War II. No maintenance or care. Moderate threats: uncontrolled access, weather erosion, pollution, vegetation, and incompatible nearby development (existing). Dr. Adam Penkalla, ul. Gagarina 9, m. 24, Radom, tel. 48 - 366 35 34 visited the site and completed this survey from his personal documentation.

DANIR: see NUR
DANZIG-STOLZENBERG: See Gdansk-Chelm
DARTOWO: used cemetery at Rusko

Death Camp Sites:
"The Polish government has preserved the death camp sites. At Treblinka, where 80,000 Jews perished, signs in six languages, including Yiddish, tell exactly what happened. Similar is the case in Chelmno, Sobibor, Belzec, Auschwitz, and Trawiniki concentration camps. At Majdanek death camp near Lublin, a huge museum has been established, giving prominent place to the suffering of the Jews." Source: Freedman, Warren. World Guide for the Jewish Traveler . NY: E.P. Dutton Inc, 1984. Extracted by Bernard Kouchel, koosh@att.net
See: Major Concentration Camps of Eastern Europe

DASHEV:
Located in Vinnitsa province. "..all of the old Jewish cemetery, located near the railway crossing, was dug with pits [mass graves]. ... Even in Dashev town where Jews are still living, in the guarded cemetery, some graves were dug up in search of gold." Source: Jewish Heritage Report: http://www.isjm.org/jhr/nos3-4/ukrcem.htm [March 2002]

DEBICA:
US Commission No. POCE000020
In Tarnow. The US Commission is not finished rechecking this file. [2000]
      http://www.geocities.com/~pisrael Alternate names: Dembica-Dembitz. [October 2000].
     Source: Ruth Ellen. Jewish Heritage Travel: A Guide to East-Central Europe . New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1992. p. 75
     "The cemetery has been restored to a small extent." Source: Cohen, Chester G. "Jewish Cemeteries in Southern Poland" from `An Epilogue' in Shtetl Finder . 1980.
http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Kolbuszowa (Shtetlink) [November 2002]
     UPDATE: http://www.polishjews.org/photos/phcemet.htm has photo. http://www.polishjews.org/photos/debica.htm has synagogue photo. [August 2005]

DEBLIN-IRENA: used the cemetery at Bobrowniki

DEBNO:     US Commission No. POCE000351
The German name of the town was Neudamm. Debno is at 52º41N 14º54E, 35km from Gorzow Wup?. The cemetery is in the SW part of the town by the dirt road. Present population is 5,000-25,000 with no Jews.
     The Progressive/ Reform Jewish cemetery was established in the mid-19th century. The suburban isolated flat land has no sign or marker. Access, turning directly off a public road, is open to all with no wall, fence, or gate. The approximate size of the cemetery before WWII and now is 0.22 ha. There are no visible gravestones. Municipality owns property is now not used. Properties adjacent are agricultural. Local residents rarely visit. The cemetery was vandalized during World War II. No maintenance or care. There are no structures. No threats. Henryk Grecki, 70-534 Szezecin, Ul. Sottysia 3/73, tel. 377-41, completed survey on August 14, 1991. The site was not visited. The Karte cmentarza was used.

DEBRZNO:     US Commission No. POCE0000775
Alternate name: Preussisch Friedland in German. Debrzno is located in Skupskie province,at 53º32 17º14, 20 km from Czluchow. The cemetery is located on ul. Mokotowska 2. Present town population is 5,000-25,000; no Jews.
     The earliest known Jewish community was 18th century. The Progressive/Reform cemetery was established in the 18th century with last known burial around 1940. No other communities used this unlandmarked cemetery. The isolated, urban flat area at the top of a hill has no sign or marker. Reached by turning off a public road, access is open to all with no wall fence, or gate. The cemetery was about.30 hectares before WWII and now. No gravestones remain. The municipality owns the property used for a residential area. It was vandalized during WWII. There has been no maintenance or care. Within the limits of the cemetery are no structures. Incompatible development is very serious threat. Henryk Grecki, 70-534 Szechin ul, Soltysia, Tel 330-741 completed this survey on 9 March 1993, based on a site visit in August 1992.

DEBRZNO WIES:     US Commission No. POCE000405
Called Dobrin in German, Debrzno Wies is located in the Pila region at 53º22 17º14, 25 km from Chojnice. Present town population is 1,000-5,000 with no Jews.
     The earliest known Jewish community was 1664. The Progressive/Reform Jewish population as of the last prewar census was 118. The cemetery was established in the 17th Century. Other towns or villages that used this cemetery were Lebrzno and Lilae?, about 1 km and 5km from it. The isolated suburban area near water has sign or marker. Reached by turning off a public road, access is open to all with no fence or gate. The.20 hectares size is unchanged since WWII. The approximate number of gravestones in the cemetery is less than 20, all in original location. Fewer than 25% are broken or toppled. No special sections. The oldest gravestone is about 1715; others date from the 18th-20th centuries. The granite and sandstone varieties of shapes have Hebrew and German inscriptions. No known mass graves. The present owner is a regional or national government agency; adjacent properties are recreational, residential, agricultural, and recreational. The property is used for Jewish cemetery. The cemetery has few visitors. There has been no maintenance or care. Within the limits of the cemetery are no structures. Vandalism is a moderate threat. Security, Weather erosion and Vegetaion are slight threats. Henryk Grecki, 70-534 Szcrecin ul, Soctysia 3173, Tel 377-41 completed this survey on 30 August 1991. The site was not visited.

