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Selected Sites of Jewish Interest in Poland
The following information is intended as an introduction to all known places in Poland with remaining sites of Jewish interest. For more information regarding particular sites, or to add new information, please contact us directly. Please note that this information
is not intended to refer to the existence of pre-war communities, or to the current condition of sites. Given the possibility of both deterioration and renovation,
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Cecylowka


A monument commemorates the murder of 54 Jews who were burned alive by the Nazis in September 1939.

Checiny

Yiddish: Henchin

A Jewish cemetery with 100 matzevot and one former synagogue from 1638 remain. The synagogue has been remodeled several times but the interior remains almost unchanged.

Chelm

Yiddish: Holm

Both a former synagogue building and one Jewish cemetery remain. The cemetery has now become part of a park, and 100 matzevot still survive.

Chelmno nad Nerem

German: Kulmhof

Chelmno was opened in 1941, and was the first death camp to be established. At least 150,000 people, almost entirely Jews, were murdered here. Today, several monuments mark the site.

Chmielnik


One former synagogue still remains. It is now empty but has been partly rebuilt.

Chojna


One Jewish cemetery remains.

Choroszcz


One Jewish cemetery remains.

Chrzanow

Yiddish: Shonev, Krzanov

One former synagogue building remains, and a collection of Judaica can be found in the Chrzanow museum. Two Jewish cemeteries also survive, one with about 50 matzevot and the second with nearly one thousand.

Ciechanow


One Jewish cemetery remains, and a plaque in the city commemorates prisoners from the concentration camp.

Ciechanowiec


The remaining former synagogue building was rebuilt after 1989 and is now a cultural center.

Ciepielow


One former synagogue building remains.

Cieszanow


Both a Jewish cemetery and former synagogue building remain.

Cieszowa


One Jewish cemetery remains.

Cieszyn


One Jewish cemetery remains, and a plaque on a school wall commemorates Jewish women from a nearby camp.

Czarny Dunajec


One former synagogue building remains.

Czechowice Dziedzice


One Jewish cemetery with around 50 matzevot remains.

Czeladz


One Jewish cemetery remains.

Czersk


One Jewish cemetery remains.

Czerwinsk nad Wisla


Only the eastern wall of a former synagogue building remains.

Czestochowa

Yiddish: Chenstokhov, Tshenstokhov

One Jewish cemetery remains, with 1000 matzevot and two monuments: one marking the mass grave where Jews from the ghetto were killed, and the second to Jewish resistance fighters. The foundations of the Great Synagogue also remain, on which the new philharmonic concert hall has been built, with a memorial plaque commemorating the town's former Jewish community.

Czlopa


One Jewish cemetery remains.

Czudec

Yiddish: Chich

One former synagogue building remains, along with several matzevot in the former cemetery.

Czyzew-Osada


Both a Jewish cemetery and former synagogue building remain


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