Cemetery

The Jewish cemetery in Bukhara is the oldest and the largest Jewish burial ground in Uzbekistan. Here, too, Sephardic graves are mixed with the flat scones and Ashkenazic graves with vertical stones. In the last time stones with the pictures of the deceased are added - for orthodox Jews an abomination. I have not found literature on the history and occupancy of the cemetery.

As early as the 5th century B.C., during the time of the Babylonian exile of the Jewish people, Jews migrated via Persia to Central Asia. They settled in Uzbekistan. Sephardic customs came to the country only in the 18th century through a traveling Jew. Ashkenazi Jews migrated to Uzbekistan from Germany and western Russia.

The language of Uzbek Jews is Bukharic. This dialect, mixed with Hebrew roots, was also spoken in synagogues and during ritual acts. Due to expulsion and emigration, the community in the city is small.

In 1656 Jews had again been allowed to settle in England. The first of them, Sephardic Marrans from the Netherlands, settled on the eastern edge of the city area, and there they established their first cemetery in Mile End, the 'Betahayim Velho', already in the following year, 1657. It was only about 0.6 hectares in size, and in view of the steadily growing congregation, it was foreseeable that its capacity would be exhausted in the not distant future.

During the Seven Years War Hanau was occupied by French troops. These threw out in March 1758 a rampart over the cemetery, which was in the way. The municipality was able to intervene at the last second and received permission to move the gravestones and dismantle the tahara house (= mortuary) so that even greater damage could be avoided. However, the fence and gate had already been destroyed and the excavated earth for the embankment was thrown out over the gravestones, which were now lying flat.

The Jewish cemetery in Hanau is located today between Mühltorstraße and Jahnstraße. He was not the first Jewish cemetery, however, the previous cemetery was destroyed in the course of the plague (mid-14th century) and it is notknown where this stood.

Since the early 17th century, Jewish families can be traced in Anholt, a small town on the Lower Rhine.

A synagogue in the town was consecrated in 1831. It fell victim to the war.

At the beginning of the 20th century, the Jewish community disappeared due to emigration from Anholt.

The cemetery at the Dwarsefeld was used from the beginning of the 19th century. The last burial took place in 1934.

Today there are still 17 gravestones on the site

The cemetery exists since 1815.  The last burial took place in 1884 stett. Before the Jewish community bought it, there were mulberry trees on the property. The cemetery is surrounded by a brick wall, an iron gate closes the access. Today there are still about 300 gravestones on the site.

Brady Street runs between Whitechapel and Bethnal Green stations. From Whitechape, turn left before the station and follow Whitechapel Road out of town a few steps to the first side street on the left, this is Brady Street. You pass a school on the left side of the street and on this side you see a high perimeter wall topped by trees, behind which is the cemetery.

Coming from Bethnal Green, turn left and follow Three Colts Lane statdteinwärts. After a few steps Brady Street branches off to the left.