I honestly cant believe I am actually typing this but the restoration project finally got the full funding and commitment we fought for. It feels so strange to think about all those tombstones being preserved instead of vanishing into the earth. Thank you for staying with me through all the …
December 26, 2021
Call for Action to Save the Historical Piotrków Trybunalski - Jewish Cemetery One of the largest Jewish Cemeteries in Poland
Final supporters
The Piotrków Trybunalski - Jewish Cemetery, has been neglected for many years. To save the cemetery as a heritage site there is an urgent need to locate, erect and renovate the tombstones as well as to preserve the fence and the house of purification, before it will lose forever.
Local activists, Piotrków born Jews and descendants, are joining forces to promote the restoration and conservation and we need your active support.
The Piotrków Trybunalski - Jewish Cemetery, located at ul. Spacerowa 93, was established in the years 1791–1792 and covers an area of more than 14.13 dunam, with about 3,000 tombstones with inscriptions in Hebrew, Polish, German, and Russian. The oldest preserved tombstone is from 1794. In 2005, Roman Hipszer, called "The Last Jew in Piotrków", was the last person buried there. The cemetery contains the Ohalim of Tzadikim, as Chaim Dawid Bernhard, Meir Menachem Finkler of Radoszyce, Isachar Dow Ber ha-Kohen Tornheim of Wolbórz and Menachem Mosze Waltfried of Ropsza-Przedbórz, stonetombs of individuals and mass graves of Holocaust victims.
On December 27, 1989, the cemetery was included in the register of monuments under the number 408. Currently the cemetery is owned by Łódź Jewish Federation. In 2014, at the request of the POLIN Museum, the Foundation for the Documentation of Jewish Cemeteries compiled a list of 1,739 tombstones. Many other gravestones, mainly the oldest ones fell and are buried underground. In addition, a lapidary was created from the tombstones recovered during road renovations. The cemetery has a preserved entrance, and a ruined house of purification and is surrounded by a broken brick wall.
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November 13, 2021
I just blinked and saw the counter hit one thousand signatures which feels absolutely surreal to me right now (honestly I keep refreshing the page just to make sure it is real). It makes me think about those thousands of tombstones buried under the dirt waiting to be remembered and I am just so overwhelmed by how many people actually care about this place.
Reached 1,000 supporters
November 12, 2021
November 11, 2021
I really thought this might stay quiet forever but the sudden spike in interest feels like the ground is finally shifting under our feet. It is honestly overwhelming to see so many people connecting with the history of the cemetery when I spent so many lonely nights staring at the screen wondering if anyone cared about these lost stones.
Reached 100 supporters
October 22, 2021
270 Comments
I have seen the cemetery first hand on several occasions since 2007 and as recently as 2019 and can attest to the need for its restoration
Piotrków‘s multicultural past is a great asset of the city. The Jewish population was intrinsic to it. The Jewish cemetery is one of the key monuments. Without it Piotrków would lose part of its soul.
Piotrków to miasto wielokuturowe i trzeba dbać o jego namacalną historie jaką jest kirkut , byłem tam ostatnio i aż serce boli widząc piekne macewy za rozwalającym się murem posród wyrzucanych tam śmieci :(
As the descendant of the Jewish community of Piotrkow-Trybunalski, with many ancestors buried here, I strongly support preserving the cemetery. This is the just and moral course of action and honors the centuries of Jewish life in the city, of which only these historical reminders remain.
My grandmother and other family members are buried there. Her stone is broken into two. It's time to restore the stones and make sure the cemetery is conserved.
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I honestly cant believe I am actually typing this but the restoration project finally got the full funding and commitment we fought for. It feels so strange to think about all those tombstones being preserved instead of vanishing into the earth. Thank you for staying with me through all the …
December 26, 2021
Call for Action to Save the Historical Piotrków Trybunalski - Jewish Cemetery One of the largest Jewish Cemeteries in Poland
Final supporters
The Piotrków Trybunalski - Jewish Cemetery, has been neglected for many years. To save the cemetery as a heritage site there is an urgent need to locate, erect and renovate the tombstones as well as to preserve the fence and the house of purification, before it will lose forever.
