At that time, there was one Jewish family in the town, residing there thanks to holding a protection certificate. In 1799, there were already two Jewish families in Susz. At that point, the local Jews started to consider establishing a cemetery. In 1803, Josef Elias Hirsch bought a plot of 0.09 ha for six thalers. It was located near the road to Michałów and Olbrachtówko. However, the cemetery was not opened at that time.

Over the years, the Jewish community of Susz began to grow. Five years after the proclamation of the 1812 Emancipation Edict, 81 Jews lived in the town. In the 1820s, they owned a house of prayer. In 1855, their number increased to 153. Around the same period, in 1853, the Jewish community began to use the plot of land purchased in 1803 as a burial site. After an expansion, the cemetery area was expanded and covered 0.1–0.15 ha.

The Jewish community of Susz was growing in size until 1861 (to 181). However, in the following decades it began to shrink as a result of economic emigration, dwindling to 45 people in 1925. Surprisingly, it once again expanded in the dramatic period of the 1930s – to 50 people in 1932 and 72 people in 1937.

The Description

The Jewish cemetery in Susz was open for burials until the end of the 1930s. There are no records of its destruction during the "Kristallnacht" in November 1938. Neither was the local synagogue set on fire – it has survived to this day. In 1939, only two or three Jewish families lived in Susz.

According to the information provided by the local inhabitants, in the 1950s there were still many tombstones in the cemetery. In the following years, they were plundered by newly settled residents from the nearby area. Today, the exact location of the cemetery can only be determined on the basis of archival German topographic maps. Its plot is adjacent to the Leśne Housing Estate. Posts from the cemetery fence were probably used to build a fence of one of the houses in the estate. Only an outline of the cemetery fence has survived. The only traces of the cemetery are a still visible lane and characteristic old trees (linden, locust, and maple) which stand out against the surrounding forest. On the eastern and southern side, the cemetery plot is delineated by an escarpment. The cemetery area belongs to the State Treasury and its administrator is the State Forests Directorate (Susz Forestry District).

Właściciel praw autorskich do opisu: Muzeum Historii Żydów Polskich POLIN.