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LABISCHIN: See Labiszyn

LABISZYN:     US Commission No. POCE000600
(Alternate name: Labischin in German) Labiszyn is located in Bydgoszcz at 52º57 17º55, 23 km from Bydgoszcz. The cemetery is at ul. Lesna 3. Present town population is 1,000-5,000, with no Jews.      The earliest known Jewish community was at the end of the 18th century. 1884 Jewish population was 503. There is no data available for 1939. The date that the Jewish cemetery was established is unknown, but was probably during the 19th century. The isolated rural flat land has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all. No wal, gate, or fence surrounds. The size of cemetery before WWII and now is 1.01 hectares. There are no gravestones. Within the limits of the cemeter is a pre-burial house in very bad condition -- only pieces and loose fragments remain. The cemetery contains no known mass graves. The municipality currently owns the property in a forest. Properties adjacent are agricultural and residential. The cemetery is visited rarely. The cemetery was vandalized during World War II. Since then, There is no maintenance. No care. Security, weather erosion, and vegetation are all slight threats to the cemetery.
     Magdalena Grabowska, ul. Sanatoryjna 40, Bydgoszcz, Tel: 277335 completed survey on 30/10/1992. The card of cemetery 1992 WKZ Bydgoszcz was used for documentation. She visited the site in 10/1992
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 … Labischin (Labiszyn, Poland). Location: Yeshiva University. Special Collections. Rare Books and Manuscripts, New York, NY. Control No.: NYYH88-A76 [December 2000]

LABOWA:  US Commission No.POCE000745
Alternate name: Labowa Wyzna. Labowa is located in Nowy Sacz at 49º3220º51, 17 km from Nowy Sacz and 122 km from Krakow. Cemetery location: SE of the village center. Present town population is 1,000-5,000 with no Jews.      1921 Jewish population was 221. Orthodox Jews used this cemetery. The rural (agricultural) isolated hillside has a sign or plaque in local language and Hebrew. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is entirely closed with fence and a locking gate (see Caretaker). Present size of the cemetery is 0.8 hectares. 100-500 gravestones, all in original locations with less than 25% toppled or broken, date from 19th-20th century. The marble and sandstone finely smoothed and inscribed stones or flat stones with carved relief decorations have Hebrew inscriptions. No known mass graves. Present owner of the property used for a Jewish cemetery is unknown. Properties adjacent are commercial/industrial and agricultural. The cemetery boundaries enclose the same area as before 1939. Private visitors rarely visit. The cemetery was vandalized prior to WWII, but not in last ten years. Restoration in 1982 did re-erection of stones, cleared vegetation, and fixed wall. There is a regular caretaker. There are no structures. Erosion and vegetation are moderate threats.
     Piotr Antoniak, ul. Dobra 5 m 36, 05-800 Pruszkow visited site 17 Aug 1992 and completed survey 10 Sept 1992. No interviews.

LADEK ZDROJ: (formerly Bad Landeck, Germany)
Jewish cemetery: Source: Julian H. Preisler jhp1963@yahoo.com

LADORUDZ: used Dabie

LAGOW:  US Commission No. POCE000290
Lagow is located in Kielce at 21.00E º 45N, 37 km from Kielce. Cemetery location: agricultural land between road to Kielce and Pucki. Present town population is 1,000-5,000 with no Jews.      The earliest known Jewish community was 1878. 1929 Jewish population was 1,269 (50.2%). The Orthodox and Conservative Jewish cemetery was established in 1867 with last burial in 1942. 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 was possibly about 10.5 hectares; now it is 0.5 hectares. The cemetery boundaries are smaller than in 1939 due to agriculture. There are no gravestones, structures, or mass graves. The municipality owns site used as a Jewish cemetery only. Properties adjacent are agricultural. Private visitors rarely visit. The cemetery was vandalized during WWII, but not in the last ten years. There is no maintenance or care. Security, erosion, and pollution are moderate threats to the cemetery.
     Dr Adam Penkalla, deceased, completed survey. He visited the site. No interviews.

LANCUT (I):     US Commission No. POCE000496
Alternate name: Landsteut in German. Lancut (I), is located in Rzeszow at 50º0422º14, 20 km from Rzeszow. Cemetery location: Moniuszki St. Present town population is 1,000-5,000 with no Jews.      The earliest known Jewish community was 1563. 1939 Jewish population was 2753. Living here was Rabbi N. Horowitz, who was buried there in 1831. Progressive/Reform Jews used this cemetery, 1 km from congregation. The isolated urban 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 790 sq. m. 1-20 limestone or sandstone flat shaped tombstones with Hebrew inscriptions date from 17th-19th century. No mass graves. The municipality owns site used as a Jewish cemetery only. Properties adjacent are residential. The cemetery boundaries are smaller than in 1939 due to a housing development. Frequently, organized Jewish groups and individual tours, private visitors, and local residents visit. The cemetery was vandalized during WWII and occasionally since. There is no maintenance or care. The cemetery has an ohel. Security, vegetation, and vandalism are very serious threats.
     Natascha Rode, 35-213 Rzeszow, ul. Sterzynskiepo 5/29visited site and completed survey May 1992. Documentation used: from Wojewodzki Konserwator Zabytkow Rzeszow. No interviews.
http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Kolbuszowa (Shtetlink) [November 2002]
LANCUT (II):     US Commission No. POCE000497
See Lancut (I) for town information. Cemetery location: Traugutta St. The cemetery was established in 1860 with last burial in 1942. The cemetery was 1 km from the congregation that used it. The isolated urban flat land has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all. There is a fence with a non-locking gate. Present size of the cemetery is 750-sq. m. 1-20 limestone and sandstone gravestones date from 19th-20th century. Some have iron decorations or lettering. There is a special memorial monument to Holocaust victims but no mass graves. The municipality owns site used for a Jewish cemetery only. Properties adjacent are recreational. Occasionally, private visitors and local residents visit. The cemetery was vandalized during WWII and occasionally since. Municipal authorities fixed wall and gate but now, there is no care. There are no structures. Vegetation and vandalism are moderate threats. Natascha Rode completed the survey in May 1992. See Lancut (I) for details.
     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: Gruber, Ruth Ellen. Jewish Heritage Travel A Guide to East-Central Europe. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1992. p. 53
     UPDATE: http://www.polishjews.org/synag/lancut.htm has synagogue photo. [August 2005]

LANDECK: (German) see Lendyczek
Landeshut: see Kamienna Gora
LANDSBERG AN DER PROS: See Gorzow Slaski
LANDSBERG SCHLEISEN: See Gorzow Slaski
LANDSBERG: (German) see Gorzow Wielkopolski and/or Gorowo Ilaweckie
LANDSHUT: See Lancut (I) and (II)
LANDSTEUT: (German) see Lancut (I) and (II)
LANGFUHR, STADTTEIL DANZIG: see WRZESZCZ, Dielnica Gdanska

LAPSZE NIZNE:     US Commission No. POCE000746
Alternate name: Kremerwist. Lapsze Nizne is located in Nowy Sacz at 49º24 20º14, 33 km from Nowy Targ and 52 km from Nowy Sacz. Cemetery location: E of village. Present town population is 1,000-5,000 with no Jews.      1921 Jewish population was 6. The isolated wooded hillside has no sign or marker. Reached by crossing private property, access is open to all with no wall or gate. There are no gravestones or structures. Present unknown owner uses site for agriculture. Properties adjacent are agricultural. The cemetery is rarely visited. There is no maintenance or care. Piotr Antoniak, ul. Dobra 5 m 36, 05-800 Pruszkow completed survey 6 Sept 1992. He visited 22 Aug 1992.

LAPY: also used cemeteries at Bialystok I, II, and III, Suraz, and Sokoly

LASIN: AS 147
(Alternate name: Lessen in German) Lasin is located in Torinskie at 53º3219º06, 40 km from Torinia. Cemetery location: ul. Radzynska. Present town population is 1,000-5,000 with no Jews.      The earliest known Jewish community was 1816. 1927 Jewish population was 7 (out of 2148). Effecting the Jewish community: 1858 when the community got the statute. Second half of the 19th century, the wooden synagogue at 3 Podgorna St. was built. After 1920, the community declined, In 1922, the synagogue was sold to the city. Living here were Lewis Abraham and Salomon Bernstein, leaders of the community. The Jewish cemetery was established in 1818. The urban crown of a hill, separate but near other cemeteries, 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 0.07 hectares. There are no gravestones, structures, or mass graves in the cemetery. Present unknown owner uses land for recreation and a car park. Properties adjacent are cemeteries. The cemetery was vandalized during WWII.
     mgr. Manena Stocka, 87-100 Torun, ul. Lyskowskiego 37E m. 185 visited site in 1991 and completed survey was 25 Oct 1991. Person interviewed: Wydzial Geodezji.

LASK (I):     US Commission No. POCE000686
Lask (I) is located in Sieradz at 51º3619º08, 36 km from Lodz. Cemetery location: Podlaszcze, access road to Widawa. Present town population is 5,000-25,000 with no Jews.
Town: Urzad Miasta i Gminy, 98-100 Lask, ul. Warszawska 14, tel. 34-01.
Regional: Wojewodzki Konserwator Zabytkow, ul Koscinszki 3, 98-200 Sieradz, tel. 849-3815. Urzad Wojewodzki w Sieradza, Plac Wojewodzki 3, 98-200 Sieradz, tel. 849-71666.
Interested: Lydowski Instytrit Historyczciy w Polsce, ul. Tlomackie 315, 00-090 Warszawa, tel. 27-92-21.
     The earliest known Jewish community was late 16th or early 17th century. 1921 Jewish population was 2,623 (53.6%). The Orthodox, Conservative, and Progressive Jewish cemetery was established in mid-19th century with last 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. The size of the cemetery before WWII and now is 2.0 hectares. 20-100 gravestones, none in original location, date from 1840-20th century. The cemetery is divided into special sections for men and women. The limestone and sandstone rough stones or boulders, flat shaped stones, finely smoothed and inscribed stones, or flat stones with carved relief decoration have Hebrew and Polish inscriptions. Some have traces of paint on their surfaces. No known mass graves. The municipality owns property used for animal grazing and recreation. Properties adjacent are recreational and residential. Organized Jewish group and individual tours, private visitors, and local residents occasionally visit. The cemetery was vandalized during WWII, but not in the last ten years. There is no maintenance or care. There are no structures. Security and erosion are moderate threats; vegetation and incompatible nearby development are serious threats. The cemetery location is forest so vegetation is a constant problem disturbing stones.
Adam Penkalla, deceased, visited site and completed survey Nov 1992.
LASK (II):     US Commission No. POCE000687
See Lask (I) for town information. Cemetery location: Mickiewicza St. The Orthodox and Conservative Jewish cemetery was established late 16th or early 17th century with last burial in 1942. The isolated urban flat land has an inscription on the pre-burial house. Reached by turning directly off a private road and crossing public property, access is open to all with no fence or gate. The size of the cemetery property before WWII was 1.0 hectare. There are no gravestones or mass graves. The municipality owns property used for recreation (sport field). Properties adjacent are residential. Organized Jewish group and individual tours, private visitors, and local residents occasionally visit. The cemetery was vandalized during WWII, but not in the last ten years. There is no maintenance or care.
     Adam Penkalla, deceased, completed survey Nov 1992. He visited, but no interviews. [NOTE: The survey says there are inscriptions on the pre-burial house, but later says no structures in the cemetery now a sports field.]
     ShtetLink: http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Lask [January 2001]

