7 April 2009
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The Lo Tishkach Foundation’s online Database of European Jewish Burial Grounds now contains data on more than 9,500 Jewish burial grounds. Established in 2006 and created with the help of data inputters throughout Europe, the database features burial grounds in 36 European countries. |
Created with the help of data inputters throughout Europe, the Database of European Jewish Burial Grounds features information provided by Jewish communities, heritage organisations, academic institutes and many interested individuals, supplemented by up-to-date condition reports carried out by Lo Tishkach. While Jewish cemeteries make up the majority of the records, the database features information on all types on Jewish burial ground and also includes Jewish mass graves, Jewish sections of municipal cemeteries and the graves of Jewish soldiers buried in war cemeteries.
The Lo Tishkach Foundation aims for the database to include comprehensive, accurate and up-to-date details of all Jewish burial grounds in Europe, of which there are believed to be over 20,000.