DEMBITSA: see DEBICA
DEMBITZ: see DEBICA
DEUTSCH EYLAU: See Ilawa
DEUTSCH KRONE: (German) see Wakcz
DIRSCHAU: See Tczew I II and (III)
DOBCZYCE: used Myslenice
DOBERCIL: (or possibly Dober?il) (Yiddish) see Dobra
DOBERLEIL: See Dobra
DOBERSCHUTZ: See Dobrzyca

DOBIEGNIEW:     US Commission No. POCE0000361
Dobiegniew is located in Gorzow Wlkp at 52º58 15º45, 40 km from Gorzow Wlkp. Cemetery location: Zukowa Street, in the NE part of town, on Lake Wielgie. Present town population is under 25,000 with no Jews.
     1921 Jewish population was 51. The Progressive/Reform cemetery was established at the beginning of the 19th century. Another town using this unlandmarked cemetery was Bierzwnik. The isolated suburban area near a water body has no sign or marker. Reached by turning off a public road, access is open; there is no wall, fence, or gate. The original size of the cemetery was 10 hectares; it now is liquidated. The approximate number of gravestones in the cemetery is fewer than 20, none in original location. Stones are dispersed along the road. The oldest gravestone is 1892; others sandstone gravestones with inscriptions in Hebrew and German date from the 19th century. No known mass graves. A private individual owns the property that is now used for agriculture. Nearby properties are agricultural. It was vandalized during WWII. There has been no maintenance or care. Within the limits of the cemetery are no structures. No threats except vandalism. Henryk Grecki, 70-534 Szcrecin ul, Soctysia 3173, Tel 377-41 completed this survey on 14 Oct. 1991. The site was not visited.

DOBRA:     US Commission No. POCE0000703
Alternate names: Dobercil(?) in Yiddish. Dobra is located in Koninskie. The town is located at 51º55 18º37, 15 km from Turek. The cemetery is located on Kilinskiego St. Present town population is 1,000- 5,000; no Jews.
     The earliest known Jewish community was 1521 according to "Liber Beneficiorum" of J. Laski. In 1936, there were 1040 Jews among 2802 inhabitants. The last Rabbi before World War II was Rabbi Isahar Beer. The cemetery was established around 1880 replacing the old one by the former synagogue. The last know burial was probably 13 Jews who were killed in 1941-2 during their escape from where they had gathered in a church. The old cemetery was used by Turek; the new only by Dobra. The unlandmarked cemetery on an isolated suburban hilltop has no sign or marker. Reached by turning off a public road, access is open to all with no wall, fence, or gate. The cemetery was about 1 hectare before WWII; the same now. Around 60 matserot are at the private lot belonging to Mr. Cerpst, 33 Dekerta St. During the German occupation the mayor (Unger) lived there. Two fragments are at Mr. Kupczyk's lot, 2 Ks. Sperczynskiego St. (Original form included a sketch). 
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 |   |   |* | * = matzerot
 |   |   |* | x traces of basements
 |   |   |  | | line inside = traces of road
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The fewer than 20 gravestones, none in original location with fewer than 25% toppled or broken, date from the 19th century. Sandstone tombstones with carved relief decoration have been removed to 33 Dekerta St., Dobra, around the house and into the bridge over the ditch between the road to Sieradz and the dirt road 100 meters from the cemetery. Some have traces of painting. No known mass graves. The municipality owns the property now a pine forest surrounded by farmland. The few visitors are private local residents. It was vandalized during WWII. There has been no maintenance or care. Within the limits of the cemetery are no structures. Vegetation overgrowth is only threat.
     Lucja Pawlicka-Nowak, 62-510 Konin, ul. 11 Listopada 15/76, tel. 43 43 56 completed survey on 28 August 1992 based on a site visit on 27 August 1992, literature, and an interview with Stanislaw Stasiak, Dobra, ul. Kalinskiego 136.

DOBRE MIASTO:     US Commission No. POCE0000260
Alternate name: Guttstadt in German. Dobre Miasto is located in region Olsztynskie at 53º59 20º24, 26 km from Olsztyn. The cemetery is located at Olsztynska St. opposite the Roman Catholic cemetery. Present town population is 5,000-25,000; no Jews.
     The earliest known Jewish community was 1824. 1938 Orthodox and Progressive/Reform Jewish population was 48. The cemetery was established in the second half of the 19th century. The last known burial was late 1930s. No other communities used this cemetery unlandmarked suburban, flat land near other cemeteries with no sign or marker. Reached by turning off a public road, access is open to all with is no wall, fence, or gate. The cemetery was about.20 hectares before WWII; no change. No gravestones remain. No known mass graves. The municipality owns the property used for a recreational area surrounded by residential land. Few visitors stop. Maintenance or care is some clearing of vegetation by the municipality. Within the limits of the cemetery are no structures. No threats. Wiktor Krercer 10-685 Olsztyn, ul. Barcza 33m16, tel. 33-86-07 completed survey in Oct. 1991 based on a site visit. Documentation: Frederichs, Deutsches Studtebuch... Stuttgart 1939. Interviews were conducted.
     UPDATE: I noticed that the description of the cemetery is totally wrong. The remains are from the Protestant cemetery. The Jewish cemetery was at another location. I was told that the Polish authorities built houses on it. I will try to get information. Bianca Perle-Ferone perle@wolfsburg.de [11 December 2000]
     The German Catholic cemetery, now Polish, is still active. The former German Protestant cemetery, across the street, was only a green meadow without care and no remains of the wall or the graves, when I visited it 1993. The Jewish cemetery, northeast of the city, is not on the road to Allenstein (Olsztyn.) There is a small book: Geschichte der jüdischen Gemeinde in Guttstadt by Fritz Halpern Guttstadt, 1927. After the foundation of the community 20 May 1814, the Jews bought a small area for the cemetery on May 24, 1814. It was about 40 m x38 m. In the small book, there are three not very good pictures, one of the interior of the synygogue and two of some graves, which I can send. Since I plan to visit my birthtown this year, I will find out more information. Source: Joachim Perle perle@wolfsburg.de . [17 Jan 2001]
     UPDATE: I was born in Dobre Miasto after WWII. I recall childhood memories of remnants of the Jewish cemetery that was not to far from the forest line near the small local sandy road that lead to a place inside of the forest called "Wachmile". (I don't know if it is a correct spelling of that place in the forest, perhaps it was just pronunciation of German name.) On the right side of that sandy road walking toward Dobre Miasto were a few stones on a place covered with grass close to that sandy road. That was about 40 years ago. On that area were built houses so I think that small cemetery does not exist anymore. Bozena Sitkowska, New York. bositkowska@earthlink.net [April 2007]
     UPDATE: Solders of Red Army destroyed 65% of all buildings in Dobre Miasto. My son went to Poland in April 2007 and brought many pictures of Dobre Miasto. Next to a newly built gymnasium and close to the sandy road I remember from my childhood, (now paved) is a new small Catholic church, probably built on the old synagogue foundation. The small Jewish cemetery and synagogue were reached by walking from "Wachmile" along a sandy glade, across a spring with little bridge in the forest toward Dobre Miasto. On the right was the cemetery and on the left side was the synagogue. Bozena Sitkowska. bositkowska@earthlink.net The address is unknown. [June 2007]

