JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen (Ukraine-Lviv) Matzevot Rescued From Under L'viv Street Used as Paving #general
Jan Meisels Allen
Dozens of matzevot were rescued >from under a L'viv Street which had been
used as paving. Volunteers >from the L'viv Volunteer Center of the Hesed Arieh All-Ukranian Jewish Charitable Foundation worked to remove dozens of Jewish headstones that were found paving Barvinok Streetin L'viv. The matzevot covered the entire street estimated at about 100 stones. The stones will be placed in the Yanosvskye Jewish Cemetery where other rescued matzevot were placed. The stones appear to date >from the first half of the 20th century. Marla Raucher Osborn was among the volunteers and took photos. In the article is a link to her photos on Facebook. Marla, said the headstones," Seventy-five years ago there were Gestapo residences on this street and Jewish labor was requisitioned to pave the roads with headstones stolen from Jewish cemeteries". See: http://jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2018/06/26/belarus-saving-the-synagogue-in-ashmiany/ (MODERATOR: https://tinyurl.com/yako9lbk ) Jan Meisels Allen Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee
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