Jews returned to Frampol in the 18^th century, at first mainly merchants and craftsmen. The local Jewish community was gradually growing in size, boasting 125 members in 1765. It initially formed part of the kehilla in Chełm, but in 1731 it was incorporated into the kehilla in Zamość by virtue of the decision of the Council of Four Lands.

It was probably around that time that the community of Frampol obtained permission to establish its own cemetery. The local synagogue, meanwhile, was erected in 1760.

The cemetery was established in the north-western part of the town, ca. 500 metres away from the Market Square, in today’s Cmentarna Street. It occupies a hexagonal plot of land with an area of 0.6 hectare. It was the burial place of Jews from Frampol and its environs. On 1 November 1942, the Germans executed almost 1,000 Jews from the Frampol Ghetto at the site, among them people displaced from Bohemia and Austria. The victims were buried in the cemetery in a mass grave.

World War II saw a gradual destruction of the cemetery. The inhabitants of Frampol pulled down the stone wall and took away some of the tombstones. The premises of the necropolis were overgrown with thick vegetation. The entrance gate is located in Cmentarna Street. The cemetery borders private plots from the south and west. Ca. 85 tombstones have survived, 60 of which are damaged. The oldest matzeva dates back to 1737.

The cemetery remains under the care of the Foundation for the Preservation of Jewish Heritage. The municipal authorities often participate in various initiatives related to the necropolis, and the students of the local primary school periodically help with maintenance works carried out at the site. In 2006, the Foundation fenced the cemetery and marked it with information boards with the support of the Council for the Protection of Struggle and Martyrdom Sites. In 2010, a new information board was placed above the entrance gate.

In October 2015, a rededication (spiritual renewal) ceremony was held at the Frampol cemetery. The area had earlier been cleaned up and a new fence and entrance gate had been put in place. The works were carried out by the Foundation for the Preservation of Jewish Heritage in Poland with the financial support of the European Jewish Cemeteries Initiative (ESJF). The commemorative elements currently present at the site are: a plaque with an embedded fragment of a historic tombstone and a monument to the Jewish community of Frampol in the shape of a triple matzeva. In addition, the mass graves located on the premises of the cemetery have been fenced and information boards have been placed at the mass execution sites.

The cemetery was entered in the register of monuments under the number A-487, dated 7 May 1990.

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