Okopowa Street Jewish Cemetery

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Okopowa Street Jewish Cemetery is a historic Jewish burial ground in Warsaw, Poland, known as one of the largest and most important Jewish cemeteries in Europe.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Jewish cemetery
cemetery in Warsaw
historic site
associatedWith Holocaust in Poland
Warsaw Ghetto history
history of Jews in Warsaw
burialType Jewish burials
continent Europe
coordinateSystem geographic coordinates
country Poland
established 1806
foundedBy Jewish community of Warsaw
hasFeature mass graves
memorials to Holocaust victims
ohelim of rabbis
orthodox section
progressive section
war memorials
hasGravesOf Holocaust victims
Jewish artists
Jewish intellectuals
Jewish politicians
Warsaw Ghetto fighters
prominent rabbis
heritage Jewish heritage site
heritageStatus listed historic cemetery
protected monument
inception early 19th century
languageOfInscriptions Hebrew
Polish
Yiddish
locatedIn Warsaw
Wola district
maintainedBy Jewish Religious Community in Warsaw
notableFor elaborate tombstones
family mausoleums
large number of preserved matzevot
symbolic monuments
partOf Jewish heritage of Warsaw
region Masovian Voivodeship NERFINISHED
religion Judaism
significance one of the largest Jewish cemeteries in Europe
one of the most important Jewish cemeteries in Europe
streetAddress Okopowa Street
tourism open to visitors
site of heritage tourism
urbanContext inner-city cemetery
usedFor Jewish burials from 19th century
Jewish burials in 20th century

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
I. L. Peretz
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