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The Remuh Cemetery in Kraków, Poland, is a Jewish cemetery established in 1535. It is located beside the Remuh Synagogue in the historic Kazimierz district of Kraków. In 1800 the cemetery was closed and a nearby New Jewish Cemetery was built

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During the WW2 occupation of Poland, Nazis destroyed the cemetery, tearing down the walls and selling the tombstones for use as paving stones. The cemetery has undergone a series of post-War restorations. As is common in contemporary Poland, tombstones found in use as paving stones have been returned and re-erected, although they represent a small fraction of the monuments that once stood in the cemetery.