Stone ID:

S15A

Location:

Wall of Memory

Grounded/Loose:

grounded

Intact/Fragment:

fragment Group:

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Color: grey Dimensions W H D, cm:

Inscription Style:

incised letter

Inscription Character Height, cm:

Name Original:

הירש

Name English:

Hirsch

Surname Original:

בירקענטהאל

Surname English:

Birkenthal

Father Original:

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Gender:

male

Death Date Hebrew:

--

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Primary Symbol:

crown

Epitaph Original:

Epitaph English:

here buried
[...]
may his soul be bound in the bond of (eternal) life
Hirsch Birkenthal
Polina

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Stone Condition:

Conservation:

Recovered from a walkway behind the house at vul. Adama Mitskevycha 8 in downtown Dobromyl in March 2016, then installed in a newly-constructed Wall of Memory at the Dobromyl Jewish cemetery in May and June 2016; see the web page About Dobromyl for more information.

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Recovery Date:

2016-03-12

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Other Notes:

[N] Two gravestone fragments have been combined. The shape of the פ and נ letters that appear in both fragments lends support to their joint origin, the central section now lost.
[N5] Perhaps the town of Polonne/Polonnoye, known in Yiddish as Polna פאלנא – the spelling פאלינע here is sufficiently close. Even though quite far from Dobromyl [400km+ to the east], it was a famous Jewish town, a focal point of nascent Hasidism [see S22A for another gravestone that may refer to this town].

See About Dobromyl for an index to headstone locations in the Wall of Memory.
Stone is recorded as Grounded because it is fixed in the Wall of Memory.

Last Revision:

2024-04-28

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