remembrance lamps being laid at memorial stone in the newly re built and reconsecrated Jewish cemetery in Brzostek Poland

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remembrance lamps being laid at memorial stone in the newly re built and reconsecrated Jewish cemetery in Brzostek, south-eastern Poland (historic province of Lesser Poland). Poles and Jews restore the Jewish cemetery of Brzostek The Jewish cemetery in Brzostek, called “kierkut” by the local Christian community, was probably established in the mid-19th century Before World War Two the cemetery was surrounded by a wooden fence, with the entrance gate 446 people were buried in the cemetery in the years 1894-1938. During World War Two the Nazis executed Jews in the cemetery. Victims were buried in mass graves. Recently initiated by Dr Jonathan Webber Oxford university, the cemetery was surrounded with a metal fence. About seventy gravestones found all around Brzostek were placed on concrete pedestals. A monument was also funded to commemorate the Jews of Brzostek. The re-consecration of the cemetery took place on June 14, 2009. The ceremony was attended by Jews coming from Brzostek, and the Chief Rabbi of Poland Michael Schudrich, local authorities and the town’s local people

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Location: Brzostek Jewish cemetery in south-eastern Poland
Photo credit: © David Collingwood / Alamy / Afripics
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