The old Jewish cemetery in Pilica (Klasztorna Street) was probably established in the 18th century. It is known that in 1721 the representatives of the Jewish community, Jakub Michałowicz, Jakub and Salomon Lewkowicz, asked the Pilica authorities for permission to bury the bodies in the former cemetery, which at that time was privately owned.

The cemetery was closed for burials in 1842. It survived as closed until the German occupation during World War II, when it was devastated by the Germans.

There is no matzeva left on its premises. Many tombstones from this cemetery are still in the foundations and walls of various buildings in Pilica. In December 2010, in connection with the finding of a toilet built of matzevot, the Izkor Foundation reported a crime of insulting the graves.