Local activists, Piotrków born Jews and descendants, are joining forces to promote the restoration and conservation and we need your active support.
The Piotrków Trybunalski - Jewish Cemetery, located at ul. Spacerowa 93, was established in the years 1791–1792 and covers an area of more than 14.13 dunam, with about 3,000 tombstones with inscriptions in Hebrew, Polish, German, and Russian. The oldest preserved tombstone is from 1794. In 2005, Roman Hipszer, called "The Last Jew in Piotrków", was the last person buried there. The cemetery contains the Ohalim of Tzadikim, as Chaim Dawid Bernhard, Meir Menachem Finkler of Radoszyce, Isachar Dow Ber ha-Kohen Tornheim of Wolbórz and Menachem Mosze Waltfried of Ropsza-Przedbórz, stonetombs of individuals and mass graves of Holocaust victims.
On December 27, 1989, the cemetery was included in the register of monuments under the number 408. Currently the cemetery is owned by Łódź Jewish Federation. In 2014, at the request of the POLIN Museum, the Foundation for the Documentation of Jewish Cemeteries compiled a list of 1,739 tombstones. Many other gravestones, mainly the oldest ones fell and are buried underground. In addition, a lapidary was created from the tombstones recovered during road renovations. The cemetery has a preserved entrance, and a ruined house of purification and is surrounded by a broken brick wall.
Updates
November 13, 2021
I just blinked and saw the counter hit one thousand signatures which feels absolutely surreal to me right now (honestly I keep refreshing the page just to make sure it is real). It makes me think about those thousands of tombstones buried under the dirt waiting to be remembered and I am just so overwhelmed by how many people actually care about this place.
Reached 1,000 supporters
November 12, 2021
November 11, 2021
I really thought this might stay quiet forever but the sudden spike in interest feels like the ground is finally shifting under our feet. It is honestly overwhelming to see so many people connecting with the history of the cemetery when I spent so many lonely nights staring at the screen wondering if anyone cared about these lost stones.
Reached 100 supporters
October 22, 2021
270 Comments
My father was from Piotrkow. My grandmother's tombstone is there and I was able to find it. It is very important that the lives of our ancestors should be remembered through a maintained cemetery
I have seen the cemetery first hand on several occasions since 2007 and as recently as 2019 and can attest to the need for its restoration
Piotrków‘s multicultural past is a great asset of the city. The Jewish population was intrinsic to it. The Jewish cemetery is one of the key monuments. Without it Piotrków would lose part of its soul.
Piotrków to miasto wielokuturowe i trzeba dbać o jego namacalną historie jaką jest kirkut , byłem tam ostatnio i aż serce boli widząc piekne macewy za rozwalającym się murem posród wyrzucanych tam śmieci :(
As the descendant of the Jewish community of Piotrkow-Trybunalski, with many ancestors buried here, I strongly support preserving the cemetery. This is the just and moral course of action and honors the centuries of Jewish life in the city, of which only these historical reminders remain.
My grandmother and other family members are buried there. Her stone is broken into two. It's time to restore the stones and make sure the cemetery is conserved.
Thanks so much for giving everyone a very special possiblity to discover important secrets from this website. It is usually so pleasing and as well , stuffed with amusement for me and my office colleagues to search your web site at the very least three times every week to read through the newest items you have. And lastly, we are at all times motivated considering the outstanding pointers you give. Selected 4 points in this post are undoubtedly the very best we've had. paul george shoes http://www.paulgeorgeshoes.us.com
I precisely wished to say thanks once again. I'm not certain the things that I could possibly have sorted out in the absence of these advice shown by you concerning such a concern. It was actually a real daunting case for me personally, nevertheless taking note of a new skilled fashion you resolved it forced me to jump over delight. I will be thankful for your help and hope you realize what a great job you were undertaking teaching some other people through your webpage. I know that you haven't got to know all of us. yeezy 350 http://www.yeezy350v2s.com
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My father was from Piotrkow. My grandmother's tombstone is there and I was able to find it. It is very important that the lives of our ancestors should be remembered through a maintained cemetery