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Cemetery

Maps, surviving stones, the Dzików ohel, and photographs documenting the cemetery landscape.

The surviving cemetery evidence is fragmentary. Historical maps, sketches, photographs, individual stones and the ohel preserve different pieces of the record and should be read together. This page does not represent a complete burial register.

Historical maps and plans

Historical map of the old Jewish cemetery in Tarnobrzeg — Historical map of the old Jewish cemetery. Provenance remains to be documented more precisely.

Sketch of the old Jewish cemetery in Tarnobrzeg — Sketch of the old cemetery.

Legend accompanying the Tarnobrzeg Jewish cemetery sketch — Legend accompanying the cemetery sketch.

The former cemetery landscape

Two inherited photographs were captioned as showing the cemetery area before World War II and after wartime destruction. The captions are retained cautiously pending better identification of the photographs.

Inherited photograph identified as the former Jewish cemetery area after wartime destruction — Inherited photograph identified as the area after wartime destruction; provenance requires verification.

Surviving and recovered stones

Surviving Jewish tombstone photographed in Tarnobrzeg — Surviving tombstone, inherited site photograph.

Surviving Jewish tombstone photographed in Tarnobrzeg in 2001 — Surviving tombstone; the earlier site dated the photograph to July 2001.

Jewish tombstone recovered in Tarnobrzeg in 2015 — Tombstone found in Tarnobrzeg in 2015.

Close-up of a Jewish tombstone found in Tarnobrzeg in 2015 — Close-up of the 2015 find; inherited notes identify the name as Bayla Zissel.

Dzików ohel and plaque

Dzików Hasidic ohel in Tarnobrzeg — The Dzików Hasidic ohel.

Plaque at the Dzików Hasidic ohel — Plaque at the ohel. A fresh reading and translation should be made from the image rather than relying on the old derivative transcription.

Jewish memorial plaque photographed in Tarnobrzeg — Memorial plaque from the inherited cemetery image collection; exact context should be verified.

Researching burials

Photographed stones are not a complete register. Researchers should compare inscriptions with JewishGen's cemetery resources, archival cemetery documentation, and surviving burial-society records. Readable stones should be distinguished from unconfirmed identifications, and Tarnobrzeg burials should be kept separate from diaspora plots maintained by Tarnobrzeg-Dzików landsmanshaftn.

For more information about Tarnobrzeg's Jewish cemeteries, visit: Center for Jewish Art / ESJF — Old Jewish Cemetery; Center for Jewish Art / ESJF — New Jewish Cemetery; POLIN Museum — Virtual Shtetl; JewishGen International Jewish Cemetery Project; and Krzysztof Bielawski's Cmentarze żydowskie.

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