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[[File:Mass grave comparison.jpg|thumb|300px|The bottom left black & white picture shows bodies below a stone lattice work. The stone lattice work is visible between two marker stones in the colour picture.]]
'''Jewish cemeteries of Warsaw''' refers to a number of Jewish [[necropolis]]es in the city.
==Okopowa Street Jewish Cemetery==
[[File:Map board for the Warsaw Jewish Cemetery (2008).jpg|thumb|The board at the entrance that shows the structure and history of the Okopowa Street cemetery]]
[[Okopowa Street Jewish Cemetery]] is one of the largest Jewish cemeteries in Europe. Located on Okopowa Street and abutting the [[Powązki Cemetery]], the Jewish Cemetery was established in 1806 and occupies 33 [[hectare]]s (83 acres) of land.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-10-07 |title=Jewish Cemetery (Okopowa Street) - Cemeteries - Historical monuments - Warszawa - Virtual Shtetl |url=http://www.sztetl.org.pl/en/article/warszawa/12,cemeteries/1550,jewish-cemetery-okopowa-street-/ |access-date=2022-11-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007150230/http://www.sztetl.org.pl/en/article/warszawa/12,cemeteries/1550,jewish-cemetery-okopowa-street-/ |archive-date=2011-10-07 }}</ref>
It is now the site of numerous overgrown and abandoned graves and crypts, having fallen in disrepair after the Nazi invasion of Poland and subsequent [[Holocaust]]. Although it was closed down during [[World War II]], after the war it was reopened and a small portion of it remains active, serving Warsaw's small remaining Jewish population.
==Bródno Jewish Cemetery==
[[Bródno Jewish Cemetery]] was once much bigger than the earlier cemetery and served both the Jews of the right-bank borough of [[Praga]] and poorer Jews of other boroughs of the city of Warsaw.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Menachemson |first=Nolan |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70659993 |title=A practical guide to Jewish cemeteries |date=2007 |publisher=Avotaynu |isbn=978-1-886223-29-5 |location=Bergenfield, NJ |pages=57 |oclc=70659993}}</ref> After the Okopowa Street cemetery became overcrowded, the Praga cemetery was intended as the main Jewish cemetery. However, after the [[Invasion of Poland|German occupation of Poland]] in 1939 and the start of the [[Holocaust]], most of it was demolished and the [[headstone]]s were used as street pavement. After the war the remaining tombstones were recovered from various towns in Poland and moved back to the cemetery. Currently it is inactive and serves as a monument only.
==Nowa Jerozolima Cemetery==
Nowa Jerozolima (New Jerusalem) Cemetery was a cemetery of one of the numerous Jewish villages founded in the area of the Polish capital in the 17th and 18th centuries. It was closed down in late 18th century and the village itself was incorporated into Warsaw to become the namesake of [[Jerusalem Avenue, Warsaw|Aleje Jerozolimskie]], one of Warsaw's principal streets.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Jagielski |first=Jan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lz5pAAAAMAAJ |title=A Guide to Jewish Warsaw |date=1990 |publisher=Jewish Information and Tourist Bureau |pages=11 |language=en}}</ref> In early 19th century, during the Austrian occupation of Warsaw, the cemetery was closed down and the ashes were moved to cemetery in [[Powązki]].
==See also==
*[[History of the Jews in Poland]]
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.cemetery.jewish.org.pl/ Foundation for Documentation of Jewish Cemeteries in Poland] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200518180355/https://cemetery.jewish.org.pl/ |date=2020-05-18 }}
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