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Re: [OM] IMG: the old Jewish cemetery in Wrocław

Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: the old Jewish cemetery in Wrocław
From: Nathan Wajsman <photo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2014 04:04:38 +0100
No idea of the specifics. But keep in mind that the population density is a lot 
higher in Denmark.

Cheers,
Nathan

On 6 Jan 2014, at 21:56, Chris Crawford <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Graves in the non-Jewish cemetery get RE-USED if the family stops paying?
> Wow. In the US, graves are not reused and families do not have to pay
> maintenance fees. That's for all cemeteries, not just Jewish ones.
> 
> So, how is a grave reused? Do they pull out the body, and replace it with
> a new one, or do they stack more coffins on top of the old ones?
> 
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> On 1/6/14 3:13 PM, "Nathan Wajsman" <photo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>> They are not supposed to be abandoned. When my father died in 2004, I
>> paid a sum to the Jewish community in Copenhagen for perpetual
>> maintenance of the grave. This is in contrast to my (non-Jewish) mother's
>> grave at the neighbouring regular cemetery where I pay an annual fee, and
>> if the payments stop, the grave is subject to being re-used after some
>> reasonable period (10 or 20 years I think).
>> 
>> This is also why the Jewish cemetery has stringent requirements regarding
>> the foundation for the stone etc. The guy in charge told me that they
>> work to a 500-year standard.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Nathan
>> 
>> On 6 Jan 2014, at 21:05, Siddiq Siddiqui-Ali
>> <muhammad.siddiqui-ali@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> On Jan 6, 2014, at 2:06 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> 
>>> <snip>
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> http://www.greatpix.eu/Other/Old-Jewish-cemetery-in-Wroclaw/
>>> 
>>> <snip>
>>> 
>>> What's meant by Jewish graves are meant to be eternal?
>>> 
>>> Siddiq
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