SAALFELD: (German) see Zalewo SADOWNE: (Yiddish) see Stoczek Wegrowski SAMOTSCHIN: (German) see Szamocin SAMTER: (German) see Szamotuly SANDBERG: (German) see Piaski Wielkopolskie
SANDOMIERZ (I) and (II): US Commission No. 000227 and 228
In Tarnobrzeg. The US Commission is rechecking these files. [2000]
I believe that this is one of the most beautiful Polish towns. The survivors collected the broken and desecrated tombstones to build a pyramid. The area is very beautiful, high on a hill surrounded by rose gardens. Two plaques mark the site, one placed by the survivors and the other by the town government. Source: Betty Starkman; BetteJoy@aol.com [Feb. 1998]
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. 78
SANOK (I): US Commission No. POCE000732
The town is located in voivodship of Kroonienskie or Krosno at 49º33' 22º13', 45 km from Krosno. Cemetery: 3 Maja (Trzeciego Maja) Street, Karpacka Restaurant. Present town population is 25,000-100,000 with no Jews.
Local: Burmistrz [Mayor] Urzad Miejski, Pl. Rewolucji Pazdziernikowej 1, 38-500 Sanok, tel. 308-90, telex #65512 um.
The earliest known Jewish community is the second half of the 14th century. 1921 Jewish population was 4,067. The 1939 Jewish population was around 5,000. Meir Szapiro lived here. The isolated urban hillside has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all with no fence, wall or gate. No stones are visible. The municipality owns the property used for recreation. Adjacent property is commercial or industrial and residential. It was vandalized during World War II. No care or structures.
Pietr Antoniak, ul. Dobra 5 m 36, 05-800 Pruszkow. [see Baligrod] survey completed on 11 Sep 1992 after a visit on 8 Aug 1992. SANOK (II): US Commission No. POCE000733
Cemetery: Kiczury Street. See Sanok I above for history. The isolated urban flat land has no sign or marker has Jewish symbols on gate or wall. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is entirely closed with a continuous fence and locking gate. The cemetery is 0.1.67 ha. 20-100 19th-20th century marble or sandstone flat stones with carved relief decoration or finely smoothed, 1-20 in original location with more than 75% toppled or broken, have Hebrew and Polish inscriptions. The cemetery contains special memorial monuments to Holocaust victims. The municipality owns the property used for Jewish cemetery. Adjacent property is residential. Rarely, private visitors stop. It was vandalized during World War II. Family Nissenbaum Foundation cleared vegetation, fixed wall, and fixed gate in 1988. Occasional clearing or cleaning by authorities is the care. Within the limits of the cemetery are no structures. Vegetation is a constant problem disturbing graves. Weather erosion is a moderate threat. Pollution and vandalism are slight threats. See Sanok I for survey information.
Source: Gruber, Ruth Ellen. Jewish Heritage Travel A Guide to East-Central Europe. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1992. p. 78
UPDATE: http://www.polishjews.org/photos/phcemet.htm has photo. [August 2005]
SANTOMISSCHEL: (German) see Zaniemysl SANTOMYSL: (German) see Zaniemysl
SANZ:
"A few gravestones were left." Source: Cohen, Chester G. "Jewish Cemeteries in Southern Poland" from `An Epilogue' in Shtetl Finder. 1980.
SARNE: see Sarnowa
SARNOWA: US Commission No. POCE000316
Alternate German name: SARNE. The town is located in Leszczynskie region at 51º38' 16º54', 36 km from Leszno and 66 km from Wroclaw. Cemetery: within the waste dump. From the Sarnowski Square, take Paderewskiego, then Wiatraczna Street, then the dirt road toward the railway. Present town population is 1,000-5,000 with no Jews.
Local: Burmistrz [Mayor] inz. B. Lashoowicz, ul. Westerplatte 7/10, 63-900 Rawicz, tel. 52-78 and Teresa Sedziak, Urzad Miasta I Gminy w Rawiczu, ul. J. Krasickiego 21, 63-900 Rawicz, tel. 21-14, tlx. 045253.
Regional: mgr. Eva Piesiewicz, Pasntwowa Sluzba Zabytkow w Lesznie, ul. Mickiewicza 5. tel. 20-63-83.
1921 Jewish population was 0. The Conservative and Progressive/Reform cemetery is unlandmarked. The isolated rural flat land has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all with no fence, wall or gate. The cemetery is 0.05 ha. The present size is impossible to determine. No stones are visible. The municipality owns property used for waste dumping. Adjacent property is agricultural. It was vandalized during World War II and during the last ten years. No care or structures. The cemetery was devastated totally while being turned into a part of waste dump. Vegetation is a problem.
Dariusz Czwojdrak, ul. Lipowa 22a/4, 67-400 Wschowa completed survey on 9 Nov. 1991 after a visit 8 Nov. 1991. He interviewed B. Lachowicz of Rawicz on 8 Nov. 1991.
SAWIN: AS 182
Town is located in the Chelm province at 51º16' 23º26', 20 km N. Cemetery: 1500 meters NW of town center on the road to the vilage Chutcze. Present town population is 1,000-5,000 with no Jews.
The earliest known Jewish community is pre-WWI when the unlandmarked Orthodox cemetery was established. 1921 Jewish population was 622 (48.4%). Living here was Mordechai Michael Jastman-1883. The last known Jewish burial was 1943. The isolated, rural, wooded flat land has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all with no fence, wall or gate. The cemetery is 0.2 ha as before WWII. Three stones are visible in original location with less than 25% toppled or broken.[macewy?], date from 20th century. The sandstone and concrete finely smoothed stones are inscribed in Hebrew. The oldest gravestone in the cemetery is "olires miedryerojenny". [sic] There are no known mass graves. A regional or national governmental agency owns the property used for forest. Adjacent property is forest. Rarely, private visitors stop. It was vandalized after World War II. No care or structures. Weather erosion is serious threat Vegetation is a seasonal problem preventing access and a constant problem disturbing graves. Vandalism and security are moderate threats.
Pawel Sygowski, Kalinowszczuzna 64/59, 20-201 Lublin tel., completed this survey 77-20-73 August 1995 after a visit in July 1995. He conducted interviews.
SCHARFENWEISE: (1939-1945 German) see Ostroleka SCHERMEISEL: (German) see Trzemeszno Lubuskie SCHILDBERG: See Ostrzeszow SCHIVELBEIN: See Swidwin SCHLICHTINGSCHEIM: (German) see Szlichtyngowa SCHLOCHAU: (German) see Czluchow SCHLOPPE: (German) see Czlopa SCHMIEGEL: See Smigiel SCHMUCKERT (LUB ALT-BOYEN): (German) see Bojanowo SCHNEIDEMUHL: See Pila, and Pila (I) and (II) SCHOENECK: (German) see Skarszewy SCHOKKEN: (German) see Skoki SCHONLANKE: (German) see Trzcianka SCHONSEE: See Kowalewo Pomorskie SCHONLANKE: See Trzcianka SCHRIMM: (German) see Srem SCHRODA: (German) see Sroda Wlkp SCHWARZENAU: (German) See Czerniejewo SCHWEIDNITZ: See Swidnica SCHWERIN: See Skwierzyna SCHWERIN: see Skwierzyna SCHWERSENZ: (Yiddish) see Swarzedz SCHNECK: See Skarszewy
SECEMIN: also used cemetery at Wloszczowa
US Commission No. POCE000163
The town is located in Czestochowa province at 50º46' 19º50', 12 km from Szczehociny, 12 km from Koniecpol, and 53 km from Czestochowa. Cemetery: S of town at a road. No Jews live there now.
Local: Urzad Gminy, tel. 77.
Regional: Wojewodzki Konserwator Zabtkow, Czestochowa, ul. Domegelskich 2, tel. 49745.
1921 Jewish population was 244 (13.9%). The isolated rural (agricultural) flat land has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open with permission. The unlandmarked Orthodox cemetery has a continuous fence and a locking gate. No stones or are known mass graves exist. The municipality owns the property used as a pig farm. Adjacent property is agricultural. There is no care.
Jan Pawel Woronczak, Sandomierska Str, 21 m.1, 02-567 Warszawa, tel. 49-54-62 completed survey on 17 Oct. 1991. Woroncak and Jeny Woronczak visited in 1988.
SEDZISZOW MAKOPOLSKI: US Commission No. POCE000503
Alternate Yiddish names: Sendeshov and Shendeshov. The town is located at 50º04' 21º42', 23 km W of Rzeszow. Cemetery: ul. Szkarpowa (or Kzlarpowa) in Rzeszow St. Present town population is 5,000-25,000 with no Jews.
Local: Urzad Miasta I Gminy, 39-120 Sedziszow Mlp., Rynek 1, tel. 1.
Regional: Wojewodzki Konserwator Zabtkow, Rzeszow, ul. Grunwaldzka 15.
Caretaker with key (unpaid): Mr. Thomasz Jagoda, ul. Kosciuszki 32.
The earliest known Jewish community is 17th century. 1921 Orthodox and Progressive/Reform Jewish population was about 1,000. The synagogue was about 200 meters from cemetery. Zagonyce, Zwierceu, Uoyncyce, [one other illegible ??ame S.] also used this unlandmarked locked Jewish cemetery established in the 17th century. The last known Jewish burial was 1943. The isolated urban flat land with a Polish sign or plaque has Jewish symbols on the gate or wall. The sign mentions the cemetery date. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open with permission. The cemetery has a continuous fence and a locking gate. The cemetery is 1,500 sq. meters as before WWII. 1-20 are visible in original location, none toppled or broken. Removed stones were incorporated into roads or structures in Rynek. Within the cemetery is a special section for rabbis. The 20th century sandstone and limestone finely smoothed stones are inscribed in Hebrew and Polish. The oldest gravestone in the cemetery dates from 1942. The cemetery contains special memorial monuments to Holocaust victims and marked mass graves. The municipality owns the property used for Jewish cemetery. Adjacent property is agricultural and residential. Rarely, private visitors stop. It was vandalized during World War II and not in the last ten years. The 1986 restoration of the wall and gate were carried out by Jewish individual abroad. Within the limits of the cemetery are no structures. Vegetation is a seasonal problem, preventing access.
Natascha Rode, 35-213 Rzenow, ul. Starzynskiego 5/29 completed survey in June 1992 after a site and interview with caretaker.
http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Kolbuszowa (Shtetlink) [November 2002]
SEEBURG: (German) see Jeziorany SEJNY: see Marynowo SENDESHOV: (Yiddish) see Sedziszow Makopolski SENSBURG: (German) see Mragowo
SEPOLNO KRAJENSKIE: US Commission No. POCE000607
Alternate Yiddish name: Zempelburg. Cemetery: on the N side of town. The town is in Bydgoskie, Krajna. The town is located at 18 32' º53 27', 31 km from Chojnice. Present town population is 5,000-25,000 with no Jews.
Local: local administration of commune council and a town in Sepolno Kraj.
Regional: mgr. Olga Romanowska-Grabowska, Panstwowa Sluzba Ochrony Zabytkow.
The earliest known Jewish community is 1783. 1885 Jewish population in the administrative district of Sepolno was 793. The unlandmarked Jewish cemetery was established in the second half of the 19th century. The isolated suburban hillside by water has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all with no gate. The size of the cemetery is 2.5 ha now as before WWII. 2 flat-shaped terrazzo stones remaining gravestones date from the 19th century. There are no known mass graves. The municipality owns the property used for recreation. Adjacent property is agricultural. The cemetery is visited rarely. It was vandalized during World War II. No care or structures. Vegetation is a seasonal problem, preventing access. Weather erosion is a moderate threat. Security and pollution are a slight threat.
Magdalena Grabowska, Bydgoszcz ul, completed this survey. Sanatoryjna 40, tel. 277335 on 30 Oct. 1992, using the 1988 WKZ Bgoszcz cemetery card. The site was not visited.
