The Jewish cemetery in Chrzanów officially started its operation in 1763 and consisted of two parts - a small cemetery and a large cemetery. The small cemetery was located exactly at the site of today's gas station, the large cemetery still exists today.
Based on the documents, it can be concluded that the large period of the Second World War survived relatively well, while the worst period was until the end of the war. In a letter from 1961 addressed to the Minister of Municipal Economy by the Kraków Congregation of the Jewish Religious Union, we read:
"both the cemetery building and the cemetery were subject to brutal devastation. Windows, doors, roofing felt, etc. were torn off, which resulted in the destruction of ceilings and other devices. At the cemetery itself, most of the monuments were destroyed and knocked down, the cemetery wall was pulled down in many places. ....) The cemetery (....) has become a habitat of various social scum, devastating it more and more. "
There are two ohels in the cemetery which are the destination of Jewish pilgrimages. In the first one, Salomon Buchner, the son of Mojżesz, is buried by the famous Samuel Szmelke from Nikolsburg (Mikulov), and from 1796 a tzaddik in Chrzanów. In the second ohel there are the remains of Dawid Halberstam, son of Chaim Halberstam from Nowy Sącz, founder of the tzadik dynasty in Chrzanów; Józef Zeew Halberstam, son of David, from 1894 a tzadik in Chrzanów; Naftali Halberstam, son of David (died in 1927); Mojżesz, the son of David Halberstam; Józef Elimelech Halberstam, son of Mojżesz, chairman of the rabbinical court in Chrzanów; Baruch Halberstam, son of Mojżesz.