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Szczuczyn Cemetery

Szczuczyn | Belarus
biał. Szczuczyn (Шчучын)
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Szczuczyn Cemetery

Szczuczyn | Belarus
biał. Szczuczyn (Шчучын)
Cemetery with Polish gravestone monuments. Information about the cemetery has been published (see bibliography).
According to Anna Lewkowska, Jacek Lewkowski and Wojciech Walczak, the active Catholic cemetery has a rectangular plan and a 2.4 ha area surrounded by a wooden fence. It was created in the early 19th century. The oldest gravestone, dating from 1823, belongs to Gustav Grunfeld. Its inscription reads: "GUSTAW GRUNFELD BIRTH 1799 / SEPTEM. 8go DNIA / DIED / 1823 FEBRUAR. 12go dnia". Noteworthy is also the inscription: 'FRANCISZEK SZAŁWIŃSKI / POSTERUNKOWY POLICJI PAWWOWEJ / ZDINĄŁ 10 IV 1930 R. WITH A GLORIOUS DEATH IN DEFENCE OF FELLOW CITIZENS / COLLEAGUES OF SZCZUCZYŃSKI POVIAT". In the cemetery there is an obelisk commemorating the soldiers of the Home Army who died on 29 April 1944. The inscription: "TO THE SOLDIERS OF THE NATIONAL ARMIA / POLLEMEN DIED FOR THE FREEDOM OF THE SZCZUCZYÑSKY LAND ON 19 APRIL 1944. / COMRADES IN ARMS". To quote the aforementioned authors: "In addition, in the western part of the cemetery is located the quarters of the soldiers killed in 1918-1920, with a high wooden cross and a plaque. By the fence there are excavated and abandoned tombstones dating from the 2nd half of the 19th century. On the north-eastern side of the cemetery, the ruins of a brick cemetery chapel remain. The cemetery is tidied up and devoid of trees which were felled in the 1990s."
Bibliography:
  • „Cmentarze polskie poza granicami kraju” , raport, oprac. B. Gutowski, Warszawa 2022 (maszynopis).
  • Lewkowska Anna, Lewkowski Jacek, Walczak Wojciech, „Zabytkowe cmentarze na Kresach Wschodnich Drugiej Rzeczypospolitej. Wschodnie powiaty dawnego województwa białostockiego (obecnie na terenie Białorusi), Warszawa 2007.
Author:
Bartłomiej Gutowski, Dawid Mendrek
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