The Gdansk-Chełm Cemetery (Polish: Cmentarz Żydowski Chełm-Gdańsk, German: Danzig-Stolzenberg) is a is one of Poland's oldest and most important Jewish cemeteries located in Gdańsk (Danzig), serving as burial ground for the Jewish community of Danzig since the late 16th century.European Jewish Cemeteries Initiative. "Gdańsk Chelm Jewish Cemetery Survey". ESJF-Cemeteries.org. Retrieved September 17, 2025.
The cemetery survived the Holocaust times in good condition."Cmentarz żydowski w Gdańsku". Cmentarze Żydowskie w Polsce. Author: K. Bielawski. Retrieved September 17, 2025. The oldest preserved gravestone dates from 1786.
It was closed in 1956 and seriously devastated in the following years.The extent of the cemetery's post-war destruction was documented by eyewitnesses. A 1991 letter from a Gdańsk resident to the Jewish Historical Institute stated:
Journalist Alicja Grzybiakówna provided additional context in Gazeta Gdańska, in 1991:
It remains in dilapidated condition. The land has been reclaimed by the Jewish community, which has roots in the community going back to at least 1694. The International Jewish Cemetery Project"Instructions & Information". International Jewish Cemetery Project: A Non-Profit Volunteer Cooperative Initiative. IAJGS and JewishGen, Inc's JOWBR. https://cdp.jewishgen.org/instructions/. Retrieved September 17, 2025. of the International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies is tracking its restoration.
References
External links Cmentarze żydowskie w Gdańsku Photographs of the Cemetery Photographs of the Cemetery Jewish Gdansk, including article on Chelm Cemetery
pl:Cmentarze żydowskie w Gdańsku