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3. Kamionka - Cmentarz żydowski (ul. Nowa)

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Kamionka - Jewish cemetery (Nowa Street).

Cemetery (Nowa Street) - Initially, the dead from Kamionka were buried in Lubartow.The cemetery was probably established in the 1860s. On the road leading towards Kolonia Nowy Skrobow. The necropolis with an area of 0.9 hectares was in active use until 1944.During World War II, executions of Jewish partisans took place here.After the war, the cemetery was devastated by the local population. Six tombstones from the early 20th century have been preserved there.In 2004. On the initiative of descendants of Kamionka Jews, the tombstones have been restored.

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