Jewish Cemetery, Warsaw

Name: Jewish Cemetery
Address: 49/51 Okopowa, Warsaw, Poland

#70 among attractions in Warsaw

Cemetery, Art Nouveau architecture

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The Warsaw Jewish Cemetery is one of the largest Jewish cemeteries in Europe and in the world. Located on Warsaw's Okopowa Street and abutting the Christian Powązki Cemetery, the Jewish necropolis was established in 1806 and occupies 33 hectares of land. The cemetery contains over 250,000 marked graves, as well as mass graves of victims of the Warsaw Ghetto. Although the cemetery was closed down during World War II, after the war it was reopened and a small portion of it remains active, serving Warsaw's existing Jewish population. ()

Local name: Cmentarz żydowski w Warszawie Established: 1806 (218 years ago)Architectural style: Art NouveauCoordinates: 52°14'49"N, 20°58'23"E

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49/51 OkopowaWola (Powązki)Warsaw Poland

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Day trips

Jewish Cemetery – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Arkadia Shopping Complex, Powązki Cemetery, POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews, Pawiak.

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Shopping, Shopping centre
Arkadia Shopping Complex, Warsaw
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Cemetery
Powązki Cemetery, Warsaw
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Exhibits honoring Polish Jewish history
POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews, Warsaw
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Museum, Specialty museum, History museum
Pawiak, Warsaw
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Concentration camp
Sąd Okręgowy w Warszawie, Warsaw
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Park
Kniefall von Warschau, Warsaw
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Palace
Michler's Palace, Warsaw
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Monument to the 1943 Ghetto Uprising
Pomnik Bohaterów Getta, Warsaw
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Museum, History museum
Museum of Pawiak Prison, Warsaw
19 min walk • Muzeum Więzienia "Pawiak" is a museum in Warsaw, Poland, established in 1965. It shows the history of Pawiak Prison which was notably used during the German occupation between 1939 and 1944.
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Church
St. Augustine's Church, Warsaw
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Which popular attractions are close to Jewish Cemetery?

Nearby attractions include Monument to the Memory of Children - Victims of the Holocaust, Warsaw (5 min walk), Monument of Jews and Poles Common Martyrdom, Warsaw (7 min walk), Gęsiówka, Warsaw (8 min walk), Electio Viritim Monument, Warsaw (8 min walk).

How to get to Jewish Cemetery by public transport?

The nearest stations to Jewish Cemetery:

Bus

Cmentarz Żydowski 01 • Lines: N91 (6 min walk)
Cmentarz Żydowski 02 • Lines: 180, N41, N91 (7 min walk)

Tram

Cmentarz Żydowski 04 • Lines: 1, 22, 27 (6 min walk)
Niska 04 • Lines: 1, 22, 27 (8 min walk)

Train

Warszawa Koło (16 min walk)
Warszawa Powązki (17 min walk)

Metro

Młynów • Lines: M2 (22 min walk)
Płocka • Lines: M2 (26 min walk)