During the night of October 22-23. 2008  an act of  violent, organized antisemitic vandalism occurred at the large Jewish cemetery  just to the south of the city of Bucuresti.   This cemetery holds 35,000 graves, with more than 40,000 Jews buried, including many Holocaust victims.  In this rampage about 200 tombstones and 100 monuments were desecrated, and windows smashed in the Administration building.  It has been described as the "worst act of vandalism in the nation in recent times."  The Romanian authorities have promised a full investigation.

Meanwhile, we have been given a listing of over 100 names of those whose tombs were damaged or destroyed.  With the help of Claudia Greif and Susanna Vendel , to whom we are most grateful, we have put together a list with those data, as well as a few of the first pictures (see below).

 

No	Row	Grave	Family Name	Given Name	Damage to the grave
1	D-16	1	SCHECHTER	Jaques	Broken marble headstone
2	D-16	1	SCHEINDLINGER	Eti	Headstone broken
3	D-5	1	SAFIR	Bernard	Headstone demolished
4	D-4	1	LAZAROVICI	Sofia	Headstone broken
5	D-4	2	EXMAN	Israel	Headstone broken, demolished
6	Sp.A-34	1 + 2	WAIS	Debora	Broken & crushed headstone
6A	Sp.A-34	1 + 2	WAIS	Isidor	Broken & crushed headstone
7	Sp.A-34	3	CUCERU	Leiba	Headstone broken
8	Sp.A-35	3	KITZLER	Avram	headstone broken  and pedestal pulled down
9	Sp.A-31	1	SCHACHTER	Raluca	Headstone broken
10	Sp.A-31	2	MARCUS	Rebecca	Headstone and pedestal pulled down
11	Sp.A-31	3	MARCUS	Marcus	Headstone broken and pedestal pulled down
12	Sp.A-31	4	SEGAL	Zisla	Headstone broken and pedestal pulled down
13	Sp.A-31	5	HAIMOVICI	Solomon	Headstone broken and pedestal pulled down
14	Sp.A-31	6	HERSCOVICI	Viorel	Headstone broken
15	Sp.A-31	7	HARBAGIU	Moise	Headstone broken and pedestal pulled down
16	Sp.A-26	1	FITZIG	Heinric	Headstone and pedestal pulled down
17	Sp.A-26	2	FISMAN	Moise	Headstone pulled down
18	Sp.A-26	3	ARONESCU	Elvira	Headstone and pedestal pulled down
19	Sp.A-26	4	GIURARU	Iancu	Headstone and pedestal pulled down
20	Sp.A-26	5	CASAPU	Leibu	Headstone and pedestal pulled down
21	Sp.A-25	1	FITZIG	Sofia, dr	Headstone and pedestal pulled down
22	Sp.A-25	2	STEFANESCU	Ana	Headstone and pedestal broken
23	Sp.A-25	3	LORIAN	Seli	1/2 headstone broken and pulled down
24	Sp.A-24	1	EDELSTEIN	Vilhelm	Headstone and pedestal pulled down
25	Sp.A-24	2	ZALESCU	Clara	Headstone and pedestal pulled down
26	Sp.A-23	1	CHIMEL	Chimel	Cover and headstone damaged, pedestal pulled down
27	Sp.A-23	2	ROTENSTREICH	Avram	Headstone broken and pedestal pulled down
28	Sp.A-22	1	SERBU	Ieronim	Double grave, demolished headstone & base, cover broken
29	Sp.A-22	2	SERBU	Frida	Headstone and pedestal pulled down, cover broken
29A	Sp.A-22	2	SERBU	Erich	Headstone and pedestal pulled down, cover broken
