The Old Jewish Cemetery in Bytom
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Jews played an important role in the economy and culture
of Bytom from the eighteenth to the mid-twentieth century,
but the earliest mention of their presence in the city comes
from the first half of the fourteenth century. In the middle of
the eighteenth century, they got some land from Count
Henckel von Donnersmarck, owner of the State Country of
Bytom, and they were granted the right to establish a
cemetery on the city embankments. At the end of the
nineteenth century, the graveyard was already too small for
the Jewish community, and in 1860, a new cemetery was
established at Piekarska Street. At the end of the nineteenth
century, the last burial took place took place in the old
cemetery. In 1960s, the cemetery was destroyed, and the
gravestones were removed.
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