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As early as in 1887, city authorities planned to build a chapel at the cemetery. Soon, a small wooden church was constructed, and consecrated on 28 October 1888 as the Saint Vincent de Paul Church, bearing the name of the patron of poor. The church, designed by architect Edward Cichocki, was built
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The cemetery has been expanded on several occasions, most recently in 1934, when it was enlarged to its present extent of 114 hectares. In the interwar period, the cemetery ceased to be the burial place only for poor, as people from higher social strata began to bury their relatives. The
197:. The cemetery was opened also to the citizens of the left-bank Warsaw in January 1885. The cemetery has been completely opened on 14 June 1887. The Bródno Cemetery served as a burial place mostly for the poor strata of Warsaw society. This was in contrast with the 319: 177:. Occupying an area of 114 hectares (280 acres), it is the largest cemetery in Warsaw. With more than 1.2 million burials, it is one of the largest cemeteries in Europe. 185:
At the end of the 19th century Warsaw's population was growing rapidly, and the available cemeteries were unable to cope with the demand. As a result, President of Warsaw
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northeastern part of the cemetery was designated for people of other religions and without religion. During World War II the cemetery was used as an arsenal by various
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was consecrated on 24 August 1960 by bishop Wacław Majewski. The new building was gradually expanded in the early 1980s and was again ceremonially consecrated by
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wood, and is a simple one-nave building. The wood used for the construction was previously used as a
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in 1883. On 20 November 1884 the cemetery was consecrated by Archbishop of Warsaw,
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Notable people buried at Bródno Cemetery include politician and statesman
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organizations, and as a hiding place by those on the run from the
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Roman Catholic cemetery in Bródno (Cmentarz Bródnowski / Bródno)
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The monument commemorating the 100th anniversary of the cemetery
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Bródno cemetery
Bródno Jewish Cemetery

Warsaw
Poland
Official website
Find a Grave
Bródno Cemetery
Polish
Targówek
Warsaw
Poland
Sokrates Starynkiewicz
Bródno
Wincenty Teofil Popiel
Old Powązki Cemetery
Polish resistance
Gestapo

Saint Vincent de Paul
pine
scaffolding
Zygmunt's Column
Our Lady of Częstochowa
Primate of Poland
Józef Glemp
Roman Dmowski
Aleksander Kakowski
Mieczysław Fogg
Edmund Zientara

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