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Osieczna Cemetery, Osieczna, Poland. 32 burials total.
Established in the 18th century between today's streets: Sloneczna, Gostynska, Jeziorna, and Podgórna.. During WWII, the Nazis damaged the cemetery. After liberation, the city finished the destruction and built housing and a park. In 1997, local regional authority Norbert Dudziak had 26 matzevot fragments for a lapidarium at Podgórna built in 2005. Most matzevot have inscriptions in Hebrew, some also with German and traditional ornamental motifs: Cohanim hand and lions. On the wall in Polish and Hebrew is a sign.
51°54' N 16°41' E, 84.8 miles W of Warszawa. Gmina Osieczna is an urban-rural administrative district in Leszno powiat, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland with its seat is the town of Osieczna, 10 km (6 mi) NE of Leszno and 58 km (36 mi) S of the regional capital Poznan.
Overview of cemetery.
Another overview of cemetery.
Cemetery wall inscription.
Another cemetery wall inscription.
Third cemetery wall inscription.
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