| NOWE MIASTO NAD PILICA: Masovia |
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US Commission No. POCE000082 Alternate Yiddish name: Novi Miasto, Neishtat. Nowe Miasto Nad Pilica is located in the Radomskie region at 51º37 N 20º37E, about 81 km from Warszawa. The cemetery is located at 11 Listopada Street. Present town population is 5,000-25,000 with no Jews.
The earliest known Jewish community was 1754. 1921 Jewish population was 780, 39.6%. The Conservative Jewish cemetery was established prior to 1754. The last known Jewish burial was in 1942. The isolated urban flat land has no sign or marker. No wall, fence, or gate surrounds. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all. The present size of the cemetery is 0.5 hectares. No tombstones are visible. No known mass graves. Municipality owns site used for waste dumping. Properties adjacent are commercial. Compared to 1939, the cemetery boundaries enclose a smaller area, reduced by commercial development. Private Jewish visitors visit rarely. The cemetery was vandalized during W.W.II. No care or structures. Very serious threats: vandalism and incompatible nearby developments (existing, planned, and proposed). Serious security, water erosion, pollution, and vegetation threats face the cemetery. Dr. Adam Penkalla, deceased, visited on July 3 and completed survey on July 10, 1991. Documentation: possession of Adam Penkalla. |
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