DOBRA NOWOGARDZKA:     US Commission No. POCE0000197
Alternate name: Daber in German. Dobra Nowogardzka is located in region Szczecim at 53º48 15º00. Present town population is 5,000-25,000; no Jews.
     The earliest known Jewish community was around 1866. Prewar Jewish population was 145. The cemetery was established about 1848 or 1860 with last known Orthodox burial around 1938. No other communities used this unlandmarked cemetery. The isolated, urban land has no sign or marker. Reached by turning off a public road, access is open to all with a fence with an unlocked gate. The cemetery was about .09 hectares before WWII and 04 hectares now. No gravestones remain. The municipality owns the property used for a recreational area surrounded by farmland. Few visitors. It was vandalized during WWII. There has been no maintenance or care. Within the limits of the cemetery are no structures. Serious threats from lack of security. Weather and erosion are moderate threats. Dr. Alojzy Kowalczyk, ul. Moniuski 4/B 73-11- Stargard; 73-44-40 completed survey on 28 Oct. 1991 based on a site visit on same date.

DOBRIN: (German) see Debrzno Wies

DOBRODZIEN:     US Commission No. POCE000161
Called Guttentag in German; located in Czestochowa. The US Commission is not finished rechecking this file. [2000]

DOBRZANY:     US Commission No. POCE0000198
Dobrzany is located in region Szczecim at 53º14 15º16. The cemetery is located on ul. Mickiewicza. Present town population is 5,000-25,000; no Jews.
     The earliest known Jewish community was around 1872. The Orthodox cemetery was established about 1850 with last known burial in 1940. Biala, gm Dobrzany and Kepno, about 6 km. away, also used this unlandmarked cemetery. The isolated, urban land has no sign or marker. Reached by turning off a public road, access is open to all. A broken masonry wall and an unlocked gate surround. The cemetery was about .15 hectares before WWII;.01 hectares now as a result of encroaching housing and commercial development. Either 1-20 stones OR 20-100 stones in original location date from 1864 to 20th century. The granite and sandstone flat shaped stones have Hebrew and German inscriptions. No known mass graves. The municipality owns the property used for recreation and commerce. Occasionally, private visitors and local residents visit. It was vandalized during WWII. Maintenance or care is limited to some stones reerection. Within the limits of the cemetery are no structures. The only threat is encroaching development.
     Dr. Alojzy Kowalczyk, ul. Moniuski 4/B 73-110 Stargard; 73-44-40 completed survey on 12 Oct. 1991 based a review of Karta Cmentarza 1990 and an interview with Jozef Gierak, ul. Mickiewicza, Dobrzany on 10.10.1991.

DOBRZYCA:     US Commission No. POCE000475
Dobrzyca is located in region Kaliskie at 51º52 17º36, 82 km SE of Poznan. The cemetery is located in the fields at the end of Wrobinskiego St. Present town population is 1,000- 5,000; no Jews.
     1921 Jewish population was 6. The linguist, Jakub Levi, lived here. The unlandmarked Progressive/Reform cemetery was established during the 19th century. The isolated, rural, flat area surrounded by farmland has no sign or marker. Reached by turning off a dirt road, access is open to all with no wall, fence, or gate. No gravestones remain. The municipality owns the property used as a waste dump. No visitors. No known mass graves, structures, maintenance or care. It was vandalized during and following WWII. The only threat is from vegetation overgrowth disturbing graves.
     Michal Witwicki, Dembowskiego 12/54, 02-784, Warszawa, completed this survey on 16 Oct. 1991, tel. 28-10-1991 based on a site visit interviews with Elenora Piergoman and Mr. Robert Ciernak, employee of the community office.

DOBRZYKOW: used the cemetery at Gabin

DOLSK:     US Commission No. POCE000437
Alternate name: Dolzig in German. Dolsk is located in region Poznaniskie at 17º05 51º59, 60 km from Poznan. The cemetery is located 2 km NW of the town. Present town population is 1,000- 5,000; no Jews.
No Jews in the 1921 census. This unlandmarked Conservative cemetery on isolated, flat area near fields and woods has no sign or marker. Reached by crossing other public property, access is open to all with no wall, fence, or gate. No gravestones remain. The municipality owns the property with no maintenance or care. It covers the same area as 1939. Within the limits of the cemetery are no structures. Threats are vegetation overgrowth, uncontrolled access, pollution, and vandalism. Some graves have been dug up.
     Stacsomi(?) Pniewski, ul. Pnylyowskiego 61/9, Poznan completed survey in August 1991 based on a 1989 visit, a review of a 1740 German map (1:25,000), and interviews with local residents.

DOLSKA: See Dolsk
DOLZIG: See Dolsk
DRAMBURG: (German) see Drawsko Pomorskie

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DRAWNO:     US Commission No. POCE000352
Called Neuwedell in German. Drawno is located in Gorzon Wlkp at 53º43 15º45, 45 km from Stargard Szczecinski. Cemetery is in the N part of town near the dirt road. Present town population is 1,000- 5,000; no Jews.
     The unlandmarked Progressive/Reform cemetery was established at the beginning of the 18th century. No other towns or villages used this cemetery. The isolated urban area on flat land has no sign or marker. Reached by turning off a public road. No caretaker. Access is open to all with no wall or fence. The size of the cemetery before World War II was .20 ha; it is smaller now because of housing development. No gravestones are visible. It contains no known mass graves. A private individual owns the property used for industrial and commercial activities, with residences nearby. The cemetery was vandalized during World War II. There has been no maintenance. There is no care now. No threats. Within the limits of the cemetery are no structures. Henryk Grecki, 70-534 Szcrecin ul. Soctysia 3173, Tel 377-41 completed survey on 14 Aug. 1991. The site was not visited. No other documentation was available.

