The Jews in the Channel Islands during the German Occupation by Frederick Cohen, published by Jersey Heritage Trust and the Wiener Library. Price £5.95 plus postage can be ordered from marketing@jerseyheritagetrust.org.
See http://www.cihistory.org/jews/jews.htm - link currently unavailable while site is reorganized for the Jewish Channel Islands where a Jewish community in Jersey existed since the early nineteenth century. In June 2000, Freddie Cohen was president of Jersey's Jewish Congregation, in existence since before 1820. The Jewish community in Jersey built a synagogue in 1842 at 100 Halkett Place, St. Helier. Although the synagogue fell into disuse by the end of the 19th century, those Jewish families remaining on the island continued to hold religious services in private homes and lived openly as Jews. Two Jewish cemeteries, both dating from the nineteenth century, exist in St. Helier.
THE CEMETERIES
Westmont Jewish Cemetery: The older of the two dates from the 19th century. The Jersey Jewish Community purchased this still-active enclosed cemetery in 1836.
Almorah Cemetery: A non-sectarian cemetery with a newer Jewish cemetery section called Almorah Cemetery. Neither cemetery was desecrated by the Germans during their W.W.II occupation although the Jewish headstones at Almorah were laid flat.
REFERENCE BOOKS
See
Section on Channel Islands for listing of Reference Books on Channel
Islands' Jewish Communities & Cemeteries on JCR-UK
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