LASKARZEW:     US Comm. No. POCE000592
Alternate Yiddish name: Laskerov. Laskarzew is located in Siedlechie province at 51º4821º37, 12 km from Garwolin and 82 km from Warsaw. The cemetery is located by the exit of the town toward Garwolin. Present town population is 5,000-25,000 with fewer than 10 Jews.      The earliest known Jewish community dates from 1751. 1921 Jewish population was 2150. After the town became private property in 1809, the Jewish population immediately increased. The isolated urban flat land has a sign in Polish mentioning Jews and a Star of David and Menorah. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all. A continuous masonry wall with a non-locking gate surrounds. The size today is 0.5 hectare but before WWII it was 1.0 hectare. 1-20 stones, not in original position with fewer than 25% toppled or broken, date from the 19th century. The granite and sandstone rough stones/boulders and flat stones with carved relief decoration have Yiddish inscriptions. The cemetery contains special memorial monument to Holocaust victims. No known mass graves. The municipality owns property used for Jewish cemetery only. Adjacent properties are residential. The boundaries are smaller due to housing development. Occasionally, private visitors and local residents visit. The cemetery was vandalized during WWII. Local and regional authorities did re-erection of stones, cleaned stones, fixed wall and gate in the 1960's. Current care is occasional cleaning or clearing by authorities. No structures. Weather erosion and vegetation are moderate threats. Vegetation overgrowth is a seasonal problem. Weather erosion and incompatible nearby development (existing) are a moderate threat. Pollution and vegetation are a slight threat.
     Cezary Ostas, Siedlce, ul. Pomorska 1/68, tel. 290-95 completed this survey on 20 Sep 1992 using Urban historical study of Laskarzew by Maria Dauksza and St. Fiedorczuk, Siedlce 1990, available in the office of the Conservator of Monuments in Siedlce. Other documentation exists but is too general. He visited the site on 20 Sep 1992.

LASKEROV: (Yiddish) see LASKARZEW

LASZCZOW:
In Zamosc. Source: Gruber, Ruth Ellen. Jewish Heritage Travel A Guide to East-Central Europe. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1992. p. 76

LATOWICZ:     US Comm. No. POCE000652
Alternate Yiddish name: Garvolin. Latowicz is 25 km from Minsk Mazowiecki and 31 km from Siedlce. The cemetery is located by the road to Strachomin. Present town population is 1,000-5,000 with no Jews.      The earliest known Jewish community dates from second half of 16th century. 1929Jewish population was 460. Noteworthy history: restrictions against Jews by King Zygmunt III in 1596. 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. The cemetery has no wall, fence, or gate. The cemetery size is 0.5 hectare. No stones are visible. The municipality owns property used for Jewish cemetery only. Adjacent properties are agricultural. Rarely, local residents visit. No current care. No structures. No threats. It was vandalized during WWII.
     Cezary Ostas, Siedlce, ul. Pomorska 1/68, tel. 290-95 visited the site and completed this survey on 15 Dec 1992 using the urban study of Latowicz.

LAUTENBURG: See Lidzbark Welski
LEBRZNO: used cemetery at Debrzno Wies
LEBSENS: (German) see Lobzenica

LECZNA:     US Commission No. POCE000183
(Alternate name: Lentchna in Yiddish) Leczna is located in Lublin at 51º18 22º53, 24 km from Lublin. Cemetery location: 3 Maja St. Present town population is 5,000-25,000 with no Jews.      The earliest known Jewish community was second half of 16th century. 1921 Jewish population was 2,019 (62.6%). Effecting the Jewish community: Jewish Councils of the Crown (Poland) and Lithuania gathered here in the second half of the 17th century. Lived and buried in this Jewish community was Szloma Jehuda Lejb (died 1813). The Jewish cemetery was established in second half of 16th century with last burial 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. The size of the cemetery before WWII and now is 1 hectare. There are no gravestones in the cemetery. Two gravestones and 4 fragments are in a museum. The oldest known gravestones date from 1906 (in Museum). The sandstone flat stones with carved relief decorations have Hebrew inscriptions. No known mass graves. The municipality owns site used as a Jewish cemetery only. Properties adjacent are recreational. Private visitors rarely visit. The cemetery was vandalized after WWII. During the 1960's, municipality fenced and planted trees. Now, the fence is destroyed. There is no maintenance or care. Security, vegetation, and incompatible nearby development are serious threats. The stadium is nearby; and the fans use the cemetery for toilet needs.
     Pawel Sygowski, ul. Kalinowszczyzna 64/59, 20-201 Lublin, tel. 77-20-78 visited site Apr 1991 and completed survey. Interviews were conducted.
     Source: Gruber, Ruth Ellen. Jewish Heritage Travel A Guide to East-Central Europe. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1992. p. 76

LECZYCA:     US Commission No. POCE000622
Leczyca is located in Plock at 18º 10 52º 03, 47 km from Lodz and 63 km from Plock. Cemetery location: ul. Dzierzynskiego. Present town population is 5,000-25,000 with no Jews.      The earliest known Jewish community was 1479. 1921 Jewish population was 4,051. Effecting the Jewish community: Murder of Jews during the Polish-Swedish war in 1656. Living here was Rabbi Efraim Salomon (1619). The Jewish cemetery was probably established in second half of 15th century with last burial about 1939. Orthodox and Conservative Jews used this cemetery. The isolated urban hillside 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 in the cemetery. Three stones are in the Museum of the Land of Leczyca in the castle. The oldest known gravestone date from 1820 (in the museum). The sandstone flat stones with carved relief decorations have Hebrew inscriptions No known mass graves. The municipality owns the cemetery property is housing. Properties adjacent are residential. Compared to 1939, the cemetery boundaries enclose the same area. Private visitors rarely visit. The cemetery was vandalized during WWII. There is no maintenance or care [sic: From conflicting documentation submitted, the cemetery may not actually exist.]
     Pawel Fijalkowski, 96-500 Sochaczew, ul. Ziemowita 11, tel. 227-91 visited site July 1991 and completed survey 21 Nov 1991. He used his own photo-archives. No interviews.

LEGNICA:
     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: Gruber, Ruth Ellen. Jewish Heritage Travel A Guide to East-Central Europe. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1992. p. 26

LELOW (I): AS 148
Lelow (I) is in Czestochowa at 50º4119º37, 40 km from Czestochowa. The Old Cemetery is located ___. Present town population is 1,000-5,000 with no Jews.      The earliest known Jewish community was 16th century. 1921 Jewish population was 638. Living here was David Salomon (1746-1813). The Hasidic Orthodox cemetery was established in 17th century. The isolated urban flat land has a sign or plaque in Hebrew. Reached by turning directly off a public road, no wall or gate surround. There are no gravestones or mass graves. The only part of cemetery left is an ohel near a shop. The cemetery was vandalized during WWII. The cemetery property is now used for industrial/commercial use and storage. Properties adjacent are residential. Frequently, organized Jewish group tours visit.
     Jan Powel Woronczak, Sandomierska St. 21 m. 1, 02-567 Warszawa, tel. 49-54-62 completed survey 30 Dec 1991. Jeny Woronczak and Jan Powel Woronczak visited the site in 1986. No interviews.
LELOW (II): AS 149
See Lelow (I) for town information. New Cemetery is E of town, between a road and a river. The Orthodox Jewish cemetery was established in the 19th century. The isolated rural (agricultural) flat land has no sign or marker. Reached by crossing private property, access is open to all with no wall or gate. There are no gravestones, structures, or mass graves in the cemetery. A private individual owns property used for agricultural purposes. Properties adjacent are agricultural. Local residents occasionally visit. The cemetery was vandalized during WWII. There is no maintenance or care. The cemetery is no longer there. See Lelow (I) for survey details.

LENCZYC: (Yiddish) see Leczyca

LENDYCZEK:     US Commission No. POCE000407
Alternate name: Landeck in German. Lendyczek is in Pila at 53º32 16º58, 40 km from Pila. Cemetery location: NE part of the village, 800 m from the settlement. Present town population is 1,000-5,000 with no Jews. The Progressive/Reform Jewish cemetery was established beginning of the 19th century. The Okonek communities used this cemetery, 8 km away. The isolated wooded 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 0.65 hectares. 1-20 gravestones, less than 25% toppled or broken, date from 1897. The sandstone finely smoothed and inscribed stones or flat stones with carved relief decoration have Hebrew and German inscriptions. No mass graves. A regional or national governmental agency owns property used for Jewish cemetery only. Properties adjacent are forest. Local residents rarely visit. The cemetery was vandalized prior to WWII. There is no maintenance or care. There are no structures. No threats.
     Henryk Grecki, 70-534 Szcrecin, Soltysie 3/13, tel. 377-41 completed survey 30 Aug 1991. No visit or interview.

LENTCHNA: (Yiddish) see Leczna
LENTSHITZ: (Yiddish) see Lecyca
LEOBSCHUETZ: See Glubczyce (I) and (II)

LESKO:     US Commission No. POCE000727
Lesko is in Krosno at 49º28 22º20, 14 km from Sanok and 55 km from Krosno. Cemetery location: Slowackiego St. Present town population is 5,000-25,000 with no Jews.      The earliest known Jewish community was 16th century. 1921 Jewish population was 2,400. The landmarked Orthodox Jewish cemetery was established in 16th century. Landmarked The isolated urban crown of a hill has an inscription in Hebrew on the gate or wall. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all. A masonry wall with a locking gate surrounds. The size of the cemetery before WWII and now is 3.0 hectares. 500-5000 gravestones, 20-100 not in original locations with 25%-50% toppled or broken, date from 1548-20th century. The marble, granite, sandstone, and concrete finely smoothed and inscribed stones, flat stones with carved relief decoration, double tombstones, or sculpted monuments have Hebrew and Polish inscriptions. Some tombstones have traces of painting on their surfaces. No mass graves. The municipality owns site used as a Jewish cemetery only. Properties adjacent are residential. Frequently, private visitors and local residents visit. The cemetery was vandalized occasionally. Local/municipal authorities cleared vegetation and fixed gate in 1991. Occasionally, authorities clear and clean. There are no structures. Erosion and vegetation are moderate threats.
     Piotr Antoniak, ul. Dobra 5 m 36, 05-800 Pruszkow visited site 9 Aug 1992 and completed survey on 9 Sept 1992.
     (Yiddish: Lisk) Source: Gruber, Ruth Ellen. Jewish Heritage Travel A Guide to East-Central Europe. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1992. p. 53
     "ulica J. Slowackiego, 2000 tombstones. The oldest 1548." [Source?]
     ALTERNATE NAMES: Linsk, Liska. "intact and under the care of the Polish cultural ministry in 1967." Source: Cohen, Chester G. "Jewish Cemeteries in Southern Poland" from `An Epilogue' in Shtetl Finder. 1980.
     UPDATE: http://www.polishjews.org/synag/lesko.htm has synagogue photo. [August 2005]
     UPDATE: Cemetery photos at http://www.kirkuty.xip.pl/lesko.html [January 2006]