SEROCZYN: US Commission No. POCE000578
Alternate Yiddish name: Serotchin. Seroczyn is located in Siedlechie province at 52º0121º56. The cemetery is located on the road to Siedlce by the school, 150 meters W and behind the pond. Present town population is 1,000-5,000 with no Jews.
Town: Urzad Gminy, Wodynie.
Interested: Marian Kluczyk, Seroczyn and Wojwodzki Konserwator Zabytkow Siedlce, ul. Zbrojna 3, tel. No. 394-58.
1921 Jewish population was 179. The last known burial was before WWII. The isolated rural/agricultural hillside has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all. Wooden poles and no gate surround the cemetery. The size today and before WWII was 0.6 hectare. 1-20 stones are visible with none in original position and fewer than 25% toppled or broken. The oldest known gravestone is probably early 20th century. The granite tombstones and memorial markers finely smoothed and inscribed have Yiddish inscriptions. No known mass graves. Municipality owns property used for Jewish cemetery. Adjacent properties are agricultural and residential. The cemetery was vandalized during WWII. Private citizens rarely visit. No structures. Local/municipal authorities cleared vegetation, and fixed wall and gate in 1987-9. Authorities occasionally clear or clean. Rarely, private visitors stop. Weather erosion and vegetation are moderate threats. Vegetation overgrowth is a seasonal problem, preventing access.
Cezary Ostas, Siedlce, ul. Pomorska 1/68, tel. 290-95 visited site and completed survey on 24 Aug 1992.
SEROTCHIN: see Seroczyn
SHEBERSHIN:
a vandalized cemetery. [Source?]
SHENDESHOV: (Yiddish) see Sedziszow Makopolski SHMIEGEL: (German) see Smigiel SHIDLOVSTA: see Szydlowiec SHIDZA: See Sidra SHIENIAWSKI: see Majden Shieniawski SIANOW: used cemetery at Koszalyn
SIDRA: US Commission No. POCE000136
Yiddish alternate name: Shidza. Sidra is located in Bialystok at 53º34 23º27, 60km from Bialystok. The cemetery is in the W part of the town, by the road to Sidezka.
Present town population is 1,000-5,000 with no Jews.
Town: Urzad Gminy, ul. Sokolska 1, Sidra, naczelnik Tel. 30.
The earliest known Jewish community was 17th century. 1921 Jewish population was 465. Mosze Gerszon Mowszowicz lived here. The cemetery was established during the 18th century with last known Orthodox, Conservative, or Progressive/Reform Jewish burial 1940. The rural agricultural flat land by water has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all with no fence, wall, or gate. The cemetery occupied 0.8 hectares before World War II. It no longer exists. No tombstones remain. Some removed stones were incorporated into the road from Sidra to Siderka. Municipality owns property used for agriculture. Properties adjacent are agricultural. The cemetery was vandalized during World War II. Currently, no cemetery remains.
Tomasz Wisniewski, ul. Bema 95/99, Bialystok, Tel. 212-46 completed survey in 9/91. He visited in 1990.
http://cksr.ac.bialystok.pl/flattic/unia/sidra.html [October 2000]
SIEDLCE: US Commission No. POCE000579
Siedlce is located in Siedlechie province, 62 km from Warsaw and 130 km from Lublin. The cemetery is located on Szkolna Street. Present town population is 25,000-100,000 with fewer than 10 Jews.
Town: Urzad Miasta, Skwer Niepodlegtosa 2, tel. 220-31 and Archiwun Panstwowe, ul. 1 Maja 2, tel. 225-74.
Key (not caretaker): Przedsiebiorstwo Gospodarki Komunalnej [Workshop for Communal Administration], ul. Pilsudskiego 96.
Interested: Izaak Halber, ul. Pilsudskiego 39, tel. 229-87; Wojwodzki Konserwator Zabytkow Siedlce, ul. Zbrojna 3, Siedlce; tel. no. 394-58; Edward Kopowka, ul. Kazimierzowska 24; and Biblioteka Miejska [City Library], ul. Pilsudskiego 3.
The Jewish community dates from first half of 17th century. 1939Jewish population was 15,250. The city had a pogrom in 1906.The Jewish cemetery was established in 1807 with last known burial (Berman) in 1988. Unlandmarked but is a concern of the conservator. The isolated urban flat land has a Polish sign. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is entirely closed with a partial masonry wall and locking gate. The size today and before WWII was 3.0 hectare. 500-5000 stones are visible with 100-500 in original position and fewer than 50%-75% toppled or broken. Tombstones date from the 19th-20th centuries. The marble, granite and sandstone rough stones/boulders, flat-shaped stones, finely smoothed and inscribed stones, or flat stones with carved relief decoration have Yiddish inscriptions. The cemetery contains special memorial monuments to Holocaust victims. No known mass graves. Municipality owns property used for Jewish cemetery only. Adjacent properties are agricultural and residential. Occasionally, private visitors stop. The cemetery was vandalized during WWII. Local/municipal authorities cleared vegetation and fixed wall and gate in 1987-9. Authorities occasionally clear or clean. No structures. Weather erosion is a moderate threat. Vegetation overgrowth is a seasonal problem, preventing access.
Cezary Ostas, Siedlce, ul. Pomorska 1/68, tel. 290-95 completed survey on 23 Nov 1992. Documentation: Cezary Ostas and St. Fiedorczuk at the conservator's office in Siedlce, Project for cemetery area arrangement, and Monument to the Martyrdom of Jewish Nation in Siedlce by Witold Sobczyk, 1961 found in the conservator's office in Siedlce. He interviewed Izaak Halber and Edward Kopowka in Siedlce on 20 Nov 1992 and visited site on 23 Nov 1992. SIEDLCE:
This section contradicts the Commission survey. In the summer of 1995, we visited Siedlce. We found the gates to the cemetery wide open. In the middle of the cemetery we found a mass grave for hundreds of Jews from Siedlce and surrounding towns. Marking the grave is a huge round stone inscribed in Hebrew, Yiddish, and Polish. Date of burial was 1946. Earlier that day, we met with Edward Kopowka at the local museum, who showed us post-war photographs of local streets paved with stones removed from the cemetery. He told us that a Jewish man by the name of Gotman collected and returned them to the cemetery. We also saw pictures of caskets full of skeletons collected by the same man. Those caskets were buried at the mass grave. I took many pictures of the cemetery. I also have a picture of the cemetery dated 1920. Source: Sara Mages; charlesmages@sprintmail.com [date?]
SIEDLEC: see Krasnosielc SIELCC: see Krasnosielc
SIEMIATYCZEC: US Commission No. POCE000135
Alternate Yiddish name: Siemiatitz and Semyatitch. Siemiatycze is located in Bialystok, at 52º27 22º53, 80 km from Bialystok [99 km S]. The cemetery is located at Kosciuszki St. in S part of the town. Present town population is 5,000-25,000 with no Jews [14,992 in 1993].
Town: Urzad Miasta i Gminy, Legionow Pilsudskiego 3, burmistr 55-25-25.
The earliest known Jewish community was 17th century. 1921 Jewish population was 3718. Rabbi Em Kadeszowicz, Rabbi Chaim Baruch Gersztein, M. Marach, Rabbi Baruch, and Mordechai Lipszyc lived here. The cemetery was established in 18th century with last known Orthodox, Conservative, or Progressive/Reform Jewish burial in 1946. Surrounding villages up to 15 km away also used the isolated suburban flat land with a Polish sign mentioning Jews and the Holocaust. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all with a broken masonry wall and locking gate. Before World War II, the cemetery occupied 3.0 hectares; now 2.5 hectares, size decrease results from new roads or highways, housing development, and commercial or industrial development. There is only one 1970s granite and iron flat gravestone with carved relief decoration and iron decorations or lettering. The inscription is in Hebrew and Polish. The cemetery contains a memorial monument to Holocaust victims. The cemetery also contains marked mass graves. Municipality owns property used for Jewish cemetery. Properties adjacent are commercial, agricultural, and residential. Occasionally, private visitors and local residents stop. It was vandalized during World War II but not since. During the 1960's, local authorities fixed the wall and gate. Individuals occasionally clear or clean.
Tomasz Wisniewski, ul. Bema 95/99, Bialystok, Tel. 212-46 completed survey in 9/91. Miroslaw Leszczak (no longer living) of Siemiatycze was interviewed.
In his 1998 book Jewish Bialystok, Wisniewski contradicts the above report on p. 97 where he states that the Jewish community dates from as "early as 1583, and kahal are mentioned as far back as 1653." The 1765 Jewish population was 1,105 while the 1897 Jewish census registered 4,636 Jews, about 75%. The pre-WWII population was 4,000. The Holocaust memorial in the cemetery mentions 3 of the 73 murdered Jews: Efroim Kejles, Abram Ekstrakt, and Mejta Lew. No pre-WWII gravestones exist in the cemetery but some are found in the foundations of a house across the street from the cemetery and on Kosciuzki Street as a stair tread of a wood building between the gmina (district) office and the high school about 1 km from the cemetery. (See photo on p. 99.) Local historian is Jerzy Nowicki at 6 Plac Wyzwolenia-Rynek, tel. 552656 or 556131. He has tourist guides and brochures available in his newspaper office (Glos Siemiatycz.) [October 2000]
The following is a list of Jewish cemeteries in Zaglembie. I have personally visted most of them: Bedzin - ul. Podzamcze, Bedzin - ul. Zawale (now a park), Bedzin - ul. Sielecka (bus terminal), Czeladz - ul. Czealdzka 64 (also used by Bedzin community), Sosnowiec - ul. Gospodarcza 1, Sosnowiec (Modzejow) - ul. Niwka Pastewna, Sosnowiec (Milowice) - ul. Stalowa, Dabrowa Gornicza - ul. Wolka 5, Dabrowa gornicza - ul. Mydlice, Wolbrom - ul. Skalska, Zawiercie - ul. Daszynskiego, Kromolow - ul. Piaskowa 29, Olkusz - ul. Kopalniana, Olkusz - ul. Olowiana, Boleslaw - Krzykawka 139 (used by Slawkow community), I have many photos of these cemeteries. You should also consult the following:
Derus, Malgorzata and Dariusz Walerjanski, "Cmentarze zydowskie w wojewosdstwie katowickim [Jewish Cemeteries in the Province of Katowice]," in Cmentarze zydowskie. Wroclaw: Towarzystwo Przyjacol Polonistyki Wroclawskiej, 1995, pp. 155-165.
Rozmus, Dariusz, Cmentarze Zydowskie Ziemi Olkusziej [The Jewish Cemeteries in the Olkusz Region]. Krakow: Oficyna Cracovia, 1999.
Rozmus, Dariusz, "Nowe Dane Dotyczace Cmentarzy Zydowskich w Dawnym Powiecie Olkuskim w Granicach Administracyjnch do 1975 r [New Data on Jewish Cemeteries in the Former County of Olkusz Within the Administrative Boundaries Up to 1975]," in Ochrona Zabytkow 1999 Nr. 1, pp. 68-72.
Rozmus, Dariusz, "Slady Polichromii na Nagrobkach z Obszaru Dawnego Powiatu Olkuskiego [Treces of Polychromy on Jewish Gravestones in the Former County of Olkusz]," in Ochrona Zabytkow 2000 Nr. 1, pp. 85-92.
Walerjanski, Dariusz, "Cmentarze Zydowskie w Wojewodztwie Katowickim - Historia, Stan Zachowania, Problemy Ochrony [Jewish Cemeteries in the Katowice Voivodship - History, State Preservation, Protection Problems]," in Ochrona Zabytkow 1998, no. 3, pp. 246-257.
For your information a book listing every tombtone in the Zawiercie cemetery will be published shortly. Also, I am involved in a project to publish a book on the old Jewish cemetery in Bedzin which dates back to 1808. Anyone interested in this book, please contact me. Jeffrey Cymbler [November 2000 on JewishGen Digest]
Source: Gruber, Ruth Ellen. Jewish Heritage Travel A Guide to East-Central Europe. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1992. p. 78
SIENIAWAC: US Commission No. POCE000148
The town is located at 50º12' 22º38' in Przemysl, 54 km from Przemusl and 59 km from Rzeszow. Cemetery: Sieniawa. Present town population is 1,000-5,000 with no Jews.