30	Sp.A-21	1	ROSENFELD	Rasela	Headstone broken
31	Sp.A-20	1	RUBINGER LAUNER	Clara	Headstone and pedestal pulled down
32	Sp.A-20	2	TALER	Strul	Headstone and pedestal pulled down
33	Sp.A-19	1	LANGMAN	Elias	Headstone broken
34	Sp.A-18	1	FUCHS	Heinrich	Headstone pulled down and cover broken
35	C-4	1	WALD	Netty	Headstone pulled down
36	C-4	1	GUCAILO	Dorel M	Headstone and capital pulled down and broken
37	C-3	1			Piano sculpture broken
38	B-15	1 + 2	CAPELOVICI	Lina	Double headstone broken
38A	B-15	1 + 2	CAPELOVICI	Tobias	Double headstone broken
39	B-14	1	BLEHNER	Reghina	Headstone dislocated and pulled down
40	B-13	1	SULITEANU	Leon	Headstone broken
41	B-11	1 + 2	ZUSSMANN	Zussmann	Double headstone pulled down
42	B-10	2	SCHAFER	Leon	Headstone and pedestal pulled down, cover and border broken
43	B-10	3	SCHAFER	Miriam	Headstone broken
44	B-10	4	SCHAFER	Sara	Headstone broken
45	B-9	2	MULERAD	Perla	Headstone pulled down
46	B-8	1	BERESTIANU	Rebecca	Headstone demolished
47	B-8	2	WAGNER	Isac	Headstone broken
48	B-7	1	STOFFER	Carolina	Headstone demolished
49	B-7	2	COHN	Eighia	Headstone demolished
49A	B-7	2	COHN	Lazar	Headstone demolished
50	B-6	2	HAIMOVICI	Iancu	Headstone demolished
51	B-4	1 + 2	NATANSOHN	Savu	Double headstone demolished
51A	B-4	1 + 2	NATANSOHN	Bety Aura	Double headstone demolished
52	Esculap	1	WILNER	Adelaide	Headstone demolished
53	Prop. Univ.4A	1,2,3			Triple stone demolished
54	Prop. Univ.3A	1 + 2	KENDLER	Max	Headstone demolished
54A	Prop. Iniv. 3A	1 + 2	KENDLER	Ety	Headstone demolished
55	Voiajori 8	1	LUPOLOVER	Benzion	Headstone demolished
56	Infratirea noua 16	1	ROZENBERG	Solomon	Headstone demolished
57	Dr. Weisberg 18	3	GOLDENBERG	Herman A.	Double stone broken
58	Dr. Weisberg 18	4	GOLDENBERG	Herman A.	Double stone broken
59	A-12	1	COHN	Otilia Coca	Headstone demolished
60	A-12	3			Bench demolished
61	A-12	8	HERSCOVICI	Amalia	Headstone demolished
62	A-11	1	COHN	Roza	Headstone demolished
63	A-11	2	COHN	Ozias	Headstone demolished
64	A-10	1	HERSCOVICI	Sophie	Headstone demolished
65	A-9	1	HERSCOVICI	Herscu	Headstone demolished
66	A-9	2	WOLFENSOHN	Roza	Headstone broken
67	A-8	2	SCHAPIRA	Ita	Headstone demolished
68	A-7	3 & 4			Double headstone demolished
69	II SOC - 9a	1	ABRAMOVICI	Iosef	Headstone demolished
70	II SOC - 5a	1	HORN	Betty Albin	Headstone demolished
71	II SOC - 2a	1	ABRAMOVICI	Aurel	Headstone demolished
72	II SOC - 1	1	ZAHARIA	Solomon	Headstone demolished
73	II SOC - 8	1	BRUCKER	Benjamin	Headstone broken & demolished
74	II SOC - 9a	1	FRECHNER	Avid	Broken headstone
75	II SOC - 10	1	HONIG	Berta	Headstone demolished
76	II SOC - 10	2	SACHMAN	Bernard	Headstone demolished
77	II SOC - 10	3	RISENBERG	Fany	Broken headstone
78	II SOC - 10	4	SOLOVICI	Engina	Broken headstone
79	II SOC - 10	5	MOSCOVICI	Moritz	Broken headstone
