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1994 | 2 | 218-223

Article title

Cmentarz żydowski w Modrzejowie

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Title variants

EN
The Jewish Cemetery in Modrzejów

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Abstracts

EN
The Jewish cemetery in Sosnowiec-Modrzejow, one the of oldest and most interesting examples of sepulchral art in the Silesian-Dąbrowa region, was renovated in 1990-1993- The cemetery, probably founded at the turn of the eighteenth century, is at the moment the only „live” testimony of the existence of a population of the Mosaic faith. The cemetery was renovated by the Jewish Religious Community in Katowice thanks to funds granted by Jews whose roots reach back to Modrzejow and who reside in Canada, Israel, the United States and other countries. The structure of the tombstones (the matsevas, sarcophagi „tree trunks” and relief inscriptions on many of them) as well as the specificity of the symbolic stratum permit us to regard the necropolis — alongside those in Mikołow, Pyskowice, and Tychy-Bieruń Stary — as a small-town cemetery of considerable landscape and historical merits. Up to the late 1980s the site was neglected and to a great extent devastated; many of the tombstones, especially the matsevas, were damaged and lay on the ground. The situation was additionally complicated by the general accessibility of the cemetery which was completely unprotected and not isolated from the surrounding environment. The lush vegetation of the area was used by the local population for cattle grazing. The pedestels and walls of the graves were removed during reconstruction. The tombstones were placed on rectangular high postuments, in this way making it possible to better protect the sandstone objects from dampness and to display them in the surrounding high grasses. Free spaces created by gaps in the inner substance were filled by new objects: a cenotaph composed of double matseva stelae (commemorating the victims of the second world war), a contemporary slab-stela monument and a lapidarium (with 57 details and fragments of tombstones). The revalorization of the cemetery (at present containing 271 monuments) was completed in September 1993 after the installation of a permanent fence made of vertical iron bars. As a result of the renovation, the cemetery received a legible and clearcut configuration which harmoniously supplements the small-town landscape of Modrzejow. The reconstruction certainly achieved its aim despite the fact that the introduction into the historical substance of new elements (cenotaph, slab-stela monument) appears to be controversial.

Year

Issue

2

Pages

218-223

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Dates

published
1994

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Document Type

Publication order reference

Identifiers

ISSN
0029-8247

YADDA identifier

bwmeta1.element.desklight-ab497eb2-7196-4d88-8441-88fcc85b34c1
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