A quick round-up of some recent Jewish cemetery developments:
GOOD (AND GOODISH) NEWS
Restored Cemetery
The Jewish cemetery in Głogów Małopolski, Poland was rededicated on May 12 after fencing and restoration work. The work included the reconstruction of an ohel that is the burial site of Głogów Tzadikim Menachem Mendel and his descendants Yaakov Josef Rubin, Alter Moshe Chaim Rubin and Menachem Mendel Rubin, who was killed in 1942.
The project of the cemetery’s restoration was made possible thanks to the cooperation of the Rubin family and the Foundation for the Preservation of Jewish Heritage (FODŻ). The works commenced in 2012 and were gradually completed stage by stage.
Read the report on Virtual Shtetl
Resurfacing Gravestone fragments
Virtual Shtetl reports that in the past few weeks several fragments of Jewish gravestones have been unearthed by construction workers and others. Once case was in the village of Mierzawa, in the Jędrzejowski County, where Expressway S7 is currently under construction. A discovered fragment was identified as coming from the Jewish cemetery in Wodzisław and will be transferred there.
In another instance, fragments of matzevos were discovered by the owners of a recently purchased plot of land near Radoszyce and will be transferred to the Jewish cemetery there.
Read the report on Virtual Shtetl
BAD NEWS
Unknown vandals in recent days seriously damaged about 50 graves in the Jewish cemetery in Szikszo in north-east Hungary near Miskolc. Police are investigating the case.
Jeno Freund, the president of the Jewish Community in Miskolc said several gravestones were smashed; others were toppled and many were removed from their places.
The cemetery, which is surrounded by a wall and well-maintained, is located on a hillside overlooking the village and has not been used for burials since World War II.
Read the MTI report in English