Jewish cemeteries in Ostrów Wielkopolski

Under an agreement between the town administration and the Jewish community, a lapidarium, collection of stone monuments was made using remaining gravestones from the two sites.

The first cemetery was built in the center of the Jewish quarter (the west side of the town square) in the beginning of the eighteenth century.

To commemorate the peace following the Franco-German War (1870–1871), the area was named Lasek Przyjaźni (The Grove of Friendship).

Parts of the land along with the burial remains were then used to build a route into the town center.

In April 2007, to commemorate the Jewish residents of Ostrów Wielkopolski, the town authorities erected monuments and fenced some of the former cemetery.