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Jewish Cemetery
Jewish Cemetery Review
Behind a high brick wall on ulica Okopowa you will find Warsaw's Jewish Cemetery, an island of continuity amid so much destruction of the city's Jewish heritage. The cemetery, which is still in use, survived the war, and although it was neglected and became badly overgrown during the postwar period, it is gradually being restored. Here you will find 19th-century headstones and much that testifies to the Jewish community's role in Polish history and culture. Ludwik Zamenhof, the creator of the artificial language Esperanto, is buried here, as are Henryk Wohl, minister of the treasury in the national government during the 1864 uprising against Russian rule; Szymon Askenazy, the historian and diplomat; Hipolit Wawelberg, the cofounder of Warsaw Polytechnic; and poet Boleslaw Lesmian. To reach the cemetery, take Bus 107, 111, or 516 from Plac Bankowy.
- Address: Okopowa 49-51, Wola, Warsaw, 01-043 | Map It
- Cost: zl 5
- Hours: Apr.-Oct., Mon.-Thurs. 10-5, Fri. 9-1, Sun. 11-4; Nov.-Mar., 10-sunset; closed during Jewish holidays.
- Website: www.cemetery.jewish.org.pl
- Location: Warsaw
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