Cemeteries in Poland - POW?Zki Cemetery, Rakowicki Cemetery, Central Cemetery in Szpow?zki Cemetery, Rakowicki Cemetery, Central Cemetery in Szczecin, Okopowa Street Jewish Cemetery Czecin, Okopowa Street Jewish Cemetery (Paperback)

Chapters: Pow?zki Cemetery, Rakowicki Cemetery, Central Cemetery in Szczecin, Okopowa Street Jewish Cemetery, Jewish Cemeteries of Warsaw, Soviet Military Cemetery, Warsaw, Remuh Cemetery, Osobowice Cemetery. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 35. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Powzki Cemetery (Polish pronunciation: Polish: ) and the Military Cemetery (Polish: ), located in the western part of Warsaw, Poland, are that city's oldest and most famous cemeteries. Found here are the graves of many illustrious individuals from Polish history, including those interred since 1925 along the "Avenue of Notables" (Aleja Zasuonych) established in 1925. The Military Cemetery holds the graves of many who have fought and died for their country since the early 19th century, including a large number involved in the 1920 Battle of Warsaw, the September 1939 Campaign, and the ill-fated 1944 Warsaw Uprising against Nazi Germany. Powzki is actually a necropolis, consisting of a whole complex of cemeteries. In 1790, most cemeteries in the Warsaw city centre were closed for sanitary reasons, and a new Catholic cemetery was created in the western suburb of Powzki. Soon afterwards, several other cemeteries were founded in the area: Jewish, Calvinist, Lutheran, Caucasian and Tatar. The Orthodox cemetery is located not far from the Powzki necropolis. The latest addition to the complex was the "Military Cemetery," during the Communist Era known as the "Communal Cemetery." It was founded in 1912 as an annex to the Catholic cemetery, but after Poland regained independence in 1918, it became the state cemetery, where some of the most notable people of the period were buried, regardless of their faith. Like many of the old European cemeteries, Powzki's tombstones were created by some of the most renowned sculpt...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=155882