LAZARUS EMANUEL
 
   
LAZARUS EMANUEL
 

Country of Origin:
ENGLAND

Date:
1855-
1879.11.27

Surface Treatment :
Hebrew scription on the top and English under.

Stone :
White Marble


 

Stone Found at:
Buddhist cemetery

Date the Stone Was Found:
2002.8.3

Size:
138X65cm

State of Conservation :
Intact


 
     
Additional Info
Lazarus Emanuel son of Lewis and Kate Lazarus, from 38 Tavistock SQ. London. This is the oldest stone found dating back to 1879 only some 25 years after Shanghai was established as an International Settlement. The stone is located in the Buddhist cemetery in the west of Shanghai. This place use to be International cemetery until 1958, all the four Jewish cemeteries in Shanghai moved to this international cemetery in the west of the city. During the cultural revolution all the western graves in this place where destroyed. The headstones located there were placed by the local authorities at the request of the Israeli consulate of Shanghai. Emanuel Lazarus died in Shanghai at the age of 24.
 
 
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