LESNICA:     US Commission No. POCE000522
Lesnica is in Opolskie at 50º2618º12, 44 km to Opole. Cemetery location: ul. Starostrzelecka. Present town population is 5,000-25,000 with no Jews. The Progressive/Reform Jewish cemetery was established before 1841; last known burial was 3 Feb 1920. The isolated wooded a crown of a hill has a sign or plaque in local language that mentions Jews. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all. A fence with a non-locking gate surround. 20-100 gravestones in the cemetery, 1-20 in original locations with 25%-50% toppled or broken, date from 19th-20th century. The oldest known gravestone is Bertha Mohaver, who died 24 Sept 1841. The sandstone flat stones with carved relief decoration have Hebrew and German inscriptions. No mass graves. The municipality owns site used as a Jewish cemetery only. Properties adjacent are agricultural. The cemetery boundaries are the same as they were before WWII. Private visitors rarely visit. The cemetery was not vandalized. Local/municipal authorities re-erected stones, cleared vegetation, and fixed gate in 1980. There is no care of the cemetery now. There are no structures. Erosion and pollution are moderate threats.
     Marcin Wodzinski, ul. Jeanosci Narodowej 187/13 Wroclaw, tel. 216908 completed survey 15 March 1992. The site was not visited and no interviews.
     UPDATE: Cemetery photos at http://www.kirkuty.xip.pl/lesnica.html [January 2006]

LESSEN: (German) see Lasin

LESZNO: also used cemetery at Krotoszyn
LESZNO: {10850}
The Jewish cemetery in Leszno, Poland was visited on 24 July 1997. The former caretaker's house is now part of a regional museum system devoted to the history of the area's former Jewish population. The grounds were well kept. An effort is underway to expand the museum, to develop at lE a portion of the cemetery as a memorial garden. Several gravestones have been located and pieces of a number of others have been collected. Leszno was the birthplace in 1740 of Haym Salomon who immigrated to New York in 1772. He subsequently joined the Sons of Liberty and played a vital part in the success of the Revolutionary War working closely with Robert Morris, the Minister of Finance, in raising funds for the war effort. A commemorative stamp was issued in Salomon's memory in 1975. A statute of Haym Salomon with George Washington and Robert Morris has been placed in Herald Square, Wacker Drive in Chicago. During our visit to the museum, two very cooperative attendants were present but the curator was not working. They arranged for us to meet him in the nearby town of Wschowa where he lived. He led us to another Jewish cemetery in an isolated rural area close to a nearby village. (This latter restored cemetery was in relatively good shape except for vegetation.) The curator of the Leszno museum is Dariusz Czwojdrak, who prepared the 29 Oct 1991 survey of the Leszno cemetery that appears next. Mr. Czwojdrak asked for help in locating descendants of those interred in this cemetery to obtain permission to use the land as art of the museum. In the meantime, the museum is looking for additional articles for its collection. Articles concerning Haym Salomon are also lacking. The museum address for Mr.Czwojdrak is: Dariusz Czwojdrak, Muzeum Okregowe, Dzial Judaistyczny, ul. Estkowskiego 2, 64-100 Leszno, Poland. Prepared and names sent by Scott Clark, Professor of Environmental Health, University of Cincinnati, PO Box 670056, Cincinnati, Ohio 45267-0056, tel: (513)-558-1749, fax: (513)-558-2722, clarkcs@email.uc.edu
LESZNO:     US Commission No. POCE000320
Alternate name: Lissa in German. Leszno is in Leszno woj at 51º5116º35, 69 km from Poznan and 96 km from Wroclaw. Cemetery location: ul. E. Estkowskiego. Present town population is 25,000-100,000 with no Jews.      The earliest known Jewish community was 16th century. 1921 Jewish population was 299 (1.8%). Living here were Elia Margolies, Rabbi Abraham Lissa, Rabbi Jacob Lissa, Rabbi Akiba Eiger, Rafal Kosch, Dr. Leo Baeck, Hirsch Kalischer, and Ludwik Kalisch. The Conservative and Progressive/Reform Jewish cemetery was established in 17th century with last burial 1939. Buried here are Rabbi Izaak ben R. Schalom, Rabbi Izaak ben R. Mose Gerson, and Dawid Tewle. Wschowa in 1759 (19 km away), Swieciechowa (6 km away), and Zaborowo (2 km away) used this cemetery. 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 was 2.7 ha but no longer existed. Residential buildings now occupy its land. Stones that were moved are in the district museum in Leszno (4 pieces). About 30 pieces are incorporated into roads. Tombstones date from 18th-19th century. The sandstone flat shaped stones, finely smoothed and inscribed stones, or flat stones with carved relief decoration have Hebrew and German inscriptions. No known mass graves. The municipality owns the cemetery property used for residential buildings and storage. Properties adjacent are recreational and residential. The cemetery boundaries are smaller than in 1939 due to housing development. Private visitors rarely visit. The cemetery was vandalized during WWII. There is no maintenance or care. A pre-burial house, a gravedigger's house, and residential buildings are within the limits of the cemetery. Security, erosion, and incompatible nearby and planned development are moderate threats.
     Dariusz Czwojdrak, ul. Lipowa 22a/4, 67-400 Wschowa visited site and completed survey 29 Oct 1991. No interviews.

LEUTSCH KRONE: See Walcz
LEWARTOW: (German) see Lubartow (I) (II)

LEWIN BRZESKI:     US Commission No. POCE000525
(Alternate name: Lowen in German) Lewin Brzeski is located in Opolskie at 50º4517º37, 27 km from Opole. Cemetery location: ul. Powstancow Slaskich. Present town population is 5,000-25,000 with no Jews.
     The earliest known Jewish community was 18th century. 1937 Jewish population was 30. The Progressive/Reform Jewish cemetery was established in 1880. 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. 1-20 flat stones with carved relief decoration, none in original locations with less than 25% toppled or broken, have German inscriptions. No mass graves. A private individual owns site used for agriculture. Properties adjacent are agricultural. Local residents rarely visit. The cemetery is vandalized occasionally. There is no maintenance or care. There are no structures. Vandalism is a very serious threat. The cemetery is completely destroyed.
     Marcin Wodzinski, ul. Jednosci Narodowej 187/13, Wroclaw, tel. 216908 visited site and completed survey 13 March 1992. No interviews.

LEZAJSK:     US Commission No. POCE000489
(Alternate name: Lizhensk in Yiddish) Lezajsk is in Rzeszow at 50º 16 22º 26, 45 km N from Rzeszow. Cemetery location: Gorna St. Present town population is 5,000-25,000 with no Jews.      The earliest known Jewish community was 1538. 1921 Jewish population was 1,575 and in 1939 was 3,000. In 1939, Germans burned the synagogue. Living here was Tzadakkim Elimelech (Rabbi Lizeaker) in the 18th century (also buried here). The Orthodox Jewish cemetery, 200 m from synagogue, was established in 18th century with last burial 1939. Landmark: (A-1228/1005 1991). The isolated suburban flat land has no sign, but has Jewish symbols on gate or wall. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open with permission. There is a fence with a locking gate. The size of the cemetery before WWII and now is 2300 sq. m. 1-20 tombstones in the cemetery, less than 25% are broken or toppled, date from 19th-20th century. The limestone and sandstone rough stones or boulders, flat shaped stones, or flat stones with carved relief decoration have Hebrew inscriptions. Some have traces of painting on their surfaces, iron decorations or lettering, and/or other metallic elements. No known mass graves. The national Jewish community and the municipality own site used for Jewish cemetery only. Properties adjacent are agricultural and residential. The cemetery area is smaller than in 1939 due to housing development and agriculture. [This contradicts another question that states the size is the same.] Frequently, organized Jewish groups, private visitors, and local residents visit. The cemetery was vandalized during WWII. Jewish individuals within Poland and abroad and the Nissenbaum Foundation fixed wall and gate in 1986. Within the cemetery is an ohel. Incompatible planned development is a very serious threat.
     Natascha Rode, 35-213 Rzeszow, ul. Starzynskiego 5/29 visited site and completed survey 24 April 1992. No interviews.
     Source: Gruber, Ruth Ellen. Jewish Heritage Travel A Guide to East-Central Europe. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1992. p. 54
     "ulica Gorna, a few tombstones. Ohel of Tzaddik Elimelech (died 1786)". [Source?]
     "Lizhensk: only the rebuilt tomb of the chasidic leader Elimelech of Lizhensk was seen." Source: Cohen, Chester G. "Jewish Cemeteries in Southern Poland" from `An Epilogue' in Shtetl Finder. 1980.
     UPDATE: http://www.polishjews.org/cemet/lezajsk.htm has photo. [August 2005]

LIDZBARK DZIALWOSKI: See Lidzbark Welski

LIDZBARK WARMINSKI:     US Commission No. POCE000644
Located in Olsztynskie, at 54º 07 20º 3546 km from Olsztyn. Cemetery location is near the town's forest around 200 meters E of the road to Olsztyn. Present town population is 5,000-25,000 with no Jews.      The earliest known Jewish community was 1472. The unlandmarked Orthodox and Progressive/Reform cemetery was established in the first half of the 19th century with last Jewish burial 1939. The Jewish population before WWII was about 1934. The isolated suburban wooded hillside has no sign. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all but difficult [sic]. There is no wall, fence or gate. Approximate size of cemetery was.10 ha. both now and before WWII. 1-20 gravestones exist, none in original location. The municipality owns property used as a Jewish cemetery only. Properties adjacent are recreational. Local residents visit rarely. There is no maintenance or structures. Vegetation and vandalism are moderate threats. Security and weather erosion are slight threats.
      Wiktor Knercer, 10-685 Olsztyn, ul. Barcza 33m 16, Tel. 33-86-07 visited site and completed survey in Oct. 1991. Documentation: Frederichs Deutsches Stadtebuch, Stuttgart 1933; Statistisches Handbuck fur die Provinz Ostepreuzen, 1938. P. Stawomir

LIDZBARK WELSKI:     US Commission No. POCE000369
Alternate name: Lautenburg (German) and Lidzbark Dzialwoski (Hung.). Lidzbark Welski is located in Ciechanow at 53º1619º49, 25 km from Dzialdowo. The cemetery is located at Zielunska St. Present population is 5,000-25,000 with no Jews.      The earliest known Jewish community was 1772. 1931 Jewish population was 80. The Orthodox, Sephardic Orthodox, Conservative, and Progressive/Reform cemetery was established during the 18th century. No other towns or villages used this unlandmarked cemetery. The isolated urban hillside has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all. There is no wall or fence surrounding the cemetery. There is no gate barring access to the cemetery. The size of cemetery before WWII and now is 0.41 hectares. Fewer than 20 visible sandstone and other materials flat shaped stones, flat stones with carved relief decoration, or multi-stone monuments are less than 25% broken or toppled and date from the 19th century. There are no structures or known mass graves. The municipality owns the cemetery used for Jewish cemetery only. Properties adjacent are residential. Rarely, private visitors and local residents visit. The greatest threat faced by the cemetery is the adjacent residential development. Its heating pipes run through the cemetery. Vegetation overgrowth in the cemetery is a seasonal problem that prevents access and disturbs graves and gravestones. The cemetery was vandalized during World War II, but not in the last ten years. Occasionally, authorities clean or clear the cemetery.
     Wojcieck Henrykowski, ul. Spoldzielcza 20, 06-200 Makow Mazowiecki completed survey on 07/10/1991 using the cemetery documentation in the collection of Panstwowa Sluzba Ochrony Zabytkow w Ciechanowie nr 36/83. Stuolium Historyczno Urbanistyczne Lidzbark [Scientific Documentation of Lidzbark] in the PSOZ Ciechanowie collection was also referenced. W. Henrykowski visited the site on 4 and 7 September 1991 and interviewed the employees of the communal office in Lidzbark on 4 September 1991.

