Tatar-Islamic Cemetery (Warsaw)

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Entrance gate to the cemetery on Tatarska Street
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The Tatar-Islamic Cemetery (also known as the Muslim Tatar Cemetery , Polish: Muzułmański Cmentarz Tatarski ) in Warsaw is a historic, still-used Islamic burial place on Ulica Tatarska 8 in the Wola district . The small cemetery is in the immediate vicinity of the Catholic Powązki cemetery , the Jewish cemetery and the Evangelical-Augsburg cemetery .

history

The cemetery was founded in 1867 due to a lack of space in the older Caucasian-Islamic cemetery in the nearby Ulica Młynarskia on the initiative of the Warsaw imam Seifetdin Chosianow Sinnajew. Initially only laid out on an area of ​​5,000 square meters, it now has a size of one hectare . Up until the end of the First World War , it was mainly Muslims from the Russian army of Congress Poland that were buried here; later, Polonized Tatars from the Grand Duchy of Lithuania were increasingly buried - which is why it was named a Tatar cemetery. In addition to the graves of officers, there are also many of merchants and craftsmen here.

The cemetery was the scene of fighting several times during World War II and was destroyed accordingly: In 1942, German troops hid tanks and other military vehicles here from Soviet air raids. And during the Warsaw Uprising , insurgents fought heavy battles with German units here.

On December 7, 1984, the facility was placed under the supervision of the Monument Protection Office ( Wojewódzki konserwator zabytków ). The facility is looked after by the Association of Tatars in the Republic of Poland ( Związek Tatarów Rceczypospolitej Polskiej ).

Graves

The graves of Alexander Achmatowicz (lawyer and senator of the Second Polish Republic from 1928 to 1930), Osman Achmatowicz (chemist and professor at the University of Warsaw ), Bekier are among the tombs that have survived to this day, some of them with Turkish, Arabic and Persian inscriptions Eksanow (Imam of the Islamic Community of Warsaw) and Jerzy Edigey (lawyer and author of several Polish detective novels).

Other important Polish Muslims are buried in the cemetery:

  • Zeryf Eksanow († 1951), Warsaw Imam
  • Veli bek Jedigar († 1971), prince from Azerbaijan , cavalry officer in the Polish army
  • Aleksander Jeljaszewicz († 1978), officer, last chief of the 1st Tatar squadron of the 13th Vilno Uhlan regiment, holder of the Virtuti Militari order
  • Safar-Bek Malsag († 1944), General
  • Konstanty Murza-Murzicz († 1953), lawyer and judge
  • Rustym Murza-Murzicz († 1980), veterinarian, officer of the 1st Tatar squadron of the 13th Vilno Uhlan regiment, holder of the Virtuti Militari order
  • Bekir Rodkiewicz († 1987), Imam
  • Jakub Romanowicz († 1964), Deputy Mufti of Poland in the interwar period

In the cemetery there is also a tombstone in the shape of a minaret for Abdul Halik Usmi, who died on March 13, 1932 at the age of 29. According to contemporary gossip, Usmi was an ardent admirer of actress Jadwiga Smosarska, for whom he left his Islamic fiancée. However, Smosarska did not return his love, after which he is said to have shot himself. In the 1960s, Smosarska visited his grave and laid flowers there.

References and comments

  1. ↑ Fallen soldiers as well as Russian soldiers of Islamic faith who died in German captivity were buried here
  2. ↑ a b according to Information Islamic Tatar Cemetery (Muzułmański Cmentarz Tatarski) ( Memento of the original from December 11, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.warsawtour.pl archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at Warsawtour.pl (accessed on March 11, 2012)
  3. ↑ Jadwiga Smosarska (1898–1971) was a Polish theater and film actress. She starred in 26 Polish films and was one of the most famous pre-war Polish actresses

literature

  • Julius A. Chroscicki and Andrzej Rottermund, Architectural Atlas of Warsaw , 1st edition, Arkady, Warsaw 1978, p. 213
  • Grzegorz Piątek, Jarosław Trybuś, Warsaw. The thematic guide through Poland's capital , Kamil Markiewicz (Uebers), ISBN 978-3-89728-070-0 , Schröder, Verlag für Regionalkultur, Diepholz 2009, p. 241 f.

Web links

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Coordinates: 52 ° 15 ′ 11 "  N , 20 ° 57 ′ 54"  E