URN FIELD – 13u
The urn field is a unique place in Poland, and one of very few of the kind in Europe.
It was created in the early 1920s in the southern part of Field No. 13. The first known burial on this field dates back to April 1925. This kind of burial was popular mainly among the intellectuals. It is interesting to note that ashes of cremated bodies were buried on this cemetery already a dozen or so years earlier. This is evident from records of a debate that took place in the Wroclaw Jewish Community in 1907. That debate did not focus on the question of whether such burials are permitted, but rather on the role the rabbi should play during such a burial ceremony.
For many years, the urn field was covered with a carpet of humus, ivy and shrubs. In May 2006 this unusual site was re-discovered by a group of students from Alma College and Albion College in Detroit, USA. The hard work of those young people returned to us a fragment of history. Here we would like to express our thanks to them, and our appreciation for their labor and enthusiasm.
CHART SHOWING THE NUMBER OF URN BURIALS RELATIVE TO THE TOTAL NUMBER OF BURIALS AT THE LOTNICZA STREET JEWISH CEMETERY DURING THE YEARS 1929 – 1942 (IN %)
This is an alphabetic list of names of people buried in the urn field. The data were gathered during the creation of a picture catalogue of this field. It thus reflects its present state – the gravestones that are visible and what information may be gathered from them.
Below the list there is a link to an Excel file (it can be downloaded and saved) with the same information but arranged according to the location of the graves.
| Name | Surname | Date of birth | Date of death |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baginsky | Benno | 28.03.1853 | 12.09.1934 |
| Beyer | Isidor | 22.05.1875 | 15.08.1931 |
| Chotzen | Fritz | 07.06.1871 | 15.09.1937 |
| Cohn | Em. Louis | 01.05.1854 | 30.10.1931 |
| Cohn | Leopold | 13.07.1861 | 17.11.1939 |
| Dambitsch | Felix | 20.06.1872 | 15.09.1938 |
| Eisner | Richard | 22.01.1872 | 11.04.1931 |
| Epstein | Max | 16.01.1865 | 21.10.1940 |
| Freundlich | Fritz | 05.12.1904 | 18.04.1932 |
| Frey | Wolf | ||
| Friedländer | Simon | 16.11.1979 | 15.06.1939 |
| Friedmann | Carl | 02.04.1870 | 03.12.1936 |
| Gadalje | Max | ||
| Garai | Josef | 26.03.1862 | 01.03.1935 |
| Gassmann | Arthur | 27.10.1872 | 14.02.1941 |
| Glaser geb. Dzialoszinski | Frieda | 21.07.1858 | 11.01.1939 |
| Goldmann /geb. Wolff/ | Anna | 04.12.1856 | 20.03.1931 |
| Goldschmidt /geb. Cohn/ | Clara | 30.09.1853 | 12.12.1928 |
| Goliner | Renate | 03.12.1858 | 26.04.1927 |
| Hollaender | Siegmund | 20.05.1904 | 17.06.1940 |
| Hollaender | Max | 01.04.1856 | 01.12.1925 |
| Immerwahr | Martin | 25.12.1859 | 10.04.1932 |
| Israel | Ludwig | 17.05.1864 | 20.10.1933 |
| Jedwab | Salo | 08.04.1903 | 28.12.1940 |
| Kalb /geb. Wiedermeyer/ | Elsa | 18.11.1882 | 05.01.1928 |
| Kayser | Erwin | 28.09.1891 | 05.06.1940 |
| Kleemann | Sally | 20.08.1891 | 23.04.1925 |
| Koch | Julius | 18.05.1870 | 24.11.1930 |
| Labischinski | Else | 11.03.1894 | 21.07.1926 |
| Landsberger | Alfred | 18.03.1885 | 30.11.1938 |
| Lesser | Siegried | 04.04.1848 | 02.10.1937 |
| Loewissohn | Paul | 24.05.1874 | 13.08.1933 |
| London geb. Friedländer | Mathilde | 22.04.1861 | 12.12.1933 |
| Löwisohn | Peter Adolf | 08.05.1927 | 08.12.1929 |
| Marcus | Heinz | 29.02.1920 | 27.12.1938 |
| Marcusy | Otto | 31.03.1865 | 24.09.1933 |
| Markowicz | Herbert | 13.04.1900 | 01.11.1927 |
| May geb. Bodlaender | Clara | 29.12.1863 | 21.10.1938 |
| Mehrländer | Betty | 1867 | 1931 |
| Michaelis | Marie | 24.07.1859 | 30.01.1937 |
| Michaelis | Moritz | 26.01.1863 | 18.08.1928 |
| Morgenstern | Siegismund | 25.09.1928 | |
| Nicolauer | Julius | 08.12.1873 | 18.05.1927 |
| Reichenfeld | Max | 07.09.1870 | 04.05.1932 |
| Rosenbach | Siegmund | 29.10.1864 | 01.12.1935 |
| Russ | Alfred Israel | ||
| Siedner | Simon | 16.10.1882 | 31.12.1938 |
| Steinitz | Franz | 20.11.1876 | 14.12.1931 |
| Steinitz | Ersnt | 13.06.1871 | 29.09.1928 |
| Troplowitz | Alfred | 06.01.1876 | 19.10.1935 |
| Unger | Karl | 25.01.1901 | 29.09.1940 |
| Wachsmann | Rudolf | 21.01.1880 | 13.01.1929 |
| Wohlauer | Albert | 05.08.1857 | 16.07.1926 |
| Wolff | Max | 10.06.1880 | 27.11.1938 |
| Wormann | Daniel | 25.02.1974 | 20.11.1938 |
| Wunderlich | Charles | 21.12.1877 | 23.08.193? |
Here you can download an Excel file with a list of names of people buried in the urn field (arranged according to the location of graves).
This link will take you to the Picture Gallery of gravestones from the urn field.
Some of the gravestones in the urn field are heavily damaged (without inscriptions). It was therefore impossible for us to determine the identity of the person buried there. Right now, their identification would be possible only with the help of archival pictures. In case you may have such pictures, please do have a look at our gallery of anonymous gravestones.
