Obj. ID: 52272
Jewish Funerary Art Jewish cemetery in Połczyn-Zdrój, Poland
According to ESJF European Jewish Cemeteries Initiative, the cemetery was located by the road, 1.5 km west of the city, between the railway tracks leading to Złocieniec (Falkenburg) and Świdwin (Schievelbein), and was surrounded by trees. Its area, both before the war and today, is approximately 0.3 ha.
The cemetery was devastated during Kristallnacht (November 9-10, 1938). In 1970, the wall surrounding the cemetery was demolished and the matzevot were sold. Until the 1990s, only a few 19th-century tombstones survived. In 1998, the cemetery area was cleaned up and marked. Its existence is still confirmed by the trees with which it was planted and the information board.
ESJF team has found fifteen tombstones remains. The cemetery is marked with a simple information board with the laconic inscription “Cmentarz Żydowski. Nieczynny” (“Jewish cemetery. Closed”).
The cemetery is located approximately 350 meters in a straight line from Młyńska Street to the north-east. The cemetery is located on a hill between two railway embankments (the tracks on both embankments were pulled down at the end of the 1990s). The best access is from Młyńska Street via a dirt road routed on the northern railway embankment.
