The cemetery served the Jewish community of the East Prussian village of Nikolajken. The region belonged to the German Reich until 1945. Mixed inscriptions, in Hebrew and German, are most common. The Hebrew version was often engraved on the front of the gravestone, while the German version is on the back, or the Hebrew version is on the upper part and the German version is on the lower part of the matzeva (gravestones). The cemetery must have been devastated both before and after 1945, but it is still one of the best preserved Jewish cemeteries in the Masuria.

The village of Rosenberg (now Susz) belonged to the German Reich in West Prussia and at times in East Prussia until 1945. In the November pogrom night of 1938 most of the synagogues were destroyed. This preserved synagogue building is one of the few exceptions - it resembles the synagogue in Mrągowo (Sensburg) with its unplastered brick, exterior decoration and square floor plan. The museum of local history displays a model of the old town from the 1930s. The museum is open on the first Sunday of the month and by appointment by telephone.

In the address book of the city of Munich 1893 the following entries can be found: Part 1 - Alphabet. List of residents - Billigheimer & Cie, bed feather business en gros, factory and warehouse, Nockherstr.2 and 3. Billigheimer Julius ( Billigheimer & Cie ) merchant, Thierschstr.31. - Einstein Adolf (Billigheimer & Cie) merchant, Buttermelcherstr.15.In the trade and business - address book with indication of the specialities for München and its nearest environment 1893 - Beds and bed feathers - Billigheimer & Cie Nockherstr. 2. and 3.

The roots of the Levite family can be traced back to the end of the 17th century to Unterdeufstetten to Hirsch Loew. His son Sandel Hirsch Levi, born in Unterdeufstetten in 1702, was a cloth, hat and fur merchant in Mönchsroth and died there before 1770. His son David Sandel, born about 1738, cloth merchant in Mönchsroth was the great-grandfather of Lazarus Levite. The parents of Lazarus Levite were David Loew Levite, born 1805 in Mönchsroth - died May 25, 1879 and Sara Levite, née Berliner von Roth, born Dec.1818 - died March 30, 1888. Lazarus Levite owned a leather shop.

Entry address book Frankfurt a.M.1928- Heinemann Fritz,Dr.phil. Privatdozent,Mendelssohn-Str.81-Erdgeschoß.

The Jews first used a cemetery at the Molenstraat. This cemetery  was demolished in 1947 and replaced by the cemetery on the Kneedweg. When the Kneedweg was full, the cemetery at the Noord Esmarkerrondweg was put into use. In addition, there is still a cemetery at the Hengelosestraat.

In 1831 a plot of land was purchased and the cemetery was established. Today there are still 26 gravestones in the cemetery. The last burial took place in 1937