New Jewish Cemetery (Piotrków Trybunalski)
Coordinates: 51 ° 25 ′ 12.7 " N , 19 ° 41 ′ 53.9" E
The New Jewish Cemetery in Piotrków Trybunalski (German Petrikau ), a Polish city in the Łódź Voivodeship , was laid out in 1791/92. The Jewish cemetery at ul. Spacerowa 93 has been a protected cultural monument since 1989 .
During the Second World War , the cemetery was devastated by the German occupiers.
On the 3.5 hectare cemetery, which is enclosed by a brick wall, over 3500 gravestones are still preserved, the oldest was erected in 1794. The grave inscriptions are in Hebrew , Yiddish , Polish, German and Russian.
Buried personalities
- Chaim David Bernhard (1758-1858), rabbi
Web links
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