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2016, No. (9), Cultural Heritage

Alicja Mroczkowska
Protection of the Jewish cemetery in Sobienie-Jeziory in the context of institutional activities and social practices

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Keywords: Jews, Sobienie-Jeziory, Jewish cemetery, tombstone, heritage

Abstract:
The article focuses on the practices and actions undertaken by different Polish and Jewish activists, descendants of Polish Jews, and institutions, such as the Jewish Community in Warsaw, the Mazovian Voivodeship Conservators Office, municipal offices and private non-governmental organizations, in an effort to document, preserve and commemorate a Jewish cemetery in Sobienie-Jeziory, a small town situated near Warsaw. By presenting the approach of all these aforementioned stakeholders, I try to examine the issue of preserving and commemorating Jewish burial grounds in Poland, and their place in the local memory and the space of those living next to them, those who interact with Jewish heritage on an everyday basis. The issue raised is, whether Jewish heritage can be acknowledged as Polish national heritage by the State, or as local heritage by the local inhabitants of neighbouring Polish towns and villages. I also present the understanding of the status of graves and cemeteries within the Jewish law and tradition, and by the Jewish descendents of the deceased, and the actual maintenance of these sites.

About Author:
ALICJA MROCZKOWSKA - ethnologist, employee of the Emanuel Ringelblum Jewish Historical Institute in Warsaw. E-mail: amroczkowska[at]jhi.pl.

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