Jewish cemeteries of Warsaw refers to a number of Jewish necropolises in the city.

Okopowa Street Jewish Cemetery

Okopowa Street Jewish Cemetery The Warsaw Jewish Cemetery is one of the largest Jewish cemeteries in Europe and in the world. Located on Warsaw's Okopowa Street and abutting the Christian Powązki Cemetery, the Jewish necropolis was established in 1806 and occupies 33 hectar ...

is one of the largest Jewish cemeteries in Europe. Located on Okopowa Street and abutting the

Powązki Cemetery Powązki Cemetery (; pl, Cmentarz Powązkowski), also known as Stare Powązki ( en, Old Powązki), is a historic necropolis located in Wola district, in the western part of Warsaw, Poland. It is the most famous cemetery in the city and one of t ...

, the Jewish Cemetery was established in 1806 and occupies 33

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s (83 acres) of land. It is now the site of numerous overgrown and abandoned graves and crypts, having fallen in disrepair after the Nazi invasion of Poland and subsequent

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. Although it was closed down during

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, after the war it was reopened and a small portion of it remains active, serving Warsaw's small remaining Jewish population.

Bródno Jewish Cemetery

Bródno Jewish Cemetery Bródno Jewish Cemetery (also known as the Jewish Cemetery in Praga) is one of several Jewish cemeteries of Warsaw in Poland. The cemetery is located in the district of Targówek (near the better known district of Praga, and within Praga's unofficia ...

was once much bigger than the earlier cemetery and served both the Jews of the right-bank borough of

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and poorer Jews of other boroughs of the city of Warsaw. After the Okopowa Street cemetery became overcrowded, the Praga cemetery was intended as the main Jewish cemetery. However, after the

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in 1939 and the start of the

, most of it was demolished and the headstones were used as street pavement. After the war the remaining tombstones were recovered from various towns in Poland and moved back to the cemetery. Currently it is inactive and serves as a monument only.

Nowa Jerozolima Cemetery

Nowa Jerozolima (New Jerusalem) Cemetery was a cemetery of one of the numerous Jewish villages founded in the area of the Polish capital in the 17th and 18th centuries. It was closed down in late 18th century and the village itself was incorporated into Warsaw to become the namesake of

Aleje Jerozolimskie Jerusalem Avenue ( pl, Aleje Jerozolimskie) is one of the principal streets of the capital city of Warsaw in Poland. It runs through the City Centre along the East-West axis, linking the western borough of Wola with the bridge on the Vistula Ri ...

, one of Warsaw's principal streets. In early 19th century, during the Austrian occupation of Warsaw, the cemetery was closed down and the ashes were moved to cemetery in Powązki.

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Foundation for Documentation of Jewish Cemeteries in Poland
Cemeteries in Warsaw

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Jews and Judaism in Warsaw Holocaust locations in Poland

Okopowa Street Jewish Cemetery

Bródno Jewish Cemetery

Nowa Jerozolima Cemetery

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