Bagnowka: A Modern Jewish Cemetery on the Russian Pale Szpek Heidi M.
Bagnowka: A Modern Jewish Cemetery on the Russian Pale Szpek Heidi M. In the last decade of the nineteenth century, a traditional Jewish cemetery was established in the small town of Bagnowka,…
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Bagnowka: A Modern Jewish Cemetery on the Russian Pale Szpek Heidi M.
In the last decade of the nineteenth century, a traditional Jewish cemetery was established in the small town of Bagnowka, located near the urban center of Bialystok in current northeastern Poland. Yet this was also a time of societal upheaval as a wave of modernity swept over Eastern Europe, bringing with it religious diversity, revolution, and a more secular way of life that would also impact the structure and material culture of this cemetery. Though governed then by Tsarist Russia, Bialystok was still inspired by the teachings of the Torah, the Talmud, and the greater rabbinic community.
Drawing on Bagnowka's epitaphs and tombstone art, archival records, period Bagnowka: A Modern Jewish Cemetery on the Russian Pale tells the story of this cemetery from its founding in 1892 to its devastation during and after the Holocaust, as well as its recent restoration-in-progress.