Jewish cemetery in the Polish city of Kielce is now a closed cemetery. It was founded in 1868, has an area of 3, 12 hectares On the territory of the cemetery is more than 330 tombstones.

In the second half of the nineteenth century, with the rapid development of the Jewish settlement in Kielce, local religious communities are faced with the necessity of a new place of burial. Previously few Jewish burial was made in the nearby locality. For these purposes, purchased a plot of land situated outside of urban areas. In a new cemetery burying people, many of whom played a significant role in city life.

During the Second world war, the Nazis carried out numerous executions of the Jewish population on the territory of the cemetery. In may 1943 the Germans killed 45 children aged 15 months to 15 years.

After the Second world war in Kielce occurred the largest pogrom against the Jewish population in Poland, which killed 47 Jews. In June 1946, the ceremony of burial of the victims of the pogrom. The coffins were laid in a mass grave. The funeral was attended by several thousand people, including representatives of national and international Jewish organizations, and political parties. After the pogrom, the Jews gradually began to leave the city.

Devastated even during the occupation, the cemetery began to look deserted. Many of the tombstones were broken, graves desecrated. In 1956, the city government took the official decision to close the cemetery.

In 2010 at the initiative of Jan Karski with the support of private individuals built a new monument to the victims of the pogrom in Kielce. The author of the project is Professor Marek Cecula. The monument is made of Sandstone, it's engraved with the names of all the victims who died July 4, 1946.