DRAWSKO POMORSKIE:     US Commission No. POCE000325
Alternate name: (German) Dramburg. The town is located in Koszalin region at 53º.32N 1º.49E, 50 km from Stargard Szczecinski. The cemetery is at m. Loykowa?. Present town population is 5,000-25,000 with no Jews.
     The Reform /Progressive Cemetery was established in the 18th century. It is only Jewish cemetery. The isolated suburban flat land has no markers. Directly off a private road, access is open to all. A broken masonry wall with no gate surrounds the cemetery. It is 0.16 hectares, the same as before World War II. 1-20 gravestones with none in original locations and less than 25% broken, date from 1885. The sandstone flat shaped stones or multi-stone monuments have Hebrew and German inscriptions. There are no known mass graves. Municipality owns site. Properties adjacent are commercial and residential. Rarely, local residents visit. It was vandalized prior to WWII and has no care. There are no structures. Slight threat: weather erosion, pollution and vegetation and a moderate threat from vandalism. Henryk Grecki, 70-534 Szerecin, Soktysia 3/13 Tel. 377-41 completed this survey on Aug. 30, 1991

DREZDENKO:     US Commission No.POCE000353
Alternate name: Driesen in German. Drezdenko is located in Gorzow Wuip region at 52º50N 15º49E, 40 km. from Gorzow Wuip. The cemetery is located in the W part of the town on the river Nolce. Present population of 5000-25000 people: no Jews.
     Jewish population in 1921 was 85. The cemetery was established in the beginning of the 18th century. A Progressive /Reform Jewish community used this cemetery. It is located in an urban area, by the water and separate but near other cemeteries. There is no sign or marker. The cemetery can be reached by turning off a public road. It is open to all and is surrounded by a broken masonry wall with no gate. It was and still is 0.42 hectares in size. There are no stones visible. Municipality owns site. It is now used for recreational use. Properties adjacent are residential. The cemetery is visited frequently by local residents. It was vandalized during WWII. In 1980 some restoration was carried out, but it is not cared for now. Henryk Grecki completed this survey at 70-534 Szcrecin ul. sottysia 3/13 Tel#377-41 on August 14, 1991. The site was not visited and no interviews were conducted.

DRIESEN: (German) see Drezdenko
DRILTCH: see Ilza

DROBIN:     US Commission No. POCE000615
Drobin is located in Wojewodziwc Peockie region at 52º44 19º59, 30 km from Peock and 87 km from Warsaw. The cemetery is located at Ulica Sierpecka. Present town population is 1000-5000 and there are no Jews.
     The earliest known Jewish community was 1735. 1921 Jewish population was 1096. Established in the first half of the 18th century, the last known Orthodox or Conservative Jewish burial was 1945. The isolated urban flat land has no sign, but has Jewish symbols are on the fence and/or gate. The [unlandmarked ?] cemetery is reached by turning directly off a public road and is open to all. A continuous fence with non-working gate surrounds. It was and is approx. 0.7 hectares in size. No stones are visible since it was vandalized during WWII but the cemetery has a memorial monument to Holocaust victims. There are no known mass graves. Municipality owns site used for Jewish cemetery only. Properties adjacent are residential. Occasionally, organized individual tours or private visitors stop. The Jewish Religious Union repaired the wall and gate in 1975. Now authorities occasionally clean the cemetery. Pawel Fijatkowski, Ulica Ziemolita 11, Tel# 227-91 completed survey on November 27, 1991. Documentation: official register of Jewish cemeteries 1981.

DROHICZYN:     US Commission No. POCE000107
Drohiczyn is located in Bialystok at 52º24 23º39, 100 km from Bialystok and 15 km from Siemiatycz. The cemetery is located on the Bug river, 2km E of the town. The town population is 1,000-5,000, no Jews.
     The earliest known Jewish community was first half of the 16th century. 1931 Jewish population was 711. Effecting the Jewish Community were pogroms in 1631 and 1637. Living here were Jezekiel ben Woliwelski and Rabbi Mordechaj Izrael Tirnawski. The Jewish cemetery was established in the beginning of the 19th century with last known Progressive / Reform, Conservative, or Orthodox Jewish burial 1943. Surrounding villages (up to 10km away) also used this cemetery. The isolated rural hillside has no sign. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all with no wall and no gate. The approximate size before WWII was 1.00 hectares and now is 0.45 hectares due to agriculture and post-war devastation. 0 and 100 gravestones, less than 25% toppled or broken, date from 1876 to 20th century. Vegetation overgrowth is a seasonal problem that disturbs the graves and prevents access. Tombstones are sandstone or slate, primarily rough stones or boulders. Some have traces of painting on the surfaces of the stones. Inscriptions are in Hebrew.
     Municipality owns property used for Jewish cemetery only. Adjacent properties are agricultural. The cemetery was vandalized during World War II and occasionally thereafter, but not in the last ten years. No maintenance. Vegetation is a moderate threat. Tomasz Wisniewski, ul. Bema 95/99, Bialystok; Tel: 212-46 compelted survey on 10/08/1991. Tomasz Wisniewski visited the site in 1988-9.
     In his book Jewish Bialystok on p. 73, Wisniewski states that the cemetery is on the "banks of the Bug River (about 1,800 meters east of the city)" and mentions a Jewish presence of "1,000 years" thereby contradicting the information he gave above.
     UPDATE: Cemetery photos at http://www.kirkuty.xip.pl/drohiczyn.htm [January 2006]

