Pilica Jewish Cemetary (Пилица)

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Old Cemetery, he functions grzebalne to 1842 and as a closed dotrwał the Second World War, when it was destroyed. The only survivors are a few footsteps gravestones built on the foundations of nearby buildings. The rapid development of the Jewish community has meant that the facility is quickly zapełnił. After a long dispute between the pastor of a Jewish commune since 1842 the place of burial became the new cemetery "on the Black forest, located behind the town on the way to the village Kocikowa, which served its role until the end of World War II. Pilicy nearby source to supply the water needed for ritual purification. Until today not preserved house mortuary. In 1942, the Nazis wysiedlili the Jewish population to the ghetto in Wolbrom. In the years 1942-43 in the cemetery took place wyłapywanej executions of Jews in the surrounding forests and in 1945 the gendarmerie Wolbromia shot around 70 people from Pilicy and the surrounding area. The last two tombstones were raised after the war and commemorate the murdered family members Pańkowskich.
text: Aleksander Kot