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KALINOWSZCZYZNA: used Lublin (I) (III)
Region of Poland: Kaliskie. Location: 51°45 18°05.

KALISZ I:     US Commission No. POCE000469    Map
Kalisz (I) is located in region Kaliskie at 51°45 18°05, 94 km. WSW of Lodz. The new cemetery: Podmiejska 21. Present town population is over 100,000 with less than 10 Jews.

The earliest known Jewish community in Kalisz was mid-13th century. 1921 Jewish population was 15, 556. In the 7th century, this Jewish community was one of the most important in Greater Poland. Living here was Rabbi Abraham Abele Gombiner, 1656-1683 and Rabbi Salomon ben Akiba Eiger, about 1835-40. The Jewish cemetery was established late 19th century with last burial after WWII. Buried in cemetery: Rabbi Ezechiel Liebschitz, died 1932 (the Chief Rabbi of Poland). Jewish community was Hasidic Orthodox (Gora Kalwaria, Kock, Warka) and Progressive/Reform. Other villages (names not given) used the unlandmarked cemetery. The isolated urban crown of a hill has plaque in Polish that mentions Jews and a Star of David on the gate or wall. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is entirely closed with a fence and locked gate. The present size of the cemetery is 1.1 hectares. 700 gravestones exist, 100-500 in original locations with 25%-50% toppled or broken. About 500 gravestones from the old cemetery (see Kalisz ll) have been placed in this cemeteryThe granite and sandstone finely smoothed and inscribed, or flat stones with carved relief decorations have Hebrew and Polish inscriptions. The cemetery contains special memorial monuments to Holocaust victims and marked mass graves. The municipality owns site used for Jewish cemetery only. Properties adjacent to cemetery is residential and a public main street. Compared to 1939, the cemetery boundaries are the same. Occasionally, organized Jewish groups and individual tours, and private visitors stop. The cemetery was vandalized during WWII and occasionally afterwards. Local municipal and regional authorities cleaned stones, cleared vegetation, and constructed wall and gate in 1988. Authorities clean or clear occasionally. Within the limits of the cemetery are 2 pre-burial houses and an ohel. The pre-burial house interior was rebuilt. Security and vandalism are moderate threats. In 1991, unknown perpetrators burned the pre-burial house. Michal Witwicki, Denebowskiego 12/53, 02-784 Warszawa, tel. 6418345 completed survey 25 Oct 1991. Eleonora Bergman and Michal Witwicki visited the site 15 Oct 1991. Documentation used was a historical study.

KALISZ II:     US Commission No. POCE000470

Kalisz (II), the old cemetery, see Kalisz (I) for town information. Cemetery does not exist (see Kalisz 1) but was at Ulica Nowy Swiat, Handlowa, Skalmievzycka. School: Specjalny Osrodek Szkolno-Wychonawczy im. Janusza Korozaka. Director: Mr. Stanislaw Sikorski may have more information. The Jewish cemetery was established in 1287. The Jewish community was Hasidic Orthodox and Progressive/Reform. The isolated urban flat land with small hill at the cemetery area, has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all with no wall or gate. The size of the cemetery before WWII was 1 hectare; present size impossible to determine. There are no gravestones but surviving stones (about 500) were removed to the new cemetery at Posmiejska St. (see Kalisz I). Some probably are near the factory at Kosciuszki-Koperuika St. Some gravestones were incorporated into roads and structures. See Kalisz (1) for tombstone description. The Municipality owns property used for recreation, a school, and a first-aid station. Properties adjacent are residential. The cemetery was vandalized during WWll. See Kalisz (I) for survey information. Person interviewed: Stanislaw Sikorski, director of the school, and Mr Lech Narabski WKZ of Kalisz Voievodship.

UPDATE: The Lauder Foundation Genealogy Project [reisner@plearn.edu.pl] has lists. See the general Poland file. I spent three weeks in Kalisz in the summer of 1999 teaching at UNESCO English Language Camp. During that time, I found out that Kalisz had 2 cemeteries at one point in time. Apartment complexes now cover one on Nowy Swiat. The other is enclosed with a nice locked fence. Apartment blocks surround it. Debris and waste surround the outer walls of the cemetery. Homeless men seem to live there. I heard a story that the gravestones from the cemetery (I don't know which one) were thrown in the river. I think they have been retrieved, but can't recall what was planned for them. Linda at lhalper1@tampabay.rr.com may possibly have some pictures or information. Source: Debbie RAFF; seraff@sprintmail.com, California [March 2000]



KALUSHIN: See Kaluszyn
KALUSHIN: (Yiddish) see KALUSZYN

KALUSZYN:   Map
I visited the cemetery at Kaluszyn in 1985. The local residents said it was adjacent to the non-Jewish cemetery. We went to the spot and found only a large pasture land, with some cows grazing. Source: Sheldon Schorer; e-mail: sschorer@shani.net
US Commission No. POCE000569
Alternate Yiddish name: Kalushin. Kaluszyn is located in Siedlechie (Siedleckie) province at 52°13 21°49, 68 km from Warsaw and 30 km from Siedlce. The cemetery was located on Pocztowa Street. Present town population is 1,000-5,000 with fewer than 10 Jews.          1921 Jewish population 5033. The last known burial was during 19th century. The isolated urban flat land has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all with no wall, fence, or gate. No stones are visible. The cemetery is non-existent. No traces exist. Cezary Ostas, Siedlce, ul. Pomorska 1/68, tel. 290-95 completed survey on 10 Sep 1992 using the Urban Historical Study of Kaluszyn. He visited the site on 10 Sep 1992.
KALUSZYN II:     US Commission No. POCE000571

See Kaluszyn (I) for town and history information. The cemetery is open with no caretaker. The last known burial was during WWII. The isolated rural/agricultural flat land, near other cemeteries, has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all with no wall, fence, or gate. The size today and before WWII was 3.0 hectare. No stones or known mass graves. Municipality owns property is used for Jewish cemetery only. Adjacent properties are agricultural. The cemetery was vandalized during WWII. No care, threats, or structures. Rarely, private visitors stop. Cezary Ostas, Siedlce, ul. Pomorska 1/68, tel. 290-95 completed survey on 9 Oct 1992 using Stadium Historzyczno Urbanistrynir Kaluszyn. He visited the site on 9 Oct 1992.



KAMIEN KRAJENSKI:     US Commission No. POCE000597  Map
(Alternate name: Kamin in German) Kamien Krajenski is located in Bydgoskie, Krajna at 53°32' 17°31', 9 km. from Sepolno Kraj. Cemetery location: near the road to ChojnicePresent town population is 1,000-5,000 with no Jews.
         Earliest known Jewish community was 18th century. There were 153 Jews in 1783, but none in 1939. The Jewish cemetery was established in second half of 19th century. The isolated suburban hillside has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all with no fence or gate. The size of the cemetery before and after WWll is 0.75 hectares. There are no gravestones or known mass graves. The Municipality owns site used for industrial/commercial use. Properties adjacent are commercial/industrial and agricultural. The cemetery is rarely visited. The cemetery was vandalized during WWll. No maintenance. There are no structures. Moderate threat: incompatible nearby development.
          Magdalena Grabowska, Bydgoszcz ul. Sanatoryjna 40, tel. 277335 completed survey 30 Oct 1992. Documentation: card of the cemetery 1988 WKZ Bydgoszcz. There were no interviews or site visit.

