As morgues are inundated, coffins pile up and mourners grieve in isolation: ‘‘This is the bitterest part.’’
Tag: Cemeteries
Jewish Cemeteries Are Threatened. These People Are Guarding Them.
The cemeteries have become easy targets for vandals in Alsace, a region with an uneasy relationship to a troubled wartime past and a penchant for voting far right.
A Bittersweet Homecoming for Egypt’s Jews
A rare ceremony at an ancient synagogue brought 180 Jews back to Egypt, decades after they were pressured to leave. But few Egyptians knew about it, highlighting government ambivalence.
With Cameras Monitoring His Grave, Karl Marx Still Can’t Escape Surveillance
Video cameras monitor the German philosopher’s grave in London after it was defaced twice last year — the latest vandalism in a tumultuous history.
Jewish Graves Desecrated in Historic French Cemetery
It was the latest in a series of anti-Semitic incidents in the region.
About to Exhume Franco, Spain Faces 33,000 Others Buried With Him
At the Valley of the Fallen, enemies and allies alike were buried near Spain’s former dictator, Francisco Franco, whose remains are about to be moved.
Search for Missing Teenager in Vatican Cemetery Unearths Thousands of Bones
Whether any belonged to the girl, Emanuela Orlandi, who disappeared at age 15 in 1983, was not possible to say immediately.
Thousands Rally Against Anti-Semitism in France
France’s major political parties and Jewish organizations organized rallies across the country against anti-Semitism, responding to a sharp spike in incidents targeting Jewish people and sites.