Tombstone
Memorial/Monument
The
cemetery was destroyed
by the Nazis during the
war; after the war
ended, the cemetery was
restored as much as it
could be and some
tombstones still intact
were used to create this
memorial.
Mass
grave and memorial for
pogrom victims
This
mass grave and memorial
commemorates the 90 Jews
who were murdered in the
pogrom in Kielce on July
4, 1946 (which showed
the intense
anti-Semitism that still
existed after WWII had
ended). The pogrom
began as a result of a
young Christian boy’s
false accusations of
being kidnapped by local
Jewish people. Murdering
and ransacking occurred
all day long with little
help from the government
or authorities. About
half of the victims of
the pogrom were
children.
More info on the
Kielce Pogrom of 1946.
Children’s
mass grave and memorial
This grave commemorates
the children who died in
1943 after being taken
from their families.
They were deported to
this cemetery, killed,
and then thrown into
this mass grave. The
memorial tombstone lists
the names of the
children, ranging in
ages from 15 months to
13 years of age.
Click
here for
slideshow/photos of
the Kielce Jewish cemetery.
(Photos courtesy of
Marci Fritts and Tiffany
Wdowiarz.)
