Remuh Cemetery

Lonely Planet review

The Remuh Cemetery is just behind the Remuh Synagogue in tyhe Jewish quarter of Kazimierz. Founded in the mid-16th century, it was closed for burials in the late 18th century, when a new and larger graveyard was established. During WWII Nazis vandalised and razed the tombstones, but during postwar conservation work, some 700 gravestones, many of them outstanding Renaissance examples and dating back four centuries, were uncovered.

It seems that the Jewish faithful themselves had buried the stones to avoid their desecration by foreign armies, which repeatedly invaded Kraków in the 18th century. The tombstones have been meticulously restored, making it one of the best-preserved Renaissance Jewish cemeteries anywhere in Europe.