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The synagogue of Zamość is the best-preserved late Renaissance synagogue in Poland. The building was built between 1610 and 1620 on the initiative of the city's Sephardic Jews. After being damaged during the Second World War, the synagogue underwent two major restorations in 1948-1950 and 1967-1972. The building now houses the Jewish Museum of the region Zamość and a local educational centre.

The exact period of the cemetery’s establishment is unknown, but it can be assumed that it emerged in the 19th century. It first appears on cadastral maps of 1865. The fence was installed by ESJF in June 2016.

Presumably, the Jewish cemetery in Zarichevo was established in the 19th century. According to epigraphic data, it already existed in 1852. The cemetery was used presumably until WWII, although the most recent preserved gravestone dates to 1936.

The cemetery was founded in the middle of the 19th century, shortly after the appearance of the community, and operated until WWII. On September 12, 1941, 97 Jews were shot in Zaviarezha, and the village was burned to the ground. Tombstones from the 19th and 20th centuries have been preserved. There is a reburial site of Holocaust victims on the cemetery territory. In the 1970s-80s, a monument was erected.

Zavl's Kloyz in Vilnius is a nineteenth-century Ashkenazi synagogue, whose architect was Aleksei Polozov. This brick synagogue in historicist style is currently under reconstruction.

The exact period of the cemetery’s establishment is unknown. The earliest preserved gravestone relates to the early 20th century so it can be assumed that the cemetery emerged during that period. First, it appears on Wojskowy Instytut Geograficzny (WIG) maps of 1939.

The exact period of the cemetery’s establishment is unknown. The oldest preserved matsevah among existing gravestones relates to the early 20th century so it can be assumed that the cemetery emerged during that period. It appeares on an old Polish topographic map. The cemetery was fenced by ESJF in September 2015.

Zehdenick Monastery was a convent for Cistercian nuns founded around 1250. After almost 300 years, it was converted into a Protestant convent in 1541. The buildings were destroyed in the Thirty Years' War, except for some vestiges. The preserved buildings today house church and cultural institutions.

The church was built in the 12th and 13th century as a fortified church. At that time only the nave stood. The tower was only added in the 18th century and today it offers living space for two kestrels and a barn owl.

The cemetery can be found marked on maps of the region from 1868 and 1900, and epigraphic data shows it was still in use after World War II. It has around 1,500 tombstones. The most recent preserved gravestone dates from the 1990s.