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Submitted by Liza Weissler

Information Picture Question
Category: Translation - Tombstone
Approval Date: 6/22/2025 1:53 PM
Family Surname:
Country: Czech Republic
Town: Hotzenplotz
Date of Image: May 2025
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I took this photo in the old Jewish cemetery in Hotzenplotz last month. In cemetery data in chewra.com they imply that this is a double headstone (well, they have graves #370 and #370b, and 370b from ViewMate request 111186 is verifiably the wrong photo). So if anyone can tell me, is this headstone for one person or for two? The names I have from old data are 1) Menachem Mendel son of Jicchak d 1843; and 2) Moshe Lejb son of Menachem Mendel (no date). Thank you...Liza

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6/22/2025 3:03 PM It would have been helpful to see all of the text that is obscured by the grass at the bottom (where there might be an additional date of death).

This is indeed a stone for Menachem Mendel son of Eizik who died at the age of 74, and for his son Moshe Layb who was "plucked away in his youth" (he is called a "Bachur", which is a title used for any male after the age of Bar Mitzvah but not yet married).

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