Remah Cemetery

Local nameCmentarz Remuh
LocationDzielnica I Stare Miasto, Kraków, Polska

The Old Jewish Cemetery of Kraków, more commonly known as the Remah Cemetery, is a historic necropolis established in the years 1535–1551, and one of the oldest existing Jewish cemeteries in Poland. 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.Izaak Jakubowicz, donor of the Izaak Synagogue, is also buried at the cemetery.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 is one of the few that remained intact.

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Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remah_Cemetery

Address 40 Szeroka, Kraków 31-053, Poland

Coordinates 50°3'9.294" N 19°56'49.156" E

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