Federation of Romanian Jewish Communities collection

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn533149
• English
• overall: Height: 12.750 inches (32.385 cm) | Width: 24.375 inches (61.913 cm) | Depth: 2.500 inches (6.35 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Desecrated, partial pink tombstone with an engraved Ladino inscription recovered from the Jewish cemetery located on Sevastopol Street in Bucharest, Romania. The modern Jewish community has undertaken work to preserve what remains of the site. Other remaining gravestones were moved to the Sephardic cemetery in Bucharest. The Sevastopol Street Jewish cemetery was a historic cemetery where burials ceased in 1864. In September 1940, the right-wing, Nazi-allied government of General Antonescu and the Iron Guard seized power. Violence against Jews was common and there were two monstrous pogroms,...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn533150
• English
• overall: Height: 17.750 inches (45.085 cm) | Width: 23.500 inches (59.69 cm) | Depth: 3.750 inches (9.525 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Partial gravestone with a carved willow tree and Ladino inscription recovered from the Jewish cemetery located on Sevastopol Street in Bucharest, Romania. The modern Jewish community has undertaken work to preserve what remains of the site. Other remaining gravestones were moved to the Sephardic cemetery in Bucharest. The Sevastopol Street Jewish cemetery was a historic cemetery where burials ceased in 1864. In September 1940, the right-wing, Nazi-allied government of General Antonescu and the Iron Guard seized power. Violence against Jews was common and there were two monstrous pogroms, in...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn533151
• English
• a: Height: 15.000 inches (38.1 cm) | Width: 22.375 inches (56.833 cm) | Depth: 8.875 inches (22.543 cm) b: Height: 13.375 inches (33.973 cm) | Width: 29.500 inches (74.93 cm) | Depth: 7.750 inches (19.685 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Spanish style stele or tower tombstone with an engraved Ladino inscription recovered from the Jewish cemetery located on Sevastopol Street in Bucharest, Romania. It has the symbol for a Kohen, a priest, a hand with the fingers separated into two sets of two. The modern Jewish community has undertaken work to preserve what remains of the site. Other remaining gravestones were moved to the Sephardic cemetery in Bucharest. The Sevastopol Street Jewish cemetery was a historic cemetery where burials ceased in 1864. In September 1940, the right-wing, Nazi-allied government of General Antonescu an...