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The Jewish cemetery in Otwock (Hrabiego Street) was established in the 19th century. It is situated in the city suburbs, on the edge of a pine forest.
In the interwar period, mostly Jews who died in Otwock hospitals and sanatoriums were buried in this cemetery .
The Nazis destroyed the cemetery during World War II. The graves deteriorated for many years following the war. Some of them were plundered by seekers of Jewish valuables and bones that later sold to medicine students. A power line over the cemetery was installed.
About 900 tombstones have been preserved in the 1.7 ha area and they still have visible decorations and Hebrew, Polish and Russian inscriptions.
The easiest way to reach the cemetery is by Czerwona Droga Street, on the side of the town of Karczew. Driving along Czerwona Droga Street from the junction with Mickiewicza Street, where stands a historical locomotive of a narrow-gauge railway, we pass a transformer station and Ciepłownicza Street to the right. We drive through a concrete ramp and we approach a bridge behind which there is a fork in a road and a Catholic wooden figure to the right. To reach the cemetery we need to go on foot 100 meters to the left of the figure along the power line or along the road parallel to it. The bridge at the bifurcation and figure can be reached from Otwock by turning right from Andriollego to Hrabiego Street or directly to Czerwona Droga Street.
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The Jewish cemetery in Otwock (Hrabiego Street) was established in the 19th century. It is situated in the city suburbs, on the edge of a pine forest.
In the interwar period, mostly Jews who died in Otwock hospitals and sanatoriums were buried in this cemetery .
The Nazis destroyed the cemetery during World War II. The graves deteriorated for many years following the war. Some of them were plundered by seekers of Jewish valuables and bones that later sold to medicine students. A power line over the cemetery was installed.
About 900 tombstones have been preserved in the 1.7 ha area and they still have visible decorations and Hebrew, Polish and Russian inscriptions.
The easiest way to reach the cemetery is by Czerwona Droga Street, on the side of the town of Karczew. Driving along Czerwona Droga Street from the junction with Mickiewicza Street, where stands a historical locomotive of a narrow-gauge railway, we pass a transformer station and Ciepłownicza Street to the right. We drive through a concrete ramp and we approach a bridge behind which there is a fork in a road and a Catholic wooden figure to the right. To reach the cemetery we need to go on foot 100 meters to the left of the figure along the power line or along the road parallel to it. The bridge at the bifurcation and figure can be reached from Otwock by turning right from Andriollego to Hrabiego Street or directly to Czerwona Droga Street.