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Devastated Jewish Cemetery in Warsaw
Shalom !
The Jewish cemetery in the interwar period
was founded by the Jewish Religious Community in Falenica and served as a
burial place for the deceased from nearby towns.
On October 1927, the city of Warsaw issued
a decision to close the cemetery.
This decision was appealed by the Jewish
Religious Community.
The Jewish Community drew attention to the
fact that a cemetery of the local Roman Catholic parish was to be built nearby.
At that time, the cemetery was in good condition and had a 82 meter long brick
wall.
A caretaker lived in the cemetery, in a
building with one room and kitchen. The fate of the cemetery during World War
II and during the period of the Polish People's Republic could not be
determined. It was subject to gradual devastation.
The sad thing is that the Matzevah
disappeared and often found as building material for newly built houses, the
same fate met with bricks from the fence.
To this day, several overturned and
probably dislocated Matzevah have survived in the cemetery.
Dr. Marek Kuten from Warsaw for SNN Space Network News. SHALOM!
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