Jewish cemetery Schivelbein (Świdwin)

The Jewish cemetery was probably laid out in the middle of the 19th century on an area of 0.41 hectares about three kilometers outside the town of Schivelbein. It is surrounded by a wall and divided into quarters by lime tree alleys. At the back are the remains of the foundations of the mortuary. Around 500 people are said to have been buried here and around 60 matzevot have been preserved. Many of the gravestones have German inscriptions on one side and Hebrew inscriptions on the other. The cemetery was destroyed during the Reichspogromnacht. Destruction and alterations continued even after 1945. Restoration work began in 1988, which led to its inclusion in the register of monuments in 1989. In 2001, the cemetery was cleared by German and Polish young people and in 2002 a memorial plaque in Polish, German and Hebrew was installed. Damage occurred in 2003, 2006 and 2007. The cemetery is maintained by the local Pentecostal congregation and residents of the town.