PRZEROSL: Podlaskie |
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Normal 0 CEMETERY: Established in 1736 in the southeastern part of the city on the road to Zusienka., initially a wooden fence surrounding the 0.6 hectare cemetery, replaced in 1839 with a stone wall. Przerosl Jewish Cemetery covered the same 1.5-acre for nearly 300 years managed to escape the destruction wrought by the Nazis on most of Poland's Jewish cemeteries, but without maintenance or attention for sixty years, vegetation and local thieves accomplished destruction.The cemetery desecrated during WWII was destroyed after the war when locals stole the gravestones for foundations of buildings. More than twenty granite gravestones remain along with remains of the destroyed cemetery wall. The last burial took place in 1939. Cemetery restoration project. To assist with restoration, contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . photos. [June 2009]photos and information about the cemetery. [August 2005] US Commission No. AS 176 Przerosl is in region Suwalskie, 54º14N 22º39E, 30 km from Suwalki. The cemetery is at S edge of village, by road to Zusno. Present population is under 1000 with no Jews.
The earliest known Jewish community was second half of the 18th century, the cemetery in late 18th c. 1927 Jewish population census was 180. Landmark: Nr rej.zabytkow regionsuwalskiego-675-, decyzja Kl.WKZ 534/675/d/89 z 26 August 1989. The isolated rural flat land has no sign or marker. Reached by turning off the public road to Zusno, access is open to all with a broken masonry wall. The cemetery before WWII and now is 0.6ha. 20-100 sandstone or granite rough or finely smoothed and inscribed in Hebrew stones, 1 to 20 in original locations and less than 25% toppled or broken, date from the 20th century. No known mass graves. The municipality owns the site used only as a Jewish cemetery. Adjacent properties are the road, agriculture and housing. Private individuals visit rarely. The site was vandalized during World War II. No current care. Vegetation is a moderate threat. dr. Janusz Mackiewicz, 16-400 Suwalki ul.1 Maja 27a/47, tel. d.663756, tel. sl.663741, 24 completed survey September 1994. [UPDATE] The Project to Restore the Przerosl Jewish Cemetery [August 2017] |
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