Then you should pay a visit to the site “Danish-Jewish Funerals and Tombstones up to 1866” at http://tom.brondsted.dk/mosaiskebegravelser/?lang=en available in both English and Danish. The site covers all known Danish-Jewish funerals from the earliest ones in the late 17th century…
Category: Rest of the world
Jewish cemeteries, photos, history and general information.
The old “Brodno” Jewish cemetery in Warsaw
We hesitate to call this “A good News Story” To use the the word “good” in such a context would be to insult the memory of all those who perished or suffered in those, the darkest of days.. But we can, at…
Funchal Jewish Cemetery
Jewish Cemetery of Etterbeek in Wezembeek
Dieweg Jewish Cemetery Brussels
Pisa – Jewish Cemetery
The cemetery was opened in 1674 and it’s one of the most ancient Jewish places of burial in the world. There were at least three older Jewish Cemeteries, all of them situated outside the west wall of Pisa. Some epigraphic…
Terezin Jewish Cemetery and camp
In memory of those killed in the Holocaust. Photos copyright L Saunders
Prague – Old Jewish Cemetery
The Old Jewish Cemetery in Prague was in use from the early 15th century to 1787. Photos copyright L Saunders
Inscriptions from Hebrew Rest Cemetery New Orleans
This is a follow up to our recent blog on New Orleans Jewish Cemeteries and as promised here are a selection of inscriptions from the tombstone photos found here Augustus BLOCK died 1896 aged 79 Lucia R BLOCK died 1903…
Jewish Cemeteries in New Orleans
I recently joined a group and was chatting to Dawn of All things Genealogical when she mentioned that she has taken photos at two Jewish Cemeteries in New Orleans. In fact over 400 photos, which you can browse through! Namely…