Municipal Cemetery

The cemetery was established at this site in the late 19th century. A German cemetery operated on the site of the present-day cemetery until 1945. In the postwar years, all traces of the German graves were completely obliterated, and Polish graves were established in their place. Within the cemetery grounds, there are remnants of a former Jewish cemetery, visible immediately to the left upon entering through the gate from Działkowa Street. The Jewish cemetery was vandalized, and its former location is marked only by a brick fence, several broken and toppled matzevot covered with earth and overgrown with moss and lichen, and a commemorative plaque affixed to the cemetery chapel. There are two monuments in the cemetery: the Pietà and the Monument to Fallen Soldiers. In addition, opposite the cemetery chapel stands the Katyn Cross and two memorial boulders dedicated to Home Army soldiers murdered by the NKVD during the Augustów roundup, as well as to the Boy Scouts—defenders of Grodno in 1939—who were killed in action and murdered by Soviet aggressors. The cemetery is open 24 hours a day. It serves as a thoroughfare for residents, connecting Sempołowska Street with Działkowa Street. MPGKiM publishes a map of the cemetery and a list of burial plots, including the names of those buried in each one, on its website.