Nowy Sącz

The Holocaust Victims Memorial Square in Nowy Sącz: 11,966 names. Nowy Sącz has joined the cities that commemorate victims by name, such as Amsterdam, Vienna and Paris.

A short history

The Popiela Family Foundation funded the construction of the Holocaust Victims Memorial Square in Nowy Sącz. It was designed by the architect Paweł Kurzeja with Zuzanna Kurzeja and the Art Studio team. Construction was carried out by Erbet, and the tablets bearing the names were made by Leksan LDM.

Almost 30 volunteers worked on the list of names. The project’s historians were Artur Franczak, who also supervised the construction voluntarily, and Łukasz Połomski.

Conduct at a Jewish cemetery

• Men cover their heads.
• Walk only on the paths and never stand on graves.
• Do not touch or move the matzevot (gravestones).
• Instead of flowers, Jewish tradition is to place a small stone on the matzevah.
• Do not eat or drink in the cemetery.
• Cemeteries are not visited on the Sabbath (from Friday evening to Saturday evening) or on Jewish holidays.
• It is customary to wash your hands after leaving the cemetery.