Surface
Treatment :
German inscription only, star of David on the top
Stone
:
Stone
Found at:
Buddhist cemetery
Date the Stone Was Found:
2002.8.3
Size:
94x48cm
State
of Conservation :
Additional
Info
Kohn Hermine daughter of Hirsch. 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. Her grave was
erected by her husband and children. Kohn Hermine died in
Shanghai at the age of 64.
