Remah Cemetery

The Remah Cemetery is defined by its low, uneven stone wall and the dense, moss-covered clusters of sixteenth-century headstones that lean into each other. Established in fifteen fifty-two, it served as the primary burial ground for the Jewish community of Kazimierz for over three centuries. During the Nazi occupation, the site was devastated, with many tombstones smashed and used as paving material. When the war ended, survivors painstakingly retrieved those broken fragments, piecing them together to create the wall that now encircles the site.