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US Commission No. POCE000396 Alternate name: Lomaz (Yiddish). Lomazy is located in Biala-Podlaska at 51º24 23º10, 88 km NNE of Lublina. The cemetery is located at ul. Cmentarna. Present population is 1,000-5,000 with no Jews.
The earliest known Jewish community was 1589. A synagogue is mentioned in 1784 and 1884. Orthodox Jewish population before WWII was 829. OR The earliest known Jewish community in the town existed in 1623, but there was also a Jewish leaseholder mentioned in 1589. The Orthodox cemetery is located on rural (agricultural) flat land, separate but near the Catholic cemetery (Cmentarz Katolicki). Signs in Polish and Yiddish mark the cemetery. These signs mention the Holocaust and the Jewish community. There are also Jewish symbols on the gate or wall. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open with permission. A continuous fence with a locking gate surrounds the cemetery. There are no visible gravestones. The cemetery contains unmarked mass graves. The municipality owns it. Adjacent properties are agricultural. The cemetery was vandalized after World War II and since. The caretaker fixed the wall, the gate, and cleared vegetation. Occasionally, private Jewish visitors stop. Michal Witwicki, ul. Dembowskiego 12/53, 02-784 Warszawa, tel: 6418345 completed survey on 20/08/1991. |
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