KAMIEN POMORSKI:     US Commission No. POCE000202    Map
(Cammin in German) Kamien Pomorski is located in Wojewodstwo, Szczecinskie at 53°56' 14°49'. Cemetery location: Kamien Pomorski, ul. Chrobrego, 72-400 Kamien Pom. Present town population is 5,000-25,000 with no Jews.           Earliest known Jewish community was about 1868. The Jewish cemetery was established about 1868 with last burial about 1944. The isolated urban flat land has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all with no fence or gate. The size of the cemetery before WWII and now is 0.06 hectares. There are no gravestones or known mass graves. Municipality owns site used for recreational and industrial/commercial use. Properties adjacent are recreational, commercial/industrial, and residential. Private and local visitors rarely visit. The cemetery was vandalized during WWll and occasionally now. No maintenance. Incompatible nearby development is a serious threat.
          A. Kowalczyk, ul. Moniuszki 4/B, 73-110 Stargard, tel. 73-44-40 completed survey on 12 Oct 1991. Documentation: Karta Cmentarza, Kamien Pomorski, ul. Chrobrego, 1987. Kowalczyk visited the site 10 Oct 1991.

Kamienna Gora:
Alternate name: Landeshut. 5047 1602, 236.1 miles WSW of Warsaw. The Jewish cemetery at Katowicka Street has less than 100 19th and 20th century gravestones. [August 2003]
    UPDATE: The cemetery was founded at the end of the 18th century. Another Jewish cemetery, now destroyed, existed south of the Castle Mountain near the lake. Source: http://www.tvkg.net/~jartul/html/zabytki.html [August 2003]

KAMIENSK:     US Commission No. POCE000663   Map
Kamiensk is located in Piotrkowskie at 51°13 19°30, 28 km from Piotrkow; 16 km from Radomsko. Cemetery: at S of town, about 200 meters W from the road to Radomsko. Present town population is 1,000-5,000 with no Jews.

         Earliest known Jewish community was 19th century. 1921 Jewish population was 856. Jewish community was Orthodox. The unlandmarked, isolated, urban flat land has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all with no wall, gate, or fence. The approximate size of cemetery is now 1.65 ha hectares. There are no stones, known mass graves, or structures. The cemetery property use is industrial or commercial. Properties adjacent are residential. Rarely, local residents visit. The cemetery was vandalized during World War II. There has been no maintenance.
          Jan Pawet Woronczak, Sandomierska St. 21 m. 1, 02-567 Warszawa; tel. 49-54-62 completed survey on 29 Dec 1991. The site was not visited.

KAMIN (German): See Kamien Krajenski

KAMIONKA:     US Commission No. POCE000169    Map
Kamionka is located in Lubelskie at 51°29 22°28, 39km from Lublin, 13 km from Lubartow. Cemetery location: 1.5 km NE of the market square, approach through Nowa St. Present population is 1,000-5,000 with no Jews.          Earliest known Jewish community was first half of 19th century. 1921 Jewish population (census) was 556 (24.6%). The Jewish cemetery was established 1st half of 19th century. There was an ohel of an undefined rabbi. Last known burial was in 1944. The isolated rural flat land has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all with no wall or gate. The size of the cemetery before and after WWll is 0.7 hectares. 1-20 gravestones; not in original locations, date from 20th century. The concrete slabs with carved relief decoration and traces of painting on their surface have Hebrew inscriptions. No known mass graves. Present owner of forest is unknown. Properties adjacent are agricultural. The cemetery boundaries enclose the same area as before 1939. Private visitors visit rarely. The cemetery was vandalized during and after WWll. No maintenance. Security, vegetation, and vandalism are serious threats. The cemetery is a forest overgrown with vegetation.
          Pawel Sygowski, ul. Kalinowszkzna 64/59, 20-201 Lublin, tel. 77-20-78 completed survey in 1991. He visited in 1991. Interviews were conducted.

KAMIONNA: See Miedzychod
KAPCIOVO: was Poland. Now see Kapchiamiestis, Lithuania

KANCZUGA:     US Commission No. POCE000153    Map
Kanczuga is located in Przemyskie at 49°59 22°25, 40 km from Przemysl and 11 km from Przeworsk. Cemetery location: in Siedleczka village, S of Kanczuga, north of Siedleuka, W of Kanczuga-Dynow road. Present town population is 1,000-5,000 with no Jews.          Earliest known Jewish community was 1638. 1921 Jewish population (census) was 967. The landmarked Jewish cemetery was established about 1850 with last Orthodox burial about 1940. The isolated rural (agricultural) hillside has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all with no wall or gate. The size of the cemetery before WWll and now is 0.44 hectares. 100-500 gravestones, 1-20 not in original location withless than 25% toppled or broken, date from 1862-20th century. Stones removed from cemetery were incorporated into the main road to cemetery and other roads and private properties. The limestone and sandstone rough stones or boulders, flat shaped stones, or flat stones with carved relief decorations have Hebrew inscriptions. There are marked mass graves. Municipality owns site no longer used. Properties adjacent are agricultural and residential. Local residents visit rarely. The cemetery was not vandalized in the last ten years. There is no maintenance, care, or structures. Security and vegetation are moderate threats.
          Jan Pawel Woronczak, Sandomierska St. 21 m.1, 02-567 Warszawa, tel. 49-54-62 completed survey 27 Nov 1991. Jan Powel, Anna Kune, Robert Kaskow, and Marcin Wodzinski visited the site in 1990. Interviews were conducted.
          http://www.zchor.org/KANCZUGA.HTM [October 2000]
          UPDATE: "In Kanczuga, the stones are blank because of acid rain." Source: Suzan Wynne srwynne@erols.com on 15 Jun 2002 JewishGen Digest. [June 2002]
          Shtetl site: http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Kolbuszowa/kanczuga/kanczuga1.html

KAPY/SURROUNDING VILLAGES: See Suraz

KARCZEW:   Map
Located in Koninskie (in ul. Szkolna) at 52°06 18°53. used Dabie.

