Renee Steinig
A new book by Krzysztof Bielawski, The Destruction of Jewish Cemeteries (Zagłada cmentarzy żydowskich), <> Bielawski <> The 280-page book is currently available only in Polish. More about it, including information on ordering, is at http://zaglada-cmentarzy.pl/destruction_of_jewish_cemeteries.htm For those who can navigate the publisher's website, which is in Polish (https://wiez.pl/wydawnictwo/ksiazki/zaglada-cmentarzy-zydowskich-2/), the lowest cost option is an e-book, for 35.98 zloty (approx. U.S. $9.50). Cost on Amazon is about $25. An article about the book appeared last month in the Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/annihilation-of-polands-jewish-cemeteries-documented-in-provocative-book/ and more information, including some excerpts in English, is at https://jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2020/12/23/the-destruction-of-jewish-cemeteries-in-poland/ A longtime cemetery researcher, Krzysztof Bielawski created the website Jewish Cemeteries in Poland (www.cmentarze-zydowskie.pl). On a personal note, I have that site to thank for information about the cemetery where my grandparents were buried a century ago. I'd heard from my mother that the post office in Mielec, Poland, was built on that cemetery after World War II. From Bielowski's website I learned that at the time the post office was built (1960s), remains were moved to a local Catholic cemetery. The remains were later transferred to the Jewish cemetery in Nowy Sacz. I visited the Nowy Sacz cemetery in 2018 and indeed, a marker there commemorates this reinterment. Renee Renee Stern Steinig Dix Hills NY genmaven@...
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