New Jewish Cemetery, Kraków

The New Jewish Cemetery (Polish: Nowy cmentarz żydowski w Krakowie) is a historic necropolis situated on 55 Miodowa Street in Kraków, Poland.

[2][6] Following the Nazi invasion of Poland in World War II, the New Cemetery was closed to outsiders and the Germans sold the most valuable stonework to local masons.

Other headstones, as well as slabs, were turned into construction material and used for paving the supply road to the camp, including the courtyard of commandant Amon Göth,[2] who is known for having insisted that the Jews pay for their own executions.

On March 24, 1999, the cemetery, including the 1903 mortuary, were entered into the register of historical monuments of Kraków.

[3] The New Jewish Cemetery features a renovated brick mortuary hall built in 1903, as well as the postwar lapidary memorial fitted with old headstones and crowned with a block of black marble.

Alleyway between tombs
Main view