LIEBSTADT: (German) see Mitakowo
LIKOVA: (Yiddish) see LUKOW

LIMANOWA:     US Commission No. POCE000747
Located in Nowosgdeckie at 49º43 20º25 E N, 84 km from Krakow and 24 km from Nowy Soyer. Cemetery location is on Kolejowa Street, opposite the railway station. Present town population is 5,000-25,000 with no Jews. 1921 Orthodox Jewish population was 905. The isolated urban hillside has a sign in the local language, which mentions Jews. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all. A continuous fence with a non-locking gate surrounds the cemetery. Approximate size of cemetery before WWII and now is.4 ha. 20-100 gravestones, all in original location with 25%-50% toppled or broken, date from 19th-20th centuries. The marble and sandstone rough stones or boulders and flat stones with carved relief decoration have Hebrew inscriptions. The cemetery contains special memorial monuments to Holocaust victims and marked mass graves. The municipality owns property used as a Jewish cemetery only. Properties adjacent are residential. Occasionally, organized individual tours, private visitors and local residents visit. The cemetery was vandalized in WW II. Local/municipal authorities, Jewish individuals abroad, and the Lejb Getterer Foundation (see Mszana Dolna) re-erected stones, cleared vegetation and fixed the wall and gate. There is a regular caretaker. There are no structures. Threats: Weather erosion and vegetation are moderate threats, and pollution and vandalism are slight threats.
     Piotr Antoniak (see Bobowa) visited site 8/22/92 and completed the survey on 9/7/92.

LINCZYC: (Yiddish) see Leczyca
LINTSHITZ: (Yiddish) see Leczyca
LIPIANY: see Jozefin
LIPKA: used cemetery at Debrzno Wies

LIPNO:
In Wloclawek.
Source: Gruber, Ruth Ellen. Jewish Heritage Travel A Guide to East-Central Europe. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1992. p. 76

LIPSK N. BIEBRZA: AS 218
Located in Suwalskie at 53º24N 23º24E, 33 km from Augustow and 82 km from Bialystok. Cemetery is at N edge of the town. Present town population is 1,000-5,000 with no Jews.      1679 Jewish population was 10; 1766-392; 1921-87 [sic "and approximately 100"]. The Orthodox Jewish cemetery was established in the late 18th century. Landmark: (landmark number 534/741/d/89) from 11/27/1989. (nr. rej.zabykow woj suwalskiego-741,1.dz.WKZ) The isolated suburban flat land has a sign in Polish and Hebrew mentioning Jews and the Holocaust. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all with no wall, fence or gate. Approximate size of cemetery before WWII and now is.38 ha. 20-100 gravestones, some in original location with less than 25% toppled or broken, date from 19th-20th centuries. The granite and sandstone rough stones or boulders or finely smoothed and inscribed stones have Hebrew inscriptions. The cemetery contains special memorial monuments to Holocaust victims and has no known mass graves. The municipality owns property used as a Jewish cemetery only. Properties adjacent are agricultural and residential. Rarely, private visitors or local residents stop. The cemetery was vandalized in WW II. There is no maintenance or structures. Vegetation is a serious threat (overgrown with trees, bushes and thicket); weather erosion is a moderate threat.
     Dr. Janusz Mackiewicz, 16-400 Suwalki, ul. 1 Maja 27a/47, Tel. 663756, 663741 completed survey on 9/22/1994.

LIPSKO:     US Commission No. POCE00078
Located in Radom at 51º10 N 27º39 E, 145 km from Warsaw. Cemetery is on Czachowski Street. Present town population is 1,000-5,000 with no Jews.      The earliest Jewish community is 1676. 1921 Jewish population was 1376. The Jewish Conservative cemetery was established in the 17th century with last known Jewish burial 1942. The isolated urban crown of a hill has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all with no wall, fence or gate. Approximate size of cemetery was and is 1.5 ha. No tombstones are visible. The municipality owns property used as a park. Properties adjacent are agricultural and residential. Rarely, private visitors stop. The cemetery was vandalized in WW II. There is no maintenance or structures. Incompatible development is a moderate threat; pollution and weather erosion are slight threats.
     Dr. Adam Penkalla, deceased, visited site and completed survey on 8/7/1991. (He may have additional information.)

LISOBIKI: (German) see Jeziorzany
LISK: see Lesko
LISKA: see Lesko
LISSA: (German) see Leszno

LIWCZE:
The Germans destroyed both the synagogue and the cemetery during the Second World War. In 1890, Liwcze was in Galicia. Currently, it is on the Polish side of the Polish-Ukrainian border. Source: Judith Langer Caplan Judith27@aol.com

LIZHENSK: (Yiddish) See Lezajsk
LOBAU: See Lubawa (I) and (II)

LO

LOBZENICA:     US Commission No. POCE000427
(Alternate name: Lebsens in German) Lobzenica is located in Pila at 52º15 17º16, 35 km from Pila. Cemetery location: in N part of the townlet. Present town population is 1,000-5,000 with no Jews.
Town: Urzad Miasta i Gminy w Lobzenicy.
Local: mgr. Roman Chwaliszewski, Wojewodzki Konserwator Zabytkow, 64-900 Pila, ul. Tczewska 1, tel. 223-88.
Regional: Panstwowa Sluzba Ochrony Zabytkow oddriar w Pila, mgr. Barbara Luczynska.
Interested: mgr. Marek Fijarkowski, Muzeum Okregowe, 64-920 Pila, ul. Chopina 1, tel. 271-37.
     Earliest known Jewish community was mid-16th century. The Progressive/Reform Jewish cemetery was established mid-16th 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 or gate. The size of the cemetery before WWII was 1.0 hectares. The cemetery has been liquidated. There are no gravestones, mass graves, or structures. The cemetery was vandalized during WWII. The municipality owns site used for a park with a concert hall.
     mz. Henryk Srecki, 70-534 Szczecin, Soltysia 3/13, tel. 377-41 completed survey 30 Aug 1991. Site not visited; no interviews.

