Overview
- Brief Narrative
- 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, in Bucharest and Iasi. In 1942, the regime ordered the cemetery demolished. Work began on June 25 and continued through 1944. Jewish forced laborers were made to remove the stones and break them into pieces for paving material.
- Date
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creation:
approximately 1715-before 1864
- Geography
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use:
Sevastopol Street Jewish cemetery;
Bucharest (Romania)
recovery: Sevastopol Street Jewish cemetery; Bucharest (Romania)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the Federation of Romanian Jewish Communities
Physical Details
- Language
- Hebrew
- Classification
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Jewish Art and Symbolism
- Category
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Jewish ceremonial objects
- Object Type
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Jewish sepulchral monuments (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Top section from a broken, carved, pink marbled sandstone grave marker with an arched top with a rectangular border and a smooth, recessed front panel with 3 carved lines of Ladino text . The tombstone is broken nearly straight across the text, with an sharply angled left side.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 12.750 inches (32.385 cm) | Width: 24.375 inches (61.913 cm) | Depth: 2.500 inches (6.35 cm)
- Materials
- overall : sandstone
- Inscription
- front, carved : פ"נ [איש] חשוב מו"ה [מורנו הרב] אשר זעליג במו"ה [בן מורנו הרב [Here is buried an important man our master rabbi Asher Zelig son of our master rabbi]
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Romania--Bucharest. Jewish cemeteries--Desecration--Romania--Bucharest--History--20th century. Jewish cemeteries--Destruction and pillage--Romania--Bucharest--History--20th century. Offenses against religion--Romania--Bucharest--History--20th century. World War, 1939-1945--Jewish cemeteries--Desecration--Romania--Bucharest. World War, 1939-1945--Jewish cemeteries--Destruction and pillage--Cemeteries--Romania--Bucharest.
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The tombstone was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2005 by the Federation of Romanian Jewish Communities.
- Funding Note
- The cataloging of this artifact has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-03-10 07:28:27
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