The cemetery in Navaria near Lvov: research into the Polish national heritage in the lost Eastern Territories Cover Image

Cmentarz w Nawarii koło Lwowa. Z badań nad polskim dziedzictwem narodowym na utraconych ziemiach wschodnich
The cemetery in Navaria near Lvov: research into the Polish national heritage in the lost Eastern Territories

Author(s): Ryszard Tomczyk
Subject(s): Social history
Published by: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek
Keywords: cemeteries; history of Poles in the Eastern Territories of the former Polish Republic; Navaria near Lvov; the Polish national heritage

Summary/Abstract: Cemeteries are important sources of information on local and regional social history. Historic sepulchral objects, typically located in cemeteries (crosses, headstones, tombs, grave chapels), with well-preserved inscriptions and epitaphs, are also important source material in genealogical research. Today, of special importance is documenting the survived objects of sepulchral art in cemeteries located in the Eastern Territories lost by Poland. This article is an attempt at presenting the events and names of Poles who lived in Navaria near Lvov, a town later transformed into a village, based on the old crosses and headstones which have survived in the local cemetery, together with other source materials. There are fewobjects commemorating Poles in the historical part of the cemetery in Navaria where Poleswere buried until the mid-1940s. In the past several decades, a majority of the Polish graves were destroyed. The remaining ones are testimony of Poles’ presence in Navaria.

  • Issue Year: 31/2021
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 172-198
  • Page Count: 27
  • Language: Polish
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