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LVIV JEWISH HEADSTONE DATABASE
Stone ID:
LVN041
Location:
NewCem
Grounded/Loose:
loose
Intact/Fragment:
intact Group:
Location X/Y:
Location GPS:
49.8509 24.0021
Material:
limestone
Color: grey Dimensions W H D, cm:
Inscription Style:
incised letter
Inscription Character Height, cm:
Name Original:
אברהם
Name English:
Avraham
Surname Original:
מינצער
Surname English:
Mintzer
Father Original:
בנימין
Father English:
Binyamin
Husband Original:
Husband English:
Gender:
male
Death Date Hebrew:
26-Kislev-5678
Death Date:
1917-12-11*
Age:
Birth Date:
Profession:
Primary Symbol:
Star(s) of David
Epitaph Original:

נפטר כ'ו' כסלו תרע'ח
'איש ישר וירא ד' ר
'אברהם ב'ר' בנימין ז'ל
מינצער
'ת'נ'צ'ב'ה
Epitaph English:
died on the 26th of Kislev [5]678
a man of integrity, God-fearing
Avraham son of Binyamin, blessed be his memory
Mintzer
may his soul be bound in the bond of (eternal) life
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Additional Original:
Additional English:
Stone Condition:
very good
Conservation:
This headstone and more than a hundred others were recovered from under the asphalt paving of vul. Hanna Barvinok southwest of the Lviv city center over several days in June 2018, in a volunteer event organized by the Sholem Aleichem Jewish Cultural Society of Lviv and the Lviv Volunteer Center. The stones were then moved to the new Jewish cemetery adjacent to the Yanivskyi Cemetery northwest of the city center, from which they were likely originally stolen during the German occupation of World War II.
For more information, see the About Lviv page on this website and Case Study 13 on the website A Guide to Jewish Cemetery Preservation in Western Ukraine.
ID Tag Poistion:
Recovery Date:
2018-06
Recovery GPS:
49.8285 24.0034
Other Notes:
Last Revision:
2025-01-17
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