Drogobych. In the old Jewish cemetery, the tombstones of Jakub and Henrietta Schulz were erected according to the design of Bruno.
The matzevahs designed by Schulz after the death of his parents were made by the Drogobych sculptor Ignacy Łobos*. Basing on the memoirs of Adam Procki* –Łobos’ assistant who after the war became a well-known sculptor – Jerzy Ficowski* reconstructed the approximate appearance of the tombstones: “These were two gravestones differing in detail, made of slabs about 15 centimetres thick, shaped like a stylized outline of a candlestick, on both sides of which, in several storeys, there were its arms formed by deep pointed indentations (cut out in a symmetrical manner at the side edges of the slab) forming straight branches. The upper edges of these branches were horizontal and –as if substituting for stylized candles – carved bunches of grapes were placed on them. The whole vertical structure was set on a horizontal base and had an inscription in Polish (perhaps later supplemented by a Jewish one, but the witnesses are not sure) with the names and dates”.
Jakub and Henrietta Schulz’s matzevahs were destroyed by the Germans during World War II along with the entire old Jewish cemetery. Possibly two variants of these monuments have survived to this day. According to the testimonies of Adam Procki and the Drogobych lawyer Leon Freiss*, cited by Jerzy Ficowski, the sculptures on the tombs of Ignacy Łobos’ parents and the tombstones of Łobos and his wife were inspired by Schulz’s original designs. Both are still in the Roman Catholic cemetery* in Drogobych.
See also: 23 June 1915*, 23 April 1931. (jo) (transl. mw)
