Published : 2011-12-31

The Jewish cemeteries and synagogues in the Warmia-Mazury Voivodeship The history and the present state

Wiktor Knercer



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The Jews, on area of the Teutonic Order State, and later the Duchy of Prussia and Warmia, had no right to settled down, with only some exceptions. They received this law after „Judenedikt” was proclaimed in 1812. However, people of Jewish confession were undersized society. World War II brought extermination of this community. In the cultural landscape of Warmia and Mazury remain handful traces of material culture, which are praying houses, synagogues and cemeteries. Most synagogues were destroyed during the „Kristallnacht” in November, 1938 and majority of cemeteries were destroyed after World War II. Preserved and protected goods of material culture are the only remains, presenting the Jewish legacy in this region.

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settlement law, Jews, synagogues, cemeteries, the Holocaust



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Knercer, W. (2011). The Jewish cemeteries and synagogues in the Warmia-Mazury Voivodeship The history and the present state. Jewish Studies. Almanac, 1(1), 127–135. https://doi.org/10.56583/sz.579

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