Burials date from 18786 [sic]; about 50 tombstones remain. Source: Miriam Weiner Source: Gruber, Ruth Ellen. Jewish Heritage Travel A Guide to East-Central Europe. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1992. p. 48-49; gravestones 48

     UPDATE: http://www.polishjews.org/cemet/karczew.htm has synagogue sketch. [August 2005]
     UPDATE: Cemetery photos at http://www.kirkuty.xip.pl/karczew.html [January 2006]

KARSZEW: used Dabie
KARTCHIN: see Kortchin
KARTHAUS: See Kartuzy

KARTUZY:     US Commission No. POCE000009    Map
Alternate name: Karthaus (German). Kartuzy is located in Gdanskie, 33km from Gdansk at 54°20 18°12. Cemetery: at ul. Sedzickiego. Present town population is 5,000-25,000 with no Jews.          The earliest known Jewish community is 1821. 1931 Jewish population was 46. A ban on permanent settlement occurred in 1309. A permanent settlement began in 1821. Mass emigration of Jews was 1921 and 1933. 1939 was extermination of Jewish community. The Hasidic cemetery was established in the 19th century. The isolated suburban hillside has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all with no wall, fence, or gate. No gravestones are visible. There are no structure. The municipality owns the property used for waste dumping. Properties adjacent are industrial. The cemetery is visited rarely and was vandalized during World War II, but not in the last ten years. No maintenance or care. Water drainage is a seasonal problem.
          Dr. Hanna Domanska, ul. Wladyslawa IV 34/3, 81-742 Sopot, tel. 51-04-22 completed survey on 20/07/1991. H. Domanskas, The Tree of Stone Tears; The Jewish Communities of the Gdansk Vovoidship; Their History and Culture. (Gdansk, 1991) and H.Domanska's "My House Will Be Called the House of Prayer" in The Jewish Calendar Almanac, 1991-1992 were documentation.

KATOWICE:     US Commission No. POCE000256   Map
Alternate name: Kattowitz (German); located in Katowickie at 50°14 19°02. The US Commission is not finished rechecking this file [2000].
            Book: Specyfika kulturowa cmentarzy zydowskich by Jan Pawel Woronczak. 27 p.: ill; call # DS135.P6 W64 1993; Jewish cemeteries. Source: Pennycandy Jansen; PENNYCANDI@msn.com.
            Source: They Lived Among Us: Polish Judaica, a travel brochure: Arline Sachs, sachs@nova.org extracted names of towns that supposedly having Jewish cemeteries. These generally have names only; sometimes a description of famous people who lived there, but no page number.
            Source: Gruber, Ruth Ellen. Jewish Heritage Travel A Guide to East-Central Europe. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1992. p. 25, 75l

KATTOWITZ: See Katowice

KAZANOW:     US Commission No. POCE000071   Map
Kazanow is located in Radomskie. The town is located at 51°15 21°29, 125 km from Warszawa. Cemetery location: rural area near road to Kroczowa. Present population is 1,000-5,000 with no Jews.        Earliest known Jewish community was 1711. 1921 Jewish population (census) was 336 (41.3%). The Jewish cemetery was established 18th century with last Conservative burial 1942. The isolated suburban flat land has no sign or marker. Reached by turning off a public road, access is open to all with no wall or gate. The size of the cemetery before WW2 was 1.5 hectares, now 0.7 hectares. 1-20 gravestones, all in original locations with less than 25% toppled or broken, date from the 20th century. The sandstone finely smoothed and inscribed or flat stones with carved relief decoration have Hebrew inscriptions. There are unmarked mass graves. The municipality owns site used for agriculture (animal grazing). Properties adjacent are agricultural. The cemetery is smaller than before 1939 due to agriculture. Private Jewish visitors visit rarely. The cemetery was vandalized during WW2. No maintenance. Weather erosion is a moderate threat to cemetery.
          Dr. Adam Penkalla, ul. Gagarina 9/24, Radom, tel. 48 - 366 35 34, using his own documentation, completed survey and site 5 Aug 1991. Address above.
Click for cemetery photos          UPDATE: "Kazanów in Ilza district had a 1897 Jewish population of 816, or 61%. Only a gate remains of the cemetery, no stones. Remnants of a possible gravestone and possibly one other are visible. Current use appears to be as a playground for kids. I have inquired at the City Hall in Kazanow, but have received no reply. The City Hall telephone is 48-676 60 35. The Wojewodzki Konserwator Zabytkow is 48-363 85 14 and 48-363 92 14. I went to Kazanow representing the only survivor, originally from Gdynia before 1939. The Jewish cemetery was beyond the WWII ghetto limits. That ghetto was liquidated in October 1942 when the Jews were deported to Treblinka via Sienno on 14 October. (Contact me for more details about Kazanow or the book that I am writing about the only Kazanów survivor.)" Source: Pia-Kristina Garde, Sweden. Pia@lansmuseum.a.se [May 2002]

