The cemetery is home to the grave of Colonel Francesco Nullo, a figure of immense heroism in the struggle for Italian unification. He rushed to Poland's aid during the January Uprising and was killed on 5 May 1863 in the Battle of Krzykawka. Next to the grave of Francesco Nullo are the graves of two other insurgents killed in this battle. The Olkusz cemetery is the history of the town written in the graves. Among those buried here are Aleksander Kujawski, mayor of Olkusz, Roman Bukowski, participant in the November Uprising, and Edward Chmielewski, founder and first head of the Olkusz fire brigade. At the cemetery's entrance, a stone plaque marks the place where the remains of the Augustinian monks, transferred from the crypts of the monastery demolished in the early 19th century, are buried. The cemetery is divided by a stone wall, separating the Orthodox part from the rest of the cemetery. More than twenty years ago, plaques commemorating Olkusz residents killed during wars and national uprisings were mounted on the wall, turning it into a Wall of Remembrance. In Olkusz's Old Cemetery, there is a monument dedicated to the inhabitants of the Olkusz area who were murdered in Nazi prisons and concentration camps, the 'Pieta Katyńska' monument, as well as a bust of Peter Westen (1875–1934), who founded an enamelware factory in Olkusz in 1907. Thanks to the efforts of the municipal authorities, a plaque with a plan of the necropolis was placed at the entrance to the cemetery.