Jewish Cemetery (Cmentarz Zydowski)
4 expert reviews
“This is a cemetery with graves from before the war along with memorials to those exterminated and also to a Polish doctor who saved Jewish children but sacrificed himself in the process.”
– Afar Magazine
"An island of continuity amid so much destruction of the city's Jewish heritage." Full review
"Contains more than 150,000 tombstones, the largest collection of its kind in Europe." Full review
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Be sure to look for the tomb of Ber Sonnenberg (1764–1822), one of Europe’s finest funerary monuments
"Established in 1806, it holds more than 150,000 tombs on 34 hectares (83 acres), making it one of the largest Jewish cemeteries in Europe" Full review