Practical info

Type of location: Cemetery

Jewish Cemetery of Góra Kalwaria

Zakalwaria, Góra Kalwaria

Historical description

Góra Kalwaria

Jew began settling in Góra Kalwaria (Calvary Mountain) in 1795, and by a century later they had attained more than 50% of the city’s population. The Tsadik Isaac Meir Rothenberg Alter, brother-in-law to Menahem Mendl of Kotzek, settled here in 1859. The Jews ... Read more