SPRIA WILHELM
 
   
SPRIA WILHELM
 

Country of Origin:
AUSTRIA? GERMANY?

Date:
1871.7.25.-
1939.2.9.

Surface Treatment :
Star of David at the top

Stone :
Marble

 

Stone Found at:
Buddhist cemetery

Date the Stone Was Found:
2002.8.3

Size:

State of Conservation :
Broken

 
     
Additional Info
Spira Wilhelm's stone is now located in the Buddhist cemetery in the west of Shanghai. In 1958 all four Jewish cemetries were moved to this site and became known as the international cemetry. During the Cultural Revolution all the Western graves were destroyed. The Chinese Authorites located several stones in the villages to the West of the city. A request by the Israeli Consulate to find them an appropriate resting place has resulted in the headstones being placed in the Buddhist cemetery. Spira Wilhelm died in Shanghai at the age of 68.

 
 
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