Jewish Cemetery in Ustroń

The Jewish cemetery in Ustroń was founded in 1905. Today its grounds form part of the neighbouring municipal cemetery, and little remains of the former necropolis.

History of the cemetery

110 Jews lived in Ustroń in 1900, or 2.3 per cent of the inhabitants, 107 people in 1910 and 139 in 1921. The cemetery served this community. During the Second World War it was devastated by the Germans. In the 1970s a new voivodeship road linking Wisła with Katowice, today designated DW941, was built across the site of the former cemetery, and the pre-burial house was destroyed during its construction.

What remains today

In 1994 the cemetery was incorporated into the neighbouring municipal cemetery. None of the original gravestones survived; only a few obelisks stand among Catholic graves. It is a place of remembrance for a community whose traces in Ustroń were erased by the war and by later changes to the site.

Practical information

• Location: Ustroń, next to the municipal cemetery and the voivodeship road towards Wisła.
• Access is open, as to a municipal cemetery. Please keep quiet and show respect.
• You can learn about the history of the town and the region at the Jan Jarocki Ustroń Museum, about 2 km away.