Stone ID:

RL0008

Location:

NewCem

Grounded/Loose:

loose

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intact Group:

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Material:

sandstone

Color: pink Dimensions W H D, cm:

Inscription Style:

incised letter

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Name Original:

אברהם

Name English:

Avraham

Surname Original:

מעססינג

Surname English:

Messing

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Additional Original:

'ר' אברהם מעססינג ז'ל

Additional English:

Avraham Messing, blessed be his memory

Stone Condition:

excellent

Conservation:

the stone was already recovered and returned to the new cemetery before 2011

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Other Notes:

Only the back face of this heavy stone is visible, so the epitaph is not yet available for transcription and translation.
Abraham Messing appears in numerous vital records in Rohatyn, including the births and marriages of his children with Jente Rauch, between 1900 and 1927. In 1937, Abraham and Jente appear in the marriage record of their son Juda Hersch (who was born in Rohatyn in 1908) in the town of Kolomyia. However, no birth or death records for Abraham himself are currently available. Juda and his family were listed among the killed during the Holocaust in a Soviet Extraordinary Commission report from 1944 and another, undated report.
English translation by members of the Rohatyn District Research Group (RDRG).
RDRG stone # NC5.

Last Revision:

2026-03-16

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