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The mausoleum of Izrael and Eleonora Hertz Poznański on the New Jewish Cemetery has been described as "probably the largest Jewish grave monument in the world." The mausoleum and mosaic covering the inside of the dome were restored in 1993. Elements of the tomb were imported specially built by railway, connecting the cemetery with the Warsaw-Viennese line. In the dome of the tomb, there is a mosaic made by a Venetian artist Dr. Antonio Salviati, a lawyer who left a lucrative job because he fell in love with glass.. Thanks to him, the world heard about the glass from the island of Murano, He participated in renovations at the Cathedral of St. Mark in Venice. to work in the Poznan Mausoleum he used 2 million pieces from Murano.
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