NOWE MIASTO LUBAWSKIE: Warmińsko-MazurskieLast Updated Saturday, 20 June 2009 12:55

Nowe Miasto Lubawskie, Nowe-Miasto. 53°25' N 19°36' E , 99.5 miles NW of Warszawa.This town on river Drwęca with a 2004 population of 11,104). Nowe Miasto Lubawskie is thecapital of Nowe Miasto powiat in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship since 1999. Normal 0 The first Jewish cemetery established at the end of the eighteenth century near the moatnear today's ul. Sienkiewicza was filled and could not be expanded. The newcemetery established in 1885 on land on a rectangular 0.44 ha on the present ul. Grunwaldzkacontained a mortuary-caretaker dwelling. Destroyed by the Nazis during WWII, even in 1948recent graves could be found. Those later were used as paving for the detention buildings andthe court. In 1995, during pavement renovation next to the court, gravestones were found andsecured. The city and the Nissenbaum Family Foundation intend to move them to the cemetery.

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NOWE MIASTO LUBAWSKIE: (I) US Commission No. AS 165

(Alternate name: Neumark in W Preussen) Nowe Miasto Lubawskie is located in regionToninskie at 53º2519º36, about 90 km from Toninio. The cemetery is located in TomaszaSquare (formerly Thomasplatz in German), at the corner of Sienkiewiczo (formerly:Genichtstrasse in German) i 25-Lecio PRI (formerly: Lindenstrasse in German). Present townpopulation is 25,000-100,000 with fewer than 10 Jews.

- Town: mgr. Jan Jeda-burmistr-Rynek, tel. 2715.

- Regional: mgr. Mirostawo Romaniszyn-Konserwator Wojewodaki-87100 Torun, ulLazienna 8, tel. 26692. - Interested: Urzad Miejski-wyokiou geodezyi.

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NOWE MIASTO LUBAWSKIE: Warmińsko-MazurskieLast Updated Saturday, 20 June 2009 12:55

The earliest known Jewish community was 1816. 1921 Jewish population was 33 among the3901 inhabitants. Effecting the Jewish community were (1) 1858- receiving of the statute; (2)1857/1858- building of the synagogue at then Synagogenstrasse, now Kazimierza WilhiegoStreet; and (3) departure of the majority of local Jews from town after W.W.I. Living here were(1) Kasper Danolshut, Hermahn Cohn, Abraham Hirsch, Wolf Schild-members of the communityboard, 1921; (2) Efraim Kowadio, cantor and religion teacher, 1921; (3) Leiba Feigebaum-ritualslaughterer, 1923; (4) Kanol Hirsch and Alexander Itzig-members of the community board,1923; and (5) Myzen Ivebrnik-Rabbi, 1930. The Orthodox Jewish cemetery was established bythe end of the 18th Century. The last known Jewish burial was in the 1870s. The isolated urbanflat land has no sign or marker, no wall, fence, or gate. Reached by turning directly off a publicroad, access is open to all. No tombstones are visible. No known mass graves or structures.The municipality owns site used for recreation. Properties adjacent are residential. Thecemetery was vandalized during W.W.II.

mgr. Mancha Stocka, ul. Lyskowskiego 37E / 185, 87-100 Torun visited site and completedsurvey on Oct. 24, 1991. The staff of the Municipality in Nowe Miasto Lubawskie wasinterviewed.

NOWE MIASTO LUBAWSKIE (II): AS 166

(formerly Chaussee nach Bratian in German). The cemetery is located on ul. Gen.Swierczwskiego. The Orthodox Jewish cemetery was established in the 1880s. The isolatedurban slightly raised ground has no sign or marker, no wall, fence, or gate. Reached by turningdirectly off a public road, open to all. No tombstones are visible. No known mass graves orstructures. The municipality owns site used for recreation. Properties adjacent are residential.The cemetery was vandalized during W.W.II.

mgr. Mancha Stocka, ul. Lyskowskiego 37E / 185, 87-100 Torun visited site and completedsurvey on Oct. 24, 1991. Scientific and historical documentation was used. The staff of theMunicipality in Nowe Miasto Lubawskie were interviewed.

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