80	II SOC - 10	6	GLUECKISMAN	Ana	Broken headstone
81	II SOC - 10	7	HOREN	Clara Natan	Broken headstone
82	415 - 1	1	SIEGLER	Pincu	Broken headstone
83	415 - 1	2	WEISER	Strul Riven	Broken headstone
84	415 - 3	1	BARBA	Avram	Headstone demolished
85	415 - 7	1	ZILBERSTEIN	Osias	Demolished headstone and base
86	408 - 1	1	SALZBERGER	Herman	Headstone demolished
87	408 - 4	1	ABRAMOVICI	Sura Rifca	Headstone demolished
88	414 - 10	1	WEISMAN	Mariana	Broken headstone
89	423 - 8	1	GIULIANCA	Mina D.	Headstone demolished
90	423 - 8	2	GOTTERMAN	Sender	Broken headstone
91	423 -11	1	SMILOVICI	Clara	Headstone demolished
92	431 - 4	1	GOLDENBERG	Marcu H.	Demolished headstone  and base
93	431 - 6	1 + 2	PASCAL	Iancu	Broken headstone
93A	431 - 6	1+ 2	PASCAL	Moritz	Broken headstone
94	431 - 9	1	CRISTECU	Fanchette	Broken headstone
95	431 -10	1 + 2	LEBENSOHN	Netty	Headstone demolished and broken cover
95A	431 - 10	1 + 2	LEBENSOHN	Iancu	Headstone demolished and broken cover
96	433 -1	1	BASALNA	Iosef	Broken headstone
97	433 - 3	1	LAGER	Fany	Broken headstone
98	439 - 5	1	KLEIMAN	Moise	Broken headstone
99	436 - 8	1	IOSUB	Aizic	Broken headstone
100	436 - 8	2	KESTENBAND	Heinrich	Broken headstone
101	436 - 9	2	TISCHLER	Stela Clara	Broken headstone
102	436 -10	1	GOLDSTEIN	Paulina	Broken headstone
103	437 - 6	2	SMILOVICI	Roza	Broken headstone
104	437 - 6	3			Broken headstone
105	437 - 7	1	HOHMAN	Rusay	Headstone pulled down
106	436 - 2	1	LAZAROVICI	Stefi Fani	Headstone and pedestal pulled down
107	428 - 8	2	FRADIS	Iosef	Broken headstone
108	420 - 11	1	MELCSOHN	Rebecca	Broken headstone
109	420 - 11	3	FONSTEIN	Iacob	Broken headstone
110	420 - 11	4	SCHACHNER	Iacob	Headstone pulled down and pedestal broken
110	420 - 11	5	SCHACHNER	Ana	Headstone pulled down and pedestal broken
110			KATZ	Roza
110			AVRAM	Adolf
110			WENDER	Janet
110			LUSTMAN	Iosef
110			MORITZ	Eva Rosen
111	420 - 11	6	SCHOR	Eva Simina	Broken headstone
112	420 - 11	7	LENTZER	Leopold	Broken headstone
113	420 - 11	8	LENTZER	Adelina	Headstone and pedestal pulled down
114	420 - 11	9	VEINTRAUB	Avram Aba	Headstone pulled down
115	420 - 11	10	RADWANER	Bella	Headstone pulled down
116	420 - 2	1	NIEGER	Bernard	Broken headstone
117	407 - 8	1	SUFRIN	Rosica	Headstone pulled down
118	407 - 9	1 + 2			Headstone pulled down and broken
119	407 - 2	2	ABERFELD	Silvia	Headstone pulled down
120	407 - 1	1	HOREN	Netty	Headstone pulled down
120	407 - 1	2	HOREN	Iacob	Headstone pulled down
121	404 - 10	1	SALTZMAN	Lazar	Double headstone and pedestal pulled down
121	404 - 10	2	SALTZMAN	Tony	Double headstone and pedestal pulled down
122	403 - 4	1	MARCUS	Frida	Headstone and pedestal pulled down
123			SCHWARTZ	Solomon
123			SCHWARTZ	Fanny

 

Giurgiu Cemetery, south of Bucharest

Giurgiu Cemetery, south of Bucharest

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