Groningen’s oldest Jewish cemetery has been in use from 1747-1834.
Due to building activities of the University the cemetery was cleared in 1954. The Jewish community allowed the transfer of the remains of 55 people to a new cemetery.
Much to their surprise archaeologists discoverd another 31 graves during a new building project in November 2005.
Under the supervision of Rabbi Shmuel Spiero these remains were reburied in two different cemeteries. During the excavions and reburial strict Jewish laws were maintained.
Boxes for the remains of the Jewish cemetery.
Rabbi Spiero reads psalms.
Transporting the remains to another cemetery.
Rabbi Shmuel Spiero and his assistent Daniel Bloch carry a small coffin with the remains of an unknown jewish child to be reburied on another Jewish cemetery.
Rabbi Spiero reads psalms for the reburial.
Daniel Bloch and Rabbi Shmuel Spiero.
Reburial of exhumated remains of the former Jewish cemetery Jodenkamp.
Reburial of exhumated remains of the former Jewish cemetery Jodenkamp in a collective grave.
Official reburial by Rabbi Spiero
Official reburial by Rabbi Spiero