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Mosaisk Vestre Begravelsesplads
Jewish cemetery in Copenhagen From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Mosaisk Vestre Begravelsesplads is a Jewish cemetery in Copenhagen.[1]
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History
The Jewish Western Cemetery was established in 1886. The chapel was designed by Frederik L. Levy. The Inspector's House was aldso designed by Levy.
Monuments and memorials
Monum
ents in the cemetery grounds include a Lion of Judag, in limestone, created in 1929 by the sculptor Siegfried Wagner.
Notable interments
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Notable burials include:[2]
- Bertha Abrahamson
- Florence Abrahamson
- Ada Adler (1878–1946), classical scholar
- Pia Ahnfelt-Rønne
- Max Ballin
- Ove Behrens
- Albert Berendsen
- Ivar Berendsen
- Sam Besekow
- Anton Bing
- Frederik Bing
- Harald Bing
- Herman Meyer Bing
- Jacob Martin Bing
- Laurids Bing
- Jacques Blum
- Victor Borge (1909–2000), US/Danish conductor, pianist, and comedian. Part of his ashes are buried here, the remainder at Putnam Cemetery, Greenwich, Connecticut, US.[3][4]
- Ernst Brandes
- L.I. Brandes
- Fanny Hannover Cohen
- Just Cohen
- Georg Cohn
- M.J. Davidsen
- Thora Davidsen
- Joseph Davidsohn
- David Dessau
- Harry Dessau
- Martin Dessau
- Peter Deutsch, composer
- L. Elsass
- Leon Feder
- Meïr Feigenberg
- Josef Fischerm historian
- Isi Foighel
- Celli Freifeldt
- L.S. Fridericia
- Max Friediger
- Henry Frænkel
- Louis Frænkel
- G.A. Gedalia
- Herman Gellin
- Rudolf Gellin
- Isak Glückstadt
- Agnete Goldschmidt
- M.J. Goldschmidt
- Meïr Goldschmidt
- Moritz Goldschmidt
- Ragnhild Goldschmidt
- Albert Gottschalk, painter
- Arje Griegst
- Louis Halberstadt
- Arne Hamburger
- A. Hannover
- H.I. Hannover
- Berendt Hartvig
- Frits Hartvigson, pianist
- Dorothea Heckscher
- Nathan Heine(1835–1914) , lawyer
- Isidor Henius
- Arthur Henriques
- Axel Henriques
- C.B. Henriques
- Marie Henriques (1866–1944), painter
- Robert Henriques, composer and writer
- Valdemar Henriques
- Alfred Abraham Hertz
- Philip Heyman (1837–1893), businessman
- Michel Hildesheim
- Harald Hirschsprung (1830,–1916), businessman
- Heinrich Hirschsprung (1836–1908), businessman
- Aage Hirschsprung
- Harald Isenstein
- Emil Frederik Jacob, businessman
- Axel Jacobsen
- Bertil Jardorf
- Fritz Kalckar
- Janina Katz (1939–2013), writer
- Lillian Kauffmann
- Henrik Koppel
- Ida Koppel
- Abraham Kurland (1912–1999), Danish wrestler, won silver at the 1932 Summer Olympics[5] boycotted the Berlin Olympics, and competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics
- Kenth Kærhøg
- Clara Lachmann (1864–1920), Danish-Swedish patron of the arts[6]
- Jacob L. Lachmann
- Tonny Lehmann
- Herman Lercher
- Ad. J. Levin
- I. Levin
- Otto Levin
- Birgitte Levison
- Salomon Levysohn
- Oscar Lewisohn
- Erwin Magnus
- J.H. Mannheimer
- Arne Melchior (1924–2016), politician
- Bent Melchior
- Carl H. Melchior
- J.H. Melchior
- Marcus Melchior
- Emil Laurids Meyer, bank manager
- Jacob Frederik Meyer, engineer
- Louis Meyer, businessman
- S.N. Meyer
- Joseph Michaelsen
- David Monies (1812-1894), painter
- Mélanie Oppenhejm
- Ralph Oppenhejm
- Gustav Philipsen
- Sally Philipsen
- Jørgen J. Polack
- Frantz Rabinowitz
- Israel Rachlin
- Rachel Rachlin
- Adolph Rastén
- Anton Rée
- Eduard Rée
- Olly Ritterband
- Simon Rosenbaum, actor/entertainer
- E. Israel Rosenthal
- Hugo Rothenberg
- Max Rothenborg
- Marcus Rubin
- Emil B. Sachs
- Bent Saks
- Isac Salmonsen
- Frederik Salomon
- C.J. Salomonsen
- Carl Salomonsen
- Isak Salomon Salomonsen
- Martin Salomonsen
- Joseph Samson
- Fini Schulsinger, businessman
- Georg Seligmann
- Oscar Siesbye
- David Simonsen (1757-1932), Chief Rabbi, writer and book collector
- Poul Simonsen
- Rudolph Simonsen (1889-1947), composer
- Meïr Stein
- Jacob Texière
- Bent Thalmay
- Adolph Trier
- Carl Aage Trier
- Frederik Trier
- Herman Trier (1845–1925), Danish educator and politician
- Svend Trier
- Dan Uzan
- Pinches Welner
- Kjeld Wennick
- Carl Wulff
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