Wolanów lost its city rights in 1869. After the outbreak of World War I, the buildings in the town were destroyed, including the cheder, synagogue and mikvah. The city generally lost the competition with the neighbouring Radom, which caused migration phenomena.

In 1921, according to the population census, there were 313 Jews living in Wolanów, who were mainly involved in the trade of agricultural products, including: grain, flour, cattle. In the interwar period, the majority of craftsmen were shoemakers and tailors, and in 1929 Dawid Rubinsztajn was a slaughterer. The Jewish community had a synagogue, a cheder, a bathhouse and an interest-free fund, but it did not have its own rabbi. In 1933, the community numbered 360 people. This number then fell to 300 in 1937. The majority of the commune's management was non-partisan, with Zionists being a minority.

After the outbreak of World War II, Wolanów was occupied by the Germans, who created a ghetto in 1941. A year later, most of the prisoners were transported to Szydłowiec, and only those fit for work were left there. They were sent to a labor camp and subsequently deported or murdered in 1943.

The Description

The Jewish cemetery in Wolanów is located at Spacerowa street, southwest of the town center, on the right side of the road from Wolanów to Chronówek. It occupies geodetic plot No. 1334 with an area of 2313 squre meters. It was established after 1780. In the interwar period it has been surrounded by a fence. Cemetery was destroyed by the Germans, and later devastated also after 1945. In 1952 it was determined to be 90% destroyed. The last tombstone was apparently standing in the early 1990s. Currently, it is a wasteland, located in an area that is difficult to access, overgrown with trees, and in some places used as a waste dump. Relics are not visible.        

Author of the note: Magda Lucima

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