Obj. ID: 52269
Jewish Funerary Art Site of the Jewish cemetery in Recz, Poland
According to ESJF European Jewish Cemeteries Initiative, the small Jewish cemetery in Recz was probably established in the first half of the 19th century. It was located at Bahnhofstrasse (now Kolejowa Street), on the slope of Judenberg (Żydowska Góra). In 1842, 83 Jews lived in Recz, on the border between Brandenburg and Pomerania, and in 1895 there were only 66 Jews out of approximately 3,200 inhabitants. Despite the fact that the community was not one of the most numerous, it had a cemetery and a small synagogue, both of which were devastated during Kristallnacht (November 9-10, 1938). The cemetery survived World War II and was not fully destroyed until the beginning of the 1980s. Currently, there is no trace of its existence apart from the preserved old forest.
The site is currently occupied by private residential buildings and gardens. The Jewish cemetery is not marked in any way.
sub-set tree:
Poland | Zachodniopomorskie Voivodeship | Recz
| Kolejowa Street, buildings at 12, 14 and,18, Kolejowa Street