The Jewish cemetery in Otmuchów was established at the beginning of the 19th century. It is located outside the city limits, on the edge of the forest.
In 1939, the cemetery became the property of the Association of Jews in Germany (Reichsvereinigung der Juden in Deutschland). During World War II, in June 1943, the cemetery was taken over by the Gestapo, which resulted in its significant devastation.
On December 28, 1989, the cemetery was entered into the register of monuments. At the turn of July and August 2003, the youth of the local gymnasium together with the youth from Israel, Germany and the Czech Republic tidied up the area. The tombstones were renovated and a lapidarium was made of fragments of slabs. At that time, there were still 25 tombstones made of limestone and sandstone in the cemetery. The tombstones come from the 19th century, and the oldest one from 1819 and belongs to Jacob Scheinder. The inscriptions on the matzevot are in Hebrew and German.
Currently, there are no preserved tombstones on the area of 0.1 ha. The degree of devastation of the cemetery is very high and, as can be seen from the photographic documentation, it is constantly progressing.