Restoration of the Jewish cemetery

The Jewish cemetery in Czarny Dunajec was established in the second half of the 19th century. For many years after the war, the area deteriorated and fell into ruin. One matzevot was left in the cemetery, most of the tombstones were overgrown with grass. The first cleaning action of the Jewish cemetery in Czarny Dunajec took place in 2016 on the initiative of Michał Szaflarski. At that time, the commune office, students and teachers from the local school, as well as volunteers from Podhale and other regions of Poland helped in the work.

At that time, it was possible to cut most of the bushes, mow the grass, collect garbage, discover a few tombstones. This is what the Jewish cemetery looked like before the work started in 2016.

From 2016, the cleaning campaign took place every year, with time more and more people joined it until 2020, when the cemetery underwent a huge change thanks to the project "People, not numbers". Since then, the cemetery area has been under the constant care of local volunteers who take care of its appearance. The cemetery is also regularly visited by people as a place of remembrance, and every year there are celebrations dedicated to the anniversary of the Holocaust of the Jews from Czarny Dunajec and the surrounding area.