LODZ: also used the cemetery at Sochaczew.
http://www.giotto.org/jesse/poland.html Photos in "A photographic essay of abandoned Jewish cemeteries in Europe" by Ruth Gruber [September 2002]
     Lodz Chevra Kadisha Indexing Project: "The Old Cemetery was established in 1811 and closed in 1892-3, at which time the larger new cemetery was established. However, burials continued to take place until 1922. ... As a result of the great influx of workers to Lodz in the 19th century, records include not only individuals who were born and lived in Lodz proper, but also those with roots in many surrounding and some distant Polish villages and towns, some of which today are in Lithuania and Belarus. Some of the records in the Hebrew and Polish lists may coincide with data already in the JRI-Poland database and will provide additional valuable information for anyone researching their family in this region. The Lodz Chevra Kadisha records include the more than 5,400 entries listed in "Stary Cmentarz Zydowski w Lodzi" (The Old Cemetery of Lodz), published by the Jewish Community of Lodz in 1938. For a complete description of the contents of this book, see "The Old Cemetery in Lodz" by Chaim Freedman, http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Lodz/oldcem.htm.
     JRI-Poland has taken on this indexing project with the enthusiastic support of Mr. Symcha Keller, head of the Jewish Community of Lodz. The much larger new Jewish cemetery survived nearly intact and planning for the indexing of the burial records of the New Lodz Cemetery is underway. More than 180,000 indices to these burials will become part of the JRI-Poland searchable database in the near future. The Chevra Kadisha records are made up of two separate databases. Phase I: Indexing of the Polish Subsidiary Death Register, 1826-1893, containing 2,034 entries, is complete and online in the searchable JRI-Poland database. ... Phase II: Indexing of the Hebrew List of Burials, 1822-1922, containing 3,411 graves in the Old Lodz Cemetery, is in progress. ... Source: Stanley Diamond, SMSDIAMOND@aol.com on Jewish Gen Digest [21 Jan 2001]
     Old Lodz Postcard Gallery, a compilation of 48 old postcards photos of Lodz, issued between the years 1900 and 1920: http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Lodz (click on "Pre-war Community") or go directly to http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Lodz/postcard.htm. [January 2001]
     See http://www.wcss.wroc.pl/wroclaw/religia/cmen/cmz_lo_a.htm and additional links. In 1994, in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the annihilation of the Lodz ghetto, Jehuda Widawski from Israel and Buchman from Berlin had several thousand gravestones placed on graves of those who died in the ghetto, the so-Alternate name: Ghetto Field. The pre-burial house built in 1898 by the Konstadt family was restored by the Family Nissenbaum Foundation. Conservation work was finished. Source: U.S. Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad.
     Mr. Symcha Keller, Jewish Community Office, 78 Zachodnia str. Lodz 90-725, Poland; fax: Fax (011) (48-42) 33 51 56; Home (48-42) 51 17 86. Enclose a postal reply coupon. Mr. Keller is the Secretary of the Jewish Community of Lodz. He has a large card file of, one hopes, all the burials in the large cemetery now in use. He told me a little over a year ago that they are slowly entering the data into computer-readable files. Each card gives the name of the person, his or her last address, and the location of the grave. He, as well as the caretaker at the cemetery itself, has a large chart of the graves. The farther you make your way into the cemetery, the more like a jungle it is. If Mr. Keller can help you, it would be nice to send the Jewish Community of Lodz a gift. It has many needs. Dollar check can be accepted. Sources: Arthur S. Abramson, Mansfield, Connecticut, U.S.A., abramson@uconnvm.uconn.edu and Ivan Kuper; kuper_i@hccs.cc.tx.us
     The Organization of Former Residents of Lodz in Israel (OFRLI) an all-volunteer group in Tel Aviv maintains a database of those buried in the Lodz Jewish cemetery between approximately 1895 and the ghetto's liquidation in August 1944. The burial list includes an identification number, surname and first name(s) father's name, age at death, date of death as year-month-day and exact site within the cemetery and notes. Contact: OFRLI at 158 Dizengoff St. 63461 Tel Aviv, Israel; telephone; (03) 524-1833 fax (03) 523-8126. Source: "Lodz Ghetto and Cemetery Lists" by Michael J. Meshenberg mjmeshenberg@anl.gov; Avotaynu.
     BOOK: The Jewish Cemetery in Lodz; Bronislaw Podgarbi; (tlumaczenie Malgorzata Talikowska-Musial). Published: Lodz: Wydawn. Artus, 1990. DS135.P62 L644161 1990. It essentially is of nil genealogical value, except for documenting with many contemporary photographs that the cemetery was emphatically NOT destroyed in the Holocaust. Another value of the Podgarbi book is that text is in both English as well as Polish, thus it can be rapidly assimilated. The copy I read was at Brandeis University Library in Waltham, MA. The Podgarbi book quotes the size as 180 thousand graves and states it is probably the largest in tact Jewish Cemetery in Europe. I do not know if he is correct. Podgari gives essentially an historical overview of the growth of the Cemetery in the 19th century. Comment source: Jay Norwalk jay@axionpress.com. See JRI-Poland at Jewish Gen.
     BOOK: The Jewish exhibition catelogmetery in Lodz, 3106, book, 6/19/1997, "Podgarbi Bronislaw, Jedrzehcztjiwa Wielslawa", title:,"Wydawnictwo", 1990, 96 p.,ANG/POL, 83-85132-00-7; source: contact Daniel Dratwa: d.dratwa@mjb-jmb.org. The books are among the collection at the Jewish Museum of Belgium.
     BOOK: Stary Cmentarz Zydowski W Lodzi (The Old Jewish Cemetery in Lodz) by Dzieje i Zabytke, Lodz 1938 Publisher: Nahladem Gmny Wyznaniowez m Lodzi available at YIVO in fragile condition, They were to microfilm it with a contribution by Allen Strickler, 1417 Kensinton Dr., Fullerton, CA 92631. This is also available at Harvard (Slavic Department) and a microfiche version is available at the Library of Congress. The book lists the inscriptions on individual tombstone (but I don't know if all), a genealogical treasure trove for many researching ancestry in Lodz. I estimate the book is 600-700 pages in length. It is 75% in Polish and 25% in Hebrew. It has an index. I noted it has a partial year by year listing of some of the interments from the beginning of the cemetery in the early 19th century, though names are not alphabetized within each year. If one knew the year of death, one could use this part of the book. This continues until perhaps the 1880's. Many sections of the book seemingly describe given families, sometimes with separate genealogical discussions. The book is long and detailed and in nearly mint condition, though it was not printed on acid-free paper. The Judaica Dept of the Library, a few doors down the hall at Weidner, has become quite excited about the book and immediately made funds available to preserve it. This means that it will now first be filmed at Harvard, and then re-printed to acid-free paper and bound. Jay Norwalk: jay@axionpress.com
     BOOK: Tanu Ez A Kohalom: (This Cairn is Witness Today) by Saros Laszlo and Vali Dezso. ISBN 963 7476 172.; a very interesting book of Jewish Cemetery Photographs; published in Hungary in 1993. The vast majority of this 149-page book contains black and white photographs. There are 8 (English) text pages with general information. The sections are: Introduction, Cemetery in Ancient Times, Old Tombstones, Cemetery and History, The Tombs of the Ancestors, Tent and Parchment, People and Flower, Rituals of Death, Epitaphs, Signs and Symbols I. Symbols II. Animal and Vegetal (sic) Symbols III. Hebrew Abbreviations Bibliographical Notes There are 23 pictures of Krakow source: Bruce Kahn bkahn@servtech.com 1:260/204 JGSR Jewish Genealogy Web Pages http://jgsr.net
     BOOK: Szkice z dziejow gminy Zydowskiej oraz cmentarza w Lodzi by Kersz, Isaak. 115 p. call # DS135.P62 L644126 1996 (1) folded leaf: ill., map; 29 cm; history and Jewish cemeteries source: Pennycandy Jansen; e-mail: PENNYCANDI@msn.com
     BOOK: Hortus ludorum; Cmentarz zydowski w Lodzi: 1892-1992 (The Garden of the Jews: the Jewish cemetery in Lodz), by M. Swiathowska and A. Pugaczewski. Lodz, 1992. 4 pages, 16 plates, Latin title, Polish and English introduction). S2 94B1368. Notes: tombstone photo album (some readable), cemetery history. Source: Tragger, Mathilde. Printed Books on Jewish cemeteries in the Jewish National and University Library in Jerusalem: an annotated bibliography. Jerusalem: The Israel Genealogical Society, 1997.
     http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Lodz/chevrah.htm has "Lodz Chevrah Kaddishah in the 19th Century, and Beginnings of the Jewish Community." [October 2000]
LODZ I:     US Commission No. POCE000268
Located in region Lodzkie at 51º46 19º28. Cemetery location is Ulica Wesola. Present town population is over 100,000 with 100-1000 Jews.      The earliest known Jewish community was 1809. 1921 Jewish population was 156,000. Buried in the unlandmarked Orthodox, Conservative and Progressive/Reform cemetery include Rabbi Chaskiel Naumberg, zm. 1856, Rabbi Mojzesz Lipszyc, zm. 1874, and Industrialist Mr. Samuel Jechenkiel Zalcman. The date of the last known burial was around 1900. The isolated urban flat land has no sign. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all with no wall or gate. Approximate size of cemetery is.6 ha. (Developed area). There are no gravestones in the cemetery or known mass graves. The municipality owns property used for apartment houses. Properties adjacent are residential. Rarely, private visitors stop. The cemetery was vandalized in WW II. There is no maintenance. No threats.
     Pawel Fijalkowski, 96-500 Sochaczew, ul. Ziemowita 11, Tel. 227-91 completed survey on Sept. 22, 1991. Documentation: Stary cmentarz Zydowski Wlodzi, Dziejei Zabytki, Red. J.S2PER, Lodz 1938
     UPDATE: "Stary Cmentarz Zydowski w Lodzi" (The Old Cemetery of Lodz), published by the Jewish Community of Lodz in 1938 Is available in Israel at the National Library at The Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Book No. S2° 85 A4405 and At Yad-Vashem Library in Jerusalem. [February 2007]
     UPDATE: http://www.jewishlodzcemetery.org/cmentarzHE.html [March 2007]
LODZ II:     US Commission No. POCE000658
     See Lodz I for information about city. Cemetery location is Ulica Bracka. Kongregacja Wyznania Mojzeszowego wlodzi, Ulica Zachodnia 78, has the key to the locked Orthodox, Conservative and Progressive/Reform cemetery. Living here were (list different from list above) the industrialists Izrael Kalmanowicz Poznanski-zm. 1900 and Rabbi Chaim Majzel zm 1912; Icchak Katzenelson-zm. 1944-Poeta. Buried in the cemetery include Izrael Kalmanowicz Poznanski, Chaim Majzel, and artist Perec Willenberg. The landmarked cemetery was established in 1892: Rejestr Cmentarzy Zydowskich Urzedu Ds. Wyznan z 1981. The urban flat land, separate but near other cemeteries, has a sign in Polish that mentions the Jewish community. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all. A fence with a locking gate surrounds site. Approximate size of cemetery is more than 40.5 ha. More than 180,000 gravestones in the cemetery, more than 5000 stones not in original location and more than 75% of stones toppled and broken or not in original location, date from 1897-20th centuries. Vegetation overgrowth is a constant problem, disturbing stones. Men, women, tabbis, Cohanim and children divide the cemetery into sections. The marble, granite, sandstone and iron flat shaped stones, finely smoothed and inscribed, flat stones with carved relief decoration, sculptured monuments, or multi-stone monuments have Hebrew, Yiddish, Polish and German inscriptions. Some tombstones have traces of painting on their surfaces, iron and bronze decorations or lettering, and/or metal fences around graves. The cemetery contains special memorial monuments to Holocaust victims and has unmarked mass graves. The local Jewish community owns property used as a Jewish cemetery only. Properties adjacent are residential. Compared to 1939, the cemetery is smaller due to new roads. Frequently, organized Jewish groups, organized individual tours and private visitors stop. The cemetery was vandalized in WW II and occasionally afterward. Jewish groups abroad (Fundacja Nissenbaumow) cleaned stones, cleared vegetation and fixed wall since 1983. The regular caretaker is paid by visitors' contributions. The cemetery has a pre-burial house with a tahara table and more than one ohel. Vegetation is a slight threat. Pawel Fijalkowski, 96-500 Sochaczew, ul. Ziemowita 11, Tel. 227-91 visited April 1991 and completed survey on 11/03/1991. Photo archives were used as documentation.
     http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Lodz/oldcem.htm [January 2001]. "…The large Jewish cemetery in Lodz was established in 1892. This establishment of this cemetery, the largest Jewish cemetery in Europe, was prompted by a cholera epidemic that year and because of the closing of the old Lodz Jewish cemetery on Wesola Street, established in 1811. Prior to 1811, the Jews of Lodz were buried in surrounding communities, such as Leczyca and Lutomiersk." Source: Shirley Rotbein Flaum, Seflaum@aol.com [12 Jan 2001 on JewishGen Digest]
     cemetery on ulica Bracka. Established 1892. About 180,000 tombstones. Tombs of Julian Tuwim's parents, Artur Rubinstein's parents, and those of the industrialist Israel Poznanski, doctor Seweryn Sterling, Rabbi Chaim Majzel. [source?]
     Source: Gruber, Ruth Ellen. Jewish Heritage Travel A Guide to East-Central Europe. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1992. p. 26, 54-55
    http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Lodz/newcem.htm (New Bracka Street Cemetery) [February 2001]
    http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Lodz/newcemplan.htm (Plan of the New Bracka Street Cemetery) [February 2001]
     UPDATE: http://www.polishjews.org/cemet/lodz.htm has photo. http://www.polishjews.org/photos/lodz.htm has synagogue photo. [August 2005]
     UPDATE: For names found on wooden boards at the purification room of Lodz Old Cemetery, see http://www.zchor.org/lodz/boards.htm . Link to data in Excel: http://www.zchor.org/lodz/lodz_cemetery.xls and http://www.zchor.org/lodz/surnames.xls. [May 2004]
     UPDATE: Site at http://www.jewishlodzcemetery.org/cmentarzHE.html is searchable in English, Hebrew, and Polish. [February 2007]

LOEBAU: (German) Lubawa
LOETTSEN: see Gizycko
LOMAZ: See Lomazy

LOMAZY:     US Commission No. POCE000396
Alternate name: Lomaz (Yiddish). Lomazy is located in Biala-Podlaska at 51º24 23º10, 88 km NNE of Lublina. The cemetery is located at ul. Cmentarna. Present population is 1,000-5,000 with no Jews.      The earliest known Jewish community was 1589. A synagogue is mentioned in 1784 and 1884. Orthodox Jewish population before WWII was 829. OR The earliest known Jewish community in the town existed in 1623, but there was also a Jewish leaseholder mentioned in 1589. The Orthodox cemetery is located on rural (agricultural) flat land, separate but near the Catholic cemetery (Cmentarz Katolicki). Signs in Polish and Yiddish mark the cemetery. These signs mention the Holocaust and the Jewish community. There are also Jewish symbols on the gate or wall. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open with permission. A continuous fence with a locking gate surrounds the cemetery. There are no visible gravestones. The cemetery contains unmarked mass graves. The municipality owns it. Adjacent properties are agricultural. The cemetery was vandalized after World War II and since. The caretaker fixed the wall, the gate, and cleared vegetation. Occasionally, private Jewish visitors stop.
     Michal Witwicki, ul. Dembowskiego 12/53, 02-784 Warszawa, tel: 6418345 completed survey on 20/08/1991.

LOMZA:
     http://www.jewishaz.com/jewishnews/000303/poland1.html about 1999 restoration from Jewish News. Information about Lomza is available at http://members.aol.com/rechtman/index.html. Source: Yigal Rechtman; rechtman@aol.com
     http://www.lomza.org has information about the Old Cemetery and the New Cemetery. The Old Cemetery located about half a mile from Old Market maintained as a "Lapidarium." Photographs and information about the restoration. [December 2000]
     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: Gruber, Ruth Ellen. Jewish Heritage Travel A Guide to East-Central Europe. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1992. p. 76
     (Before 1830, Jews were exiled from Lomza. During this time, they buried their dead in Sniadowo.)
     David Linden and I have organized a project to photograph all of the stones contained in both Jewish cemeteries in Lomza. So far, we have received about 240 photos. We intend to translate the data and disseminate it as widely as possible. Lomza has two Jewish Cemeteries. The Old Cemetery was in use prior to Jews being expelled from the town, then reopened from about 1830 through 1892. The New Cemetery was in use from 1892 through about 1940. While the Jews were forbidden from Lomza prior to 1830, Jews were buried in Sniadowo, although I have found no reference to the condition of the cemetery there. Our plan is to make the data available when appropriate, meaning after the balance of the photography has been done and the translation has been compared and proofread. If it appears that the remainder of the photography will not be completed in a timely fashion, we will most likely distribute an interim release of the data after the translation is verified. The current plan is to photograph the Old Cemetery (c. 1830-1892) before winter and complete the second half of the New Cemetery (1892-194_) next spring. This plan is sketchy due to numerous details yet to be worked out. Source: Gary Maher, Westfield, New Jersey garymaher@juno.com" [date?]
     UPDATE: Cemetery photos at http://www.kirkuty.xip.pl/lomza.html [January 2006]

LOPISCHEWO ZU RITSCHENWALDE: (German) see Ryczywol (II) in Pila

LOPUCHOWO: see TYKOCIN

LOPUSZNO:     US Commission No. POCE000291
Located in Kielce at 50º54 N 20º15 E, 26 km from Wloszczowa. Cemetery location is in the suburbs (quartier Ludwikaol). Present town population is 1,000-5,000 with no Jews.      The earliest known Jewish community was during the 18th century. 1895 Jewish population was about 587 and about 625 in 1939. The Orthodox and Conservative cemetery was established during the 18th century with last Jewish burial 1942. The isolated suburban flat land has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all. No wall, fence, or gate surrounds. Approximate size of cemetery is.5 ha. There are no gravestones. The municipality owns property used as a park. Properties adjacent are recreational and agricultural. Rarely, private visitors stop. The cemetery was vandalized in WW II. There are no structures. Security, weather erosion and incompatible planned development are moderate threats, and vegetation is a slight threat.
     Dr Adam Penkalla, deceased, completed survey and visited the site.

