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The Jewish cemetery in Wislica

The Jewish cemetery in Wiślica

The Jewish cemetery in Wiślica is located on a small, wooded hill, at Golden Street. Such a location - in a relatively short distance from the market and the synagogue - was characteristic of cemeteries established before the nineteenth century. According to Adam Penkalla in his book "Jewish traces in the province of Kielce and Radom" , the cemetery was founded probably in the second half of the seventeenth century. It is known that the cemetery was close to a funeral home and gravedigger’s house. In 1928, the cemetery area became full and the Jewish community closed it in its efforts to organize a new burial place. As a result of the damage from the occupation and the period after the liberation, today an area of approximately 1 hectare preserved one standing tombstone and a few remnants of tombstones without inscriptions and ornamentation. In the eighties, a road was built across the area of the cemetery.

In August and September 2016 the cemetery was cleaned and fenced. The work was funded by private donors (family Shpilsky, family Topel, family Landa) and the Nissenbaum Family Foundation which fenced the cemetery. A stone was erected as commemoration of the Wislica Jews. There are 3 inscriptions on the stone: in English, Polish and Hebrew:

Pain that is not transformed will be transferred to next generations

Memory has a healing power

In memory of the Jewish community of Wiślica 1514-1942

Jewish Cemetery

Established in the second half of the 17th century

Here rest Jews from Wiślica and the surrounding region

May their souls be bound up in the bond of everlasting life

The cemetery was renovated and fenced

thanks to the financial support of

the Shpilsky family, the Topel family, the Landa family

and the Nissenbaum Family Foundation

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