Old Jewish Cemetery in Lublin - the oldest surviving Jewish cemetery in Poland. Located on a hill near the church Grodzisko monks Salesians. At the cemetery, the area of ​​approximately 1 hectare of land, you can see the old tombstones, which are valuable monuments. The oldest tombs date back to 1540 mi years.

The exact date of the founding of the cemetery is unknown, but it is believed that it was created in 1540 on the territory of the former medieval fortress surrounded by numerous swamps. The first written mention of the cemetery dates back to the year 1555, when they were given the privilege to bury Jews in the new cemetery.

After visiting Lublin, the new Jewish cemetery, the old had been closed in 1830. Despite the official closure of the Jewish cemetery in the early 20th century, there were several of both legal and illegal burial. During the First World War Russian soldiers have been destroyed almost all wooden tombstones.

Before the Second World War, the cemetery was about 3,000 tombstones, which the Nazis during the war was used for paving roads. In the remaining tombstones in the cemetery got a bomb during the war.

After the war, the communist government was not interested in the fate of the old Jewish cemetery, and only in the 80's Society for the Protection of Jewish culture in Lublin conducted a thorough cleaning and an inventory of the cemetery. In the early 90s there have been several acts of vandalism, during which destroyed 40 gravestones.

Today the cemetery, although it is listed as a historic monument, is a publicly accessible place for tourists and visitors. It opened only on special occasions.