KAZIMIERZ: used cemetery at Golina. See Krakow. See Klodawa
KAZIMIERZ DOLNY (I):     US Commission No. POCE000630    Map
Alternate name: Kuzmir (Yiddish). Kazimierz Dolny (I) (the old cemetery) is located in Lublin region Cemetery location: Approx. 300 m from center on Lubelska St. The town is located in Lubelskie at 51°19 21°57, 60km from Lublin and 14 km from Putawy. Present population is 1,000-5,000 with no Jews.          Earliest known Jewish community was 15th century. [Note: According to A Guide to Jewish Bialystok, p. 31: "The site for the Remuh cemetery…was purchased by the Jewish community in 1533; however, the first burial there did not take place until 1551."] 1921 Jewish population was 1382 (40.6%). Effecting the Jewish community was WWII. Living here was Hasidic Rabbi Ezechiel ben Cwi Hirs z Taub. The Jewish cemetery was established in 16th century with last Orthodox burial 19th century. The isolated urban hillside has no sign or marker. Reached by turning off a public road, access is open with permission. A broken masonry wall with locking gate surrounds. The size of the cemetery before WWll was 0.5 hectares, and is now 0.2 hectares. 1-20 gravestones in the cemetery, 1-20 not in original location, less than 25% toppled or broken. date from 18th-19th century. The limestone and sandstone flat stones with carved relief decoration have Hebrew inscriptions. No mass graves. The municipality owns site used for recreation. Properties adjacent are residential, a school building that occupies part, and the school sports field. It is rarely visited. The cemetery was vandalized during WWII and after, but not in the last ten years. No maintenance. Security, erosion, and vegetation are serious threats; vandalism and incompatible nearby development are very serious threats. The school children devastated site.
         Pawel Sygowski, ul. Kalinowszczyzna 64/59, 20-201 Lublin, tel. 77-20-78 completed survey in July 1993. Documentation exists but is illegible. The site was visited 1992. Someone was interviewed but name was not given.
KAZIMIERZ DOLNY II:     US Commission No. POCE000631
          Kazimierz Dolny (II), the new cemetery, is approx. 1 km SE of the center. For town information see Kazimierz Dolny (1). The new Jewish cemetery was established in 1851 with last Orthodox burial 1942. The cemetery is listed as a monument (886/84). The isolated suburban hillside has a plaque in Polish mentioning Jews and the Holocaust. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all with no walls or gate. The size of the cemetery before WWII was 1.2 hectares, now it is 0.9 hectares. 600 gravestones, only 1-20 in original locations and 50-75% toppled or broken, date from 1850's-20th century. The sandstone and other material flat with carved relief decoration, some with traces of painting on their surfaces, have Hebrew inscriptions. There are special memorial monuments to Holocaust victims. No mass graves. Regional or national governmental agency owns site used as a Jewish cemetery only. Properties adjacent are residential. The cemetery area is smaller due to agriculture. Frequently, private visitors stop. The cemetery was vandalized during WWII. Local authorities patched broken stones in 1985. Authorities clean or clear occasionally. The government pays the caretaker. Security, vegetation, and vandalism are moderate threats. For survey information, see Kazimierz Dolny (1).
         Location: ulica Czerniawy, a monument erected of about 1,000 tombstones destroyed during World War II. [Source?]
         Source: Gruber, Ruth Ellen. Jewish Heritage Travel A Guide to East-Central Europe. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1992. p. 49-50
         Vandals desecrated tombstones in Kazimierz, the ancient Jewish quarter of Krakow. Source: Dateline World Jewry; World Jewish Congress. 4/1997
         This is a beautiful city with a huge town square surrounded by ancient buildings. At one time, it was an entirely Jewish town. Today, it has a carnival air. For some reason, Poles bring their children here for weekends. They were selling pizza, toys, hot dogs, flags, and taking photographs. Hundreds of children and dogs roamed the streets filled with outdoor cafes and much noise. Several bands were playing, people dancing, painters painting. Survivors restored the cemetery with great care. High on a hill, a large wall was made of Jewish tombstone shards. Many roses were planted to beautify the wall. The municipality erected a monument to commemorate the former Jewish residents. Source: Betty Starkman; e-mail: BetteJoy@aol.com [Feb. 1998]
         "We visited Kazimierz Dolny on June 28, 1999. The synagogue is now a movie theatre. The only other Jewish building is the former Jewish meat market. It has been reconstructed, is in good condition, and is now used by the town to store municipal equipment and houses a gift-shop/art gallery. We also visited what is described as Kazimierz Dolny cemetery I: We followed the directions on the website and found the cemetery by locating the school, gate and playground (basketball court) as indicated. The school and play area were built into the hillside to the left of the main road heading out of town away from the river. First, you see the ball court and play area, then the school and then the gate. We entered the gate and met a man who came out of the school and appeared to be a school employee. We told him we were looking for the cemetery. He said it was up on the hillside behind the school and that it was very difficult to climb up and little to see. We persisted. He directed us to climb up the hill at the back of the school building. It was very rough going, as it was steep with no real path. The hillside is completely overgrown. We climbed up further through the brush and trees and found what appeared to be a stone wall, parallel to the back of the school just a few feet long. There were many many broken stones that might or might not have been headstone fragments. There were no headstones visible in any place that we could see. There was a LOT of erosion and empty bottles around. Unfortunately, and much to our surprise, some of the graves unearthed as we found what appeared to be human bones on the ground. We covered the bones we found, said Kaddish, and left that area (quickly) in search of what is described on the website as cemetery II at Kazimierz Dolny. I conclude that no maintainence is done. It is perhaps used "recreationally" by someone (beer bottles) and is badly eroded. I was saddened by the conditions we found. We were glad when we reached cemetery II. Also built into a hillside, the cemetery is maintained. Brush is cleared; lawn is cut. Many beautiful headstones are on the ground (apparently in-place). I do not know how many are actually in their original place. There was a monument erected to the victims of the Holocaust made out of fragments of gravestones. The website indicated that this monument is enhanced with planted flowers. This is no longer the case. It is just cut grass all around. Unfortunately, there was a little anti-Semitic graffiti on the back of the monument. All in all, it was in good shape." Source: Rachel Stamieszkin: smok77@maine.rr.com
     UPDATE: http://www.polishjews.org/cemet/kazim.htm has photo.
     UPDATE: http://www.polishjews.org/synag/kazimie.htm has synagogue photo. [August 2005]
     UPDATE: Cemetery photos at http://www.kirkuty.xip.pl/kazimierz.htm [May 2006]

KCYNIA:     US Commission No. POCE000598    Map
(Exin in German) Kcynia is located in Bydgoskie at 52°59 17°29, 41 km from Bydgoszcz. Cemetery location: ul. Poznanska. Present town population is 1,000-5,000 with no Jews.          Earliest known Jewish community was 18th century. The Jewish cemetery was established in the 18th century. 1871 population was 477. The isolated urban flat land has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all with no wall or gate. The size of the cemetery before WWll and after was 0.669 hectares. There are no gravestones, structures, or mass graves. The Municipality owns site used for recreation. Properties adjacent are residential. The cemetery is rarely visited. The cemetery, not vandalized in the last ten years, receives no maintenance or care. Weather erosion is a moderate threat. Completed survey 30 Oct 1992 by Magdalena Grabowska, Bydgoszcz ul. Sanatoryjna 40, tel. 277335. Documentation: card of cemetery 1988 WKZ Bydgoszcz. Site was not visited; no interviews.

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KEMPEN: (German) see Kepno

KEPNO: see Dobrzany, also used cemetery at Krotoszyn.
KEPNO:     US Commission No. POCE000471    Map
Alternate names: Kempen in German, Kêpno in Polish. Kepno is located in region Kaliskie at 51°17 17°59, 75 km NE of Wroclaw. Present town population is 5,000-25,000 with no Jews.          Earliest known Jewish community was before 1674. 1931 Jewish population (census) was 262. The first synagogue was built in 1690, and the new synagogue in 1815. Living here was Moses Mannes and Rabbi Louis Levin. The Orthodox and Progressive/Reform Jewish cemetery was established in 1690. The isolated suburban flat land has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all with no wall or gate. There are no gravestones. They are in Village Bralin, 30 Kepinska st., Ms. Irena Kujawa. The Municipality owns site used as a filling station. Properties adjacent are residential. The cemetery, vandalized during WWII, has no maintenance or care. Michal Witwicki, Dembowskiego 12/53, 02-784 Warszawa, tel. 6418345 completed survey in 1991. Eleonora Bergman and Witwicki visited site 19 Oct 1991.
         BOOK: Author: Lewin, Isaac, collector. Title: Lewin collection, [ca. 1200]-1942, [ca. 1700]-1942 (bulk) Description: ca. 22.5 linear ft. Notes: Contains variety of records of Jewish communities in Central and Eastern Europe especially in Posen, Silesia and other German-speaking areas, including pinkasim (record books) of communities and societies, memorial books with lists of deaths, …, cemetery registers, society statutes, synagogue seat records, and other documents of communities at Kempen (Kepno, Poland), 1771-1902; …Location: Yeshiva University. Special Collections. Rare Books and Manuscripts, New York, NY. Control No.: NYYH88-A76 [December 2000]
          Source: Gruber, Ruth Ellen. Jewish Heritage Travel A Guide to East-Central Europe. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1992. p. 75
     UPDATE: http://www.polishjews.org/synag/kepno.htm has synagogue sketch. [August 2005]
     UPDATE: Kpno is in the outskirts of the Wielkopolska Region. The 2004 Kpno population was 14,755. The cemetery is NOT at the street address given, that is the home of an 80 year old woman. However, her entire driveway is made from Jewish headstones. We also found chunks of headstones with Hebrew etchings here and there on her property. We were told it was common for Poles and Germans to reuse Jewish headstones as paving material. The Kepno Police Headquarters now stands on the former site of the Jewish Cemetery. The Kepno/Bralin Jewish cemetery was destroyed in the 1940s and later the Russians used the headstones, dirt and bones to make pavement for the roads. We verified this with the museum director. The museum is NEAR the old synagogue by a few hundred meters, but the web page lists the museum as being IN the synagogue. Source: Darcy Lazar <blazar@rocketmail.com> [April 2007]

