KIRGNER LEO J.
 
   
KIRGNER LEO J.
 

Country of Origin:
RUSSIA,GROSOULOVO

Date:
1882-
1937.2.27.

Surface Treatment :
Yiddish inscription at the top and English is below.

Stone :


 

Stone Found at:
Buddhist cemetery

Date the Stone Was Found:
2002.8.3

Size:
110x52cm

State of Conservation :
Well kept


 
     
Additional Info
Kirgner Leo / Leib son of Israel. The stone is located in the Buddhist cemetery in the west of Shanghai. This place use to be International cemetery until 1958, all the four Jewish cemeteries in Shanghai moved to this international cemetery in the west of the city. During the cultural revolution all the western graves in this place where destroyed. The headstones located there were placed by the local authorities at the request of the Israeli consulate of Shanghai. The English inscription says:"Erected by his loving wife and daughters". The picture that was at the top has been removed. Kirgner Leo died in Shanghai at the age of 55.

 
 
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