Local: Urzad Miasta I Gminy, ul. Kosciuszki tel. 75.
Regional: Pawel Kuziol, Wojewodzki Konserwator Zabtkow, 37-700 Przemysl, ul. Rynek 24, tel. 59-44.
The earliest known Jewish community is 1702. The town was established in 1672. 1921 Jewish population was 1,071. Tzaddik Jehazkel Shruga Halberstam (d. 1898) lived here. The landmarked Jewish cemetery was established before 1686 with last known Orthodox Jewish burial in 1940. The isolated suburban flat land has no sign or marker. Access is open to all with a continuous fence and non-locking gate. The cemetery boundaries, 0.7509 ha. before WWII and now 1 ha, were reduced by agriculture. 50-500 stones in original location with 20 to 100 limestone, sandstone, and concrete flat shaped stones, finely smoothed and inscribed, or flat stones with carved relief decoration not in original locations and less than 25% toppled or broken, date from 17th-20th centuries. The oldest are 1686 and 1688. Some have traces of painting on their surfaces. Hebrew inscriptions. The cemetery contains known unmarked mass graves. The municipality owns the property used for Jewish cemetery. Adjacent property is agricultural and residential. Frequently, organized Jewish group tours visit. In 1970, a wire fence was constructed around the part containing graves. The local/municipal authorities cleared vegetation. Now, cemetery receives no care. Within the limits of the cemetery is an ohel. Vegetation is a seasonal problem, preventing access. Security and weather erosion are moderate threats. Jan Pawel Woroncrzak, Sandomierska 21m1; 02-567 Warszawa, tel. 49-54-62 completed survey on 6 Sep. 1991. He visited in August 1990 with Anna Kune, Robert Kaskow, Morein Wodzinski.
Source: Gruber, Ruth Ellen. Jewish Heritage Travel A Guide to East-Central Europe. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1992. p. l78
700 tombstones. The oldest 1686. Ohel of Tzaddik Ezechiel Halberstam (died 1898). [source?]
SIENNOC: US Commission No. POCE000074
The town is located at 51º03' 21º30' in Radomskie, 17 km from Ilza and 151 km from Warszawa. The cemetery is located at Partyzantow Street. Present town population is under 1,000 with no Jews.
Local: Wojt Gminy, 27-350 Sienno, ul. Rynek 6, tel. 34.
The earliest known Jewish community is 17th century. 1921 Jewish population was 735 (43.6%). The Jewish cemetery was established possibly in the 17th century but definitely in the 18th century. The last known Conservative Jewish burial in the unlandmarked cemetery was 1942. The isolated urban flat land has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all with no wall, fence, or gate. The size of the cemetery is 1 morga or 5,598.72 sq. meters in 1860, now about 1 ha. No stones are visible. The cemetery contains no mass graves. The municipality owns the property used for Jewish cemetery. Adjacent property is agricultural and residential. Rarely, private visitors stop. It was vandalized during WWII but not in the last ten years. The cemetery receives no care. No structures or threats.
Adam Penkalla, deceased, completed survey and may have more information.
SIERADZ: US Commission No. POCE000690
The town is located at 51º36' 18º44' in Sieradz region, 64 km from Lodz. Cemetery: Zaktadnikow Street. Present town population is 5,000-25,000 with no Jews.
Interested: Zydowski Instytut Historyong w Polsce, ul. Tomackie?? [illegible] 315, 00-090 Warsawa, tel. 27-92-21.
The earliest known Jewish community is 1578. 1921 Jewish population was 2,835 (30.5%). The Orthodox and Conservative Jewish cemetery was established in the 16th century. The last known Jewish burial in the landmarked cemetery was 1942. The isolated suburban flat land has a Polish sign or marker mentioning Jews, the Holocaust, the Jewish Community, and famous individuals buried in the cemetery. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all with no wall, fence, or gate. The pre-and post-WWII cemetery size is about 1.0 ha. 1-20 19th-20th centuries limestone and sandstone rough/boulder tombstones are visible in original location with none toppled or broken, none with inscriptions. The cemetery contains special memorial monuments to Holocaust victims and other Jewish individuals. The cemetery contains known unmarked mass graves. The municipality owns the property used for Jewish cemetery. Adjacent property is agricultural. Occasionally, private visitors, organized Jewish group and individual tours, and local residents visit. It was vandalized during WWII but not in the last ten years. Local/municipal authorities and Jewish individuals abroad cleared vegetation. Occasional clearing or cleaning paid by "other" municipal authorities is care. Within the limits of the cemetery are no structures. Security is a moderate threat.
Adam Penkalla, deceased, visited site and completed survey in Nov 1992.
SIERAKOW: US Commission No. POCE000443
Alternate German name: Zirke. Alternate Polish name: Sierakowo. The town is in Posnan region at 52º39 16º06, 70 km from Posnan. The cemetery is approximately 1 km NW of town center. Present town population is 5,000-25,000 with no Jews.
Local: Urzad Miasta Gminy, ul. 8 Shycririe 38, tel. 76.
Regional: Wojewodski Konserwator Zabytkow, 61-716 Poznan ul. Kosciuszki 93, tel. 69-64-64.
Conservative Jews used the unlandmarked isolated suburban hillside with no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all with no wall or fence. No stones are visible. The streets were paved with stones from the cemetery. The municipality owns site used for waste dumping. Properties adjacent are residential. During World War II, the cemetery was vandalized. There has been no maintenance. Both security and weather erosion are very serious threats.
Pniewski Stawornir, Poznan, ul. Znycyorcwskiez, 41/4 completed survey in August 1991 using 1940 German map and site visit.
SIERAKOWO: (Polish) see Sierakow
SIERPC: US Commission No. POCE000626
The town is in the Plockie region at 52º5119º39, 35 km from Plock. The cemetery is located at ulica Jagielly. Present population is 5,000-25,000 with no Jews.
Town: Urzad (Office) Miasta, Ulica. Piastowska 11A, tel. 75066.
Regional: Wojewodzki Konserwator Zabytkow, 09-400 Plock, Ulica Kolegialna 15.
The earliest known Jewish community is about 1734. 1921 Jewish population was 2,861. The Jewish cemetery was established probably in the 1st half of the 18th century with last known Orthodox or Conservative Jewish burial between 1939 and 1945. Landmark: Register of Jewish Cemeteries of 1981. The suburban hillside has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is entirely closed with a continuous fence with a locking gate. Before WWII the cemetery was about 1.5 ha and is now .16 ha. 100-500 gravestones in the cemetery, with about 1-20 in original locations and less than 25% toppled or broken, date from about 1850-20th centuries. The sandstone or "lastrico" flat stones with carved relief decoration or multi-stone monuments have Hebrew, Yiddish, and Polish inscriptions. There is a special memorial monument to Holocaust victims but no known mass graves. The municipality owns property used for Jewish cemetery and agriculture. Properties adjacent are agricultural and residential. Compared to 1939, agriculture reduced the cemetery boundaries. Occasionally, private visitors and local residents stop. During World War II, the cemetery was vandalized. Around 1990, local authorites re-erected stones, cleared vegetation, and fixed wall and gate. Occasionally, now, authorities clear. No structures. Vandalism is a slight threat.
Pawel Fijalkowski, 96-500, Sochaczew, Ulica Ziemowita 11, tel. 227-91 completed survey November 10, 1991, with a vist in September 1990 and documentation from Wlasne Archiwum Fotograficzne.
SIWKOWICE, GM.RESKO: US Commission No. POCE000207
The town is in Szczecin region at 53º43.6 15º00.24, 6 km from Resko. The cemetery address is 73-307 Resko. Present town population is under 1,000 with no Jews.
Town: Burmistrz; inz. Jan Olszewski, 73-310 Resko, tel. 0-923-12-33 or 0-923-17-31.
Local: the Urzad Gminy i Miasta Resko, 73-310 Resko, tel. 0-923-12-33 or 0-923-17-31
Regional: Mgr. Ewa Stanecka, Wojewodzki Konserwator Zabytkow ul. Kusnierska nr 20; 70-536 Szczecin; tel. 34-804.
Interested: Dr. Alojzy Kowalczyk, ul. Moniuszki 4/B, 73-110 Stargard, tel. 73-44-40 Stargard.
The earliest known Jewish community was about 1856. Before World War II, there were around 45-50 Jews. The unlandmarked Jewish cemetery was established around 1850 with last known Jewish burial in 1940. The isolated rural flat land between fields and woods 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 is approximately 0.09 ha, both before World War II and currently. 1 and 20 granite or sandstone, rough or flat-shaped stones, many in original locations with 25%-50% toppled or broken, date from 1898-20th centuries. Inscriptions are in Yiddish or German. There are no known mass graves. A regional or national governmental agency owns cemetery used for storage and waste dumping. Properties adjacent are agricultural. Occasionally, private visitors and local residents stop. The cemetery was vandalized during World War II, but not in the last ten years. There is no maintenance. Vegetation is a very serious threat, disturbing graves; weather erosion is a serious threat; security is a moderate threat; and pollution, vandalism and incompatible planned development are slight threats.
Dr. Alojzy Kowalczyk, ul. Moniuszki 4/B, 73-110, Stargard, tel. 73-44-40 completed survey October 13, 1991, Documentation: "Karta Cmentarza", Siwkowice II, gm. Resko. Dr. Kowalczyk interviewed the local officials and residents, and visited on October 12, 1991.
SKALA: AS 183
The town is in Krakow region at 50º14N 19º51W, 29 km N of Cracow. The cemetery is on Krakowska St. (From Market Square, alongside Krakowska St., pass the Catholic cemetery. Go right and pass sport playgrounds of Sport Club "SK Skala".) Present town population is 1,000-5,000 with no Jews.
Town: Urzad Miasta (City Council), 29 Rynek Sq., tel. 218308. Room 10. Local: Urzad Wojewodzki (Woivodship Office), Krakow, 22 Basztowa St., tel. 160200, fax no. 227208. Urzad Wojewodzki, Wydzial Spraw Spolecznych, (Woivodship Office, Dept. of Social Affairs) Krakow, 22 Basztowa St., tel. 226828, 223371 or 160268, Inspektor d/s Stowarzyszen i Wyznan (Inspectorate for Associations and Religious Denominations), Room 273. Additional the Kongregacja Wyznania Mojzeszowego (Jewish Congregation), 2 Skawinska St., Cracow, tel. 562349.
Regional: Panstwowa Sluzba Ochrony Zabytkow, Wojewodzki Konserwator Zabytkow (State Preservation Authority, Conservation Officer for Woivodship) in Krakow, at 3 Wszystkich Swietych Sq., tel. 225977, fax 161417 (person dealing with cemeteries is 161415).
Interested: 1. Regionalny Osrodek Studiow i Ochrony Krajobrazu, Kulturowego (Regional Center for the Study and Preservation of Cultural Landscape), Krakow. 2. Komitet Opieki nad Zabytkami Kultury Zydowskiej-sekcja Towarzystwa Milosnikow Historii i Zabtkow Krakowa (Committee for the Care of Monuments of Jewish Culture-section of Society of ? of History and Monuments of Cracow), 12 Swietego Jana St.
Interested: Sad Wojewodzki-Wydzial Ksiag Wieczystych (Woivodship Court of Justice-Dept. of Land Record Books), Krakow, 7 Przy Rondzie St., tel. 114100 (Archive Room 119) and at Wojewodzkie Archiwum Panstwowe (State Archive for Woivodship) Krakow, 2 Sienna St., tel. 224094, and at the State Archive for Woivodship in Kielce.
