Obj. ID: 52274
Jewish Funerary Art Site of the Jewish cemetery in Polanów, Poland
According to ESJF European Jewish Cemeteries Initiative, the Jewish community in Polanów did not have its own cemetery until 1812, and its deceased members were buried in the cemetery in Szczecinek (Neustettin). The cemetery in Polanów, was established in the first half of the 19th century, at today’s Partyzancka Street, on the corner with 24/3, Wolności Street. It was located in the forest, on the left side of the road on the Große Aussicht (“Great View”; today Warblewska Góra), north of the local stadium. There was a 100 m long road leading to the entrance. The cemetery, 0.72 ha in area, was surrounded by a high wooden fence and closed to visitors. In 1939 or later, the cemetery was devastated, the tombstones were overturned, smashed and trampled. The cemetery was officially closed in 1945, although it was still in quite good condition at the time. In the post-war years, the remains of graves could still be found in this area, while around 1990, the then mayor of Polanów built his house on the site of the cemetery. It now houses an inn with a disco and a concrete surface, used for tennis and ice skating. No trace of the existence of the necropolis has survived.
On December 28, 1995, at a meeting of the Polanów City Council, a decision was made to erect a commemorative monument on the site of the Jewish cemetery and to place boards with inscriptions in Polish, German and Hebrew. An inscription was proposed that reads as follows: "In honour of the citizens of the town of Polanów of Jewish origin. Families: Wolf, Titzer, Salomon, Kersten, Hirschfeld, Meyer, Ludmann, Samuel, Abraham, Benjamin, Blumenheim, Leske, Aron, Wolff, Rohr, dr Sachs, Scheidemann, Rosen, Kohls, Jacoby, Körbel, Zander, Kirch, Caspary, Olitzky and Israel. 1717-1944."
The cemetery has been destroyed. Currently, there is a single-family house and a tennis court on the cemetery territory. The necropolis is not commemorated in any form.
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Poland | Zachodniopomorskie Voivodeship | Polanow
| 33 Wolności Street, opposite the city stadium