Obj. ID: 49342
Jewish Funerary Art  New Jewish cemetery in Łomża, Poland

According to ESJF European Jewish Cemeteries Initiative, the cemetery was established around 1890. At that time, it was located outside the main city centre. In 1910, Rabbi Malkiel Tannenbaum was buried in the cemetery. During World War II, the Germans executed Jews and Poles in the cemetery. The degradation and destruction of the cemetery likely began during the war and was continued through the following years. The funeral house was transformed into apartments. In 1964, the Minister of Municipal Economy signed an order to close the cemetery. In 1992, in connection with the visit of President Chaim Herzog, the municipal authorities cleaned up the cemetery. From 1999, the cemetery was taken care of by the Łomża Jewish Cemetery Foundation.

Currently, there are over 700 tombstones in the cemetery (the list is available at https://cemetery.jewish.org.pl/list/c_54) in various conditions, mostly in the form of steles and obelisks, made of sandstone and granite. In the south-western part of the cemetery is the former funeral house, which is currently unused. The original layout of the cemetery, with the main avenue and quarters, is partially visible.

The area is fenced with a pre-war brick wall and a contemporary wall made of prefabricated concrete spans about 1.7 m high. Some upper panels of the stone wall have fallen out. The stone and brick fence is along the eastern cemetery border.

The owner of the cemetery is the Foundation for the Preservation of Jewish Heritage. The facility is listed in the Municipal and Provincial Register of Monuments and the Register of Immovable Monuments.

At the main alley, there is a partially ruined brick building over one of the graves, that was an ohel dedicated to Rabbi Malkiel Tannenbaum, the chief rabbi of Łomża between 1887–1910.

The cemetery covers a rectangular plot with an area of 2.19 hectares.
Perimeter length: 578 metres

Holocaust memorial plaque in the New Jewish cemetery in Łomża, Poland