DROLTOWICE: probably used cemetery at SYCOW
DROSSEN: (german) see Osno Lubuskie

DRZEWICA:     US Commission No. POCE000088
Drzewica is located in Radomsine region at 51º27N 20º28E, 104 km from Warsaw. The cemetery is on Kolejowa Str. Present town population is between 5000 & 25,000 with no Jews.
     Earliest known Jewish community dates from 1765.1921 population was 1013 Jews (61%). The cemetery was established in 1865 with last known burial 1942. The isolated suburban flat land has no signs or markers and is not maintained. The cemetery is reached by turning directly off a public road. There is no fence, gate, or tombstones. The cemetery property, now used for agriculture, is adjacent to recreational, commercial, or industrial and agricultural land. Mostly tour groups visit rarely. Vandalism took place here during WWII. There are no structures. Adam Penkalla, ul. Gagarina 9m 24 Radom, Tel# 48 - 366 35 34 visited site July 15, 1991 and completed survey on August 2, 1991. No other documentation was used.

DUBIECKO:     US Commission No. POCE000149
Located in Przemysl region, about 33 km from Przemysl at a 22º23 º49.49. The cemetery is N of the town. Present town population is 1000-5000 and there are no Jews.
     In 1921, 977 Orthodox Jews lived there. The isolated rural flat land with no marker or sign is reached by turning directly off a public road and open to all with no fence or gate. Both before WW II and now it is 0.62 hectares in size. 1-20 stones, in original locations but with more than 75% toppled or broken, are made of sandstone. Removed stones are in the road to Wybrzeze ( a village/part of the town at San River). The cemetery contains no mass graves. A regional or national governmental agency owns property used for agricultural as is the adjacent property. Rarely, local residents visit. No threats. It was vandalized during WWII and is currently not maintained. Jan Pawet Woronczak, Sandomierska Str. 21 m.1, 02-567 Warsaw, Tel# 49-54-62 completed this survey on October 16, 1991. Site was visited in August, 1990 and data obtained from the municipal office. Interviews were also conducted.

DUBIENKA:
There is a cemetery there. Source: Mikael Merzan; Mikael.Merzan@uab.ericsson.se

DUBRAWA: (Yiddish) see Dabrowa Bialostocka
DUBROWA-BAILYSTOCKA: see Dabrowa Bialostocka

DUKLA: Wojewodstwo Krosno
DUKLA I:     US Commission No. POCE000720 and
DUKLA II:     US Commission No. POCE000721, In Krosno. The US Commission is not finished rechecking these files. [2000]
     Coming from Slovac-Polish border, cemetery is on the left before you enter village. Dukla is 24 km S of Krosno. The isolated suburban site is about 20 meters off the road. A sign used in Poland to mark places of martyrs, places where victims, Polish or Jewish, suffered from the Third Reich, marks the cemetery. The cemetery is reached by turning directly off a public road. A hedge or row of trees or bushes around it surrounds the cemetery. The cemetery has a broken non-locking gate. The present size of cemetery is 20x30m. Approximately, twenty gravestones are in cemetery. The vegetation overgrowth in the cemetery is a constant problem that is disturbing graves and damaging stones. Water drainage makes cemetery look like a meadow. The present owner is unknown. The cemetery property is marked as memorial with no fresh graves. Properties adjacent are agricultural. The cemetery has no signs of visitors. The cemetery was vandalized: stones overturned, broken or stolen stones, graffiti painted on walls or stones, etc.; graves desecrated. No care or maintenance. Within the limits of the cemetery are no structures. Dr.Erich Fritsch, A-5233 Pischelsdorf 56, O. AUSTRIA, 0043-7742-7400; email: erich.fritsch@sol.at visited the cemetery and completed the form on 14 October 1997.
     Source: They Lived Among Us: Polish Judaica , a travel brochure: Arline Sachs, sachs@nova.org extracted names of townstaht supposedly having Jewish cemeteries. These generally have names only; sometimes a description of famous people who lived there, but no page number.)
     Source: Ruth Ellen. Jewish Heritage Travel: A Guide to East-Central Europe . New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1992. p. 75
      http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/zmigrod/zmigrod.htm and http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/zmigrod/zmigroddukla.htm 49º24 21º41 [October 2000]

DYHERRNFURT: see Brzeg Dolny

DYNOW: I US Commission No. POCE000151
Dynow is located in the province of Przemysl at 49º49 22º14, 43 km from Przemysl. This old cemetery is at Jozefa Pitsudskiego Str. 8. The present population of the town is 1000-5000 and there is no Jewish population. There are two cemeteries for the town.
     1921 Jewish population was 1273. Buried in this unlandmarked Orthodox cemetery are Chi Elimelech (1785-1841) and David G. Cwi (1804-1874). The isolated urban flat land is reached by turning directly off a public road and open to all. There is a continuous fence with non-locking gate. The approximate size is 1.30 hectares both before and after WWII. There are no stones visible. There are no mass graves. Municipality owns property used for recreation. Properties adjacent are either urban or agricultural. Occasionally, organized Jewish group tours visit. The cemetery was vandalized during WWII. Local/municipal authorities and/or Jewish groups abroad fixed wall. Within the cemetery is an ohel. No threats.
     Jan Pawet Woronczak, Sandomierska Str. 21 m.1 02-567, Warsaw, Tel # 49-54-62 completed this survey on December 31, 1991 and visited site in August 1990. Documentation was found at Monuments Conservation office in Przemysl.
DYNOW: II US Commission No. POCE000152
See Dynow I information about town. This (new) cemetery is located S of the town, W 150 m. from the road to Kamrolowka.
     The Orthodox community probably established this cemetery in the 19th century. The isolated suburban hillside has no sign, but has a Jewish symbol on a gate. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open with permission. A continuous fence with a gate that locks surrounds it. It encompasses 0.5 hectares, the same as before WWII. 1-20 gravestones, none in original locations and 50% to 75% of them toppled or broken, date from end of the 19th century to 20th century. The sandstone finely smoothed and inscribed stones with no decorations or portraits have Hebrew inscriptions. There are no known mass graves. Municipality owns property is for Jewish cemetery. Properties adjacent are agricultural. It was vandalized during WWII. The stones have been re-erected and the gate and wall fixed. There is a moderate threat of vandalism and uncontrolled access.
     Jan Pawet Woronczak, Sandomierska Str. 21 m.1 92-567 Warsaw, Tel# 49054-62, completed survey on January 7, 1992. Robert Kaskow and Marcin Wodzinski visited the site in August 1990. Interviews were conducted.

