JEWISH CEMETERY (CMENTARZ ŻYDOWSKI)

This cemetery survived World War II and was not too badly damaged by the Nazis. It dates from the 19th century and is rather well maintained, which is another rarity in Poland since the war. It contains about 1,500 graves. There is also a Holocaust memorial, in remembrance of the large Jewish community in Katowice that disappeared in its entirety in April 1941, with all the Jews living there - over 8,300 - being deported.