Obj. ID: 50225
Jewish Funerary Art  Site of the Choleric Jewish Cemetery in Skała, Poland

According to ESJF European Jewish Cemeteries Initiative, a cholera epidemic broke out in the Olkusz Poviat in 1894. It also reached Skała. Due to the sanitary risk, a separate cemetery was established. It was located approximately 2 km south of the town, in the area of the present-day Ojców National Park in Osicze. There are separate areas for Jews and Catholics in the cemetery. The Jewish part was smaller, but its borders are not clear. Currently, no tombstones have survived in the Jewish part of the cemetery. There are the remains of an old wooden fence in the cemetery. In 2005, both quarters were cleaned and fenced with a wooden fence by the Association of Skała Lovers. An information board was also erected in the cemetery. According to the board, the epidemic lasted 51 days and claimed the lives of about 50 people.