Serock

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Serock

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Basic Information
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Masovian Voivodeship
Powiat (County)	Legionowo County
Population	3,616
City rights	1417
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Serock is a town at the north bank of the Zegrze lake in the Legionowo County, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland, with 3,616 inhabitants (2004).

Serock has existed as a fortified Masovian settlement since at least 1065. It was granted city rights in 1417 and again in 1923.

Before WWII there was a significant Jewish population in Serock. Today there are no Jews. In the summer of 2000, a visiting descendant of former residents, discovered that a number of gravestones (Matzevot) were piled up in the city park [1]. The stones had been gathered by a local non-Jewish resident who also roped off the area. In 2006, a visit by members of the Jewish Records Indexing-Poland project confirmed the situation and now an attempt is being made to restore or at least establish a memorial on the site of the former Jewish cemetery. The United States Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad [2] is involved under the guidance of The Honorable Lee R. Seeman.