Cemetery in Uzpaliai
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MACEVA has added the
Uzpaliai Jewish Cemetery to the cemeteries that it seeks to preserve in
Lithuania. MACEVA is a non-profit, group that aims to preserve old
Jewish cemeteries, to create a virtual Jewish cemetery database,
digitizes tombstones and searches for volunteers in order to
fulfill this work. Take a look at its photos and a short video on
their website.
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Gate at the
entrance to the Uzpaliai Jewish Cemetery
| "The Old Jewish
Cemetery
(Photo courtesy of Arky and Bev Berkal)
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| Year unknown, 1920's or 1930's
| (photograph courtesy of Ruth Stern)
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This is the grave of Rachel Zimmerman who died in 1917. Standing next to the grave is her daughter Shprintze Zimmerman. The identity of the man is unknown, but possibly he is Rachel's son. Information courtsey of Ruth Stern, daughter of Shprintze and granddaughter of Rachel. We don't know the date of the photo but it has to pre-date 1935, when Shprintze left Uzpaliai for Israel. |
Person and date are unknown |
| (Photos courtesy of Yakov Kopelansky) |
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Cemetery 1995 The Uzpaliai Cemetery is still standing in fair condition. Most of the stones are early 20th century and, as usual in Eastern Europe, do not include family names. Click here to see a partial list of names. Regina Kopilevich reading tombstones, July 1995. (photograph courtesy of Linda Cantor)
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Near the grave of Rachel Zimmerman, summer of 2007 (photograph courtesy of Ruth Stern)
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to see a photo of the Gravestone of Reiche-Elka, daughter
of Reb Benjamin Hertz [Raff], Died 10 Adar 5677 (1917) taken in Ushpol
in 1930. |
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to see the names of those buried in the Ushpoler Benevolent
Society plot at Baron Hirsch Cemetery in Staten Island, NY |