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Jewish Cemeteries - Brzeżany - pre 1945
Upper register: Symbol: broken palm tree
Inscription: “Here lies a young man. It is Avraham Teva? son of Eliezer may his light shine.”
Main inscription: 25th Nisan 5662 [remainder unclear]

Translated by Heidi Szpek, Ph.D. (szpekh@cwu.edu), Professor of Religious Studies, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA 98926
Upper register:...
Upper register: Symbol: broken palm tree
Inscription: “Here lies a young man. It is Avraham Teva? son of Eliezer may his light shine.”

Translated by Heidi Szpek, Ph.D. (szpekh@cwu.edu), Professor of Religious Studies, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA 98926
Upper register:...
Symbol: Candelabra

Inscription partially visible on right half:

“10th Shevat [---]
Here lies a woman [---]
[---]
the married Em-[---]
our teacher Yitzha[q ---]
May her soul be bound in the bond [of everlasting life.”

Translated by Heidi Szpek, Ph.D. (szpekh@cwu.edu), Professor of Religious Studies Department of Philosophy, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA 98926
Symbol: Candela...
menorah symbol
menorah symbol...
Upper register: “[----] young in days, our teacher Avraham Bemin [---] Elul year 5670 as the abbreviated era.”

Translated by Heidi Szpek, Ph.D. (szpekh@cwu.edu), Professor of Religious Studies, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA 98926
Upper register:...
Head of the old tombstone
Head of the old...
German(?) soldier
German(?) soldi...
German soldier, probably Jewish
German soldier,...
Gravestones were numbered!
Gravestones wer...
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