Baron Hirsch Cemetery
| Details | |
|---|---|
| Established | 1899 |
| Location | 1126 Richmond Avenue, Staten Island, New York City |
| Country | USA |
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| Type | Jewish |
| Size | 80 acres (320,000 m2) |
| Find a Grave | http://http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=63913 |
- For the cemeteries in Halifax and Montreal, Canada, see Baron de Hirsch Cemetery (disambiguation).
Baron Hirsch Cemetery is a large Jewish cemetery on Staten Island, New York set up by Maurice de Hirsch.
History
In January, 1960, the cemetery drew national attention when 87 headstones were found with yellow paint used to write “Fuhrer,” and the German words for death and fatherland on gravestones bearing such Jewish symbols as the star of David. The incident and others led President Dwight D. Eisenhower to declare that freedom and decency could be destroyed everywhere if Americans ignored the "virus of bigotry" or permitted it "to spread one inch."[1]
Nevertheless, continued vandalism,[2][3][4] as well as apathy and neglect[5] have remained problems at Baron Hirsch for decades, resulting in numerous overturned grave markers.
The cemetery is composed of numerous sections belonging to synagogues, Jewish associations, family circles, and most commonly, landsmanshaftn. Most of these are entered via gates or pairs of stone columns. Some of the landsmanshaftn have monuments dedicated to Holocaust victims of the Nazis in their ancestral town.[6][7][8][9]
Notable burials
- Samuel Irving Newhouse, Sr. (1895–1979), newspaper publisher, founder of Advance Publications[10]; and other members of the Newhouse publishing family.
- Joseph Papp (1921–1991) – theater producer, theater director, and founder of The Public Theater[11][12]
- William Shemin (1896–1973) – Medal of Honor and Purple Heart recipient[13]
- Elliot Willensky (1943–2010) – composer, lyricist, and music producer[14]
References
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