Kitsman Jewish Cemetery

In 1925, a Jewish cemetery was established. According to epigraphic data, the cemetery was operating until WWII. Jews settled in Luzhany in the 18th century. In the early 20th century, a Hebrew school was opened

Information on the cemetery’s establishment is unknown. According to epigraphic data, it already existed in the 1890s. The cemetery was used after WWII, the latest preserved gravestone relates to 1950s.

The exact period of the cemetery’s establishment is unknown. The oldest gravestone relates to the mid-19th century, so it can be assumed that the cemetery emerged during that period. First, it appears on Austrian maps of the 1880s and later on Polish maps of 1939.