The earliest known Jewish community is after 1862 because Jews were prohibited within the town's borders until 1862. 1921 Jewish population (census) was 604. The Jewish population was exterminated on 10 May 1943. Rabbi Awramin Dawidow Sztark lived here. The "local monument" cemetery was probably established after 1862 with last known Orthodox burial 1943. The isolated rural flat land has a Polish sign or plaque mentioning the Holocaust and the Jewish community. Reached by crossing private property, access is open to all with a continuous fence and non-locking gate. Before World War II, the cemetery was approximately 0.5 ha, but now it is approximately 0.1812 ha. due to agriculture. The granite Hebrew and Polish inscribed gravestones are no longer visible. The cemetery contains unmarked mass graves. The municipality owns cemetery used as cemetery and for agriculture. Properties adjacent are agricultural. Rarely, private visitors stop. The cemetery was vandalized during World War II, but not in the last ten years. Around 1980, local authorities fixed the wall; in the beginning of the 1990's, they erected the monument. There are no structures. Occasionally authorities clear or clean. Security and pollution are moderate threats; vegetation is a threat.
Malgorzta Radolowicz, 37 Florianska St., Apt. 3, Krakow, completed survey using the Land Survey Chart at the local community council. She visited on July 20, 1995 and interviewed the City Land Surveyor, Mr. Marian Tarnowka and the officer responsibe for cemeteries at the City Council, Ms. Zofia Basoj, and elderly local residents including Tadeusz Jakubowicz.
SKARISHOV: (Yiddish) see Skaryszew
SKARSZEWY: US Commission No. POCE00003
Alternate German name: Schoneck. The town is in Gdanskie province at 54º048º27, 19 km from Starogardu Gdanskiego and 41 km from Gdanske. Present town population is 1,000-5,000 with no Jews.
Town: Prezydent Miasta, Urzad Miasta i Gminy, 83-410 Skarszewy, ul. 8 Marca 18, tel. 88-22-01 centrala.
Interested: Dr. Hanna Domanska, 81-742 Sopot ul. Wladyslawa IV 34/3, tel. 51-04-22. Regionalny Csrodek Studiow i Ochrony Srodowiska Kulturowewego, 80-822 Gdansk ul. Sw. Trojcy 5, tel. 3-77-12 or 31-75-22.
The earliest known Jewish community was approximately 1780. 1921 Jewish population was 40. In 1931, there were 33 in conjunction with Koscierzyna. The town was permanently settled in 1309. In the second half of the 15th century, Jews settled at Chojnickie suburb and migrated to town after 1772. In 1780, the synagogue existed. In the 19th-20th centuries, there was emigration, and in 1939, extermination. The cemetery was established around 1780, approximately 3 km from the congregation. The Progressive/Reform cemetery is landmarked with the Division of Monuments of the Voivodship Conservator of Monuments. The isolated wooded crown of a hill by water has a Polish sign mentioning this as a place of torment. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all with no wall or fence or gate. Before World War II, the cemetery size was approximately 2.00 ha. and now is 0.65 ha. 20 to 100 sandstone flat stones with carved relief decoration, most in original location with 1-20 not and 25%-50% toppled or broken, date from 1872-19th century. Inscriptions are in Hebrew or German. The cemetery contains special monuments to pogrom victims but no known mass graves. Municipality owns site. Properties adjacent are forest. The loss of land since before World War II is due to the overgrowth of the forest. Occasionally, private visitors and local residents stop. The cemetery was vandalized during World War II with no maintenance since. There are no structures in the cemetery. Weather erosion and vegetation are very serious threats with damage to the gravestones; security is a serious threat; and vandalism is a moderate threat because of the forest and no fence.
Dr. Hanna Domanska, 81-742 Sopot, ul. Wladyslawa IV 34/3, tel. 51-04-22 completed survey July 21, 1991. Documentation: Archives, bibliography, and The Tree of Stone Tears; The Jewish Communities of the Gdansk Vovoidship; Their History and Culture. H. Domanska, Gdansk 1991. She visited in 1988.
SKARYSZEW: US Commission No. POCE000075
Alternate Yiddish name: Skarishov. The town is located in Radomskie province at 51º20 N 21º15E, 115 km from Warsaw and 13 km from Radom. The cemetery location is agricultural near the road for Bogustawice. Present population is 1,000-5,000 with no Jews.
Town: Wojt Gminy 26-640 Skaryszew, ul. Stowackiego 6, tel. 89.
The earliest known Jewish community is 1863. 1921 Jewish population was 820 Jews, or 39.6%. The unlandmarked Jewish cemetery was established about 1880 with the last known Orthodox or Conservative Jewish burial 1942. The isolated ruralon flat land between woods and field 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 present size of the cemetery is about 1 ha. No stones or are known mass graves exist. . No structures. The municipality owns the cemetery used for agriculture as is surrounding property. Private visitors visit rarely. The cemetery was vandalized during World War II, but not in the last ten years.
Adam Penkalla, deceased, completed survey on August 16, 1991. He visited the site on July 2, 1991, conducted no interviews but may have more information.
SKARZYSKO-KAMIENNA: US Commission No. POCE00278
The town is in Kielce region at 51º08N 20º52E, 144 km from Warsaw. The cemetery is on Lyzwy Street near the municipal cemetery. Present town population is 25,000-100,000 with no Jews.
Town: Prezydent Miasta Skarzysko-Kamienna, 26-100 Skarzysko-Kamienna, ul. Sikorskozyo 18, tel. 3-27-89.
Regional: Wojewodzki Konserwator Zabytkow, ul. IX Wiekow Kielc 3, Kielce, tel. 45634.
The unlocked cemetery key [sic] is at the town office above. There is no caretaker. The earliest known Jewish community possibly was 1891 when the cemetery was established, but definitely 1923. 1921 Jewish population was 1590, 19.5%. Buried here was Zundel Kahanel-April 11, 1953, Dr. M. Sc. The last known Orthodox, Conservative, or Progressive Jewish burial was 1942 until the 1953 burial. The urban flat land, separate but near other cemeteries, has no sign, but has Jewish symbols on the gate or wall. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is entirely closed with a continuous fence and a locking gate. The size of the cemetery is and was before WWII 1.24 ha. 20-100 gravestones, all in original condition with less than 25% toppled or broken, date from the 19th(?) and 20th centuries, with the earliest possibly 1915(?). The limestone or sandstone finely smoothed and inscribed stones or flat stones with carved relief decoration have Hebrew, Yiddish and Polish inscriptions. Some have traces of painting on their surfaces. There is a special memorial monument to Holocaust victims but no known mass graves. The municipality owns property used for cemetery. Properties adjacent are agricultural, residential, and municipal cemetery. Occasionally, organized Jewish group tours, organized individual tours, private visitors, and local residents stop. The cemetery was vandalized during World War II. Jewish groups abroad re-erected stones and fixed the wall and the gate in 1977. Pollution and incompatible development are slight threats. Vegetation is a constant problem disturbing stones.
Dr. Adam Penkalla, deceased, visited site and completed survey [date?]. Documentation: his own and that of R. Saks, and Folks-Sztyme 30 V 1987, p. 12-11. He may have more information.
UPDATE: Skarzysko-Kamienna Municipla: The Jewish cemetery next to the municipal cemetery has an OPEN gate between the two and another gate to the Jewish cemetery from ul. Glogowa. The cemetery is small. If a grave is still there and marked, finding it is easy. A man called Kowalec (phonetic spelling) bought extra land by the cemetery and developed a new part where Jewish people are buried these days. Kowalec owns a pharmacy (probably new) on the corner of Staszica and Limanowskiego. Source: orit@olavi.co.il [October 2004].
SKAWOBRZE: See Swidwin SKAZISHOV: See Skaryszew
SKIERNIEWICE I: US Commission No. POCE000217
The town is in Skierniewickie region at 51º58 20º8, 50 km from Lodz and 67 km from Warsaw. The cemetery is located at ul. Strobowska. Present town population is 25,000-100,000 with no Jews.
Town: Urzad Miasta (City Hall Office), Rynek 1, tel. 2109.
Regional: Wojewodski Konserwator Zabytkow, 96-100 Skierniewice, ul. Powologicina 10.
The earliest Jewish community was around 1828. 1921 Jewish population was 4,333; 1931 was 4,445. The cemetery was established about 1828. Buried here were Szymon Kalisz re, Skierniewic, syn Menachema Mendla. The last known Orthodox or Conservative Jewish burial was about 1935. Landmarked: Register of Jewish Cemeteries of the Office for Religious Affairs since 1981. The isolated suburban site ear water has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all. A continuous fence without gate surrounds the cemetery. The size of the cemetery is about 1.75 ha. 1-20 granite or sandstone gravestones, probably not in original locations with less than 25% toppled or broken, date from the 19th-20th centuries. The flat shaped or finely smoothed inscribed stones have Hebrew or Polish inscriptions. There are no known mass graves. The municipality owns property used for agriculture. Properties adjacent are recreational. Occasionally, private visitors stop. The cemetery was vandalized during World War II, no maintenance. There are an apartment building and a storage house within the limits of the cemetery. No threats.
Pawel Fijalkowski, 96-500, Sochacrew, ul. Ziesnowita 11, tel. 227-91 completed survey on July 6, 1991 and visited on July 5, 1991. SKIERNIEWICE (II): US Commission No. POCE000217
See Skierniewice (I) for general information. This Orthodox and Conservative cemetery is located on ul. Graniezna. It was established about 1910 with the latest burial in 1947 due to the exhumation of the murdered Jews in 1939-1945. Landmarked: Register of Jewish Cemeteries of the Office for Religious Affairs since 1981. The isolated suburban agricultural flat land has no sign or marker. Reached by crossing private property, access is open to all with no wall, fence or gate. The present size of the cemetery is 0.83 ha. 1-20 gravestones, most in original locations with less than 25% toppled or broken, date from the 20th century. The cemetery is divided into men and women sections. The sandstone or concrete finely smoothed and inscribed stones and flat stones with carved relief decoration have Hebrew, Yiddish and Polish inscriptions. There is a special memorial monument to Holocaust victims. The cemetery contains marked mass graves. Municipality owns property not being used. Properties adjacent are agricultural or residential. Occasionally, organized individual tours. The cemetery was vandalized during WW II with no maintenance. Vandalism is a slight threat.
Pawel Fijatkowski, 96-500, Sochacrew, Ziemowita 11, tel. 227-91 completed survey on July 6, 1991 after a July 5, 1991 visit. 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. 78
SKOCZOW: US Commission No. POCE000646
In Bielsko-Biala. The US Commission is not finished rechecking this file. [2000]
SKOKI: US Commission No. POCE000444
Alternate German name: Schokken. It is in the region of Poznan at 52º4017º10, 40 km from Poznan. The cemetery is located on ul. Antoniewska. Present town population is 1,000-5,000 with no Jews.
Local: Urzad Miasta i Gminy, ul. Ciastowieza 11, tel. 69.
1921 Jewish population was 66, 4.6%. The unlandmarked Conservative cemetery is about 0.5 km from the town. The isolated suburban hillside has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all with no wall, fence or gate. No stones are visible. Part of the market square was paved with stones from the cemetery. Seven stones are in the manor park. The municipality owns property now used as a park. Properties adjacent are agricultural. There has been no maintenance or vandalism in the cemetery in the last ten years. Security and vegetation are very serious threats.
Pniewski Fracomi [sic], Poznan, ul. Pnyfyorewskieg completed survey in August 1991. Documentation: Heppner, Aus Vergorkyesheit... He visited in June 1991 and interviewed local people.
SKOTSCHAU: See Skoczow
SKULSK: also see Piaski SKULSK: US Commission No. POCE000699
The town is located at 52º29' 18º20' in Konin region, approximately 15 km N of Slesin and 35 km N of Konin. Cemetery: in suburb called Piaski at the E side of the road from Skulsk to Luszczewo. Present town population is under 1,000 with no Jews.
Local: Wojt gminy [head of village], eng. Janusz Szklarz, Urzad Gminy, ul. Koninska 20, Skulsk, tel. #18 and M. Irena Sobierajska, PSOZ o/Konin Posada, gm. Kamimierz Biskupi, tel. # Konin 975, ext. 212-936.
