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Powazki Cemetery ( Polish Cmentarz powazkowski) is the oldest and most famous cemetery in Warsaw, Poland, which is situated in the western part of the city. It contains a mausoleum with memorials to many of the greats in Polish history including many interred since 1925 along the "Avenue of the Meritorious" (Aleja Zasluzonych). It has also a very large military section for the graves of those who fought and died for their country in the past 200 years including the large number of those involved in the ill-fated Warsaw Uprising against the Nazis during World War II, the Battle of Warsaw and the September Campaign.Like many of the old European cemeteries, Powazki's tombstones were created by some of the most renowned Polish sculptors that depict the different styles of architecture and sculpture at various times in history.
On Zaduszki ( November 1) in Warsaw, vigils are held not only in the Roman Catholic cemeteries, but in the Protestant, Muslim, JewThe word Jew is used in a wide number of ways, but generally refers to either a follower of the Jewish faith, a child of a Jewish mother, or a member of the Jewish culture or ethnicity. This article discusses the term as describing an ethnic group; for aish and Orthodox cemeteries as well. At Powazki cemetery, all the graves are decorated with candles.
Graves of Polish soldiers who fell in the Polish Defence War of 1939
A few of the notables buried here are:
- Boleslaw BierutBoleslaw Bierut ( April 18, 1892 March 12, 1956) was a Polish Communist leader. Bierut was born near Lublin. In 1925 he went to Moscow to be trained at the school of the Communist International. When the Polish Communist Party was dissolved by Joseph Stal (1892-1956), communist leader
- Lucyna CwierczakiewiczowaLucyna Cwierczakiewiczowa (commonly known as Lucyna Cwierciakiewiczowa ( 1829 February 26, 1901) was a Polish writer, journalist and author of the first Polish cookery book. Lucyna Cwierczakiewiczowa was born in Warsaw, in the notable aristocratic family, (1829-1901) writer
- Ignacy Dobrzynski , (1807-1867) composer
- Stefan Jaracz (1883-1945), actor
- Jacek KaczmarskiJacek Kaczmarski ( March 22, 1957, Warsaw April 10, 2004, Gdansk) was a Polish singer, songwriter, poet and author. He was considered a voice of Solidarity for his commitment to the fight for freeing Poland from the communist rule. His protest songs criti (1957-2004), poet and singer
- Krzysztof KieslowskiKrzysztof Kieslowski ( June 27, 1941 March 13, 1996) was an influential Polish film director and screenwriter, known internationally for his film cycles Three Colors and The Decalogue''. Early life Kieslowski was born in Warsaw, Poland, and grew up in sev, (1941-1996) film director
- Krzysztof KomedaKrzysztof Komeda ( April 27, 1931 April 23, 1969) was a Polish jazz musician and composer. His real name was Krzysztof Trzcinski but he changed his last name due to Communism disfavor with jazz music. Komeda died in 1969 after a skiing accident in Califor, (1931-1969), jazz composer
- Ryszard Kuklinski (1930-2001), " Cold War" masterspy
- Jacek Kuron (1934-2004), historian, dissident and one of the Solidarity leaders
- Tadeusz Lomnicki (1927-1992), actor
- Witold Lutoslawski, composer
- Witold Malcuzynski (1914-1977), classical pianist
- Stefan Mazurkiewicz, co-founder of the Warsaw school of mathematics
- Stanislaw Moniuszko , composer
- Boleslaw Prus (1847-1912), writer
- Marian Rejewski, (1905-1980)- WW II hero, Enigma machine code breaker
- Wladyslaw Reymont, (1867-1925), Nobel Prize winning author
- Waclaw Sierpinski, (1882-1969) mathematician
- Stanislaw Sosabowski, general
- Wladyslaw Szpilman (1911-2000), pianist
- Julian Tuwim (1894-1953), poet
- Henryk Wieniawski, composer
- Kazimierz Wierzynski , (1894-1969), poet and writer
Graves of Polish soldiers who fell in the Warsaw Uprising
The Jewish Cemetery, located on Okopowa Street next to the Protestant Cemetery and near the Powazki necropolis, was established between 1799 and 1806. Some of the prominent Jewish citizens buried here are:
- Szymon Askenazy, archaeologist,
- Mathias Bersohn , philanthropist,
- Adam Czerniakow, was the head of the Judenrat in the Warsaw Ghetto
- Maurycy Fajans , founder of the first steamboat line on the Vistula
- Jacob Dinezon (1852-1919), writer
- Esther Rachel Kaminska (1870-1925), the "mother of Yiddish Theater"
- Janusz Korczak (1878-1942), (symbolic grave), children's writer and educator
- Samuel Orgelbrand , publisher of the Universal Encyclopaedia,
- Isaac Loeb Peretz , writer
- Hipolit Wawelberg , founder of Warsaw Technical College,
- Ludwik Zamenhof, doctor and inventor of esperanto.
- Solomon Anski , writer (Solomon Zangwill Rappaport), author of "The Dibbuk"