KETRZYN:     US Commission No. POCE000643    Map
(Alternate name: Rastenburg in German) Ketrzyn is located in region Olsztynskie at 54°05 21°23, 88 km from Olsztyn, 127.6 miles N of Warsaw. Cemetery location: Cinentarna St., at the communal cemetery. Present population is 25,000-100,000 with no Jews.         Earliest known Jewish community was 1816. 1933 Jewish population was 117. The Jewish cemetery was established in 1st half of the 19th century with last Orthodox or Progressive/Reform Jews burial 1939The urban, on flat land, part of a municipal cemetery, has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all with no wall or gate. There are no gravestones or mass graves. The cemetery was liquidated. The Municipality owns site. Property adjacent is the communal cemetery. Private and local visitors rarely visit. The cemetery has not been vandalized in the last ten years. New graves are placed over the old Jewish graves.
         Wiktor Knercer, 10-685, ul. Barcza 33 m 16, tel. 33-86-07 completed survey in 1991. Documentation: Frederichs Deutsches Stadtebuch... Stuttgart 1939. Wiktor Knercer visited site in Aug. 1991.

KETY:
Located in a new administrative division in Malopolskie Province in the Oswiecimski district, 19 km from Oswiecim and 70 km from Krakow. The 2002 town population is 19,461 with no Jews. The 1921 Jewish population was 329.
       Menachem Ramer, Israel at ramer_m@zahav.net.il may have information. Rabbi Eliyaju ben Yehoshua Pinchas Bomback was rabbi until 1921. Rabbi Avraham ben Yehosua Pinchas Bombach was rabbi from 1921 until his murder in WWII.
       The isolated urban location on flat land has a sign in Polish mentioning the Holocaust and the Jewish community. Reached by turning directly off a public road, the site is open with permission and surrounded by a continuous masonry wall and a gate that locks. The pre and post WWII size is about 600 sq m. 20-100 nineteenth century tombstones are in the cemetery. The marble, granite, and limestone tombstones have Yiddish and Hebrew inscriptions. The cemetery contains a Holocaust memorial. The site is used only as a Jewish cemetery now. Adjacent properties are residential and commercial/industrial across the street. Occasionally, private visitors stop.
       Water drainage and vegetation are not a problem. Care: Stone have been re-erected, cleaned, and patched. Vegetation has been cleared. The wall and gate have been repaired. No vandalism. A regular caretaker is available. A pre-burial house is on the site.
       The site was visited in July 2004. Sefer Kehilot (Khila no. 9419) was used as a reference. The person who visited the site wishes to remain anonymous. [May 2005]

KIEFERSTAEDTEL: (German) see Sosnicowice

KIELCE:    Map
http://www.jewishgen.org/krsig is the website of Kielce-Radom SIG. [January 2001]
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/kielce/kielce.html Yizkor book for Kielce
They Lived Among Us: Polish Judaica, a travel brochure: Arline Sachs, sachs@nova.org They Lived Among Us: Polish Judaica, extracted names of towns that supposedly having Jewish cemeteries. These generally have names only; sometimes a description of famous people who lived there, but no page number.

Source: Gruber, Ruth Ellen. Jewish Heritage Travel A Guide to East-Central Europe. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1992. p. 50

KIELCE: US Commission No. POCE000274
Kielce is located in Kieleckie at 50°52 20°38, 176 km. from Warszawa. Cemetery location: Pakosz St. Present town population is over 100,000 with no Jews.          Earliest known Jewish community was 1866. 1931 Jewish population was 18,083 (31.2%). The Jewish cemetery was established in 1867 with last Orthodox, Conservative, or Reform burial in 1946. Landmarked: (Register Wojewodzki Konservator Zabythei w. ?iecach /r. 10.1/). The isolated urban flat land has no sign, but has Jewish symbols on gate or wall. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all. Walls with locking gate surround. The size of the cemetery before WWII and now is 3.12 hectares. 100-500 gravestones, 25-50% toppled or broken, date from 1873-20th century. The marble, granite, limestone, and sandstone flat shaped stones or finely smoothed and inscribed stones, some with traces of painting on their surfaces, have Hebrew, Yiddish, and Polish inscriptions. The cemetery contains special memorial monuments to Holocaust and pogrom victims. There are marked mass graves. The municipality owns site used for Jewish cemetery only. Properties adjacent are recreational and residential. Frequently, organized Jewish groups and individual tours, private visitors, and local residents visit. The cemetery was vandalized during WWII, but not in the last ten years. Jewish groups within the country and abroad (Foundation "Rodzina Nissenbaums") did re-erection and patched stones, cleared vegetation, and fixed wall and gate in 1989-90. Authorities clean or clear occasionally. There are no structures. Security, pollution, and incompatible nearby development are moderate threats.
         Dr. Adam Penkalla, ul. Gagarina 9/24, Radom, tel. 48 - 366 35 34, using his own documentation, completed survey and visited site.

KIERNOZIA:     US Commission No. POCE000619    Map
Kiernozia is located in region Plockie at 52°16, 19°52 33 km from Plock and 76 km from Warszawa. Cemetery location: New cemetery is S of the settlement, on the road to Lowicz. Present town population is 1,000-5,000 with no Jews.          Earliest known Jewish community was 1830. 1921 Jewish population was 284. The Jewish cemetery was established the second half of 19th century with last Orthodox burial was about 1939-45. The isolated rural (agricultural) flat land has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all with no wall or gate. The size of the cemetery before WWII and now is 0.24 hectares. There is no gravestones, structures, or mass graves. The cemetery contains a special memorial monument to Holocaust victims. The Municipality owns site used Jewish cemetery only. Properties adjacent are agricultural. Private visitors visit rarely. The cemetery, vandalized during WWII, has no maintenance or care. There are no threats.
          Pawel Fijalkowski, K SCC, Sochaczew, Ulica Ziemowita 11, tel. 227-91 completed survey 28 Nov 1991 and visited site in 1990. Documentation: Official Register of Jewish Cemeteries of 1981.

