5. Siedliszcze - Cmentarz żydowski (ul. Szpitalna)

Jewish cemetery (Szpitalna Street)- It was established in the second half of the 19th century. On a hill, south of the street. Hospital. In 1922. enlarged on the east, west and south, had the shape of an irregular trapezoid with an area of 1.24 hectares.The last burial known to have taken place there was in 1945. The cemetery was largely destroyed during World War II by the Germans, who used matzevot to pave roads and used the area as a sand mine. After the war, some of the surviving tombstones were stolen, while the cemetery area was planted with a pine forest. The original layout of the cemetery is unreadable, and no tombstones have survived. In 2021. On the initiative of the descendants of the Jews of Siedliszcze, a monument and memorial was unveiled in the Jewish cemetery, on the side of Lesna Street. The commemoration consists of several parts.The first is made up of fragments of original matzevot recovered from the city, which have been collected over the past years at the open-air museum in Siedliszcze. Just behind them are contemporary, symbolic tombstones dedicated to the memory of individual Jewish individuals and families from Siedliszcze. The second part in the form of a monument - is two granite slabs in the shape of a torn Star of David, which symbolizes the tragedy of the extermination of the Jews. Meanwhile, at the foot of the escarpment is an information board with a brief description of the history of Jews in Siedliszcze.