KARGOWA: Lubuskie

Normal 0 (Unruhstadt: [Ger]) Jewish Cemetery in Kargowa is located approximately two km from the village marked on the map of the surrounding area from the early 20th century. A small forest contains the remains of the cemetery. Little is known about its history. In the 1930s, the Nazis destroyed this burial place of Unruhstadt Jewish residents. Only a few gravestones with Hebrew inscriptions and the fragments with plant motif ornamentation remain. With a little effort, one might detect traces in the road leading past the cemetery, paved with matzevot. photos. [May 2009]