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THE CEMETERIES

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NANCY: 54400. NANTES: 44000. NARBONNE: 11100

NEUFCHATEAU: 88300. NEUWILLER-LES-SAVERNE: 67330

NEVERS: 58000

NICE: 06000. NIEDERROEDERN: 67470

NIEDERVISSE: 57220.       In the Alsace/Lorraine area, bordering Germany and Luxembourg, the nearest major city is Metz and the nearest city of any size: Bollay, France. James J. Mongno at jmongno25@comcast.net may have additional information. [May 2001]

NIMES: (Gard ) 30000. NOE: 31410. NORMANDY:
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OBERBRONN-ZINSWILLER: 67110

OBERNAI: 67210. OBERNAI (BAS-RHIN): ORANGE: 84100

ORLEANS: 45000.
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PANTIN: 93500

PARIS: World War II Memorial :
     In a garden behind Notre-Dame is the "Memorial de La Deportation", the French government's crypt-memorial to the 200,000 Frenchmen killed by the Nazis of which 130,000 were Jews. Tomb of the Unknown Jewish Martyr (17 rue Geoffroy-l'Asnier) is a memorial to the six million Jews who died at the hands of the Nazis with a hall of remembrance containing books in which are inscribed the names of thousands of Jewish martyrs. The memorial holds ashes of Jews who perished in concentration camps.

French Laws Concerning ALL Cemeteries : Source: Micheline Gutmann: michelinegutmann@free.fr . (Translation by Renate Herzog):
     In all of France, cemeteries belong to local councils. All decisions regarding them are taken by the local administration. We have inquired from the director of the Montparnasse cemetery and the funeral directors, Cahen, about the circumstances under which repossession takes place according to a law voted ten years ago [1988]. It is sometimes possible to avoid these regulations, but not always.
Graves under Threat
     Graves under threat are those that are or appear abandoned or where heirs have not made themselves known. The director visits the tomb, makes an official report, and writes to the last known address. A second official report occurs three years later. If no change occurs, the grave is repossessed and the bones buried in a common grave at the Pere Lachaise Cemetery. Of course, the tombstones with their inscriptions are destroyed.
The Heirs
     The direct descendents of the person who bought the plot are considered to be the heirs. It is necessary to have the proof of identity. In the case of a shared tomb or a divorce, all the heirs are concerned. If there is no direct heir, some legal proof has to be shown. Nephew and nieces are not considered heirs without some official document. If no member of the family shows interest, everything will disappear. Thus, numerous families whose direct descendents perished in the Holocaust will lose their past if the graves have been neglected. Repossession has already begun. New graves have replaced the former ones. At the moment, this has only happened in Paris but this action will spread to other French towns. The Case of Burial Societies
     If one of your ancestors was buried in a plot acquired by a burial society, nothing can be done, not even exhumation and reburial. If the burial society still exists (Many have closed down because of financial problems.) the said society is not considered a person and therefore has no legal rights. Burial societies can no longer acquire plots. Apart from the religious angle, (i.e. respect of the remains of our ancestors) the cemeteries are a very important source of information for genealogists. We have started a catalogue of names, but this is an enormous task. We need your assistance and financial help to continue cataloguing the names and recording them. If enough of us are interested, we could make a petition or take other forms of action to prevent the application of this law. Please telephone us at 33 (for France)(0) 1 45 24 35 40. [1998] Micheline Gutmann: michelinegutmann@free.fr

     There are many cemeteries within the city of Paris, some approaching the size of Montparnasse , but most of them much smaller. Both Montmartre and Batignolles would have large numbers of Jewish burials but there are also at least half-a-dozen cemeteries in the close suburbs. Paris cemeteries are operated by the city. While there are Jewish sections, there are non-Jews buried in those sections as well as Jews buried in other sections. One purchases a family plot. Normally, a very deep hole is dug and covered with a stone cover. That, in turn, is either covered with a sarcophagus-type memorial or a mausoleum. The hope is that by the time the next generation needs to be buried, the previous generation's flesh and coffins will have sufficiently disintegrated so that there is room for their successors. If not, there are ways to "compact" the coffins. Supposedly, one obtains the perpetual right to occupy. Perpetuity, however, is shorter than it used to be. Depending on the locality in France, it varies from 30 to 99 years. At that point, the family's survivors must make a substantial payment to retain the gravesite. Also, perpetual care is not purchased at interment. One hires a maintenance company to maintain at current service charges. Most mausoleums are kept locked. Some resist visual penetration. With others, one can read the monuments only with strong light, much twisting, and artfully placed mirrors. On the sarcophagus-type tombs, inscriptions begin on the horizontal surface. Some stone used before World War II was sufficiently soft that moss growing in the inscription or other factors has made them difficult to read without taking sufficient time. The good news is that the system of family tombs permits certain conjectures about relationships. Source: Bert Lazerow; 310 Law School U of San Diego; 5998 Alcala Park San Diego CA 92110-2492; (619) 260-4597, fax 260-2230, e-mail lazer@usdlaw.acusd.edu

BOOKS:
Inscriptions hebraiques et juives de France medivale (Medieval Hebrew and Jewish inscriptions in France), by G. Nahon. Paris, 1986. 410 pages, illustrated, French and Hebrew inscriptions. s86B2744. Notes: about 340 tombstones (many only a fragment), 2nd century - 1492, arranged by regions, chronology, index: date + town + tombstone number, general index of names/places + tombstone number. Book also covers Provence and Paris. Submitted by Mathilde A. Tagger from her book Printed Books on Jewish cemeteries in the Jewish National and University Library in Jerusalem: an Annotated Bibliography. Jerusalem: The Israel Genealogical Society, 1997.

