BIALYGen
Bialystok Region Jewish Genealogy Group
GRODNO GUBERNIYA POLAND IMAGING PROJECT
SURVEY OF JEWISH CEMETERIES
by Heidi M. Szpek, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy and Religion Studies
Central Washington University
May 2007
Partial funding provided by: The Department of Philosophy & The Office of International Studies and Programs Grant Committee,
Central Washington University, Ellensburg, Washington 98926, USA
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Goniadz
Goniadz Gallery (photographed in 1987; 2002) Directions: The cemetery is easy to locate. From Bialystok, take highway 65 northwest approximately 24 km (through Knyszyn) until you reach county highway 670. Take a right (east) on 670 and travel about 5 km to the city of Goniadz. Look for the Christian cemetery on your right (south); at left (north) will be a dirt road and clump of pine trees, before which now stands a large boulder painted with a Star of David in the Israeli colors (Images 2-3). This modest boulder marks the Jewish cemetery. Park near the boulder and walk straight ahead on a grassy path (Image 4). You’ll reach a grouping of grotto style matzevoth at the western edge (Image 1,5).
Conditions: The cemetery rapidly overgrows with vegetation, but is otherwise free of threats. Six grotto-styles matzevoth are still in situ; three more are broken; a few bases remain (Images 6-7). Most inscriptions are legible. Boulders mark the northern and southern bases. Caution: Stinging nettles abound in this area.
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