LVIV JEWISH HEADSTONE DATABASE
Stone ID:
LVN421
Location:
Grounded/Loose:
loose
Intact/Fragment:
Location X/Y:
Location GPS:
Material:
sandstone
Color: pink Dimensions W H D, cm:
Inscription Style:
incised letter
Inscription Character Height, cm:
Name Original:
פסח
Name English:
Peisach
Surname Original:
ראזען
Surname English:
Rosen
Father Original:
Father English:
Husband Original:
Husband English:
Gender:
male
Death Date Hebrew:
23-Tishrei-5700
Death Date:
1939-10-05*
Age:
Birth Date:
Profession:
Primary Symbol:
Star(s) of David
Epitaph Original:
'פ'נ
'איש תם וישר … מ
… … פסח
ראזען
נפ' שמחת תורה ת'ש
'ת'נ'צ'ב'ה
'איש תם וישר … מ
… … פסח
ראזען
נפ' שמחת תורה ת'ש
'ת'נ'צ'ב'ה
Epitaph English:
here is buried
a man of integrity and honesty ...
Peisach ... ...
Rosen
died on Simchat Torah [5]700
may his soul be bound in the bond of (eternal) life
a man of integrity and honesty ...
Peisach ... ...
Rosen
died on Simchat Torah [5]700
may his soul be bound in the bond of (eternal) life
Acrostic Original:
Acrostic English:
Additional Original:
PEISACH ROSEN
Additional English:
PEISACH ROSEN
Stone Condition:
only the upper part of this stone survives, with the full Hebrew epitaph and a portion of the Latin-letter data, worn and somewhat difficult to read
Conservation:
This headstone and hundreds of others were excavated in early July 2020 from under the soil surface of an enclosed yard of the
Ukrainian National Museum-Memorial of Victims of the Occupation Regimes in Lviv, also called the "Prison on Łącki Street" or in transliterated Ukrainian, simply "Lontsky". It is almost certain that the stones were stolen from the new Jewish cemetery adjacent to the Yanivskyi Cemetery northwest of the Lviv city center during the the German occupation of World War II, and used as paving for the prison yard.
Shortly after the excavation the headstones were photographed on two separate occasions by Sasha Nazar and Oleksandr Papevskiy; together those images added more than 350 new headstones to this database. Five years later and with cooperation of the site's authorities, in June 2025 the headstones were stacked onto pallets and then in July 2025 they were returned to the new Jewish cemetery in Lviv under the direction of Sasha Nazar of the Sholem Aleichem Jewish Cultural Society.
For more information, see the About Lviv page on this website.
Shortly after the excavation the headstones were photographed on two separate occasions by Sasha Nazar and Oleksandr Papevskiy; together those images added more than 350 new headstones to this database. Five years later and with cooperation of the site's authorities, in June 2025 the headstones were stacked onto pallets and then in July 2025 they were returned to the new Jewish cemetery in Lviv under the direction of Sasha Nazar of the Sholem Aleichem Jewish Cultural Society.
For more information, see the About Lviv page on this website.
ID Tag Poistion:
Recovery Date:
2025-07
Recovery GPS:
Other Notes:
Last Revision:
2025-04-26
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