LOSICE:     US Commission No. POCE000395
Pre-W.W.II site located on ulica Pilsudskiego (formerly Siedlecka) in Biala Podlaska at 52º13' 22º43', 30 km NNE of Siedlce. Alternate Yiddish name is Loshits.
Present total town population is 5,000 - 25,000 with no Jews.
      The earliest known Jewish community dates from the early 1600s. Jewish population as of last census before World War II was 3500. Fires on at least two occasions destroyed a large portion of the town; the wooden synagogue also was destroyed. Antisemitism claimed both property and lives occasionally. With the Nazi occupation of Losice in 1942, many of the town's Jewish population fell victim either in ghettos or Treblinka. Rabbi Mordechai Harif, Rabbi Itzhak Raizenberg. Rabbi Yonatan Eibeszycz, Rabbi Yosefa Blaustein, Rabbi Arie Lajb Libszyc lived here. The date last known Jewish burial in the unlocked Orthodox cemetery located one km from the congregation, was September 9, 1939.
      The isolated, urban cemetery located by water has no sign or marker. The cemetery site is reached by turning directly off a public road with access open to all with no wall or fence. Approximate size of the cemetery before World War II is 3.4 acres, but smaller now due to a park. No stones are visible. Stones that have been removed from the cemetery are in the town's storage facitily . Vegetation overgrowth in the cemetery is a constant problem. Water drainage at the cemetery is a seasonal problem. The 17th century limestone and sandstone tombstones are finely smoothed and inscribed stones with traces of painting on their surfaces. Inscriptions on tombstones are in Hebrew and Polish, and one in Ladino may reflect the presence of Jews forced to flee Spain in the early 1500's.
      In 2003, approximately 1500 matzevot were recovered from the former property of the late Dr. Wroblewski. In 1942, after the Nazis occupied Losice, the doctor's house was taken over to serve as the gendarmerie headquarters for the region. At this time, gravestones were removed from Losice's Jewish cemetery to be buried in the backyard that was used as a courtyard. In the early 1960s, the remainder of the gravestones were removed and the cemetery site converted into a park. No known mass graves. The present owner of the cemetery site is the municipality. Properties adjacent to the cemeterary are municipal offices. The cemetery property is now used for a park with smaller boundaries, due to commericial or industrial developement nearby. The cemetery is visited occassionally by private Jewish or non-Jewish visitors. The cemetery was vandalized during World War II and between 1945 and 1981. In 2003, the municipalities and interested Jews recovered matzevot. Within the limits of the cemetery are the remnants of a concrete foundation which was used for a bandstand after the cemetery was converted into a park in the mid-1960's. No care or maintenance is done and an unsupervised storage facility houses the gravestones.
      Michal Witwicki, ul. Dembowskiego 12/53, 02-784 Warszawa, tel: 6418345 completed the initial survey on 08/15/1991.
      Viktor Lewin 30 Abraham Bay Winnipeg, Manitoba R2P 1G1 1-204-694-3532 viklewin@shaw.ca completed the survey on November 15, 2005. He has visited the site several times including in 2004. He has interviewed many people since 1991 regarding the site. A restoration project plans to return the recovered gravestones to the cemetery. Supervising this project is The Poland Jewish Cemeteries Restoration Project www.pjcrp.org. Information about the project may be found at www.zchor.org/losice/losice.htm. Information about and photos of the some of the recovered matzevot may be found at www.zchor.org/losice/matzevot.htm. [January 2006]
     UPDATE: "The Canadian Jewish News": http://www.cjnews.com/viewarticle.asp?id=1438.
     UPDATE: Cemetery photos at http://www.kirkuty.xip.pl/losice.html [January 2006]

LOWICZ: See Sochaczew (IN 1829) region of Skierniewice
US Commission No. POCE000216
Located in Skiernierskie at 19º57E 52º06N, 49 km from Lodz and 74 km from Warsaw. The cemetery is located at Ulica Lscrycka (or Lsaycka). Present town population is 25,000-100,000 with fewer than 10 Jews.      The earliest known Jewish community was 1829. 1921 population was 4517. Lowicz principality was annexed by Prussia. The Orthodox, Conservative and Progressive/ Reform cemetery was established in 1829 with last Jewish burial 1970. Landmarked: Rejesdr cemetery zydowskich Ungku ds. Wyznan 2 1981r. The isolated suburban hillside has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all. A broken masonry wall with a non-locking gate surrounds. Approximate size of cemetery is 1.86 ha. 100-500 gravestones, 1-20 gravestones in original location with 25%-50% toppled or broken, date from 19th-20th centuries. The cemetery is divided into men and women's sections. The marble, granite, sandstone and concrete rough stones, flat stones with carved relief decoration, or multi-stone monuments have Hebrew and Polish inscriptions. Some tombstones have bronze decorations or lettering. There are special memorial monuments to Holocaust victims but no known mass graves. The municipality owns property used as a Jewish cemetery only. Properties adjacent are agricultural and residential. Occasionally, organized individual tours and private visitors stop. It was vandalized during WW II, but not in the past ten years. There is no maintenance. Between 1945 and 1950, tombstones were recreated by Jewish individuals within the country. There is a pre-burial home with wall inscriptions. Security and vandalism are slight threats.
     Pawel Fijatkowski, 96-500 Sochacrew, ul. Ziemowita 11, Tel. 22791 completed survey on June 26, 1991. His private collection archive was used to complete the survey. Visited site July 1990.
     Nathalie Wolf, of the US and Israel, was born here and restored the cemetery at her own expense. Despite being listed as a landmark, it was in a sad state. Bushes were cut and new trees planted. Source: U.S. Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad,
     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: Gruber, Ruth Ellen. Jewish Heritage Travel A Guide to East-Central Europe. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1992. p. 76
     UPDATE: http://www.polishjews.org/cemet/lowicz.htm has photo. http://www.polishjews.org/photos/lowicz.htm has synagogue photo. [August 2005]

LOWYN: See Pszczew

LUBACZOW: {11001}
    US Commission No. POCE000145
Located in Przemysl located at 50º10 N 23º08 E, 61 km from Przemysl and 166 km from Lublin. Present town population is 5,000-25,000 with no Jews.      The earliest known Jewish community was the beginning of the 18th century. 1939 Jewish population was around 2300. The city was destroyed in 1655 during wars with Cossacks. The landmarked cemetery was probably established in the beginning of the 18th century with the last Orthodox Jewish burial 1943. The suburban hillside, separate but near other cemeteries, has signs or markers in Hebrew, Yiddish and Polish. The markers mention the restoration of the cemetery in 1989 financed by Rabbi Hertzberg's family from New York. Reached by crossing a Christian cemetery, access is open to all. Surrounding are a continuous masonry wall and fence in some parts with two gates, one that locks and one that does not. The size before WW II was.713 ha and its present size is approximately.5 ha. 500-5000 gravestones, 20-100 gravestones not in original locations with less than 25% toppled or broken, date from 1728-20th century. One granite stone with Polish inscription dates from 1934. Others are limestone, with a few of sandstone. The flat stones with carved relief decoration and some with traces of painting on their surfaces have Hebrew and Polish inscriptions. There are no known mass graves. The municipality owns property used as a Jewish cemetery only. Properties adjacent are agricultural, a Christian cemetery, and school. The cemetery is smaller today due to the extension of the Christian cemetery in 1978. Local residents rarely visit. Local authorities and a Jewish individual abroad cleared vegetation and fixed wall in 1979 and 1989. There are no structures. Vegetation is a moderate threat; and security is a slight threat.
     Pawel Sygowski, U. Kalinowszayzna 64/59 20-201 Lublin visited site was Oct. 1991 and completed survey in Dec. 1991.
     Source: Gruber, Ruth Ellen. Jewish Heritage Travel A Guide to East-Central Europe. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1992. p. 76
     "In the end of August 1999, Howard Bodenstein from New York visited. Howard photographed the gravestones found on the Remembering the Jews of Lubaczow web site I started in September 1999. Howard Bodenstein estimates that there are about 1000 gravestones in the cemetery with around 30% legible. My local contact, high school student Greg Bauman, informed me that: 'Today, there are around 14000 living in Lubaczow.' Przemysl was the province capital from 1975-1998; and Rzeszow is now the capital of the province. I have a book by Lubaczow survivor Maurie Hoffman Keep Yelling, published by Spectrum Publications in Victoria, Australia in 1995. In Chapter 11, pages 103-106, Maurie Hoffman gives his testimony to the fact that during the final extermination of the Jews in Lubaczow, the Jewish cemetery was used both as a place for murdering the Jews and for burying them in mass graves. "Source: Eva Floersheim, Lower Galilee, IL-Shadmot Dvorah, Israel; e-mail: evaflor@kinneret.kinneret.co.il
http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/lubaczow/ is the Shtetl site for Lubaczow. October [2001] http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/lubaczow/bgntut.htm has a PDF format tutorial "Learning About the Gravestones from Lubaczow. October [2001]
    UPDATE: In May 2002, after my visit to Lubaczow, I wrote a little text about a tree at the Jewish cemetery in Lubaczow that “eats” gravestones. Several persons wrote to me after that telling me that photos showing this, would be worth more than thousand words.
    Now a Polish culture magazine on the Internet named Zwoje (Scrolls), nearly all in Polish, has published the text with the photos, in English and Polish. Next to my text is the one Zenon Lis wrote. Zenon is originally from the Lubaczow area, but now lives in New York. We had corresponded on the internet when Zenon told me how he, a Polish student, remembered looking at that same tree from his high school window in Lubaczow around twenty years ago. When he saw my photos and read my little text, he contacted Andrew Kobos, the editor of Zwoje, and this is what came out http://www.zwoje-scrolls.com/zwoje33/text15p.htm.
    The message remains the same: We must hurry up to document the remains of Jewish life in Galicia, before nature and time erase what is still there.  [Source: Gesher Galicia mailing list, Eva Floersheim, Shadmot Dvorah, Israel] [December 2002]
     UPDATE: Cemetery photos at http://www.kirkuty.xip.pl/lubaczow.htm [January 2006]

