- Source: Bucharest Sephardic Jewish Cemetery
The Bucharest Sephardic Jewish Cemetery (Romanian: Cimitirul evreiesc Sefard din București) is one of three active Jewish cemeteries that still exist in Bucharest. The cemetery is located on 2 Olteniței Street, across the street from Bellu Cemetery, and was opened in 1865. It has an area between 4 and 5 hectares large, and contains 10,300 graves.
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The cemetery is home to many tombstones, among which are some transferred from the former Jewish cemetery on Sevastopol Street, which was the oldest Jewish cemetery in Bucharest that was abolished during the Holocaust under the Ion Antonescu regime. There is also an obelisk present, dedicated in memory of Sephardi Jewish soldiers who died in World War I.
Notable people buried in the cemetery include:
Theodor Danetti
Bițu Fălticineanu
Alexandru Mandy
Dan Mizrahi
Elena Negreanu
Veronica Porumbacu
Laurențiu Profeta
Antoaneta Ralian
Sandu Sticlaru
Haralamb Zincă
See also
Filantropia Israelite Cemetery in Bucharest
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Bucharest Sephardic Jewish Cemetery
- Sephardic Jews in Romania
- Filantropia Israelite Cemetery in Bucharest
- Jewish cemetery on Sevastopol Street
- Haralamb Zincă
- Legionnaires' rebellion and Bucharest pogrom
- Bițu Fălticineanu
- Elena Negreanu
- History of the Jews in Romania
- Theodor Danetti