Fragment of a Jewish grave in Wiślica
Fragments of a destroyed grave in the Jewish cemetery in Wiślica
The last remaining Jewish grave in Wiślica with a swastika painted on it

Jewish Cemetery in Wiślica is the cemetery of the Jewish community which lived in Wiślica, Poland, until 1942.[1] The cemetery was created in the 17th century.[2] It is located in the northwest part of the village, near the Złota street, on a woody terrain.

The cemetery was destroyed during and after the Second World War. In the 1980s, a narrow asphalt road, linking the Złota street to the village's bypass, was built in the middle of the necropolis. Nowadays, the cemetery contains only a few remains of destroyed graves and one grave with preserved tombstone (mazewa). A few years ago, the cemetery has been desecrated: anti-Semitic and Nazi symbols have been painted on the remaining gravestones. The cemetery was restored in 2016.

References

  1. ↑ "Memorial book of Wislica; the Wislich yizkor book; Association of Former Residents of Wislica, 1971 (H,Y,Pol, 299 pages)".
  2. ↑ "Wirtualny Sztetl, portal of the Museum of History of Polish Jews".

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