Jerzy Dębiec

Nowy Żmigród

Jerzy Dębiec - Leader of Dialogue in Nowy Żmigród

After the cemetery was cleaned up we discovered a damaged mass grave there. We asked  a member of the Rabbinical Commission for Jewish Cemeteries Marcin Lewin Dudek to confirm the burial of the victims. The research and eyewitnesses of the event confirmed our theory that this indeed was a mass grave. After receiving permission from the owner and the Heritage Conservator’s Office, we financed the restoration of the grave. In 2011, the ecumenical prayer was held and a plaque commemorating anonymous victims was installed. Each July, ecumenical prayer is organized by the grave. The grave remainsunder our constant care.