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Category: Translation - Tombstone
Approval Date: 4/1/2026 4:37 PM
Family Surname: Holdengraber (but not listed on stone)
Country: Romania
Town: Suceava
Date of Image: 31 Mar 2026

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I'd be grateful for a full translation of the inscription, but I am most interested in the hard to read name of the deceased's father.

Response

4/1/2026 5:44 PM

Here lies an honest man of integrity
?? Shlomo son of
our teacher and Rabbi Dov Ber
the Levite. Died
Sth (or 8th) of Sivan

The year may appear lower down, missed by the photographer.
The ?? may be an another abbreviation of teacher and Rabbi. Not enough room on the line for the third character. There are accent marks above both examples.

4/5/2026 2:35 AM

SHLOMO is Hebrew for Solomon.

Dov Ber is a common double name, with Dov being Hebrew and Ber being Yiddish. Both names mean bear.

SOME men with this name have a secular name reminiscent of "bear", such as Bernard, Barry, etc.

As the other helper mentioned, the photographer did not include the year of death. I read the date as "Thursday, the 28th of Sivan".

Do you know the secular year of death? Sivan is a month that occurs in late spring.

ViewMate Posting VM 114117

Submitted by Joseph Evan Kraus

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