File:Savannah - Bonaventure Cemetery - Holocaust Memorial.jpg

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English: A holocaust memorial near Jewish Circle in the Bonaventure Cemetery near Savannah, Georgia. The headstone reads the following:

"Here lieth a third of the ashes of 344 cremated sacred souls, victims of the Nazis, including the remains of Schmul son of Y’Cheel Szcerkowski who was killed on the third of Nison 5765 – Mar. 17, 1945 brought here from Alem, Hanover, Germany".

Visitation stones can be seen covering the top of the headstone and the area in front of it. The headstone was placed in 1951 and refers to ashes were retrieved from Germany by the family of Schmul, who had emigrated to Savannah.

This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America. Its reference number is 01000035.

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Camera location32° 02′ 36.12″ N, 81° 02′ 56.99″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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9 March 2024

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