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Volm cemetery

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Volm cemetery

Cemetery with Polish gravestone monuments. Information about the cemetery has been published (see bibliography).

According to Anna Lewkowska, Jacek Lewkowski and Wojciech Walczak: "In the centre of the village, on a small hill, there are legible foundations of the former Catholic church. Only two tombstones have survived from the church cemetery: that of Dominika Galochówna, a 7-month-old baby (died 1932), and that of Urszula and Eliasz Antanowicz from 1934. The tombstones are situated 20 m to the west of the former church entrance. Next to the tombstones is a contemporary symbolic plaque commemorating Soviet heroes of World War II."

Lewkowski and Walczak also describe the active Catholic cemetery in Volm. It has a rectangular plan and a 1.8 ha area surrounded by a wooden fence. It was established at the beginning of the 19th century. The oldest gravestone, from 1818, has the following inscription: "Here rest the remains / of MICHAŁA KRUPSKIE / DIED 1818. DECEMBER 18 D. / LIVED 54 YEARS / MAY THE LIGHT / OF ETERNITY SHINE UPON HIM". There is also an obelisk with the inscription "POLYEGŁYM WALKY O / INDEPENDENCE / REPUBLIC / POLAND / 1914-(1922)".

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, Dawid Mendrek
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