• Leaders of Dialogue

    A Community of Changemakers

Karolina and Piotr Jakoweńko - Leaders of Dialogue in Będzin and Gliwice

In 2013, our foundation published a report on the condition of Jewish cemeteries in Silesian Voivodeship. There are 65 of them altogether but at 23 of them not a single headstone remains. 51 are state-owned and unfortunately those are among the most neglected. Only 5 cemeteries still serve as burial sites.

The report’s title – “Our Cemeteries“ is a plea to local authorities and citizens of the region to pay attention to the issue of neglected Jewish cemeteries and recognize it as our common cultural heritage that needs to protected.