This book deals with the history of Jewish cemeteries in Poland during the Second World War and later , reflecting Jewish and Polish attempts at rehabilitation , looking after social equilibrium and national identity . It relates to the people, Jews and Poles, whether resident in Poland or living elsewhere, who are involved in different aspects relating to those cemeteries: preservation, maintenance, restoration, including the collection and care of gravestones that were removed from the cemeteries. These individuals are also active in setting up monuments and in documenting the cemeteries, in addition to carrying out research into the art, philology, genealogy and history of the cemeteries and the gravestones.