TALLIN (Reval)
The capital has a modern post-WW2 cemetery. Source: Len Yodaiken: shoshly@canaan.co.il
Rahumäe Cemetery:
TARTU: (Yuriev, Dorpat)
Oldest Cemetery: Founded in 1859 and closed in 1895. The cemetery has not been preserved. Only a few stone plates remain.
Roosi Street Cemetery: In 1895, the city government allocated a free plot for the Jewish cemetery on Roosi Street. The last burials were after W.W.II. Names include Kropman, Ferkin, Kahn, Bakst, and Flakst. Many of the stones are of great artistic value. The cemetery is maintained, but the fence and tombstones are in need of urgent repairs.
Rapina-newest cemetery: On Rapina highroad is the third Jewish cemetery built in 1935. Most burials were after W.W.II. At the entrance to the cemetery, a building has room for ceremonies, a watchman's apartment, and a storeroom. The cemetery is fenced, with part of the fence at the entrance reconstructed with funds from the Swedish Jewish Community. The rest of the fence requires reconstruction, as well as the building itself, which was damaged in a fire in 1998. The local Jewish community takes care of the cemetery.
Tartu's three Jewish cemeteries: http://www.isjm.org/Links/tartu.htm
[February 2001]
Source for Tartu: Cilja Laud, Chairwoman of the Community, The Jewish
Community of Tartu from data forwarded by the US Commission for the
Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad.
VORU: (Werro)
Voru: Voru is in the south. The cemetery had been completely encroached upon by the Christian community graves. The site stands between the Christian graves at the eastern end of the cemetery with twelve and twenty Jewish Matzevoth. I have a photo of the cemetery gates taken circa 1976 in which the gates with their stars of David still hung and with a Hebrew description over the portal. On returning in 1995, I found that the gates were gone and the inscription removed. Source: Len Yodaiken: shoshly@canaan.co.il
WALK: see Walga
WALGA: (Walk)
Walga: Walga was a town that was divided Latvia and Estonia after they were granted independence in 1918. The cemetery that was in the Estonian section may or may not still exist. Source: Len Yodaiken: shoshly@canaan.co.il
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