DZIADOWICE: see Klodawa

DZIALDOWO:     US Commission No. POCE000365
Alternate name: Soldau in German. Dzialdowois located in Ciechanow at 53º14 20º11, 21km from Mlawa. The cemetery is located at ul. Sienkiewicza. Present population is 25,000-100,000 with fewer than 10 Jews.
     The earliest known Jewish community was the beginning of the 19th century. 1937 Jewish population (census) was 19. The cemetery was established in the 19th century with last known Jewish burial in 1941. Orthodox, Sephardic Orthodox, Conservative, and Progressive/Reform communities used the unlandmarked cemetery used by no other towns. The isolated urban flat land has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a private road with access open to all has a continuous fence and non-locking gate. The size of cemetery before WWII and now is 0.28 hectares. 20 and 100 visible gravestones, fewer than 20 not in original position and 25% and 50% toppled or broken, date from the 19th century. Vegetation overgrowth is a seasonal problem that prevents access and a constant problem that disturbs the graves. They granite, sandstone, and other materials flat shaped stones, finely smoothed and inscribed stones, flat stones with carved relief decoration, or multi-stone monuments have Hebrew, Yiddish, Polish, German, and Russian inscriptions. The cemetery contains no known mass graves. There are no structures. A regional or national governmental agency owns property used for recreation and a Jewish cemetery. Properties adjacent are residential. Occasionally, private visitors and local residents visit. The cemetery was vandalized during World War II, but not in the last ten years. No maintenance. Vandalism is the most serious threat facing the cemetery.
     Wojcieck Henrykowski, ul. Spoldzielcza 20, 06-200 Makow Mazowiecki completed survey on 03/10/1991. He visited in September 1991. Documentation: collection of Paristwowa Sluzbo Ochrony Zabytkow ( Doskumentaya historyczno Urbanisty-czna Dzioitolowo in the collection PS202 Ciechoinow) [Scientific Documentation of Dzialdowo]. Interviews with the employees of the communal office in Dzialdowo were conducted in September 1991.

DZIALOSZYCE:     US Commission No. POCE000286
Located on Skalbmierska Str, in Kielce region at 50º22N 20º19 E, 31 km. from Jedvzejow. Present town population is 1000-5000 with no Jews.
     Earliest known Jewish community was 1707. 1921 Jewish population was 5618. The cemetery was established in the 18th century with last known Orthodox or Conservative Jewish burial 1942. The isolated suburban crown of a hill is reached by turning directly off a public road. It is open to all with no wall, fence or gate. It was and still is about 2 hectares in size. There are no stones or structures in this cemetery since it was vandalized during WWII. Municipality owns site. Properties adjacent are agricultural. This cemetery is visited rarely and has no maintenance.
     Dr. Adam Penkalla, who may have more information, visited the site at Gagarina 9, ul. 26, 26-600 Radourz, Tel# 48 - 366 35 34 and completed this survey. He used his own documentation.
     "Synagogue ruins" Source: Ruth Ellen. Jewish Heritage Travel: A Guide to East-Central Europe . New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1992. p. 44-45

DZIALOSZYN:     US Commission No.POCE000683
Dzialoszyn is located in Scevadz region at a 51º07N 18º52E, 88 km from Piotrkow Tuybnnalski. The cemetery is located between street: Nieata, and Polna Prostra. Present town population is 1000-5000 with no Jews.
     The earliest known Jewish community is the 17th century. Jewish population in 1921 was 1909 representing 47.9% of the total. The cemetery was established in the 17th century. Last known Conservative or Orthodox burial was in 1939. The isolated urban crown of a hill has sign or plaque in Polish mentioning the Holocaust. The cemetery is reached by turning directly off a public road and open to all. A broken masonry with no gate wall surrounds. It is approx. 1.0 hectares in size, unchanged from before WWII. No tombstones are visible. It was vandalized during WWII. The cemetery contains special memorial monuments to Holocaust victims, but no mass graves. The municipality owns property used for Jewish cemetery only. The adjacent area is residential. It is visited occasionally. No care.
     Adam Penkalla, Gagavina 9124, 26-600 Radom, completed this survey in November 1992. Private documentation was also used to complete this survey as well as on site visitation. No interviews were conducted.

DZIERZGON:     US Commission No. POCE000759
Alternate name: Christburg in German. Dzierzgon (also) is in Woj Elblgskie/Elblizy at 53º56 19º24, 62 km from Gdansk. The cemetery is on Rolnicza Street, by the road to Tywezy. Present town population is 5000-25000 with no Jews.
     Earliest known Jewish community was in 1849 when 262 persons lived there. 1937 Jewish population was 13. In 1812, judenedikt took place. The Orthodox and Progressive cemetery was established in the 19th century. It is landmarked in the Register of Monuments of the voievodship of Elblag. The isolated suburban flat land has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all. A continuous masonry wall with non-locking gate surrounds it. It was and is around 0.35 hectares in size. 20 to 100 stones, all in original locations with less than 25% toppled or broken, date from 1874. The granite, sandstone, or other material tombstones finely smoothed and inscribed stones or flat stones with carved relief decoration. Inscriptions are in Hebrew and German. There are no known mass graves or structures. The present owner is called Forests of the State. Property adjacent to the cemetery is forest. Rarely, private and local visitors stop. It was vandalized during WWII and not maintained now. Vandalism remains a moderate threat.
     Wiktor Knercer, Olsztyn, 10-685, ul Barcza 33/16 Tel# 33-86-07 visited site in June 1992 and completed survey in August 1992. Documentation was "documentation card of 1910-1920.

