New Jewish Cemetery (Piotrków Trybunalski)

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Coordinates: 51 ° 25 ′ 12.7 "  N , 19 ° 41 ′ 53.9"  E

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Jewish cemetery in Piotrków Trybunalski

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

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