Regional: Urzad Rejonowy, ul. Maja 15/17, Konin [street name may be changed].
Interested: M. Lech Hejman, director of the Public Library of the Voierodship] Wojewodzki Biblioteka Publiczna, ul. A. Michiewicza 2, Konin, tel. #42 85 57. Antoni Henclewski, ul. Wlocklawska 5, Skulsk tel. #19.
The earliest known Jewish community was before 1914. The Jewish population before 1914 was about 200 with 42 families. The unlandmarked Orthodox and Conservative Jewish cemetery was established before 1914. 1940 or 1941 was the last known Jewish burial. The isolated rural flat land has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all with no wall, fence, or gate. Site was fenced with a gate up to 1940. The pre-and post-WWII cemetery size is about 0.4 ha. No stones are visible. The missing stones were incorporated into the Skulsk-Luzzcewo Road. The municipality owns the now barren property. Adjacent property is agricultural. Private visitors visit. It was vandalized during WWII. No care. Within the limits of the cemetery are no structures. Security and vegetation are a moderate threat.
Lucja Pawlicka-Nowak, 62, 510 Konin, ul. 11 Listopada 15/76, tel. 43-43-56 completed survey on 15 Sep 1992 and visited in September 1992. He conducted interviews and used documents in the office of the commune of Skulsk. Other documentation exists but is too general. He interviewed Antoni Henclewski, Skulsk in September 1992.
SKWIERZYNA: US Commission No. POCE000343
Alternate German name: Schwerin. The town is located at 52º36' 15º31' in GORZOW Wlkp. region, 20 km from Mieozyrzecz. Cemetery: ul. Mickiewierz. Present town population is 5,000-25,000 with no Jews.
Local: Urzad Miasta I Gminy w Skwierzynie and mgr. Wladyslaw Chrostowski, Wojewodzki Konserwator Zabytkow, 65-413 Gorzow Wlkp., ul. Jagielloniczyka 8, tel. 75-295.
Regional: Panstwowa Slurba Ochrony Zabytkow Oddriat w Gorzowie Wlkp, mgr. Jwowa Drzewiecka at above address.
1921 Jewish population was 200. The Progressive/Reform Jewish cemetery was established in the beginning of the 18th century. Murzynowo, about 6 km away, also used this unlandmarked cemetery. The suburban 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, fence, or gate. The pre-and post-WWII cemetery size is about 1.8 ha. 20-100 stones, some in original location with 25 to 50% toppled or broken, date from the 1832-20th centuries. The marble or sandstone rough/boulder tombstones, flat-shaped stones, flat-shaped stones with carved relief decoration, double tombstones, and finely smoothed and inscribed stones have Hebrew and/or German inscriptions. The municipality owns the property used for Jewish cemetery. Adjacent property is the communal cemetery and agriculture. Rarely, local residents visit. It was vandalized during WWII. No maintenance, care, or structures. Vegetation overgrowth in the cemetery is a constant problem, disturbing graves. Security, weather erosion, and vandalism are a moderate threat.
Henryk Grecki, 70-534 Szczecin, ul. Soltysia 3/13, tel. 377-41 completed survey on 14 Aug 1991 and visited the site on 31 July 1991.
BOOK: Author: Lewin, Isaac, collector. Title: Lewin collection, [ca. 1200]-1942, [ca. 1700]-1942 (bulk) Description: ca. 22.5 linear ft. Notes: Contains variety of records of Jewish communities in Central and Eastern Europe especially in Posen, Silesia and other German-speaking areas, including pinkasim (record books) of communities and societies, memorial books with lists of deaths, ..., cemetery registers, society statutes, synagogue seat records, and other documents of communities at ... Schwerin, [Skwierzyna] 1819-1869; ... Location: Yeshiva University. Special Collections. Rare Books and Manuscripts, New York, NY. Control No.: NYYH88-A76 [December 2000]
UPDATE: Cemetery photos at http://www.kirkuty.xip.pl/skwierzyna.htm [January 2006]
SLAWATYCZE: US Commission No. POCE000388
Yiddish alternate name: Slowoticz (Slovotitz). Slawatycze is located in Biala-Podlaska at 51º45 23º33, 88km NE of Lublina. The cemetery location is ul. Polna.Present town population is 1,100 with no Jews.
Town: Urzad Gminy Slawatycze, Rynek 13, tx. 863484.
Regional: PSOZ-WKZ, ul. Brzeska 41, 21-500 Biala Podlaska.
Local: Urzad Ochrony i Konserwacji Zespolow Padacowo-Ogrodowych, ul. Szwolezerow 9, 00-464 Warszawa, tx-817481.
Caretaker: Jozef Panasiewicz, ul Krzywa 18.
The earliest known Jewish community was before 1623. Orthodox Jewish population as of the last census before World War II was 902. The isolated suburban flat land has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open with permission. A continuous fence with a locking gate surrounds. Fewer than 20 visible granite rough stones or flat shaped stones have Hebrew inscriptions. The cemetery contains unmarked mass graves. There are no structures. The municipality owns property used for Jewish cemetery. Properties adjacent are agricultural. Thecemetery is visited rarely. The cemetery was vandalized during World War II, and since. The local authorities cleared the vegetation during the 1970's. The authorities clear or clean occasionally. Vegetation overgrowth is a seasonal problem that prevents access.
Michal Witwicki, ul. Dembowskiego 12/53, 02-784 Warszawa, Tel. 6418345 completed survey 9/91. He and E. Bergman visited the site on 2 August 1991. Jozef Panasiewicz was interviewed at ul Krzywa 18.
SLAWKOW-KRZYKAWKA: US Commission No. POCE000545
In Katowickie. The US Commission is not finished rechecking this file. [2000]
UPDATE: Cemetery photos at http://www.kirkuty.xip.pl/krzykawka.htm [January 2006]
SLESIN: US Commission No. POCE000700
The town is located at 52º22' 18º18' in Konin voivodship, 20 km N of Konin and 12 km W of Sompolno. Cemetery: outside the town, at village Rozopole, by the S side of the road from Slesin to Wasosze. Present town population is 1,000-5,000 with no Jews.
Local: Burmistrz [Mayor] eng. Bogdan, Urzad Miasta, ul. Marchlewskiego 15 [street name may change] tel. #11 and M. Irena Sobierajska, PSOZ o/Konin Posada, gm. Kamimierz Biskupi, tel. # Konin 975, ext. 212-936.
Regional: [Urzad Rejonowy, ul. 1 Maja 7 [street name may be changed], Konin. Nadlesnictwo Panstwowe [State Forest District Administration], ul. Gajowa 2, Konin.
The earliest known Jewish community is second half of the 19th century. 1939 Jewish population was about 400. The unlandmarked Orthodox and Conservative Jewish cemetery was established in the second half of the 19th century. 1940 was the last known Jewish burial. The isolated, forested, suburban hillside on the side of Mikowzynskie Lake has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all with a broken fence. The original gate was destroyed. The pre-and post-WWII cemetery size is about 0.9 ha. No stones are visible. "As people say, the tombstones were sandstone." The cemetery contains no known unmarked mass graves. The municipality owns the property now a forest planted in the 1950's on the site being used then as a waste dump. Adjacent property is recreational. Private visitors and local residents visit rarely. It was vandalized during WWII. No care. Within the limits of the cemetery are no structures. The cemetery is adjacent to vacation centers by Mikowzynskie Lake. Illegal summer campsites, vegetation, security, vandalism, waste dumping and incompatible nearby development are the serious threats.
Lucja Pawlicka-Nowak, Konin, ul. Mistopoola 15/76, tel. 43-43-56, who visited the site, completed survey September 1992. Documentation: card in the Conservator's office in Konin. Other documentation was "too old." Nowak interviewed, among others, Zdzistawa Rodzinska, Slesin.
SLOMNIKI: AS 184
The town is located at 20º05'E 50º15'N in Krakow province, 26 km N of Cracow. Cemetery: Niecala St. and its extension. Present town population is 1,000-5,000 with no Jews.
Town: Urzad Miasta, Osiedle Swierczewskiego, tel. 228045.
Local: Urzad Wojewodzki [Woiwodship Office], Krakow, 22 Basztowa St., tel. 160200; fax 227208. Urzad Wojewodzki, Wydzial Spraw Spolecznych, [Woivodship Office, Dept of Social Affairs], Krakow, 22 Bastowa St., tel. 226828, 223371, 160268-Inspektor d/s Stowarzyszen I Wyznan [Inspectorate for Associations and Religious Denominations] pok. [room] 273
Regional: Panstwowa Sluzba Ochrony Zabytkow, Wojewodzki Konserwator Zabytkow [State Preservation Authority, Conservation Officer for the Woivodship], Krakow, 3 Wszystkich Swietych Sq., tel. 225977; fax 161417; osoba zajmujaca sie cmentarzami [person dealing with cemeteries] tel. 161415.
Interested: Regionalny Osrodek Studiow I Ochrony Krajobrazu Kulturowego [Regional Center for the Study and Preservation of Cultural Landscape], Krakow, ul. ???. Also, Komitet Opieki nad Zabytkami Kultury Zydowskiej-sekcja Towarzystwa Milosnikow Historii I Zabytkow Krakowa [Committee for the Care of Monuments of Jewish Culture-section of Society of ??? of History and Monuments of Cracow, 12 Swietego Jana St. Sad Wojewodzki-Wydzial Ksiag Wieczytych [Woivodship Court of Justice-Dept. of Land Record Book], Krakow, 7 Przy Rondzie St., tel. 114100; (Archiwum [archive], pok. [room] 119. Also, Wojewodzkie Archiwum Panstwowe [State Archive for Woivodship] Krakow, 2 Sienna St., tel. 224094. Also, Wojewodzkie Archiwum Panstwowe [State Archive for Woivodship] Kielce. Prof. Yehuda Knobler, Dept. of Organic Chemistry, University of Jerusalem, 91904 Jerusalem, Israel, tel. 02-585283.
The earliest known Jewish community is 1790. 1921 Jewish population was about 1460. The Jewish population quickly emerged after 1862. The Orthodox community was exterminated in 1942 at the cemetery. The landmakred Jewish cemetery was established in the 19th century. 1942 probably was the last known Jewish burial. 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 fence, wall, or gate. The pre-and post-WWII cemetery size is about 0.6 ha. There is a granite monument (obelisk) inscribed in Hebrew and Polish with fence covering 48 sq. meters of the cemetery. No stones are visible. The cemetery contains known unmarked mass graves. Rarely, private visitors stop. The municipality owns the property now used only for Jewish cemetery. Adjacent property is agricultural. Rarely, private visitors and local residents stop. It was vandalized during WWII but not in the last ten years. Local/municipal and regional/national authorities fixed a wall around the monument (obelisk) in 1989 and erected a metal fence in 1994. In 1995, Niecala St. was being extended to reach the monument. Within the limits of the cemetery are no structures. A regular monument caretaker is paid by the goverment. Pollution is listed as a moderate threat.
Malgorzata Radolowicz, 37 Florianska St., apt. 3, Krakow, who visited the site on 21 Jul 1995, completed survey 21 July 1995. She interviewed Jerzy Kaczor, City Council and miscellaneous local residents. On 18 Aug 1995, she interviewed Tadeusz Jakubowicz.
SLONSK: US Commission No. POCE000363
Alternate German name: Sonnenburg. The town is located at 52º34' 14º48' in GORZOW Wlkp. Region, approximately 15 km from Kostrzyn. Cemetery: ul. Tkacka. Present town population is 1,000-5,000 with no Jews.
Local: Urzad Miasta I Gminy w Slonskie 66-436 Slonsk, wojt mgr. im Pawel Kisielewski, and mgr. Wladyslaw Chrostowski, Wojewodzki Konserwator Zabtkow, 65-413 Gorzow Wlkp., ul. Jagielloniczyka 8, tel. 75-295.