KIETCZEWEK WIES LADORUDZY: used Dabie   Map
Alternate name: [Polish: Kietczewek Wieœ Ladorudzy (Ladorud¿ area, probably) Located in Koninskie. at 52°08 18°47.

Kl


KLADSKO: See Klodzko

KLECKO:     US Commission No. POCE000451    Map
Alternate name: German, Kletzko. Klecko is located in Poznanskie (Poznan) at 52°38' 17°26', 50 km from Poznan. Cemetery location: 1 km from center of town. Present town population is 1,000-5,000 with no Jews.          Earliest known Jewish community was 1855. 1921 Jewish population was 26. The Conservative Jewish cemetery was established in 1855. The suburban flat land, separate but near other cemeteries, has no sign or marker. Reached by the dirt road, access is open to all with no wall or gate. There are no gravestones or structures. The municipality owns site used for agriculture. Properties adjacent are agricultural. The cemetery, vandalized during WWII, has no maintenance or care. Security and vegetation are very serious threats. Crops are grown. Pniewski S., Pornais, ul. Pnybyaewzkiego 51/9 completed survey Aug 1991 and site visited (1990). Heppner, A., and Herzberg, J., Aus Vergangenheit und Gegen.
          UPDATE: An elderly resident of the town told me that there had been a large temple or synagogue before the war. I was also shown a place where the Jewish cemetery had been. It was a wide-open field with no markers. I was given a book written in Polish about how the people in Klecko resisted the Nazi front in 1939. In the center of the town is a large monument honoring the resisters. Among these resisters, were 5 Jewish men who were shot in a grove outside the city. (They are now buried in a mass grave marked by a monument.) The lady got the names of these Jewish men from the city hall. The names were Landman, Blemer or Blaumer, Toler, Rosenfelt, and Jalowich. Source: Ardis Meyer; ameyer@lakenet.com [Oct. 1999]

KLECREW:    Map
Alternate names: Kleczew, Kletchev, Kletschev Kletchoi. Located in Koninskie at 52°22' 18°10', 100 miles ENE of Posnan
http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Kleczew/kleczew.htm [October 2000]
"The cemetery, which I was anxious to visit, had been completely destroyed. A soccer stadium had been built in its place, and there were no stones remaining. ... Back in the forest, we found the large monument to the Polish victims of Hitler's war. Jan said that the trees around us were not cut down because of the large number of bullets in them left over from the war -they would break the saws of those that would lumber the trees. "
KLECREW:     US Commission No. POCE000694 Klecrew is located in Koninskie. Cemetery location: by the road to Konin (20 km from Konin). It is now the stadium in name of the 40th anniversary [of PPR the name probably now changed-E.B.] Present town population is 1,000-5,000 with no Jews.          Earliest known Jewish community was the 18th century. 1939 Jewish population was 1233 (1/3 of population). The last known Orthodox (Sephardic) or Progressive/ Reform burial was "Pacanowski" in Sept. 1939. The isolated suburban flat land has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all. A fence and locked gate for stadium exists. The size of the cemetery before WWll was 0.5 hectares. There are no gravestones or mass graves. Some removed stones were buried in the peat excavation pits at 600-lecia (Szescsetlecia) Road in the meadows of Ms. Zeglicka. More valuable stones (marble, granite) were transferred in 1942 near Kleozewskie Lake where the building materials were stored. Part of the stones were used for building the streets (curbs at Pornanska St. in 1970-75). In 1975, they were taken away (location unknown). There were no known mass graves. Municipality owns site used as a sports field-stadium built in 1941-42. Properties adjacent are agricultural. Local residents visit the cemetery. The cemetery was vandalized during WWll. No maintenance. During 1941-42 Germans exhumed part of the burials to one pit close to the present sports field.
          Lucja Pawlicka-Nowak, Porolicka Nawal. ul. 11 distopoda, 15/76 62-510 Konin, tel. 43-4356 completed survey 10 Nov 1992. Zdzislaw Lorek, and Nowak visited 28 Sept 1992 and 10 Nov 1992. Persons interviewed: Bernard Wdowczyk, ul. Koscielna 12, Klecrew, tel. 132 and Wiestawa Wdowczyk, ul. Rudki, Klecrew.

KLESZCZEL: (Yiddish) see Kleszczele

KLESZCZELE (19TH CENTURY): used cemetery at Bocki
KLESZCZELE:     US Commission No. POCE000114    Map
(Alternate name: Kleszczel in Yiddish) Kleszczele is located in Bialostockie (Bialostock) at 52°35' 23°19', 70 km from Bialegostoku. Cemetery location: by the road to Czeremche, 1.5 km from the town (S about 1,500 meters from bakery and adjacent to forest. Present population is 5,000-25,000 with no Jews.           Earliest known Jewish community was 17th century. 1931 Jewish population was 645. Effecting the Jewish community was 1688 privileges were given to the Jewish people. Living here was Mosze Gwin Perec Hirszbein, Poet. Jewish cemetery was established in 19th century with last Hasidic Orthodox, Conservative, or Progressive/Reform burial in 1941. The surrounding villages used this cemetery. The isolated suburban agricultural (between fields and woods), flat land on a hillside has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all with no wall or gate. The size of the cemetery before WWII was 0.6 hectares; now it is 0.25 hectares. 1-20 gravestones, less than 25% are toppled or broken, date from 1870. The slate rough stones or boulders have Hebrew inscriptions. No mass graves. There are no known mass graves. The Municipality owns property used for agriculture. Properties adjacent are commercial/industrial and agriculture. The cemetery is smaller than before WWII due to commercial development, agriculture, and after war devastation. Private visitors visit rarely. The cemetery, vandalized during and after WWII, but not in last ten years, has no maintenance or care. There are no structures. Security, erosion, and incompatible nearby development are moderate threats.
     Tomasz Wisniewski, Bialystok, ul. Bema 95/99, tel. 212-46 completed survey 11 Aug 1991 and site visited in 1988. Interviews were conducted with Konstanty Leonkiewicz, Kleszczele, ul. Puszkina 1, Ksiadz Kielbanowski M., Kleszczele, Parafia Katoucka.
     UPDATE: Cemetery photos at http://www.kirkuty.xip.pl/kleszczele.html [January 2006]

KLECZEW: see KLECREW
KLETCHEV: see KLECREW
KLETCHOI: see KLECREW
KLETSCHEV: see KLECREW

KLETZKO: (German) See Klecko

KLIMONTOW:     US Commission No. POCE000244   Map
Alternate name: Polish - Klimontów. Located in Tarnobrzeskie (Tarnobrze) at 50°40 21°27. The US Commission is not finished rechecking this file [2000].      

The synagogue is still standing, but now is a soccer playground. Some burial stones can be found along the pavement. Source: Francis Grunchard: fgrunchard@tiscali.be [date?]