DZIERZONIOW:     US Commission No. POCE000507
Called Reichenbach in German; located in Walbrzych. The US Commission is not finished rechecking this file. [2000]

DZIERZOULOW:
     Source: They Lived Among Us: Polish Judaica , a travel brochure: Arline Sachs, sachs@nova.org extracted names of townstaht supposedly having Jewish cemeteries. These generally have names only; sometimes a description of famous people who lived there, but no page number.)
     Source: Ruth Ellen. Jewish Heritage Travel: A Guide to East-Central Europe . New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1992. p. 25

DZIKOW:
See Tarnobrzeg I and II
      http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/pilzno/pilzno.html [October 2000]

DZILTCH: See Ilza

THE CEMETERIES "E"

EHRENFORST: (German) see Ujazd)
ELBING: (German): see ELBLAG

ELBLAG:     US Commission No. POCE000760
The German name of the town is Elbing. Located in Elblaskie at 19º23 54º10, 50 km ESE of Gdansk. Cemetery location: ul. Browarna. Present town population is 25,000-100,000 with no Jews.
    "...in the northern section of Westpreussen [the then Prussian province, called West Prussia in English] and ... some 50 km. ESE of then Danzig, now Gdansk--all in present-day Poland. As part of Prussia since about 1780, it had a Jewish population living among Polish Catholics and German Evanglical Lutherans. The Yiddish-speaking Jews, formerly part of the Polish Kingdom, rapidly adopted German language and customs, as did their brethren throughout the Prussian-annexed Westpreussen and Posen provinces." Source: Jim Bennett of Haifa at bennett@coral.co.il . [23 July 2001 on JewishGen Digest]
     The first mention of Jews in the town was 1783. 1933 Jewish population was 367. The Orthodox and Progressive/Reform Jews cemetery was established in the beginning of the 19th century, after 1812. The isolated urban flat land has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all. A broken masonry wall with no gate surrounds the cemetery. The approximate size is.40 haIt contains no known mass graves. Municipality owns property used for park. Properties adjacent are residential. Local residents visit rarely. Within the limits of the cemetery are no structures or gravestones. No threats.
     Wiktor Knercer 10-685 Olsztyn, ul. Barcza 33/16 Tel. 33-86-07 completed survey in 09/1992. Documentation: Mapa w skali 1:25000, 1910-1920, Statistischer Handbuch Fur die Provinz Ostpreuzen, Deutsches Stadtebuch . Knercer visited site in June 1992.

ELK: AS 113
Alternate name: Lyck. Located in region Suwalskie at 53º49 N 22º21 E. Cemetery location: ul. Wojska Polskiego. Present town population is 25,000-100,000 with no Jews.
     The earliest known Jewish community was early 18th century (1715-29 Jews.) The cemetery was established in the first half of the 19th century. No other towns or villages used this unlandmarked cemetery. The urban crown of a hill, separate but near other cemeteries, has no sign. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all with no wall or fence. There are no visible gravestones or known mass graves. The municipality owns the property used as a Jewish cemetery only. Properties adjacent are commercial or industrial. The cemetery boundaries are the same as in 1939. Local residents visit rarely. The cemetery has not been vandalized in the last ten years. No maintenace. Within the limits of the cemetery are no structures. Slight threats: security, weather erosion, pollution and vegetation. Moderate threats: vandalism, incompatible nearby existing and planned development. Dr. Janusz Mackiewicz, 16-400 Suwalki ul.1 Maja 27a/47, tel.d.663756, tel.sl.663741 completed survey on 10/04/1994.

ESTERDIN: (Yiddish) see Sterdtn

ESTRIK:

"Approximately sixty stones were in place in the fenced cemetery." Source: Cohen, Chester G. "Jewish Cemeteries in Southern Poland" from `An Epilogue' in Shtetl Finder . 1980.

EXIN: (German) see Kcynia
EYLAU: (German) see Jlawa

THE CEMETERIES "F"

FILEHNE: (German) see Wielen

FILIPOW: AS 114
Located in region Suwalskie. The town is located at 54 10 N º22 37 E and is 25 km from Suwalki. Cemetery location: approximately 1 km S of Filipow, on the W slope of the valley along the Rospuda River. Present town population is 1,000-5,000 with no Jews.
     The earliest known Jewish community was 2nd half of the 18th century (1765- 274 Jews). 1927 Jewish population was 263. No other towns or villages used this landmarked cemetery: (Rej. Zabytkow region Suwalskiego-740 decyzja k1.WKZ, landmark # = 534/740/d/89, 11/27/1989.) The isolated rural hillside has a sign or plaque in local language mentioning "Jews". Reached by crossing other public property, access is open to all with no gate or wall. Approximate size of the cemetery is.8 ha and the number of gravestones in cemetery, is 20-100. Number of stones in original location, regardless of condition is 20-100. Approximate number of stones not in original location is 1 -20. Approximate number of stones toppled or broken is less than 25%. The location of stones removed from cemetery is not known. Tombstones date from the 19th and 20th centuries and are made of granite and sandstone. Tombstones are rough stones or boulders, flat shaped stones and finely smoothed and inscribed. Inscriptions are in Hebrew. It contains no known mass graves. The cemetery property is now used as a Jewish cemetery only. Properties adjacent are agricultural. The cemetery is visited rarely. Private visitors visit it. It was vandalized during WW II. There has been no maintenance. There is no care now. Within the limits of the cemetery are no structures. No threats Dr. Janusz Mackiewicz, 16-400 Suwalki, ul. 1 Maja 27a/47, Tel. d 663756, Tel.sl 663741 completed survey on 09/26/1994.

