Służew Cemetery, Roman Catholic cemetery in Mokotów, Warsaw, Poland
Służew Cemetery is a Roman Catholic cemetery located in the Mokotów district of Warsaw, Poland. It lies along Wałbrzyska Street and is officially known as the Służew New Cemetery, with a layout of family plots and memorial markers.
Founded in 1900, the cemetery served the growing population of Mokotów. In the years after World War II, many victims of communist terror were buried here in unmarked graves, and in 2014 a project led by the Institute of National Remembrance exhumed and identified some of them.
The cemetery is a place of remembrance for local families, who visit to tend graves and leave flowers. During All Saints' Day, the grounds fill with candles and visitors, reflecting Polish traditions of honoring the dead.
The cemetery is open to visitors during daylight hours, and the main entrance is on Wałbrzyska Street. Paths are mostly unpaved, so wear comfortable shoes and allow time to walk through the grounds.
Among the anonymous graves, the 2014 exhumations identified Josepha Kodis, Jerzy Kolendo, and Janusz Wójcik, who received proper burials. A memorial now marks their resting place, a detail often missed by passersby.
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