"…from the 300-year-old cemetery, tombstones were plucked, the ground was plowed and used as a road".—Rabbi Szymon Huberband, writing from the Warsaw Ghetto, in an entry in the Ringelblum Archives.
The Jewish Cemetery of Przasnysz (פּרושניץ in Yiddish) was decimated during the war years and is in a state of advancing disrepair. This final resting place dates back hundreds of years. Our volunteers seek to bring dignity to the souls buried in these sacred grounds and to memorialize the once thriving Jewish community of Przasnysz by:
In addition, working with FODŻ, we have already:
- Continuing our annual clearing grounds of debris and overgrowth (accomplished since 2020!)
- Installing large memorial boulders along Leszno St on the cemetery grounds
- Raising endowment funds for perpetual site care
- Installing an information signboard that speaks to the rich Jewish heritage of the town
- Moving the curb line on Leszno Street to the pre-war boundary lines (the street covers part of the historic cemetery)
- Recovering headstones that may be nearby
In addition, working with FODŻ, we have already:
- Fenced the cemetery perimeter (accomplished in Summer 2020!)
- Removed the concrete walls that split the cemetery
- Removed rubble from an abandoned 1980's housing project
- Trimmed a number of very tall trees posing risks of injury
- Established a "no-parking" zone on Leszno street, directly in front of the cemetery, thereby limiting vehicles from parking on the historic cemetery grounds
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