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Thessaloniki’s Jewish cemetery as it was before it was destroyed in 1942, during the German occupation of Greece. The cemetery was established in ancient times and on the eve of the Second World War counted approximately 500,000 graves in an area of 350,000 square meters, making it probably the largest …

Only a fragment of a Hebrew inscription was found in the cemetery used from the 14th to 17th century, because the pope decreed Jews should be buried in unmarked graves. Second Monumental Arch of Titus Celebrating Victory over Jews Found in Rome Nero’s revolving restaurant really existed, archaeologists prove Before …

Estas fechas en las que se hace mención a los muertos y en las que con mayor o menor colorido folclórico según la cultura y país en el que uno se encuentre, se visita los cementerios, merece la pena prestar atención a los restos que en Sefarad quedan de cementerios …

Lucena Is Largest Burial Ground for Sephardic Jews A Spanish municipality launched a project which aims to make one of the country’s largest Jewish cemeteries accessible to disabled people. Work on the accessibility project began Wednesday at the Jewish cemetery of Lucena in the autonomous province of Cordoba in Spain’s …

In 2008, two couples, Ilan and Miriam Guy, and David and Ruth Elazar, visited Gallipoli’s old Jewish neighborhood, where Miriam’s father and David’s grandmother were born and lived. The houses and buildings of this Turkish town, including the synagogue, were crumbling as a result of years of neglect. But what …

Bidache Hosted Jews Fleeing Spanish Inquisition A municipality in southern France has begun renovating an ancient Sephardic cemetery. The first stage of the restoration of the 17th century cemetery in Bidache, 130 miles south of Bordeaux, began last week and will focus on a large arch built on the premises, …