Regional: Panstwowa Slurba Ochrony Zabytkow Oddriat w Gorzowie Wlkp, mgr. Jwowa Drzewiecka. (address above)
The unlandmarked Progressive/Reform Jewish cemetery was established in the beginning of the 19th century. The isolated urban flat ground has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is entirely closed with a non-locking gate. The sawmill area surrounded by fence is locked. The pre-WWII cemetery size was about 0.2 ha. Today, the cemetery is much smaller. No stones are visible. The cemetery contains no known unmarked mass graves. A sawmill owns the property used for industrial/commercial purposes. Adjacent property is commercial/industrial. It was vandalized during WWII. No maintenance or care. Incompatible nearby development is a very severe threat.
Henryk Grecki, 70-539 Szczecin, ul. Soltysia 3/13, tel. 377-41 completed survey on 14 Aug 1991. SLOWIK:
In early 1960s, I spent a day in a little village which name is "Slowik" ("swovik" which means a "nightingale" in Polish) not far away from Kielce. I remember that the pavement (sidewalk) was made from Jewish cemetery stones. Source: Mikael Merzan: Mikael.Merzan@uab.ericsson.se
SLOWOTICZ (SLOVOTITZ): See Slawatycze
SLUBICE: US Commission No. POCE000359
Alternate German name: Frankfurt. The town is located at 52º22' 14º34' in GORZOW Wlkp. Cemetery: at the intersection of the roads to Rzepin and Zielonej Gora. Present town population is 5,000-25,000 with no Jews.
Local: Urzad Miasta I Gminy w Slubicach and mgr. Wladyslaw Chrostowski, Wojewodzki Konserwator Zabtkow, 65-413 Gorzow Wlkp., ul. Jagielloniczyka 8, tel. 75-295.
Regional: Panstwowa Sluzba Ochrony Zabytkow Oddriat w Gorzowie Wlkp, mgr. Jwowa Drzewiecka. (address above)
The Progressive/ReformJewish cemetery was established in the beginning of the 19th century. Frankfurt a/Oder [Odra] also used this unlandmarked cemetery. The isolated suburban flat land has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all with a broken masonry wall and no gate. The pre-WWII size was 2.55 ha; and the post-WWII cemetery size is about 2.35 ha, reduced by commercial /industrial development. No stones are visible. The municipality owns the property used for Jewish cemetery. Adjacent property is forest and commercial/industrial. Rarely, local residents visit. It was vandalized during WWII. No maintenance, care, or structures. Incompatible nearby development is a slight threat.
Henryk Grecki, 70-534 Szczecin, ul. Soltysia 3/13, tel. 377-41 completed survey on 14 Aug 1991 but did not visit the site.
SLUPCA: US Commission No. POCE000707
The town is located at 17º53 52º17, 30 km from Konin in Konin voivodship. Cemetery: ul. Gajowa Street (town forest). Present town population is 5,000-25,000 with no Jews.
Local: Burmistrz [Mayor] Karol Wyszormirski; Urzad Miasta, Stupca, ul. Putawskiego 6.
Regional: Irena Sobierajska, PSOZ. The Regional Museum at Slupca, ul. Warszawska 53.
The earliest known Jewish community was mid-16th century followed by a ban on settlement. Then, Jews were numerous by the end of the 19th century. 1910 Jewish population was 2,077 out of 5,862 inhabitants. The date of the last burial was about 1939. The Jewish community was Orthodox (Sephardic) and Progressive/Reform. The unlandmarked, isolated, suburban flat land has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all with no fence. The cemetery size before WWII was 0.6 ha. No stones are visible but a wall exists around one grave. Removed stones were incorporated into roads or structures; and one is in the Museum of Konin. There are no known mass graves. The sandstone stones date from the 20th century with traces of painting on their surface and Hebrew inscriptions. The municipality owns the property used for recreation. Adjacent property is agricultural and residential. Local residents visit the cemetery. It was vandalized prior to World War II. No maintenance, care, or structures. Security and weather erosion moderate threats. Vegetation is a constant problem.
Lucja Pawlicka-Nowak, 62-520 Konin, ul. 11 Listopodo 15/76, tel. 43-43-56 completed survey on 1 Sept. 1992. Documentation: some "literature". Other documentation exists but was "too general." He visited on 29 Aug. 1992 and interviewed Andrej Lukaszewski of the Museum, Warszawska 53, tel. 752 640.
SMIGIEL: US Commission No. POCE000318
Alternate German name: Shmigiel. Town is in region Leszczynskie at 52º01' 6º32', 21 km from Leszno and 48 km from Poznan. Cemetery: ul. Stanislawa Skarzynskiego. Present town population is 5,000-25,000 with no Jews.
Local: Burmistrz [Mayor] Jerzy Ciesla, ul. Kilinskiego 14, 64-0300 Smigiel, tel. 282 and Pella Blandyna, Urzad Miejski w Smiglu, Pl. Wojska Polskiego 6, 64-030 Smigiel, tel. 3-139, 353, 20-78-23.
Regional: Ewa Piesiewicz, Panstwowy Urzad Ochrany Zabytkow w Lasznie, ul. Mickiewiczla 5, tel. 20-62-83.
1921 Jewish population was 13 (0.3%). Hejmann Kirzezunge lived here. The last known Conservative or Progressive/Reform Jewish burial was 29 June 1933. The unlandmarked, isolated, urban flat land has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is entirely closed with a continuous masonry wall and partial fence with a new gate that locks belonging to the new users (a garden). The pre-WWII size was and now is 0.26 ha. No stones are visible. Removed stones are stored elsewhere by the municipality. The municipality owns the property used for agriculture. Adjacent property is residential. Rarely, private visitors stop. It was vandalized during World War II. There is no care. Within the limits of the cemetery are a pre-burial house and a gravedigger's house. No threats.
Dariusz Czwodrak, ul. Lipowa 22 a/4, 67-400 Wschowa completed survey on 7 Nov 1991. He visited the site for this survey on 6 Nov 1991 and interviewed Pella Blandyna.
"I visited the Lutheran graveyard where Dr Darius Czwojdrak, who has read them
to the best of his ability, laid out the Jewish headstones in that cemetery.
Contact the Lezno Museum, which is a credit to Dr Czwojdrak. He could give
the names he discovered. I would like to find some money to embed the laid
out stones with a surround and some gravel. This would ensure that the grass
does not overgrow them and that they will remain a visible memorial for the
children of the town. I had no response from the Lauder Foundation or the
Historical Institute in Warsaw about this. Source: Susanne Dyke at
susanne@dyke30.freeserve.co.uk [4 Aug 2001]
SMOCZKA: used cemetery at Mielec (I) and (II) SNIADKOW GORNY: see Sobienie Jeziory
SNIADOWO:
Sniadowo is located about 10-15 miles SW of Lomza. (Before 1830, Jews were exiled from Lomza. During this time, they buried their dead in Sniadowo.) The cemetery is located on Szosowa Street. Total acreage: 0.5 ha with no fence or wall, completely devastated. On its ground is a gravel mine. Source: "Pamiontki kultury zydowskiej w Polsce" by Przemyslaw Burchard, submitted by Gary Maher, Westfield, New Jersey.
SOBIENIE JEZIORY: US Commission No. POCE000580
Sobienie Jeziory is located in Siedlechie Province, 29 km from Garwolin and 55 km from Warsaw at 21 19/51 56. The cemetery is located in "Sniadkow Gorny." Present town population is 1,000-5,000 with no Jews.
The cemetery is open with no caretaker. 1921 Jewish population was 1439. 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, fence, or gate. The size today and before WWII was 1.08 hectare. 1-20 visible stones, none in original location with less than 25% toppled or broken, date from the 19th century. Removed stones are at the parish church courtyard in Sobienie Jerziory. The granite and sandstone rough stones/boulders and finely smoothed and inscribed stones have Yiddish inscriptions. No known mass graves. Municipality owns property used for Jewish cemetery only. Adjacent properties are agricultural. The cemetery was vandalized during WWII. No structures or care. Weather erosion and vegetation are moderate threats. Vegetation is a constant problem, disturbing stones.
Cezary Ostas, Siedlce, ul. Pomorska 1/68, tel. 290-95 visited the site and completed survey on 24 Aug 1992.
SOBKOW: US Commission No. POCE000279
The town is located at 50º41'N 20º28'E in Kielce region, 26 km from Kielce. Cemetery: near the Catholic cemetery. Present town population is 1,000-5,000 with no Jews.
Local: Wojt Gminy Sobkow, 28-305 Sobkow, tel. 37.
Regional: Wojewodzki Konserwator Zabtykow, ul. IX Wiekow Kielc 3, Kielce, tel. 45634.
The earliest known Jewish community is 17th century. 1921 Jewish population was 400 (18.9%). The unlandmarked Jewish cemetery was established possibly in the 17th century with last known Orthodox or Conservative Jewish burial 1942. The suburban flat land, separate but near other cemeteries, has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all with a broken masonry wall and no gate. The cemetery is now about 0.53 ha. The pre-WWII size is unknown but was larger than now. The size was reduced by agriculture. 20 to 100 stones in original location with less than 25% toppled or broken date from 18th century. The 18th [?]-20th century marble, granite, limestone, or sandstone, finely smoothed and inscribed or flat stones with carved relief decoration have Hebrew inscriptions.Some have traces of painting on their surfaces. The cemetery contains no known unmarked mass graves. The municipality owns the property used for Jewish cemetery and animal grazing. Adjacent property is agricultural and Catholic cemetery. Rarely, private visitors stop. It was vandalized during WWII but not in the last ten years. The cemetery receives no care. Within the limits of the cemetery are no structures. Vegetation is a constant problem, disturbing graves. Security, weather erosion, and vegetation are moderate threats.
Adam Penkalla, deceased, completed survey on 15 Aug. 1991. He visited the site and may have more information.
SOBOTA: US Commission No. POCE000225
The town is located at 52º07' 19º41' E N in region Skierniewickie, 40 km from Lodz and 61 km from Warszawa. Cemetery: near the route to Bakowa. Present town population is under 1,000 with no Jews.
Local: Urzad Gminy w Bielawach, 99-423 Bielawy, tel. 126-60.
Regional: Wojewodzki Konserwator Zabtkow, 96-100 Skierniewice, ul. Ponologiczna 10.
The earliest known Jewish community is 1734. 1921 Jewish population was 356. The Orthodox Jewish cemetery was established 18th century. 1939/1945 was the last known Jewish burial. The cemetery is registered as a monument: Rejestr cmentary zydowskich Ungdu ds. Wyrnan z 1981 r (or v). The isolated rural 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 pre-and post-WWII size of the cemetery is 0.34 ha. No stones are visible. The cemetery contains no known unmarked mass graves. The municipality owns the property used for Jewish cemetery. Adjacent property is agricultural. Rarely, private visitors stop. It was vandalized during WWII and frequently. The cemetery receives no care. Within the limits of the cemetery are no structures. Before 1990, part of the trees were cut down. Security and vegetation are moderate threats. Vegetation is a constant problem, disturbing graves.
Pawel Fijatkowski, 96-500, Sochacnew, Zieninowila 11, tel. 227-91 completed survey on 3 Jul 1991. He visited in April 1990.
SOBOTKA: See Swidnica SOCHACZEW: US Commission No. POCE000219
The town is located at 52º14' N 20º14' E, 72 km from Lodz and 54 km from Warszawa. Cemetery: ul. Sierpniowa in region Skierniewickie. Present town population is 25,000-100,000 with fewer than 10 Jews.
Local: Urzad Miasta, ul. 1-go Maja, tel. 226-02.
Regional: Wojewodzki Konserwator Zabtykow, 96-100 Skierniewice, ul. Pomologiczna 10.
The cemetery key is held by W. Fabisiak, ul. Sierpniowa 6, tel. 232-57.
