Fragment of matzevahs forming the wall of the present day cemetery
The Jewish Cemetery (Polish: Cmentarz Żydowski w Tarnogrodzie) in Tarnogród was probably established in 1588.[1] Located to the east of the synagogue, it covered an area of 1.8 hectares. During World War II, the Nazi Germansoccupying Polanddesacrated and destroyed the cemetery.[2] A few decades after the end of the war, from 1986 until 1990, the cemetery was renovated and partly surrounded by a wall to mark and protect it.[3] Around 100 pieces of recovered tombstones were placed within the area.[4] Some of the tombstones were embedded into the wall, becoming the so-called "commemoration wall". There is a monument to the memory of Poles of Jewish origin from Tarnogród who were murdered by the Germans in 1942.
^Burchard dates the cemetery back to the 18th century.
^"Tarnogród". Cmentarze żydowskie (in Polish and English). Retrieved 5 September 2022. It functioned until 1942, when it was destroyed by Hitlerites [i.e. German Nazis] who used tombstones to create streets and backyards in Tarnogrod. From the information board of the cemetery shown in the first picture on the left taken by Jolanta Dziubińska.
^"Tarnogród". Cmentarze żydowskie (in Polish and English). Retrieved 5 September 2022. ... restored ... in 1989-1990. About 100 tombstones were regained. ... Regained macewas are built into the wall surrounding the cemetery. In the Polish version it says additionally that the cemetery is partly surrounded by a wall (pol. "w części ogrodzony jest murem"). From the information board of the cemetery shown in the first picture on the left taken by Jolanta Dziubińska.
^Burchard estimates that altogether roughly 1000 matzevahs from the cemetery have survived.
