Obj. ID: 52270
Jewish Funerary Art Jewish cemetery in Pyrzyce, Poland
According to ESJF European Jewish Cemeteries Initiative, the Jewish cemetery in Pyrzyce was established probably around 1735, when a Jewish gravedigger was employed in the town. It was located in the immediate vicinity of the Protestant cemetery, near the present Basenowa Street. At the entrance to the cemetery, a mortuary was built, expanded in 1897 to create room for a hearse.
During Kristallnacht (November 9-10, 1938) the Nazis in Pyrzyce burned down and blew up the synagogue and the cemetery was devastated. However, it was not until 1969 that both the Jewish cemetery and the Evangelical communal cemetery were razed to the ground. Currently, the area of the Jewish necropolis is overgrown with bushes and neglected. Only a few fragments of the cemetery wall remain. The cemetery is located near the post-war municipal cemetery.
There is a large amount of debris on the site from the old fence and from the tombstones destroyed in 1969. In the south-eastern part, a fragment of the cemetery gate (two damaged brick-made columns) has been preserved. The necropolis is not marked in any way.
The cemetery is located between Cmentarna and Mickiewicza Streets. The best access is from Basenowa Street, through the abandoned and destroyed swimming pools, which are about 50 meters south-east of the cemetery border.
