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  • All photos: Rudolf Klein, from 'Metropolitan Jewish Cemeteries of the 19th and 20th Centuries in Central and Eastern Europe: A Comparative Study.'
    All photos: Rudolf Klein, from 'Metropolitan Jewish Cemeteries of the 19th and 20th Centuries in Central and Eastern Europe: A Comparative Study.'
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    Messages in Stone

    A new study of old Jewish cemeteries in Europe finds the epitaphs whispering at us

    byGavriel Savit
  • The Gwarna Cemetery
    The Gwarna Cemetery
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    Correcting the Record on Wroclaw’s Jewish Cemetery

    A letter from Poland’s Chief Rabbi

    byMichael Schudrich
  • Matzevot at the Breslau Jewish Cemetery on Claassenstrasse, early 20th c.
    Matzevot at the Breslau Jewish Cemetery on Claassenstrasse, early 20th c.
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    Digging Up the Past in a Jewish Cemetery

    In Wroclaw, Poland, the fate of an old graveyard collides with the promise of a new Best Western hotel

    byAgnieszka Jablonska
  • A building on the grounds of the Chişinău (Kishinev), Moldova Jewish cemetery. The bullet holes on the metal front door show executions took place there during World War II. Chişinău’s Jewish cemetery needs not only a clean-up but also permanent care.
    A building on the grounds of the Chişinău (Kishinev), Moldova Jewish cemetery. The bullet holes on the metal front door show executions took place there during World War II. Chişinău’s Jewish cemetery needs not only a clean-up but also permanent care.
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    Historic Cemeteries in Ruin

    Jewish graveyards in Eastern Europe are crumbling, neglected, and vandalized. Who will be responsible for protecting them—and their communities’ history?

    bySuzanne Selengut
  • Jewish cemetery in Bialystok, Poland, viewed by drone. (Podrozniccy.com)
    Jewish cemetery in Bialystok, Poland, viewed by drone. (Podrozniccy.com)
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    Tour a Jewish Cemetery in Bialystok by Drone

    Technology keeps tabs on cemeteries in places where few Jews still live

    byGabriela Geselowitz
  • Warsaw's Okopowa Street Jewish Cemetery(Wikimedia)
    Warsaw's Okopowa Street Jewish Cemetery(Wikimedia)
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    Warsaw Will Return 1,000 Gravestones to Jewish Cemetery

    The looted matzevot had been used to build a structure in a city park

    byStephanie Butnick
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    (Shutterstock)
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    Teens Arrested for U.K. Jewish Cemetery Vandalism

    Two 13-year-olds reportedly spray painted swastikas, pushed over headstones

    byStephanie Butnick
  • Jewish gravestones discovered in basement of home in Golina, Poland. (Virtual Shtetl)
    Jewish gravestones discovered in basement of home in Golina, Poland. (Virtual Shtetl)
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    Jewish Gravestones Found In Polish Basement

    Local historian discovered the headstones in a house set to be torn down

    byHannah Dreyfus
  • Jewish cemetery in Myslowice, Poland. ( Sztetl.org)
    Jewish cemetery in Myslowice, Poland. ( Sztetl.org)
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    Jewish Gravestones Destroyed in Poland

    Just months after Myslowice residents restored the town’s Jewish cemetery

    byStephanie Butnick
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