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

KLOBUCK:     AS 136    Map
Klobuck is located in Czestochowski (Czestochowa) at 50°55' 18°56', 17 km from Czestochowa. Cemetery location: Szkolna St., E from street about 300 m. Present town population is 5,000-25,000 with no Jews.     The earliest known Hasidic Jewish community and the cemetery were established in 1st half of 19th century. 1921 Jewish population was 1,647. The isolated flat land has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all with no wall or gate. The size of the cemetery before WWII and now is 0.76 hectares. 1-20 gravestones, all in original locations with more than 75% are toppled or broken, date from 20th century. Inscriptions are in Polish. No mass graves. The municipality owns the cemetery used for agriculture. Properties adjacent are agricultural. Occasionally, local residents visit. The cemetery, vandalized during WWII, has no maintenance or care. There are no structures. Security and vandalism are moderate threats.

Jon Pawel Woronczak, Sandomierska St. 21 m. 1, 02-567 Warszawa, tel. 49-54-62 completed survey. Woronczak and Jeny Woronczak visited the site in 1986. No interviews.


KLODAWA:     US Commission No. POCE000705   Map
Alternate names: Dziadowice, Polish - K³odawa. Klodawa is located in Koninskie (Konin region) at 52°15 18°55, 50 km from Konin. Cemetery location: Leczycka St., lot no. 986, the place called Dziadowicach. Present town population is 5,000-25,000 with no Jews.          Earliest known Jewish community was 1487. At the beginning of the reign of August II, Jews were accused of murdering two children. They were chased out of town and not allowed to settle up to 1790. Jews resettled at the beginning of the 19th century in the quarter called Dziadowice. Living here was Professor Opoczynski, who died in Canada after the war. The Jewish cemetery was established at end of 18th century with last burial in 1939. 1862 total population was 2489 with 621 Jews. 1939 Jewish population was 1350. Orthodox (Sephardic) and Progressive/Reform Jews used the isolated suburban crown of a hill with no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all. The size of the cemetery before WWII and now is 75x13 m. There are no gravestones. Removed stones were used in Primary School no. 2 and elsewhere in Klodawa. The granite tombstones have Hebrew inscriptions. Municipality owns site used for agriculture. Properties adjacent are agricultural and residential. Local residents visit rarely. The cemetery, vandalized during WWII, has no maintenance or care. A pre-burial house was destroyed during WWII. Security is a moderate threat.

UPDATE: Dean Rotbart and took photos including headstones that were rescued by a local non-Jewish school teacher (all are fragments only). See www.klodawa.org or contact Dean Rotbart rotbart@newsbios.com. [March 2006]

Lucja Pawlicka Nowak, ul. 11 Listopoda 15/76, 62-510 Konin, tel. 43-48-56 completed survey on 2 Sep 1992. Documentation: Literature, PSOZ papers. Nowak visited 28 Sep 1992. J. Grzegorzawiez, ul. Bohaterow Wrzesmia 9/6 Klodawa, was interviewed.


KLODZKO: {10973}   Map
Klodzko cemetery photos Names from Adam Wojtkiewicz: adam-w@netgate.com.pl and posted on his web site with pictures at http://cemetery.ng.pl/index.html.
Alternate names: Glatz (German), K³odzko (Polish), Klodsko, and Kladsko. Klodzko is located in Walbrzyskie (Walbrzych) at 50°26 16°39, 100 km S of Wroclaw (former Breslau). Present total town population 35,000-40,000 with probably no Jews.

The isolated urban flat land has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road, a broken masonry wall and no gate surround. Vegetation is a constant problem damaging stones. Water drainage is a seasonal problem. The 19th century marble, granite, limestone, sandstone, and slate finely smoothed and stones, flat stones with carved relief decoration, or obelisks, some with metal fences around graves and other metal elements, have German and Hebrew inscriptions. No known mass graves. The current owner of the site is unknown, possibly the municipality. The site is used for waste dumping. Properties adjacent are residential, a primary school, and a prison. The site is visited rarely. The cemetery was vandalized frequently in the last ten years. No care. Within the limits of the cemetery is some building covered with soil, now a small hill. Security, weather erosion, pollution, vegetation, and vandalism are very serious threats.

Adam Wojtkiewicz, ul. Okrzei 6/5, 57-300 Klodzko; tel. +48 601 40 91 14 is working on completing more information for the survey.

Many of other gravestones were undecipherable or too destroyed. I intend to get some of my friends and to turn fallen gravestones upside-down to write down more names. Contact: adam-w@netgate.com.pl for more information. [date?]

UPDATE: The cemetery location is Elementary School no. 6, Bohaterow Getta 6 St., 57-300 Klodzko. 5026 1639, 225.6 miles WSW of Warsaw and about 100 km S of Wroclaw (former Breslau). Alternate/former names are German: GLATZ and Czech: KLACKO. Province is Lower Silesia voivodship (before 1999 was Walbrzych voivodship.)  Present town population is about 35000-40000 with probably no Jews.
        City Mayor: Roman Lipski, tel.: +48 74 8654600, fax: +4874 8674062, e-mail: umklod@um.klodzko.pl
        Municipal Office address (Town Hall): Pl. B. Chrobrego 1, 57-300 Klodzko, tel.: +48 74 8654600, fax: +4874 8674062, e-mail: umklod@um.klodzko.pl
        Owner of the site and responsible is the Jewish Community in Wroclaw, Poland at Wlodkowica 9, Wroclaw. tel: +48 71 343 64 01, +48 71 781 7112, fax: +48 71 344 70 48, e-mail: wroclaw@jewish.org.pl. Jewish Community in Wroclaw, Poland
        No caretaker or keyholder (no lock.)
        Historical events involving or affecting the Jewish Community are Kristallnacht and destroying local synagogue in 1968. The last known Jewish burial in unlandmarked cemetery was 1968. The isolated urban flat land has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access to the cemetery is unknown.  A broken masonry wall with no gate surrounds the site. The vegetation overgrowth in the cemetery is a constant problem that is damaging stones. Water drainage at the cemetery is a seasonal problem.
        The 19th century marble, granite, limestone, sandstone, and slate tombstones are finely smoothed and inscribed stones, flat stones with carved relief decoration, and obelisks.  The cemetery has tombstones with other than metallic elements and metal fences around graves. Inscriptions on tombstones are in Hebrew and German. The cemetery contains no known mass graves. The present owner of the cemetery property is the Wroclaw Jewish community. The site now is used for waste dumping. Properties adjacent to the cemetery are residential, a prison, and a primary school. Rarely visited, the site was vandalized frequently in the past ten years (1990s.) No maintenance or care. Within the limits of the cemetery there is/was some bigger building, but it is covered with soil and is inside a small hill now. Security, weather erosion, pollution, vegetation, and vandalism are very serious threats.
        Adam Wojtkiewicz, ul. Okrzei 6/5, 57-300 Klodzko, tel. +48 601 40 91 14, adomas@ng.pl completed the survey and visited the site. [January 2003]


KLOW:     US Commission No. POCE000072
In Radom. The US Commission is not finished rechecking this file [2000].

