US Commission No. CZCE000056
Alternate German name: Zamost, Samost. Zamosti is located in Bohemia, Mlada Boleslav at 50º23 14º52, 5 km SW of Blada Boleslav. Cemetery: (part of village of Piskova Lhota) 250 meters SSE of former synagogue. Present town population is under 1,000 with fewer than 10 Jews (descendants of mixed marriages).
- Town: Mayor Jaroslav Bahnik, Obecni Urad Piskova Lhota, 294 31 Krnsko; tel. 0326/301-66.
- Regional: Okresni Urad-Referat Kultury, 293 01 Mlada Boleslav and Jewish congregation: Ms. Jana Wolfova, Zidovska navozenska obec v Praze, Maislova 18, 110 01 Praha 1; tel. 02/231-69-25 and Pamatkovy ustav strednich Cech, Hybernska 18; tel. 02/23-54-940 to 2.
- Interested: Okresni Muzeum, Staromestske namesti 1, 293 80 Mlada Boleslav; tel. 0326/2279 or 3234 and Statni Zidovske Muzeum, Jachymova 3, 110 01 Praha 1; tel. 02/231-06-34 and 231-07-85 and Ms. Bozena Kratochvilova, 294 31 Kransko 62.
- Caretaker: Stanislav Krovacek, Zamosti 6, 294 31 Krnsko.
Earliest known Jewish community was second quarter of 19th century. 1930 Jewish population was 1 in Zamosti and 2 in Piskova Lhota. Congregation was for surrounding villages, allegedly since 17th century or 18th century. Peak Jewish population was 12 Jewish families in 1849. Later, Jews moved to big towns. The Jewish cemetery originated before 1733 with last known Conservative Jewish burial probably in about 1908. Dolni Cetno (German: Unter-Zetno), 6 km away, used this unlandmarked isolated suburban hillside without sign or marker before 1869. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all via a broken masonry wall and non-locking gate. The approximate size of cemetery before WWII was 0.2208 ha and is now 0.1631 ha.
20-100 stones date from 1732-20th century. The granite, sandstone flat shaped stones, finely smoothed and inscribed stones, flat stones with carved relief decoration or multi-stone monuments have Hebrew and German inscriptions. The cemetery contains no known mass graves or structures but has Cohanim special section. Praha Jewish community owns the site used for Jewish cemetery and garden. Adjacent properties are agricultural garden and forest. The boundaries are smaller than 1939 because of agriculture garden. Occasionally, private visitors and local residents stop. Vandalism occurred occasionally 1945-1991. Jewish groups within the country did restoration in 1991. Praha Jewish congregation pays the regular caretaker. Very serious threat: vandalism. Moderate threat: pollution. Slight threat: weather erosion, vegetation and existing nearby development.
Jiri Fiedler, z"l, Brdickova 1916, 155 00 Praha 5; tel. 02/55-33-40 and Engineer Majmir Maly, Ve Stresovickach 58, 169 00 Praha 6; tel. 02/35-57-69 completed survey on 1 August 1992. Documentation: censuses of 1849 and 1930; cadastre of 1842; 1965 notes of Statni Zidovske Muzeum, and 1983 letter of B. Kratochvilova. The site was not visited. Owners of local synagogue (Mr. and Mrs. Prokop, Rumunska 18, 120 00 Praha 2; tel. 02/29-19-90) were consulted in 1986 in Praha.
Update: Sunday August 16, 1998 Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel Article refers to a "majestic hillside cemetery with 2,000 Jewish graves". Apparently, the community is undergoing restoration to attract tourists. It also notes: "Overlooking the ghetto, the 87-year-old caretaker of the meticulously restored Jewish cemetery is certain the tradition will endure. Bohumil Pavlik noted that Jews throughout the region now choose to be buried here-including Zamosti's only three remaining Holocaust survivors, who live elsewhere but are awaiting their turn. 'They have their tombstones ready,' he said, 'and when their time comes, I'll take care of them.'" Source: Manning Bookstaff This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. [This may refer to Trebic since the Jewish section is called Zamosti.]