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Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: the old Jewish cemetery in Wrocław
From: Chris Crawford <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 06 Jan 2014 15:56:09 -0500
Graves in the non-Jewish cemetery get RE-USED if the family stops paying?
Wow. In the US, graves are not reused and families do not have to pay
maintenance fees. That's for all cemeteries, not just Jewish ones.

So, how is a grave reused? Do they pull out the body, and replace it with
a new one, or do they stack more coffins on top of the old ones?

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On 1/6/14 3:13 PM, "Nathan Wajsman" <photo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>They are not supposed to be abandoned. When my father died in 2004, I
>paid a sum to the Jewish community in Copenhagen for perpetual
>maintenance of the grave. This is in contrast to my (non-Jewish) mother's
>grave at the neighbouring regular cemetery where I pay an annual fee, and
>if the payments stop, the grave is subject to being re-used after some
>reasonable period (10 or 20 years I think).
>
>This is also why the Jewish cemetery has stringent requirements regarding
>the foundation for the stone etc. The guy in charge told me that they
>work to a 500-year standard.
>
>Cheers,
>Nathan
>
>On 6 Jan 2014, at 21:05, Siddiq Siddiqui-Ali
><muhammad.siddiqui-ali@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> 
>> On Jan 6, 2014, at 2:06 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> 
>> <snip>
>> 
>>> 
>>> http://www.greatpix.eu/Other/Old-Jewish-cemetery-in-Wroclaw/
>> 
>> <snip>
>> 
>> What's meant by Jewish graves are meant to be eternal?
>> 
>> Siddiq
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