LUBARTOW I:     US Commission No. POCE000181
Located in Lublin province. The cemetery location is 26 km from Lublin at 22.37 E º51.27 N. The old cemetery is located at 25 Pazdziernika between the streets Armii Krajowej and Lubelska. Present town population is 5,000-25,000 with no Jews.
Town: Urzad Miasta I Gminy, ul. Stowaskiego 8, Tel. 2273. Regional: Mgr. H. Landecke, Wojewodzki Konserwator Zabytkow, pl. Litewski 1, Lublin, Tel. 290-35.
     The Jewish community and the unlandmarked cemetery were established in the second half of the 16th century. 1921 Jewish population was 3209 (53.6%). The last Orthodox Jewish burial was the beginning of the 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 a continuous fence with no gate. The cemetery was.77 ha. before WW II and is approximately.5 ha. after due to housing development. There are no visible stones or known mass graves. The municipality owns property used as a park and playground. Properties adjacent are residential. The cemetery is not visited at all. It was vandalized during WW II. There is no maintenance. Within the limits of the cemetery is a kindergarten. Security is a slight threat.
     Pawel Sygowski, ul. Kalinowszyzna 64/59, 20-201 Lublin, Tel 772078 visited site October 1991 and completed survey in Dec. 1991. Skowronek was interviewed in October 1991
LUBARTOW II:     US Commission No. POCE000182
See Lubartow (I) for general information about the city. The new cemetery is located on Cicha St. about 500 meters from the center. The last Jewish burial was 1943. Landmark: official register of monuments 997/88. The isolated urban flat land has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all with a continuous fence with no gate.
     The cemetery is approximately.77 ha. today but is smaller than in 1939 due to housing development. There are 32 gravestones, none in original location with 25%-50% toppled or broken and a dozen fragments buried after construction of a monument. The oldest gravestone is from 1848. The sandstone flat stones have carved relief decorations, Hebrew inscriptions, and traces of painting on their surfaces. There are unmarked mass graves. The municipality owns property used for dumping waste. The western part has a lawn in front of the blocks. Properties adjacent are residential and a school. Occasionally, private visitors stop. It was vandalized during WW II, after the war, and after construction of the monument. Local authorities and Jewish groups from within and outside the country patched stones, cleared vegetation, erected fencing, and planted trees in the 1960s and constructed a monument in 1988. Authorities do occasional maintenance. Within the limits of the cemetery are two ohels and a little guard's house. Threats: Security and vandalism are serious threats. Pupils from the local school are coloring the tombstones. The area behind the monument serves as a toilet and a place for smoking and drinking. Inhabitants destroy the monument.
     Pawel Sygowski, ul. Kalinowszyzna 64/59, 20-201 Lublin, Tel 772078 visited site and completed survey in October and November 1991.
     Gruber, Ruth Ellen. Jewish Heritage Travel A Guide to East-Central Europe. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1992. p. 76

LUBASCH: (German) see Lubasz

LUBATCHOV:
"Many stones were in place and readable." Source: Cohen, Chester G. "Jewish Cemeteries in Southern Poland" from `An Epilogue' in Shtetl Finder. 1980.

LUBASZ:     US Commission No. POCE000408
German alternate name: Lubasch. Lubasz is in the region Pila at 52º57 N 16º32 E, 5 km from Czarnkow. The cemetery is by the road to Antoniew. Present town population is 1,000-5,000 with no Jews.      The earliest Jewish community and the Progressive/Reform cemetery were established in the early 17th century. Landmark: Register of monuments of Pita No. A-673. The isolated rural 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. Before World War II, the cemetery was approximately 0.40 ha. Now it is approximately 0.39 ha. 1 and 20 gravestones, not in original location with less than 25% toppled or broken, date from 1677-20th century. The granite or sandstone rough stones, finely smoothed and inscribed stones, or flat stones with carved relief decoration have Hebrew and German inscriptions. There are no known mass graves in the cemetery. A regional or national governmental agency owns cemetery. Properties adjacent are agricultural. Local residents rarely visit. The cemetery was vandalized during World War II. There is no care. Security, weather erosion, vegetation, and vandalism are slight threats.
     Henryk Grecki, 70-534 Szcucin, ul. Soltysia 3/13, tel. 377-41 completed survey on August 30, 1991. There were no site visits or interviews.

LUBAWA: (I) US Commission No. POCE000262
Alternate German name: Loebau. The town is in Olsztynslue at 53º30 19º45, 72 km from Olsztyn. The old cemetery is by the road to Omulew, on Fijewskie Hill. Present population is 5,000-25,000 with no Jews.      The earliest known Jewish community was the second half of the 18th century. 1931 Jewish population was 38. The unlandmarked old Progressive/Reform cemetery was established at the beginning of the 19th century with last known Jewish burial 1939. 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. The approximate size of the cemetery both before World War II and now is 0.17 ha. No stones are visible. There are no known mass graves. The cemetery property is now used for recreation and is visited rarely. The cemetery was vandalized during World War II. Wiktor Knercer, 10-685 Olsztyn, ul. Bareza 33m 16 tel. 33-86-07 completed survey in November 1991 using documentation from Gustav Liiek, Stadt Lubau in Westpreuben-1892.
LUBAWA (II):     US Commission No.
     The unlandmarked "new" Orthodox and Progressive/Reform cemetery is located by the main road to Dabrowno. The last known burial in this cemetery was 1939. 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, fence or gate. Both before and after World War II, the cemetery size was 0.15 ha. No stones are visible. Used for recreation, the cemetery visited rarely. The cemetery was vandalized during World War II. No additional information given. Survey information same as Lubawa (I).

LUBISZYN: used cemetery at Witnica
LUBLE: used cemetery at Frysztak (II) and the cemetery at Twierdza-Glinik Dolny

LUBLIN: used Kurow (I) in 1648
     Source: Gruber, Ruth Ellen. Jewish Heritage Travel A Guide to East-Central Europe. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1992. p. 26, 55-57
     ulica Sienna, 100 tombstones. The oldest: Jakub Kopelman died 1541), which is also the oldest tombstone in Poland that remained in its original place. Tombs of Rabbi Shalom Shachna (died 1558), Salomon Luria (died 1573), Tzaddik Jakub Izaak called the Seer (died 1815). [source?]
     BOOK: Temunot fotografiot shel tsiyunei batei hakvarot hayashan vehechadash ba'ir lublin mehame'a hashesh esre ad hatesha esre (Photographs of inscriptions from the old and the new cemeteries in Lublin from the 16th century till the 19th), by Sz. B. Nuessenbaum. Lublin, 1913. 31 pages, illustrated, Hebrew title page & inscriptions and Polish & Russian added title page. 29V4844. Notes: 24 tombstone photographs, 1541-1907, chronology, inscription summaries in Russian. Source: Tragger, Mathilde. Printed Books on Jewish cemeteries in the Jewish National and University Library in Jerusalem: an annotated bibliography. Jerusalem: The Israel Genealogical Society, 1997.
LUBLIN: (I) AS 150
Lublin is in Lublin province at 51º14 22º34, 175 km SE of Warsaw. The cemetery is located NE of city center, between Sienna, Kalinowszczyzna and Podmiejska Streets. Population is over 100,000 with 10-100 Jews.      The earliest known Jewish community was 15th century. 1921 Jewish population (census) was 37,337. Living here were Szalom Szachna, Szlomo Luria, Jakow Icchak Horowic, and Meir Szapiro. The Jewish cemetery was established in the second half of the 15th century. Buried in the cemetery include Jakow Icchak Horowic, Szalom Szachna, Szlomo Luria, Hailpern and others. The last known Orthodox Jewish burial was around 1830. Two suburban communities also used the landmarked cemetery: Piasek and Kalinowszczyzna, 1-2 km away. The isolated urban hillside has a sign in Polish and Hebrew mentioning Jews. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open with permission. An almost continuous masonry wall with a locking gate surrounds the cemetery. The cemetery, both before and after World War II is 1.5 ha. 100 and 500 gravestones, 20-100 not in original locations with than 25% toppled or broken, date from 1541-19th century. The granite, sandstone and other materials rough stones or flat stones with carved relief decoration have Hebrew inscriptions. Some stones have traces of painting on their surfaces. A plaque commemorates 1,300 Poles who were shot at the cemetery. The cemetery contains unmarked mass graves. The national Jewish community and the municipality own the property used as Jewish cemetery with some waste dumping. Adjacent property is residential and a cloister. Frequently, organized Jewish tours, organized individual tours, private visitors and local residents stop. The cemetery was vandalized both during World War II and in the last ten years frequently. Local non-Jewish residents, Jewish individuals in the country, and the Committee for the Protection of Cemeteries and Monuments of Jewish Culture re-erected stones, patched broken stones, cleaned stones, cleared vegetation, fixed the wall, and fixed the gate in 1988-1989. No care now. Within the cemetery is an abandoned post-war barrack. Security and vandalism are very serious threats, pollution and vegetation are serious threats, and weather erosion, and incompatible development are slight threats. Sometimes the site is used as a children's playground; and they destroy the gravestones.
     Pawel Sygowski, Kalinowszczyzna 64/59, 20-20A Lublin, tel. 77-20-73 completed survey in May 1994, using his own information along with A. Trzcinski. Other documentation was too old and too general. He visits site several times every year since 1982.
LUBLIN (II): AS 151
The cemetery is on Walecznych Street, now part of the new Jewish cemetery. See Lublin (I) for town information. This cemetery was established in 1916 with last known Jewish burial 1918 and also 1939. Jewish soldiers of the Austro-Hungarian army used this unlandmarked cemetery. The urban flat land is now part of the new Jewish cemetery. The cemetery has a sign in the local language and Hebrew: Martyrology of the Lublin Jews but no sign about the character of the site. [sic] Reached by turning directly off a private road across from the new Jewish cemetery area, access is open with permission via a continuous fence with a locking gate. The cemetery is approximately 0.1 ha. There are no gravestones visible. They would be 19th-20th century limestone, sandstone, and concrete and flat stones with carved relief decoration and pieces of matserot. The cemetery contains a special memorial monument to the victims of the ghetto of Majdan Tatarskij. A fragment of the wall was built; a composition was made of the matserot and their pieces. The remains of the victims of the execution at Majdan Tatarski were transferred. The local Jewish community owns property. Adjacent to the cemetery are garages and Jewish cemetery. Occasionally, organized Jewish groups, organized individual tours, private visitors and local residents stop. The cemetery was vandalized during World War II. In 1993, Jewish individuals within the country re-erected some stones from the new Jewish cemetery. Occasionally, individuals clear or clean. Vegetation and vandalism and proposed development are slight threats; existing incompatible development is a serious threat. The monument to the victims of the ghetto at Majdan Tatarski was erected in the World War I military cemetery.
     Pawel Sygowski, ul. Kalinowszczyzna 64/59, 20-201 Lublin, tel. 77-20-78 completed survey in April 1994, using documentation from Meir Bataban, Die Judenstadt von Lublin, Berlin 1919 with a translation in Lublin in 1991. He visited site, but no interviews were done.
LUBLIN (III): AS 152
     See Lublin (I) for town information. The cemetery is N of the center by Walecznych Street. This cemetery is locked. Josef Honig, tel. 77-86-76 has a key as does the guard at the site. Buried in the cemetery was Meir Szapiro (transferred to Israel) and the Eiger family. The last Orthodox or Progressive/Reform Jewish burial in the cemetery was 1893. The urban flat land, separate but near other cemeteries, has a sign in Polish, Yiddish and Hebrew. The sign mentions the Jews and the Holocaust. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open with permission. A continuous masonry wall surrounds the cemetery; the modern part has a continuous fence, a partial symbolic fence, and a locking gate. Before World War II, the cemetery was about 3 ha, now it is about 2.5 ha. 100-500 gravestones, 20-100 not in original location with less than 25% broken or toppled, date from 1860's-20th century. Some removed stones are incorporated into the roads in Majdanek. The cemetery was divided into sections, now impossible to determine. The marble, sandstone, or concrete flat stones with carved relief decoration have Hebrew or Polish inscriptions. There is special monument to Holocaust victims. The cemetery contains both marked and unmarked mass graves. The local Jewish community and the municipality own site. The road crosses the area. Adjacent to the cemetery are garages and the Roman Catholic cemetery. Frequently, organized Jewish group tours, organized individual tours, private visitors and local residents stop. The cemetery was vandalized during World War II and after the war, but not in the last ten years. Jewish individuals both did the work in Poland and elsewhere between 1989-1991 and again in 1993. They cleared vegetation, fixed the wall, and fixed the gate. Sara Frenkiel is the regular caretaker paid by the government. Within the cemetery is more than one ohel and a memorial building with the prayer hall and room for the guard. Pollution, vegetation and vandalism are slight threats.
     Pawel Sygowski, Kalinowszczyzna 64/159, 20-201 Lublin, completed this survey in May 1994. He has visited the cemetery several times every year since 1982.
LUBLIN (IV): AS 153
     The fourth cemetery in Lublin is in Lublin-Wieniawa, NW of the center, on Krola Stanistawa Leszczynskieg St. See Lublin (I) for town information. This cemetery was established in the 18th century. Wieniawa was incorporated into Lublin during World War I. The last known Orthodox Jewish burial in the unlandmarked cemetery was 1942. The isolated urban flat land at the crown of a hill 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 cemetery size was 1 ha before WWII-(cannot read current size.) No stones are visible. There are no known mass graves. Municipality owns site used for a stadium in one part and a grass field. Properties adjacent are recreational, commercial, agricultural and residential. The cemetery is rarely visited. The cemetery was vandalized during World War II. No threats.
     Pawel Sygowski, Kalinowszczyzna 64/59, 20-201 Lublin, tel. 77-20-78 completed survey 2 May 1994. Documentation: a field survey. He visited the site in 1990 and 1992. Interviews were conducted.
LUBLIN:
LUBLINIEC:     US Commission No. POCE000167
Alternate name: Lublinitz in German. It is in Czestochowa region at 50º40 18º 41, 34 km from Czestochowa and 58 km from Opole. The cemetery address is 11 Listropado, formerly was 22 Lipca 18. Present town population is 25,000-100,000 with no Jews.      The earliest known Jewish community is the first half of the 19th century when the unlandmarked Orthodox cemetery was established. The isolated urban flat land has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open with permission through a continuous fence with a locking gate. The present size of the cemetery is 0.15 ha. 20 to 100 sandstone finely smoothed and Hebrew and German inscribed gravestones, none in original locations with 75% toppled or broken, date from the 19th-20th century. There are no known mass graves. The municipality owns property used for industrial or commercial use. Properties adjacent are residential. Frequently, local residents visit. The cemetery has not been vandalized in the last ten years. Vandalism is a very serious threat. There is continuous desecration of the whole cemetery by the user.
     Jan Pawel Woronczak completed the survey. Jan Pawel Woronizak and Jeny Woronczak visited the site in 1987. No interviews were conducted.

