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Mausoleum in graveyard of Hebrew inscription on front, back, and sides.

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Tombstone of Samson Wertheimer

1724

Print of multi-leveled platform with couples standing on each tier, with Hebrew text and many gravestones and figures beneath the platform, and two trees above the platform with scenes of many figures inside.

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Book of Prayers for the Gravediggers Society

1740

Tombstone of decorative foliage surrounding Hebrew inscription.

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Tombstone Inscriptions (Padua)

1554–1705

Square inscribed with Aramaic writing.

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Uzziah’s Reinterment Inscription

Roman Period, 1st Century BCE or CE

Photograph of headstones in cemetery.

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Chatham Square Cemetery

1798

Photograph of tombstone with Hebrew text, engraved columns, and decorative objects on top.

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Tombstone of Torah Scholar

1855

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The Jewish District of Warsaw

Alfred Döblin

1925

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A Letter from Mama Camouna

Jacqueline Shohet Kahanoff

1968

Rectangular chamber in ground with steps and several doorways.

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Double Burial Chamber in St. Étienne Cemetery

Iron Age II, 9th–7th Century BCE

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Sefer ha-zikaron (The Book of Memory)

Moses Sofer

1809

Print of two scenes, both with French text below: the top showing men in large room walking in circle with books, the bottom showing men shoveling dirt onto grave.

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Funeral Activities

Bernard Picart

1723–1743

Gravestones in rows.

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Cemetery (Altona)

17th and 18th Centuries