FIRLEJ: AS 115
Located in Lublin. The town is located at 51º33 22º28, 40 km N of Lublin, about 10 km N of Lubartow and about 10 km S of Kock. Cemetery location: approximately 750 m E of the market square. Present town population is 1,000-5,000 with no Jews.
     1921 Jewish population was 180 (16%). The cemetery was established in the 19th century with last known Orthodox Jewish burial 1942. The isolated suburban, flat land has no sign or marker. Reached by crossing public, barren property, access is open to all. No wall, gate, or fence surrounds. The present size of the cemetery is small, a dozen graves with 20th century granite, wood and concrete tombstones. There are no known mass graves. The present owner of the now barren/forested land is unknown. Adjacent properties are wooded. The cemetery is never visited. Properties adjacent are agricultural and forest. The cemetery was not vandalized in the last ten years. The cemetery is not maintained. Threats: Uncontrolled access, weather erosion, vegetation, vandalism and incompatible nearby existing development are moderate threats. Incompatible planned or proposed development is a serious threat. The adjacent area is divided into lots with summer homes. The cemetery is in danger of being used for the same purpose. Pawel Sygowski, ul. Kalinowszczyzna 64/59, 20-201 Lublin. Tel 77-20-78 completed survey. He visited and conducted interviews.

FLATOW (JUDENBERG): (German) see Zlotow

FORDON: Bydgoszcz
Source: Gruber, Ruth Ellen. Source: Ruth Ellen. Jewish Heritage Travel: A Guide to East-Central Europe . New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1992. p. 75

FRAMPOL: Zamosc
     In the book A Dream Fulfilled ; written about the commemoration of the Tarnogrod burial site, I wrote: "We boarded the buses for a quick last ride through the town, and the drive back to Warsaw. One stop was made en route, at the cemetery in Frampol. There we saw three graves surrounded by a simple chain fence. On one tombstone was written that 110 Jews were buried there, on the second, 200 and on the third, 300." Source: Sheldon Schorer, sschorer@shani.net Fax: (972-9) 7713593; Phone: (972-9) 7741648
     Source: Ruth Ellen. Jewish Heritage Travel: A Guide to East-Central Europe . New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1992. p. 75

FRANKFURT a/Oder: (German name) and used the cemetery at: Slubice
FRAUENBURG: (German) see Frombork
FRAUENSTADT: (German) see Wscholoa
FREDHEIN: (German) see Miasteczko Krajenskie
FREIBURG: see Swiebodzice
FREYSTATH: (German) see Frysztak
FRIEDEBERG: see Strzelce Krajenskie
FRISTIK: (Yiddish) see Frysztak
FROM RZESZOW: See Rzeszow

FROMBORK:     US Commission No. POCE000761
Alternate name: Frauenburg (German). Located in Frombork, Elblaskie at 19º41 54º22, 62 km ENE of Gdansk. Present town population is 1,000-5,000 with no Jews.
     Wiktor Knercer visited the site in August 1992.[Note: Frysztak I and II are similar and were filled out by the same person, but the numbers about the town were sometimes contradictory.]

FRYSZTAK:
I US Commission No.POCE000492
Located in Rzeszzowst. Cemetery location is S from Market Sq. For town information see Frysztak (II)
     The earliest known Jewish community was in 15th century. 1939 Jewish population was 1400. Rabbi Chaim Baruch Halberstam lived in the town. The unlandmarked Orthodox Jewish cemetery was established in the 17th century with last Jewish burial before WW II. The isolated urban hillside has no sign. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all with no wall or fence. Approximate size of cemetery before WW II was 700 square meters. 20-100, with 1-20 in original location and less than 25%toppled or broken, date from the 18th- 20th century. The limestone, sandstone, rough stones or boulders, or flat shaped stones have Hebrew inscriptions. No known mass graves. Municipality owns property used for Jewish cemetery only. recreational and residential properties are adjacent. Rarely, local visitors stop. It was vandalized during WW II but not in he last ten years. No maintenance. Within the limits of the cemetery are no structures. Security, vegetation and vandalism are serious threats. Natascha Rode, 35-213 Rzebrow, Starzynswiego 5/29 completed survey and visited site in June 1992. Interviewed was Roman Grodek, ul. Frysztackiepo 31, Frysztak.
FRYSZTAK: (II) US Commission No.POCE000780
Alternate names: Fristik (Yiddish), Twierdza (Polish), Freystath (German). Located in Frysztak, Rzeszow at 49º50 21º37, 30 km N of Krosno. Cemetery location is Parkowa St. Present town population is 1,000-5,000 with no Jews.
     The earliest known Jewish community was 16th century. 1939 Jewish population was 2000. Two synagogues were destroyed in 1942. Rabbi Chaim Baruch Halberstam lived in the town. The unlandmarked Orthodox Jewish cemetery was established in the 17th century with last Jewish burial before WW II. The communities of Ciesryni, Tluts, Glink. Luble, and Twierdrs used the cemetery, 100 m from the congregation that used it. The isolated urban hillside has no sign. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all with no wall or fence. Approximate size of cemetery before WW II was 600 square meters. 20-100, 1-20 in original location with less than 25% toppled or broken, date from 1878-20th century. Stones removed from cemetery were used in the construction of roads or structures in Krosno and Rynek. Vegetation overgrowth is a constant problem, disturbing the stones. The limestone and sandstone rough stones or boulders have Hebrew inscriptions. The cemetery contains unmarked mass graves. Municipality owns site used for Jewish cemetery only. Recreational and residential properties are adjacent. Private visitors visit rarely. It was vandalized during WW II but not in he last ten years. There has been no maintenance. Within the limits of the cemetery are no structures. Security, vegetation and vandalism are serious threats. Natascha Rode, 35-213 Rzebrow, Starzynswiego 5/29 completed survey in June 1992. Interviewed was Roman Grodek, ul. Frysztackiepo 31, Frysztak. She visited in June 1992.
     "a few gravestones remained, some of them in use as a walkway." Source: Cohen, Chester G. "Jewish Cemeteries in Southern Poland" from `An Epilogue' in Shtetl Finder . 1980.

FURSTENFELDE: (German) see Boleszkowice

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