Remah Cemetery

Remah Cemetery
*Cmentarz Remuh*
Remah CemeteryCmentarz Remuh
Old Jewish Cemetery of Kraków
Details
Established	1535–1551
Closed	1850
Location	40 Szeroka Street, Kraków
Country	Poland
Coordinates	50°03′09″N 19°56′49″E / 50.05250°N 19.94694°E
Type	Jewish cemetery
Size	0,75 ha
Find a Grave	Remah CemeteryCmentarz Remuh

The Old Jewish Cemetery of Kraków^[3] (Polish: Stary cmentarz żydowski w Krakowie), more commonly known as the Remah Cemetery (Polish: Cmentarz Remuh),^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7] is a historic necropolis established in the years 1535–1551, and one of the oldest existing Jewish cemeteries in Poland.^[6] It is situated at 40 Szeroka Street in the Kazimierz district of Kraków, beside the 16th-century Remah Synagogue. The cemetery bears the name of Rabbi Moses Isserles, whose name is abbreviated as Remah.

The cemetery was closed in around 1850; the nearby New Jewish Cemetery at 55 Miodowa Street then became the new burial ground for the city's Jews.^[2]

Izaak Jakubowicz, donor of the Izaak Synagogue, is also buried at the cemetery.^[7]

During the German occupation of Poland, the Nazis destroyed the site by tearing down walls and hauling away tombstones to be used as paving stones in the camps, or selling them for profit. The tombstone of the Remah (Rabbi Moses Isserles) is one of the few that remained intact. The cemetery has undergone a series of post-war restorations. As is common in contemporary Poland, all original tombstones unearthed as paving stones have been returned and re-erected, although they represent a small fraction of the monuments that once stood in the cemetery.^[6]

^ "Jewish Cemetery | What to see in Krakow con Servantrip". servantrip.com.
^ ^a ^b "Tropografie : Cmentarz Remuh. Kraków". March 12, 2016.
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^ Jeffrey S. Gurock (2015). The Holocaust Averted: An Alternate History of American Jewry, 1938–1967. Rutgers University Press. p. 2. ISBN 978-0813572406. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
^ Site Information (2016). "Remuh Synagogue and the adjoining Cemetery, Krakow". Introduction, location map and aerial view of Remuh Synagogue. Sacred Destinations.
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[1] "Jewish Cemetery | What to see in Krakow con Servantrip". servantrip.com.

[auto-2] "Tropografie : Cmentarz Remuh. Kraków". March 12, 2016.

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[4] Jeffrey S. Gurock (2015). The Holocaust Averted: An Alternate History of American Jewry, 1938–1967. Rutgers University Press. p. 2. ISBN 978-0813572406. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)

[5] Site Information (2016). "Remuh Synagogue and the adjoining Cemetery, Krakow". Introduction, location map and aerial view of Remuh Synagogue. Sacred Destinations.

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