KLUCZBORK:     US Commission No. POCE000520   Map
Alternate name: Kreuzburg in German. Kluczbork is in Opolskie at 50°58 18°13, 99 km to Wroclaw. Cemetery location: Kraskow-Kolonia. Present town population is 25,000-100,000 with no Jews.

Jewish population before WWII was 150. Jewish cemetery was established in 1811 with last Progressive/Reform burial in 1923. The isolated rural (agricultural) crown of a hill 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 size of the cemetery before WWII and now is 0.41 hectares. 20-100 gravestones, 50-75% toppled or broken, date from 27 Oct 1811. The sandstone flat stones with carved relief decoration and 1 sculpted monument, some with traces of painting on their surfaces have Hebrew and German inscriptions. No mass graves. Municipality owns site used as a Jewish cemetery only. Properties adjacent are agricultural. Private visitors visit rarely. The cemetery was vandalized occasionally. No maintenance or structures. Security and vandalism are moderate threats.

 Marcin Wodzinski, ul. Jednosci Narodowej 187/13, Wroclaw, tel. 21-09-08 completed survey and visited site 13-14 Mar 1992.



KLWOW:     US Commission No. POCE000072   Map
Klwow is located in Radomskie at 51°22 20°38, 15 km from Nowe Miasto nad Piliabout Cemetery location: rural, near road to Gluszyn. Present town population is 1,000-5,000 with no Jews.          Earliest known Jewish community was 1765. 1921 Jewish population was 297, (30.7%). The Jewish cemetery was established in the 18th century with last Orthodox burial in 1942. The isolated suburban flat land has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all with no wall or gate. There are no gravestones, structures, or mass graves. The municipality owns property used as a Jewish cemetery only. Properties adjacent are agricultural. Private visitors visit rarely. The cemetery was vandalized during WWII, but not in the last ten years. No maintenance. Erosion, pollution, and incompatible planned development are moderate threats.
          Dr. Adam Penkalla, ul. Gagarina 9, m. 24, 26-600 Radom, tel. 48 - 366 35 34 . completed survey 5 Aug 1991.

KNISHIN: see KNYSZYN
KNISIN: see KNYSZYN
KNISZYN: see KNYSZYN
KNYSHIN: see KNYSZYN

KNYSZYN:     US Commission No. POCE000115   Map
Knyszyn is located in Bialostockie at 58°19 22°55, 28 km from Bialegostoki. Cemetery location: 1 km. westward from town at Stoczek colony at intersection of the roads to Poniklice and Chraboly. Present town population is 5,000-25,000 with no Jews.           Earliest known Jewish community was 1605. 1921 Jewish population was 1235. Effecting the Jewish community was the 1672 Privilege "de mon tolerandis Judacis". Living here were Rabbi Miszkinski and Rabbi Mosze Landinski. The Hasidic Orthodox, Conservative, and Progressive/Reform Jewish cemetery was established after 1750. There was a symbolic burial in 1970. Trzcianne, Korycin, and surrounding villages up to 20 km away used this site. Landmark documentation is in the archives of the Konserwator of Monuments. The isolated agricultural and forested flat land has no sign or marker. Reached by crossing private property, access is open with permission with no wall or gate. The size of the cemetery before WWII was 2.8 hectares; now it is 2.75 hectares. 500-5000 gravestones, 1-20 not in original locations with less than 25% toppled or broken, date from 1806-20th century. The marble, granite, limestone, sandstone, slate, and iron rough stones or boulders, flat shaped stones, finely smoothed and inscribed stones, flat stones with carved relief decoration, or double tombstones, have Hebrew and Polish inscriptions. Some tombstones have traces of painting on their surfaces, iron decorations or lettering, or other metallic elements. The cemetery contains special memorial monuments to Holocaust victims. There are marked and unmarked mass graves. The municipality and private individuals own property used for Jewish cemetery, agriculture, and waste dumping. Properties adjacent are agricultural and residential. The cemetery boundaries are smaller than before WWII due to agriculture. Occasionally, organized individual tour, private visitors, and local residents visit. The cemetery was vandalized during WWII, but not in the last ten years. Local non-Jewish residents, other individuals or groups of non-Jewish origin, and local authorities re-erected and cleaned stones and cleared vegetation in 1989-90. Occasionally individuals and authorities clear or clean. There are no structures. Vegetation is a moderate threat.
          Tomasz Wisniewski, Bialystok, ul. Bema 95/99, tel. 212-46 Completed survey 11 Aug 1991. Wisniewski and J. Maroszek visited the site several times in 1989-90. Interviewed in 1989 were H. Wandali and C. Piastecka.
          Note: In his book Jewish Bialystok on p. 81, Wisniewski states: "…one of the most unusual Jewish cemeteries in Europe. To visit this cemetery, proceed south from the market square in the direction of Chraboly. After you cross the bridge over the Haskrzanka River, you will pass the first intersection of field roads before a densely forested areas comes into view on your left. This is the site of the Jews cemeterh; however, to reach it, you must follow the path leading to the left. … several Jewish tomstones from the so-called "new Jewish cemetery," which opened around 1930. … the well-preseved older cemetery, which was established in the second half of the 18th century on the town's abandoned yoral ponds and built by Piotr Chwalczewski, who served as Knyszyb;s sarosta…Today the cemetery is mainted by, among others, scouts from the local schools. … the cemetery escaped destruction. …the dams function as cemetery paths, defining the overall space. The oldest mazevas are concentrated in the western portion of the cemetery. [sic]" [October 2000]
          I have knowledge of two cemeteries in the area of Knishin (Knycszyn). One is a very small cemetery with about 20 gravestones located just on the outskirts of the village. It is very hard to locate. After much inquiry by a young Polish physician who took us there, we found it behind a wooded area in a meadow so obscurely located that we missed it when we first passed by. Most of the graves appear to be older. There was, however, one obviously more modern gravestone that bore the date in Arabic numerals, 1941. I could make inquiries from one of several people in Poland to determine a name, caretaker, etc. At this point, we have a few photographs and videotape that was sent to us by the Polish physicians who squired us about. The second cemetery is a much larger one containing about 700 graves. Our young Pole did not know of the existence of this cemetery at the time we were there and, consequently, we missed the opportunity to visit it. I do have a map and a list of about 75 names that were translated from the stones by a Polish historian. The name on the map is as follows: ROZWOJ TERYTORLALNY. CMENTARZA ZYDOWSKIEGO W KNYSZYNIE. Submitted by Jackie Ziff to JewishGen Digest. [01-05-2000]
      http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/knyszyn/knyszynshtetlinkspg.htm Alternate names: Knishin, Knisin, Kniszyn, Knyshin. 58°19"/22°55", 26 km NW of Bialystok. [October 2000]

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