First archaeological investigation of Jewish cemetery in Poland

It’s the first ever archaeological investigation of a Jewish cemetery in Poland - this summer research was carried out at Okopowa street in Warsaw, at a giant burial ground from the 19th century where some 250,000 people were laid to rest, and which is still active today.

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Radio Poland

The results of the research have just been unveiled.

Elżbieta Krajewska has been talking to Michał Laszczkowski of the Cultural Heritage Foundation, and Witold Wrzesiński, director of the Jewish Cemetery in Warsaw.