After the war the abandoned cemetery was turned into "a recreation area" by the municipal authorities. Dozens of larger matzevot were later stored in the cellar of the Helwig Manor, which is now the Regional Museum. Smaller pieces of the tombstones were used to build a memorial with a commemorative plaque.

One of the Holocaust survivors from Belchatow, Mr. Sharon, managed also to bury some pieces of matzevot near a monument in the former concentration camp Chelmno upon Ner, where the majority of the Jewish population from Belchatow (many thousands) were murdered by the Nazis.