The earliest known Jewish community is 1507. 1931 Jewish population was 3,011. A ritual murder accusation was made in 1556. War with Sweden 1655-1660 effected Jewish community. Zisha Frydman-selcrtar genealry [sic] Agudat Israel lived in this Orthodox, Conservative, and Progressive/Reform community. The Jewish cemetery was established [przy puszgraline w II potoire XV w]. Abraham Bornsztajn (zm. 1910) is buried in this cemetery. Warsaw (do. 1780-54 km away) and Lowicz (do 1829-24 km away) also used this cemetery. The last known Jewish burial was 1945. Landmark: Rejestr cmentary zydowskich Ungdu ds. Wyrnan z 1981 v (or r). The urban flat land, separate but near other cemeteries, has no sign but has Jewish symbols on gate or wall. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is entirely closed by a continuous fence with locking gate. The pre-and post-WWII size of the cemetery is 2.8 ha. 1-20 stones are visible with less than 25% toppled or broken. Some missing stones are in the Muzeum Zienu Sochacrewskiej [Museum of Sochanew Region] pl. Kosciuszki 2 and in housing near the cemetery. 1810 was the earliest known Jewish burial. The 19th and 20th century granite, limestone, sandstone, or concrete rough stone/boulder; finely-smoothed and inscribed; flat stones with carved relief decoration; sculpted monuments; or multi-stone monuments have Hebrew, Yiddish, and/or Polish inscriptions. Some have traces of painting on their surfaces. The cemetery contains special memorial monuments to Holocaust victims. There are known unmarked graves. The municipality owns the property used only for Jewish cemetery. Adjacent property is other cemeteries, residential and [szkota]. Occasionally, private visitors and organized Jewish groups visit. It was vandalized during WWII and occasionally. Local non-Jewish residents and Zwiarek Sochaczewian w Izraelu (Society of the Jews from Sochanew in Isreal) re-erected stones, fixed wall, and fixed gate in 1985-1991. Occasional clearing or cleaning by individuals is care. Within the limits of the cemetery are no structures. Security and vandalism are slight threats.
Pawel Fijatkowski, 96-500, Sochacnew, Zieninowila 11, tel. 227-91 completed survey on 12 July 1991 using a private photograph collection. He visited the site on 12 July 1991.
UPDATE: Cemetery photos at http://www.kirkuty.xip.pl/sochaczew.html [January 2006]
SOCHOCIN: US Commission No. POCE000375
Sochocin is located in Ciechanow at 52º41 20º28, 10km from Plonsk. Present town population is 1,000-5,000 with fewer than 10 Jews.The cemetery is located at Szkolna St. about 200m after "WKRA" chemical co-op plant about 100m into forest.
Town: Tomasz Wiktorowicz, Urzad Gminy, 09-110 Sochocin, tel. 185-51. Local: Tomasz Wiktorowicz, Urzad Gminy, 09-110 Sochocin tel. 185-51.
Regional: Krzysztof Kalisciak, Wojewodzki Konserwator Zabytkow, ul. Mickiewicza 4, 06-400 Ciechanow. Local: Marian Konrad Klubinski, Pelnomocnik Wojewody d.s. Kontaktow z Koscidlami i Wyznaniami, (Province's Plenipotentiary for Contacts with Churches and Denominations), Urzad Wojewodzki, ul. 17 Stylznia 7, 06-400 Ciechanow, Tel. (823) 22-55, 20-51 w 238, Fax. 2665.
The earliest known Jewish community is after 1775. 1921 pre-war Jewish population was 406. The cemetery was established in the 19th century with last known Orthodox, Sephardic Orthodox, Conservative, or Progressive/Reform Jewish burial in 1941. The isolated rural forest hillside has no sign or marker. Reached by crossing public property with no wall, gate, or fence. The cemetery occupies 0.3 hectares. Fewer than 20 20th-century multi-stone monuments are visible within the cemetery, all in original positions with less than 25% toppled or broken. There are no structures or known mass graves. A regional or national govenmental agency owns property used for Jewish cemetery. Properties adjacent are agricultural. Rarely, private visitors and local residents stop. Vegetation overgrowth in the cemetery is a constant problem that disturbs stones. The cemetery was vandalized during World War II, but not in the last ten years. No maintenance or care.
Wojcieck Henrykowski, ul. Spoldzielcza 20, 06-200 Makow Mazowiecki completed survey on 02/10/1991. Documentation: Ziemia Ciechomowska-Materialy Do Ziemi Plockiej, Plock, 1985. He visited site and interviewed employees of the communal office in Sochocin in September 1991.
SOKOLKA: Sokolka District towns with Jewish population in Bialystok region in 1921: Buksztel, Kruhly, Jalowka Folward, Nietupa, Palestyna, Podsokolka,
Wodokaczka,
SOKOLKA: US Commission No. POCE000125
Sokolka is located in the Bialegostoku region at 53º25' 23º30', 45 km from Bialegostoku. The cemetery is located at Zamenhofa St. in the NE [NW?] part of town [on a hill]. Present population is 5,000-25,000 [19,872 in 1993] with no Jews.
Town: Urzad Miasta, Plac Kosciuszki 1.
Regional: region Konserwator Zabytkow, Biatystok, Dojlidy Fabryczne 23, tel. 41-23-32.
Interested: Pizyjacior Sokolki, Museum Spoleczne, 1 Warynskiego, te. 11-20-18. Mosze Werbin, Kibuc Jakum 6972, Israel and Szmuel Bunim, Kibuc Miszmar Haneget 85315, Israel.
The earliest known Jewish community was second half of the 17th century. 1921 Jewish population was 2821. In 1698, King August II gave the Privilege to Jews. Rabbi Berko Srolewicz Frydberg and Rabbi Seuster lived here. The Orthodox, Conservative and Reform Jewish cemetery was established in 1698 with the last burial about 1942. The community of Lak, Okoliczne Wsie, 15 km away, also used this cemetery. The isolated urban/suburban/ flat land, hillside and crown of a hill has a Polish sign that mentions the Jewish community. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all with a broken masonry wall without gate. The size before WWII was 2 hectare. It is now 1.7 hectare. 500-5,000 gravestones, 1-20 not in the original location with 25%-50% toppled or broken, date from 1806 or possibly 1751-20th century. Vegetation overgrowth is a constant problem, disturbing stones. Water drainage is a seasonal problem. The granite, limestone, sandstone, slate and concrete rough, flat shaped stones, finely smoothed and inscribed stones, double stones, sculpted monuments or multi-stone monuments have inscriptions in Hebrew, Yiddish, Polish and German. Some stones have traces of painting on their surfaces. There are no known mass graves. The municipality owns property used for Jewish cemetery, agriculture, and recreation. Adjacent properties are agricultural, residential, and a hospital. The boundaries are smaller due to new roads or highways, agriculture and vandalism during WWII. Frequently, private visitors and local residents stop. The cemetery was vandalized during WWII and occasionally since. There is no maintenance. Occasionally, authorities clear or clean. There are no structures. Security, weather erosion and vandalism are slight threats. Vegetation and incompatible nearby existing and planned development are moderate threats. Vegetation overgrowth is a constant problem disturbing stones; and water drainage a seasonal problem.
Tomasz Wisniewski, Bialystok ul. Berna 95 m 99, tel. 212-46 completed survey on 09/25/91 after visits in 1986, 1988 and 1990. Documentation with photographs was used.
According to his 1998 book Jewish Bialystok, Wisniewski reports the Sokolka Jewish community was subject to the Grodno kahal until the end of the 18th century and that the Jewish population of the town never exceeded 50% of the population. The 1897 Jewish population was 2,848 or 37%. The pre-WWII Jewish population was 3,000. About 1,000 mazevot date from 1751. The Jewish farming community of PALESTYNA, one of three settled in 1850 near Sokolka by six Jewish farmers, probably used this cemetery. The other two colonies were KOLONIA IZAAKA near ODELSK, Belarus and KOLONIA CHANAAN. [October 2000]
UPDATE: Grzegorz Daszuta wrote that http://www.nasza-sokolka.prv.pl
may have additional information. [February 2003]
UPDATE: Cemetery photos at http://www.kirkuty.xip.pl/sokolka.htm [January 2006]
SOKOLOV: see Sokolow Podlaski
SOKOLOW MALOPOLSKI (I): US Commission No. POCE000485
Sokolow Matopolski is located in State of Rzeszow at 50º14' 22º07', 24 km from Rzeszow. The cemetery is on Paducha St. Present population is 1,000-5,000 with no Jews.
Town: Urzad Miasta, 10 Shrelczewskiego St., Tel. 45.
Regional: region Konserwator Zabytkow, Gniuweldika St. 15, 35-069 Pzeszow.
Caretaker:Krystof Orniel.
Keyholder: Natascha Rode, Steryniski St 5/29, 35-213 Preszow, tel. 439-76.
The earliest known Jewish community was 1612. 1921 Jewish population was 1351 and 1700 in 1940. Rabbi Josua Hebenstreit, Meilich Weichsebaum and Osayeh Hebenstreit lived here. The cemetery was established in 1880 with last Orthodox/Hasidic burial in 1943. Counties [sic] beside Sokolow, 3-4 km away, used this cemetery. Landmark: "Archival". The isolated suburban flat land has a Polish sign/plaque. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open with permission with a continuous fence and locking gate. The cemetery was 550 hectares before WWII and is now 500 square m. 240 gravestones, 1-20 not in original locations with none toppled or broken, date from 1882-19th century. The cemetery is divided into special sections for men and women and other (?).The limestone and sandstone flat shaped stones, finely smoothed and inscribed stones or sculptured monuments have Hebrew inscriptions. Some have portraits on tombstones. There are special memorial monuments to pogroms victims. There are unmarked mass graves. The national Jewish community owns the property. It is used for Jewish cemetery. Adjacent properties are commercial/industrial and residential. The boundaries are smaller due to new roads or highways and commercial/industrial development. Occasionally, organized Jewish groups, private visitors and local residents stop. The cemetery was vandalized occasionally. Local non-Jewish residents, authorities, and Jewish groups within the country re-erected, cleaned stones and fixed gate in 1980-1985. There has been occasional clearing or cleaning by individuals. The caretaker is not paid. There are no structures. Security and vandalism are slight threats. Planned incompatible and existing incompatible nearby development are serious threats. A gas station is built on part of the cemetery.
Natascha Rode (address above) completed survey on April 12, 1992 after a visit in March 1992. Archive documentation was used.
http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Kolbuszowa (Shtetlink) [November 2002] SOKOLOW MALOPOLSKI (II): US Commission No. POCE000486
The old cemetery is on Kochanowski St. See Sokolow Malopolski I for town information. No caretaker is listed. The cemetery was established in 1680 with last Orthodox burial in 1853. Counties [sic] beside Sokolow, 3 km away, used this unlandmarked 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 a continuous masonry wall and locking gate. The approximate size before WWII was 1000 hectares. No gravestones are visible. Cemetery does not exist. Tombstones date from before 16th century. [sic] The municipality owns property used for industrial/commercial use and storage. Adjacent properties are commercial/industrial and residential. Boundaries have been reduced because of housing and commercial/ industrial development. Rarely, organized Jewish group tours, private visitors and local residents visit. The cemetery was vandalized during WWII. There is no maintenance or care. Stores are within the limits of the cemetery. Incompatible nearby existing development is a moderate threat. Vandalism and incompatible planned development are very serious threats. For survey information see above section (I).
Source: Gruber, Ruth Ellen. Jewish Heritage Travel A Guide to East-Central Europe. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1992. p. 78
SOKOLOV PODLASKI (I): US Commission No. POCE000581
Alternate Yiddish name: Sokolov. Sokolov Podlaski is located in Siedlechie province at 52º24 22º16, 30 km from Siedlce, 98 km from Warsaw. Present town population is 5,000-25,000 with fewer than 10 Jews.
Town: Urzad Miasta, ul. Wolnosci 23, tel. 26-21, 20-98.
