Obj. ID: 49424
Jewish Funerary Art Jewish ghetto cemetery in Augustów, Poland
© ESJF European Jewish Cemeteries Initiative, Photographer: ESJF European Jewish Cemeteries Initiative, 2021
According to ESJF European Jewish Cemeteries Initiative, the Augustow Ghetto cemetery is located in an urban area, the territory is surrounded by private residential households. There is a wire mesh fence about 1.5 m high.
In the years 2014-2016, 80 tombstones from Augustów Ghetto cemetery were returned to the cemetery. There are 30 intact tombstones and about 50 smaller fragments, placed in rows. Among the stone tombstones, there is one made of cast-iron. The tombstones now present in the Augustow ghetto cemetery, are most probably from the two other Jewish cemeteries of the town. Data from the tombstones collected at Waryńskiego Street is available at http://cmentarze-zydowskie.pl/augustow.htm
Date of oldest tombstone: 1838 (by ESJF), 1861 (by cmentarze-zydowskie.pl)
Date of newest tombstone: 1915 (by ESJF), 1914 (by cmentarze-zydowskie.pl)
Perimeter length: 117 metres
The Jewish cemetery is located on the interception of Waryńskiego and Kozi Rynek streets.
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Poland | Podlaskie Voivodeship | Augustów
| Adjacent to 45, Waryńskiego Street (in the intersection of Waryńskiego and Kozi Rynek streets)
| Adjacent to 45, Waryńskiego Street (in the intersection of Waryńskiego and Kozi Rynek streets)
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