8. Biała Podlaska - Nowy cmentarz (ul. Nowa)

New Jewish cemetery (New Street) - was established around 1810. In the immediate vicinity of the Catholic cemetery. The necropolis was almost completely devastated by the Germans during World War II, while the matzevot were used to build roads (mainly Zamkowa Street and the area around Terebelska Street). In 1988. The cemetery was fenced off by the local government in exchange for the transfer of a portion of the necropolis for the expansion of the street. New. In a vast area (approx. 2.71 hectares) is a monument dedicated to the victims of the Holocaust from Biala Podlaska, the city's environs and other localities, murdered in death camps and mass executions in the Biala ghetto. The cemetery has two matzevot of unknown origin, moved here ca. 2000 r. On the initiative of the staff of the Regional Museum in Biała Podlaska.Holocaust - In October 1939., even before the German army occupied the city, along with the retreating Red Army, from Biala Podlaska fled eastward about. 600 Jews, mostly young men with leftist views.In December 1939. About 2,000 Jews from Suwalki and Serock were resettled to Biala Podlaska, later - about 1,000 Jewish prisoners of war. In March 1941, the Germans established a ghetto, which was gradually reduced to a quarter within Grabanowska (today's Moniuszki Street), Janowska, Prosta and Sadowa Streets. The Jews were forced to work on the deconstruction of the fortress in Brest, the regulation of the Krzna River, the construction of the airport in Małaszewicze and new streets in the city.The liquidation of the ghetto began on June 10, 1942. Some people were shot on the spot, more than 3,000 Jews were deported by the Germans to the Sobibor death camp, and a small group of men were taken to the Majdanek camp. In the following months, mainly at the end of September, the population from liquidated ghettos in smaller towns in the district was resettled to the Biala ghetto, including. 378 Jews from Podedwórze, 1883 from Janów Podlaski and 1150 from Konstantynów. In September and October, some 3,600 people were shot in the ghetto, the Jewish cemetery and the square known as Popowka. On September 26, most of the remaining Jews of Biała Podlaska, along with the population of Podedwórze, Janow Podlaski and Konstantynów (together approx. 6,000 people), were taken to Miedzyrzec Podlaski, from where they were deported to the death camp in Treblinka.About 30 Jews from the ghetto in Biala Podlaska survived the war. From 1941. A forced labor camp (the so-called "Vineta" Lager) operated in Biała Podlaska, located in barracks in the suburban Wola district. Jewish inmates of the camp worked in locksmith workshops and in drainage work.Some of them died of exhaustion, starvation and as a result of epidemics.On December 15, 1942. ca. 40 prisoners were executed in the Grabarka forest, while two days later all others were taken away in an unknown direction.