Source for Paris cemeteries, unless otherwise indicated is Michelene Guttman: michelinegutmann@free.fr PARTICLEIS:
Source: Contact: Daniel Dratwa; e-mail: dratwa@mjb-jmb.org
BOOK:
     France, Particleis, Le Patrimoine Medievale: Inscriptions de cimetiejournal, reviews et synagogues , 1179, article, 7/14/1995, Nahon Gerard, title: in Monuments Historiques (N° 191 - 02/94) - Le Patrimoine Juif, Francais, CNMHS, 1994, pp. 23-27, French Particleis, "Cimetièjournal, reviews et Monuments Commemoratifs: Les cimetièjournal, reviews "portugais", 1186, article, 7/14/1995, NAHON Gerard, title: in Monuments Historiques (N° 191 - 02/94) - Le Patrimoine Juif Francais , CNMHS, 1994, pp. 73-74, French

PAU: 64000. PÉRONNE: 80200, PÉZENAS: 34120

PERPIGNAN: see Rivesaltes
There are two monuments of importance in the cemetery of Haut Vernet at Peripignan and in the community cemetery of Rivesaltes, near the camp from which thousands of Jews were deported to Auschwitz. Source: The Jewish Travel Guide, 1992. Published by the Jewish Chronicle-London. PERPIGNAN: 66000. PEYREHORADE: 40300. PFASTATT: 68120

PFASTADT: PHALSBOURG: 57370. POITIERS: 86000

PONT-à-MOUSSON: 54700. PONTAVERT: 02160. PORTET-SUR-GARONNE: 31120. PROVENCE:
PROYART: 80121: PUTTELANGE-AUX-LACS: 57510,
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QUATZENHEIM: 67117 QUERRIEU: 80115.
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RAMBERVILLIERS: 88700. RAON-L'ETAPE: 88110 RECEBEDOU:
REGISHEIM:
REIMS: 51100. REMIREMONT: 88200. RENNES: 35000

RIEDWEILER:
RIEDWIHR: 68320. RILLIEUX-LA-PAPE: 69140

RIVESALTES: 66600
RIXHEIM: 68170
http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Rixheim/   Shtetl site ROANNES: 42300

RODEZ: 12000

ROISSY-EN-BRIE: 77680. ROMANSWILLER: 67310

ROSENWILLER: 67560 ROUEN: 76000. ROUHLING: 57520

S
SAILLY LAURETTE: 80800. SAINT-AVOLD: 57500
SAINT-DENIS-DE-LA-RÉUNION: 97400

SAINT-DIZIER: 52100. SAINT-DIÉ: 88100. SAINT-ETIENNE: 42000
SAINT-FONS: 69160

SAINT-LAURENT DU VAR: 06700. SAINT-MANDÉ: 94160

SAINT-MIHIEL: 55300. SAINT-OMER: 62500. SAINT-QUENTIN: 02100

SAINT-RÉMY-DE-PROVENCE: 13210. SAINT-YRIEIX-SUR CHARENTE: 16710

SAINTE-MENEHOULD: 51800. SALON-DE-PROVENCE: 13300

SARRE-UNION: 67250. SARREBOURG: 57400. SARREGUEMINES: 57200. SAVERNE: 67700
SCHALBACH: 57370

SCHIRMECK: 67130. SCHIRRHOFFEN: 67240. SCHWENHEIM: 67440

SEDAN: 08200. SELESTAT: SENONES: 88210. SENNHEIM: SENS: 89100

SEPPOIS-LE-BAS: 68580. SERRES: 05700

SIERCK-LES-BAINS: 57480. SIX-FOURS-LES-PLAGES: 83140
SOISSONS: 02200

ST. AVOLD: (Moselle)
ST. SIMON:
STAFFELFELDEN:
STEENWERCK: 59181

STEINBRUNN:
STRASBOURG:
STRASBOURG-KOENIGSHOFFEN: 67000
STRASBOURG-KRONENBOURG: 67000

STRUTH: 67290. SUZANNE: 80340. SÈTE: 34200

SÉLESTAT: 67600. SULZ: SULZMATT:
T
TARASCON: 13150

TARBES: 65000. TEMPLEUX-GUERARD: 80240. THANN: THANN-CERNAY: 68700. THIONVILLE: 57100

TOUL: 54200. TOULOUSE: 31000. TOURS: 37000
TRAGNY: 57580. TRESTS: 13530
TRIMBACH: 67470

TROYES: 10000. TUERKHEIM:
U
UCKANGE: 57370. UFFHOLZ:
URVILLE: 14190.
V
VALENCE: 26000
VALENCIENNES: 59300

VANTOUX: 57070. VARTICLESOVIE:
VAUCOULEURS: 55140. VENDRESSE: 02160. VERDUN: 55100

VERSAILLES: 78000. VESOUL: 70000. VEYRIER: see Geneva, Switzerland

VICHY: 03200

VILLERRS-LE-BRETONNEUX: 80380. VILLEURBANNE: 69100

VITRY-LE-FRANÇOIS: 51300. VITTEL: 88800
VIVIER: 07220
VÉNISSIEUX: 69200

VOEFLINSHOFEN:
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WALDWISSE: 57480. WARLENCOURT-AUCOURT: 62450. WARLOY-BAILLON: 80300. WASSELONNE: 67310
WATTWEILER: WEITERSWILLER: 67340
WESTHOFFEN: 67310

WETTOLSHEIM: WINTZENHEIM: 68800. WISSEMBOURG: 67160. WITTELSHEIM: WOLFISHEIM: 67200
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ZILLISHEIM: 68720. ZIMMERSHEIM:

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