LUBLINITZ: (German) see Lubliniec
LUBNIEWICE: used cemetery at Trzemeszno Lubuskie

LUBRANIEC:
In Wloclawek.
     Source: Gruber, Ruth Ellen. Jewish Heritage Travel A Guide to East-Central Europe. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1992. p. 77

LUBZINA: see Ropczyce
LUBZINE: see Ropszyce
LUKOVA: (Yiddish) see Lukow

LUKOW: (I) US Commission No. POCE000650
Alternate Yiddish names are Lukova and Likova. Lukow is located in Siedlechie province at 51º56 22º23, 110 km from Warsaw and 28 km from Siedlce. The cemetery was located between Partyzantow and Siedemsetlecia Streets and the river Krzna. Present town population is 5,000-25,000 with fewer than 10 Jews.      The Jewish community dates from 1589. 1912Jewish population was 7,985. 1939 total town population [not just Jews] was 14,865. The cemetery probably was established in the 18th century. The last known burial was the second half of the 19th century. The isolated urban flat land has no sign or marker. No trace of the cemetery exists. The site is now a hospital.
Cezary Ostas, Siedlce, ul. Pomorska 1/68, tel. 290-95 completed this survey on 27 Nov 1992 using the urban historical study of Lukow by PZK Lublin-1988, available in the conservator's office in Siedlce. He visited the site on 9 Oct 1992 and interviewed Stanislaw Ostrowski and Karol Cieslak, Lukow, on 27 Nov 1992.
LUKOW (II):     US Commission No. POCE000651
     See Lukow (I) for town information. The cemetery (lapidarium) was located on Warsawska Street. The cemetery key is in the shop of WSS "Spotem" near the cemetery. The cemetery probably was established in the second half of the 19th century with last known burial during WWII. The urban flat land has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is entirely closed. A metal fence and a locking gate surround part of the site. Before WWII, the size of the cemetery was 1.5 ha, but now it is only 1.037 ha. 20-100 stones, in original location was less than 25% toppled or broken, date from the 19th century. The granite and sandstone rough stones/boulders, flat-shaped stones, finely smoothed and inscribed stones, or flat stones with carved relief decoration have Yiddish inscriptions. No known mass graves. The municipality owns the property used for Jewish cemetery only. Adjacent properties are commercial or industrial and residential. Organized individual tours and local residents visit occasionally. The cemetery was vandalized during WWII but not in the last ten years. Maintenance: The remaining stones were incorporated into one obelisk [called the Lukow Holocaust Memorial, built in 1975], vegetation cleared, and wall and gate fixed by the local authorities who maintain the site yearly by clearing or cleaning. No structures. Weather erosion is a moderate threat. Pollution and incompatible nearby development are a slight threat.
     Cezary Ostas, Siedlce, ul. Pomorska 1/68, tel. 290-95 completed this survey on 27 Nov 1992 using the urban historical study of Lukow by PZK Lublin-1988, available in the conservator's office in Siedlce. He visited the site on 9 Oct 1992. He interviewed Stanislaw Ostrowski, Lukow, on 27 Nov 1992.

LUTOMIERSK:     US Commission No. POCE000684
The town is in the region of Sieradz at 57º45N 19º73E, 19 km from Todz. The cemetery is located in Warzyca, a suburban village. Present population is 1000-5000 with no Jews.      The earliest Jewish community in the town was 18th or possibly 17th century. 1921 Jewish population was 775, 35.3%. The Jewish cemetery was established in the 18th century with the last known Orthodox/Conservative Jewish burial 1942. Other towns also used the cemetery. The isolated suburban 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, fence or gate around the cemetery. The size of the cemetery is about 2 ha. No stones are visible. There are no known mass graves. The municipality owns property used as cemetery and agriculture (animal grazing). Properties adjacent are agricultural and residential. Occasionally, organized Jewish groups, organized individual tours, private visitors and local residents visit. The cemetery was vandalized during World War II, but not in the last ten years. Security, pollution, and vegetation are moderate threats, weather erosion, vandalism, and development are slight threats.
     Adam Penkalla, deceased, completed survey in November 1992. He used private documentation and visited the site.

      UPDATE: There were two, not one, Jewish cemeteries in Lutomiersk. The older one near the main road (at the crossroads Alexandrow-Szadek-Pabianice ) can be recognized only as a strangely regular hill with many houses on it, but I know people, who remember its function and how it looked. Now, houses and gardens are in this place with no memory at all of it as a Jewish cemetery except a cross standing nearby as a misplaced memorial sign. No Jews buried here are mentioned in the commemorative tablet of course. This old cemetery seems to be completely ignored in the survey; and yet it was the original cemetery of this Jewish community. The one described above was founded later after the commuity had expanded.
   As to that other cemetery, it is really a nice place to see with a brook flowing along it . Alas, it is becoming more and more neglected and encroached upon by the residents. I had the impression last time I was there it had lost much of its area as a result of arbitrary enclosures. Somewhere in the middle of it, I think, one was confronted with a fence.
    By the way, my mother as a child saw one of the last - if not the last - funeral and burial in this cemetery. She often recalls this event as she was living not far from the place -- by the road to the village of Bechcice where she had been born. This must have taken place sometime early in the summer of 1942. Source: Jan Gluszak at surdiarius@hotmail.com [November 2002]

LUTOWISKA:     US Commission No. POCE000728
The town is in Krosno region at 49º16N and 22º42E, 54 km from Soinok and 95 km from Krosno. The cemetery is 400 meters NE of village center. Present population is under 1,000 with no Jews.      1921 Orthodox Jewish population was 1220 persons. The isolated rural hillside has no sign or marker. Reached by crossing private property, access is open to all with no wall, fence, or gate. The cemetery size is approximately 1.0 ha, both before World War II and now. 100 and 500 gravestones, 20-100 not in original locations with 25%-50% toppled or broken, date from 1796-20th century. The sandstone, finely smoothed and inscribed, or flat stones with carved relief decoration have Hebrew inscriptions. There are no known mass graves. The unknown owner uses property for animal grazing. Properties adjacent are agricultural. Rarely, private persons visit. The cemetery was vandalized during World War II. In 1987 and 1988, the Society for Protection of Monuments cleared vegetation and re-erected stones but gives no care now. Weather erosion, vegetation and vandalism are very serious threats. Security is a moderate threat.
     Piotr Antonioik, ul. Dobro 5 m 36, 05-800 Prusekow completed this survey on September 11, 1992. He visited the site on August 9, 1992.
     UPDATE: http://www.polishjews.org/photos/phcemet.htm has synagogue photo. [August 2005]
     UPDATE: Cemetery photos at http://www.kirkuty.xip.pl/lutowiska.html [January 2006]

LUTUTOW:     US Commission No. POCE000685
Lututow is located in Sieradz region at 51º22 N 18º26 E, 37 km from Sieradz. Present town population is 1,000-5,000 with no Jews.      The earliest known Jewish community was 18th century. 1921 Jewish population was 1466 (68.8%). The Orthodox and Conservative Jewish cemetery was established in the 18th century with last burial in 1942. The isolated suburban 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. Present size of the cemetery is 2 hectares. There are no gravestones, structures, or mass graves. The municipality owns site used as a Jewish cemetery only. Properties adjacent are agricultural and residential. Occasionally, organized Jewish and individual tours, private visitors, and local residents visit. The cemetery was vandalized during WWII, but not in the last ten years. There is no maintenance or care. Security, vegetation, and incompatible development (planned and existing) are moderate threats.
     Adam Penkalla, deceased, cmpleted survey Nov. 1992. He visited the site.

LWOWEK:     US Commission No. POCE000454
(Alternate name: Pinne in German) Lwowek is located in Poznan at 52º27 16º11, 50 km from Poznan. Cemetery location is Neustadt 6. The House of Culture and Library were built in the Jewish cemetery. Present town population is 1,000-5,000 with no Jews.      The earliest known Jewish community was 1719. 1921 Jewish population was 72. Conservative Jews used this cemetery. 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. There are no gravestones. The municipality owns site used for a library and a House of Culture. Properties adjacent are residential. The cemetery was vandalized during WWII. There is no maintenance or care. The cemetery no longer exists.
     Pniewski Stawomir, Poznan, ul. Przybyszewskiego 41/4 completed survey Aug. 1991. Documentation: a 1940 German map and Heppner Heppner, A., and Herzberg, J., Aus Vergangenheit und Gegen. Die Juden und die judischen gemeinden in den Posener Landen, 1905-79, with photos. The site was not visited, but interviews were conducted.

LYCK: see ELK
LYSOBYKI: (Name before 1963) see Jeziorzany

Revised Monday September 17 2007