An appeal has been launched to raise funds for the step by step restoration of the two Jewish cemeteries in Dukla, Poland.
Robert Szczepanik, who lives in Dukla, reports that the two Jewish cemeteries in Dukla are in a “deplorable state.” Both were devastated by the Germans in WW2. The old cemetery, dating back to the 18th century, is totally overgrown. The new cemetery, established in around 1870 across a dirt road from the old cemetery, seem fairly well maintained, with grass and weeds cut, but has been subject to theft and vandalism.
The Shtetl Dukla Society for the Protection of the Heritage of Jews of Dukla Region and the Foundation for the Preservation of Jewish Heritage (www.fodz.pl), which owns the cemeteries, signed a cooperation agreement in 2011, under which the Society is to maintain the cemeteries, and some clean-up work has been carried out.
Targeted donations are now being sought for specific stages of restoration, which Shtetl Dukla and FODZ are working out with the advice of a monuments conservator.
Mr. Szczepanik says seed money of 5,000 zloties (about $1,500) is being sought as a first step, to finance drawing up of architectural plans.
The stages of restoration will then include:
1. Repairing the wall and gate at the new cemetery. (The cemetery should be closed because the gravestones are systematically stolen)
2. Repairing the wall of the old cemetery.
3. Removal of trees whose roots tip up the walls and topple the gravestones.
4. Construction of a lapidary with fragments of gravestones
5. Recovery of gravestones from the stream in Tylawa and inclusion in a lapidary. (These are gravestones the Germans took to the woods in Tylawa and used as building material)
6. Rebuilding the walls of the cemetery chapel
7. Creation of a memorial plaque with the names of the Jews who were murdered and buried in a mass grave near the Dukla.
To make a targeted donation, or for further information, contact Robert Szczepanik at [email protected] or FODZ at [email protected]
8 comments on “Appeal to help restore Jewish cemeteries in Dukla, Poland”
HI I WAS JUST IN DUKLA WITH FAMILY MAY 10, 2014. WE VISITED THE NEW CEMETERY AND FOUND OUR GRANDMOTHER SHAINDEL MINTZ/SHTEINREICH. WE ARE STILL LOOKING FOR GRANDFATHER WHICH WE COULDNT FIND . HIS NAME IS TZVI ELIMELECH SCHUTZ . ANY INFO PLEASE CONTACT ME . THANK YOU FAY
Hi fam Erhefeld i wald like to talk to you about dukla jewish semetery urgent
pls contact me to first1choice@gmail,com
Thanks
Nie wiem kto usunął naszą poprzednią informację o tym, że Pan Robert Szczepanik nie jest członkiem naszego Stowarzyszenia i zbiórka publiczna pieniędzy jest na renowację dukielskich kirkutów jego prywatną inicjatywą. Nasze Stowarzyszenie opiekuje się kirkutami dukielskimi, Synagogą i zbiorową mogiłą dukielskich Żydów u podnóża góry Błudna. Chcielibyśmy stanowczo podkreślić, że nie współpracujemy z Panem Szczepanikiem na żadnej płaszczyźnie.
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Hello Ruthi Almog, Write to me on email: [email protected].
hello dear. i try to find details about my grand father that leaved inDukla. his name david majerovich his wife nechama majerovich (landao). they came in 1900 aproccemetly to germany..please if you can find somthing about them .write us.
thank you very much.ruthi almog
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Dzięki wielkie Szymon. Gdy już będzie bliżej konkretnych prac,głoszę się na pewno. Na szkolenie też. Pozdrawiam i dziękuję za zaangażowanie.
Możemy Wam przekazać chemię konserwatorską do piaskowca za co najmniej 1200 PLN (wartość rynkowa 1600), ale musielibyście najpierw stawić się gdzieś do nas na szkolenie, żebyśmy mieli gwarancję, że będziecie umieli jej użyć.
Stawić np. tu:
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