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DETAILS The Powązki is in actuality a , Calvinist , Lutheran , Caucassian and Tatar . Not far away from the Powązki necropoly, the Orthodox cemetery is located. The lates addition to the complex was the so-called ''Military cemetery'', currently known as the ''Communal cemetery''. It was founded in 1912 as an annex to the Catholic cemetery, but after Poland regained her independence in 1918 it became the state cemetery, where some of the most notable people of the epoch were buried, regardless of their faith. Like many of the old European cemeteries, Powązki's Tombstone s were created by some of the most renowned sculptors of the era, both Polish and foreign. Some of them are excellent examples of various styles in architecture and art. On '' All Saints Day '' ( November 1 ) and '' Zaduszki '' ( November 2 ) in Warsaw, vigils are held not only in the Roman Catholic cemeteries, but in the Protestant , Muslim , Jew ish and Orthodox cemeteries as well. At Powązki cemetery, all the graves are decorated with candles. A large part of the cemetery is occupied by graves of Polish soldiers who fell in the Warsaw Uprising. Most of the graves were exhumated between 1945 and 1953 from the streets of Warsaw. In many cases the name of the soldiers remains unknown and the graves are marked only by the number of the Polish Red Cross identification number. Until the early 1950s, brothers in arms of many fallen soldiers organised exhumation of their colleagues on their own and there are many quarters where soldiers of specific units are buried. There are also several mass graves of (mostly unknown) civilian victims of German terror during World War II and the Warsaw Uprising located in the cemetery. ]] NOTABLE PEOPLE A few of the notables buried here are:
The Jewish Cemetery , located on Okopowa Street next to the Protestant Cemetery and near the Powazki necropolis, was established between 1799 and 1806. Some of the prominent Jewish citizens buried here are:
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