JEWISH HISTORY - 650 Iron Matzevahs on a cemetery + an abandoned synagogue in Krzepice, Poland

We are in Krzepice city, souther Poland:
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Before the war there in Krzepice was a quite big Jewish community, which was a 40% of the whole population of the city. Now only the Sinagogue and cemetery are the last places which preserved from the time before the war.
In this video I am showing and telling you a little about the Jewish synagogue and also the Jewish cemetery, which is unique because of its 650 iron matzevas which remained in a good condition thanks to pupils from a local school and Mr Romual Cieśla, the Krzepice’s historian.
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[@jayjoe123]

Thank you so much for documenting and sharing this important video of historic Krzepice Synagogue and cemetery. The history you provide is extremely informative. The Synagogue is now a listed historic landmark of Poland and will hopefully be restored with windows soon. Krzepice cemetery is unique as it has the largest collection of cast iron matzevas in Europe, counting more than 400, and a wall needs to be built around this unique cemetery soon to protect and preserve it. In addition to over 400 cast iron matzevas, there are over 300 stone matzevas in this cemetery. Thank you again.

[@czews]

Thank you for your comment and clarifying the situation in Krzepice!

[@polishmik]

Thanks like always for sharing this! Just curious, are there any well maintained Jewish cemeteries in Poland that you’re aware of?Warsaw has some parts that are taken care of… basically the recent, wealthy, or famous graves. The new Krakow cemetery has areas that are taken care of. But outside of that I’m not aware of any.
The old cemetery in Krakow is a joke with how many visitors they take in and money they charge for entry’s that place should be immaculate.

[@czews]

Thank you for your comment.
I just started my journey through the Jewish cemeteries in Poland so I am not a good person to ask about it but I think that there's not so many well maintained cemeteries left in Poland to be honest. Kraków and Warsaw are the ones who are in the best condition, it is much worse in smaller cities and villages where no one cares about Jewish cemeteries.
I read a book from Krzysztof Bielawski - "The destruction of Jewish cemeteries in Poland" and it gives me a different point of view to many things. You can find the book on popular webshops like Amazon in english language, worth of reading, regards.

[@polishmik]

@@czews thank you! I’ll add it to my list. It’s not available on the Canadian store yet.
I went to HASAG today btw. Thank you for your videos, it gave me the confidence to explore it a bit. I didn’t go inside any of the buildings though as I don’t want to be the reason it gets closed off to you lol. “Stupid tourist injured at HASAG. It will now be flattened” would be the headlines tomorrow.

[@czews]

@@polishmikjesteś Polakiem? Jest tak, to po co piszemy po angielsku 😊

[@czews]

@@polishmikoh wait, you’re Mikołaj from Canada, we were exchanging emails. Enjoy your stay!

[@polishmik]

@@czews yes it’s me! Thanks! It’s nice to be back.