The cemetery is open with no caretaker. Interested: Marian Jakubik, ul. Zeromskiego 3, Wegrow, tel. 26-31 and Iwona Kublik, Urzad Miejski, Wydriat Rigkos, tel. 29-66.
1921 Jewish population was 4430. The Jewish cemetery was established in the first half of the 19th century with last known burial during WWII. The suburban flat land, 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, fence, or gate. The size today and before WWII was 2.0 hectare. No stones are visible. No known mass graves. Municipality owns property used for rarely visited Jewish cemetery. Adjacent properties are agricultural and industrial. The cemetery was vandalized during WWII. No care, structures, or threats.
Cezary Ostas, Siedlce, ul. Pomorska 1/68, tel. 290-95 completed survey on 5 Nov 1992 using the Urban-Historical Study of Solokow Podlaski located in the conservator's office. He visited the site on 5 Nov 1992 and interviewed Marian Jakubik, Wegrow and Iwona Kublik, Urzad Miejski, Wydriat RIGKOS, tel. 29. SOKOLOW PODLASKI II: US Commission No. POCE000582
see SOKOLOW PODLASKI I for town information. The cemetery is W of the market square by the stream. The isolated urban hillside has no sign or marker. No trace of the cemetery exists. Municipality owns property. See Sokolow Podlaski I for surveyor information.
SOKOLOW: See Sokolow Malopolski SOLDAU: See Dzialdowo SOLDIN: (German) see Mysliborz
SOLEC NAD WISTA: US Commission No. POCE000061
Solec Nad Wista is located in the Radom region at 51º10 21º45', 155 km from Warsaw and 10 km from Lipsko. The cemetery is on Lesna St. Present population is 5,000-25,000 with no Jews.
Town: Wojt Gminy, 27-320 Solec Nad Wista, 2 Pynek St., tel. 205. Regional: region Konserwator Zabytkow, 5a Moniuszki St., 26-600 Radom, tel. 2-13-16.
The earliest known Jewish community was about 1889. 1921 Jewish population was 735. The unlandmarked cemetery was established in 1889 with last burial in 1942. The isolated suburban flat land has no sign, wall, fence, or gate. Reached by crossing public property, access is open to all. The present size is .4 hectare. No gravestones are visible. However, survey also says that the oldest known sandstone flat gravestone with carved relief decoration and Hebrew is from the 20th century. No known mass graves. The municipality owns property. Adjacent properties are agricultural. Rarely, private visitors stop. No structures. The cemetery was vandalized during WWII. Security is a slight threat. Weather erosion, vegetation and vandalism are moderate threats.
Dr. Adam Penkalla, deceased, completed survey on 08/17/91 after a visit on 07/02/91.
SOLLANTSCH: (German) see Golancz
SOMPOLNO: US Commission No. POCE000708
Sompolno is located in Konin voivodship, former district of Koto at 18º30' 52º23', 26 km from Koto and 32 km from Konin. The cemetery is located N, off the road Sompolno-Slesin, westward of the Lutheran cemetery. Present population is 1,000-5,000 with no Jews.
Town: Mr. Jan Czyzewski, retired history teacher at High School of Sompolno, 63 Warszawska St, Sompolno. (He has no phone.)
Local: Mr. J. Dunaj, Mayor of the Commune and Town of Sompolno.
The earliest known Jewish community was mid-19th century. The Jewish population before WWII was 1500 (800 Germans and 1300 Poles). The unlandmarked cemetery was established in the mid-19th century with last Reform Jewish burial before 1942. The urban slope (suburban when in use) is separate but about 150 meters from the Lutheran cemetery. Reached by turning directly off a public road, cemetery was about 1 hectare. No gravestones are visible. Removed stones were moved to another cemetery in Sompolno, Gimnazjalna Street. The stones probably were sandstone. The municipality owns used for single-family housing. Adjacent properties are residential. The cemetery was vandalized in 1942. There are no threats since the cemetery no longer exists.
Andrzej Nowak, 11 Listopada St., 15/76 Konin, tel. 434356 completed survey in August 1992 after a visit. Literature was used to complete survey. The local government and residents of Sompolno were interviewed for this survey.
http://www.zchor.org/sompolno/sompolno.htm [October 2000]
SONNENBURG: (German) see Slonsk
SOPOT: US Commission No. POCE00004
Alternate name: Zoppot (German). Sopot is located in Gdansk at 54º26.2818º34 [sic], 11km from Gdansk. The cemetery is located at ul. Malczewskiego. Present town population is 25,000-100,000 with 10-100 Jews.
Town: Prezydent Miasta, Urzad Miasta, ul Kosciuszki 25-27, 81-704 Sopot, Tel. 51-20-21 centrala.
Local: Dr. Hanna Domanska, ul. Wladyslawa IV 34/3, 81-742 Sopot, Tel. 51-04-22.
Interested: Regionalny Osrodek Studiow i Ochrony Srodowiska Kulturowego, ul. Sw. Trojcy 5, 80-822 Gdansk, Tel. 31-77-12, 31-75-22.
The earliest known Jewish community was 1913. 1938 Jewish population was 130. The Jewish cemetery was established in 1913 with last known Orthodox or Progressive/Reform Jewish burial in 1936. Landmark: Register of Monuments of the Province Conservator of Monuments, no. 894. The urban hillside, separate but near other cemeteries, has a Polish and Hebrew sign indicating the date that the cemetery was established, the restoration dates, and the restoration sponsors. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all with a continuous masonry wall and non-locking gate. The size of the cemetery before World War II was 1.0 hectares. It is currently 0.5 hectares. The decrease resulted from detaching of the reserve area in 1963. 20 and 100 stones, less than 25% toppled or broken, date from 1920. The marble, granite and iron flat shaped stones, finely smoothed and inscribed stones, or double tombstones have Hebrew, Polish, German, and Russian inscriptions. The cemetery contains special memorial mounuments to Jewish soldiers. There are no known mass graves or structures. Municipality owns property used for Jewish cemetery. Properties adjacent are forest and a Catholic cemetery. Frequently, organized Jewish tours or pilgrimage groups, organized individual tours, private visitors, and local residents stop. The cemetery was vandalized occasionally, but not in the last ten years. Local/municipal authorities and the Fundacja Nissenbaum re-erected stones, patched broken stones, cleared vegetation, and fixed wall and gate in 1961 and between 1983-1989. No care. Water drainage is a seasonal problem. Security (uncontrolled access) and vandalism are moderate threats.
Dr. Hanna Domanska, ul. Wladyslawa IV 34/3, 81-742 Sopot, tel. 51-04-22 completed survey in 7/91. She visited in July 1991. Documentation: her text, The Tree of Stone Tears; The Jewish Communities of the Gdansk Vovoidship; Their History and Culture. (Gdansk, 1991).
SOPUTU: See Brzesko (I) and also used the cemetery at Wejherowo SASKL: see Suprasl
SOSNICOWICE: AS 185
Alternate German names: Kieferstaedtel and Sosniessowitze. Town is located in the Katowickie region along the dirt road from Raciborsha or Gliwicka Streets, 10 km from Guwic and 35 km from Katowic. The cemetery location is among the fields. Present population is 1,000-5,000 with no Jews.
Town: Urzad Gminy, Rynek 19, Kod. 44-153, Naczelnik sekv., tel. 38-71-91 and Refevat Gospodavki terenowej, tel. 38-75-50.
Regional: Panstwowa Sluzba Ochrony Zabytkow Odoziat region Wkatowicach, 31 Witastwosza St., Kod 40-042, tel. 51-86-07.
The earliest known Jewish community was 1853. 1869Jewish population was 29. The Jewish cemetery was established in 1848 and the community in 1853 with last Conservative burial in 1938. The community of Sosnicowice also used this cemetery. [sic] The isolated rural crown of a hill has no sign or marker, no wall or fence, no gate. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all. The cemetery size before WWII and now is about 25 m X 13 m. Eight sandstone finely smoothed Hebrew inscribed stones in original location and 2 not are 25%-50% toppled or broken [OR 9 stones.] Tombstones date from 1848-20th centuries. There are no known mass graves. The municipality owns property used for agriculture. Adjacent properties are agricultural. Rarely, local residents visit. The cemetery was vandalized occasionally. There is no maintenance, care or structures. Weather erosion, vegetation, incompatible nearby existing and planned development are slight threats. Security and vandalism are moderate threats.
Dariusz Walerjanski, 11/6 Sleczka St., 41-800 Zabrze, tel. 171-32-60 completed survey on 05/09/94 after a visit on 05/04/94. Locals were interviewed for this survey.
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. 78
SOSNIESSOWITZE: see Sosnicowice
SOSNOWIEC (I): US Commission No. POCE000561
In Katowickie. The US Commission is not finished rechecking this file. [2000]
ul. Gospodarcza I: about 300 stones date from 1896. Source: Miriam Weiner
Niwka Pasterna: A few dozen stones date from the 19th century. Source: Miriam Weiner
The following is a list of Jewish cemeteries in Zaglembie. I have personally visted most of them: Bedzin - ul. Podzamcze, Bedzin - ul. Zawale (now a park), Bedzin - ul. Sielecka (bus terminal), Czeladz - ul. Czealdzka 64 (also used by Bedzin community), Sosnowiec - ul. Gospodarcza 1, Sosnowiec (Modzejow) - ul. Niwka Pastewna, Sosnowiec (Milowice) - ul. Stalowa, Dabrowa Gornicza - ul. Wolka 5, Dabrowa gornicza - ul. Mydlice, Wolbrom - ul. Skalska, Zawiercie - ul. Daszynskiego, Kromolow - ul. Piaskowa 29, Olkusz - ul. Kopalniana, Olkusz - ul. Olowiana, Boleslaw - Krzykawka 139 (used by Slawkow community), I have many photos of these cemeteries. You should also consult the following:
Derus, Malgorzata and Dariusz Walerjanski, "Cmentarze zydowskie w wojewosdstwie katowickim [Jewish Cemeteries in the Province of Katowice]," in Cmentarze zydowskie. Wroclaw: Towarzystwo Przyjacol Polonistyki Wroclawskiej, 1995, pp. 155-165.
Rozmus, Dariusz, Cmentarze Zydowskie Ziemi Olkusziej [The Jewish Cemeteries in the Olkusz Region]. Krakow: Oficyna Cracovia, 1999.
Rozmus, Dariusz, "Nowe Dane Dotyczace Cmentarzy Zydowskich w Dawnym Powiecie Olkuskim w Granicach Administracyjnch do 1975 r [New Data on Jewish Cemeteries in the Former County of Olkusz Within the Administrative Boundaries Up to 1975]," in Ochrona Zabytkow 1999 Nr. 1, pp. 68-72.
Rozmus, Dariusz, "Slady Polichromii na Nagrobkach z Obszaru Dawnego Powiatu Olkuskiego [Treces of Polychromy on Jewish Gravestones in the Former County of Olkusz]," in Ochrona Zabytkow 2000 Nr. 1, pp. 85-92.
Walerjanski, Dariusz, "Cmentarze Zydowskie w Wojewodztwie Katowickim - Historia, Stan Zachowania, Problemy Ochrony [Jewish Cemeteries in the Katowice Voivodship - History, State Preservatio, Protection Problems]," in Ochrona Zabytkow 1998, no. 3, pp. 246-257.
For your information, a book listing every tombstone in the Zawiercie cemetery will be published shortly. Also, I am involved in a project to publish a book on the old Jewish cemetery in Bedzin which dates back to 1808. Anyone interested in this book, please contact me. Jeffrey Cymbler JCYMBLER@aol.com [November 2000 on JewishGen Digest]
UPDATE: http://www.polishjews.org/photos/phcemet.htm has photo. [August 2005]
UPDATE: Cemetery photos at http://www.kirkuty.xip.pl/sosnowiec.html [January 2006]
SOSNOWIEC-MILOWICE (II): US Commission No. POCE000562
In Katowickie. The US Commission is not finished rechecking this file. [2000] SOSNOWIEC-MODRZEJOW: US Commission No. POCE000547 In Katowickie.
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