After the outbreak of World War II, Nowe Miasto nad Soną found itself under German occupation. Some of the Jews then fled to Radzymin and Warsaw or were displaced. In 1941, the Germans created a ghetto covering the northern and eastern parts of the Market Square as well as Kościelna and Senatorska streets. They resettled Jews from Ciechanów and Drobin there. Conditions in the fenced area were very poor and mortality was high. In 1941, the Germans deported approx. 300 people to the camp in Pomiechówek. The liquidation of the ghetto took place in 1942. The last prisoners were then moved to the ghetto in Płońsk and from there to the German Nazi extermination camp Auschwitz-Birkenau.

The Description

The Jewish cemetery in Nowe Miasto nad Soną is administratively located in Nowe Miasto-Folwark (plot no. 268/3). It is located on the eastern outskirts of the town, on the left side of the road to the village of Zagwizdy, between the road and the Nowomiejski Reservoir. Its boundaries are partially marked: from the southwest - by a small earth embankment, on three sides - by striped shrubs; only from the north-east the border is illegible and the area turns into a meadow. The area of the cemetery thus defined corresponds to the boundaries of plot no. 268/3. The plot has an area of 0.18 ha.

The cemetery of the Jewish community in Nowe Miasto was most likely established in the early 19th century. It was devastated during the German occupation during World War II and in the times of the Polish People's Republic. Approximately 6 field stone matzevas and their fragments have been preserved to this day. One of them contains information about the deceased - Yehuda son of Tzvi (d. 10.04.1848). In 2020, the Foundation for the Preservation of Jewish Heritage built a fence around the cemetery, and the area was tidied up.

Author of the note: Magda Lucima

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