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Photograph of: New Jewish cemetery in Teleneşti (Teleneshty)

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The cemetery occupies a territory of about 150,000 sq. meters and is surrounded by a fence. There are about 3,500 tombstones. The oldest tombstones are from the beginning of the 20th century. The burials in the cemetery continued after WWII and there are hundreds of tombstones of the second part of the 20th century. Mass graves of the Jews of Teleneşti and surrounding villages, who perished during the Holocaust are situated in the upper part of the cemetery. The predominant decorative motif on the pre-Holocaust tombstones is curtain with tassels.

Title Photograph of: New Jewish cemetery in Teleneşti (Teleneshty).
Creation Date 1994
Notes Copies/עותקים: S424301.jpg
Call number at Current Custodian אוסף המרכז לאמנות יהודית - Center for Jewish Art Collection
CJA Jewish Funerary Art-450-S424301
Host Item Jewish Funerary Art
Language No linguistic content
Call Number CJA-450-S424301
Access Rights online_resources
Copies S424301.jpg
Other Date Moldova, Teleneşti (Teleneshty), 1900-2000
Physical description of original Jewish Cemetery
Tombstone
Credits המרכז לאמנות יהודית באוניברסיטה העברית בירושלים Center for Jewish Art at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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