I still am not sure to what extent the recent vandalism included the
Jewish cemetery.
But from what I read,I assume that the vandals mostly removed metal
surrounds
of the graves, because they could sell these to iron mongers.
Such metal surrounds were very common around graves dating to the
twenties
and thirties. The graves of two of my grandparents initially had such
surrounds.
I do not remember whether they were removed during WW2 or much more
recently,
but they were already gone in 2001.
As far as formal gravestones on the graves of people who died during
the war;
Those of us who had permits to remain in the city during the war,
were restricted
in our freedom of movement, children could not attend school and felt
threatened,
but those who could afford to, could buy whatever was available
and could have gravestones made.
We were liberated in March of 1944 and very few of us left before
June 1945,
so that it is possible that some gravestones to people who died
during the war
were erected later.
I do not know what the most common grave markers looked like during
that period.
It may be possible to infer this by looking at the picasa web albums
of the Czernowitz Jewish cemetery.
Mimi
Mimi
On May 10, 2015, at 12:19 PM, Jim Wald wrote:
> Thank you very much for doing this, and thanks to all for their
> efforts. I have still not been there myself, but just last week, I
> came across (via JewishGen) a photo of my father's uncle's grave,
> which is apparently still preserved. It was ironic to see this just
> days before the reports of vandalism.
>
> One quick question: the form of our relative's grave (I don't know
> whether the graves of other family members have been preserved) is
> identical in form to the one of the Schapira family as depicted in
> Mimi's photo (end of her Picasa album). I had thought at first that
> an older stone was preserved in a more recent stone frame or
> setting, but I now gather that this was a standard form of grave
> marker--i.e. white stone set inside darker frame. Is that correct?
>
> I also continue to be struck by the fact that some of those who
> died during the war received these formal grave markers and that
> the graves have survived so long.
>
> Jim
>
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