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Cemetery in Budslav

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Cemetery in Budslav

1. the active Catholic cemetery is located in the northern part of the town, about 300 m. from St. Barbara Church. The cemetery was established at the beginning of the 19th century. It has a rectangular ground plan, covers an area of 1.4 ha and is fenced with a wooden fence. At the entrance to the cemetery, a stone church was erected in the 1930s. A stone cemetery chapel, rectangular in plan, was built at the entrance to the cemetery in the 1930s. The oldest graves in the cemetery date back to the 1820s, one of which is a granite gravestone of Józef and Katarzyna Abramowicz from 1826. Of particular note is the burial place of Wincenty Moraczewski from 1854. In the cemetery there are also a dozen or so burials from the 2nd half of the 19th century, but the majority of graves are from the 1st half of the 20th century.
A Jewish cemetery from the 19th century is located in the north-western part of the town. The original layout of the cemetery is now illegible, with only modest remnants of matzevot remaining. The date of establishment of the cemetery is unknown.
3. in the north-eastern part of the town, there is a mass grave of Jews murdered during World War II. The rectangular plot, measuring 10 x 5 m, is located on a flat area. A vertical concrete matzevah topped with an arch is set in the centre of the plot. The gravestone has no inscription.
Information about the cemetery has been published (see bibliography).

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. Województwo wileńskie na obszarze Republiki Białoruś”, Warszawa 2007.

Author:

Bartłomiej Gutowski, Salomea Grabowska
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