Baron de Hirsch Cemetery
View of the Baron de Hirsch Cemetery, towards Mount Royal.
Details
EstablishedJuly 1905 (July 1905)
Location
5015 de la Savane
Montreal, Quebec
CountryCanada
Coordinates45°30′07″N 73°39′17″W / 45.5019°N 73.6547°W / 45.5019; -73.6547
No. of graves>55,000
Websitebarondehirsch.com
Find a GraveBaron de Hirsch Cemetery

The Baron de Hirsch Cemetery[note 1] is a Jewish cemetery located on the north side of de la Savane Street, between Mountain Sights and Kindersley Avenues in the Côte-des-Neiges neighbourhood of Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

The cemetery was opened in July 1905 with funds from philanthropist Maurice, Baron de Hirsch.[1][2] Since its establishment, an estimated 55,000 people have been interred in its grounds.[3] It is divided into sections affiliated with various landsmanshaften and synagogues.

Notable graves and monuments

Notable inhabitants of the cemetery include literary figures J. I. Segal, Rachel Korn, and A.M. Klein, politician Fred Rose, and hockey player Larry Zeidel.

The cemetery contains sixteen war graves of Commonwealth service personnel: two from World War I and fourteen from World War II.[4] It also contains 17 memorials to victims of the Holocaust.[5]

Notes

  1. ↑ Also known as the Baron de Hirsch United Cemeteries, Baron de Hirsch Affiliated Cemeteries, Baron de Hirsch Memorial Park, and de la Savane Cemetery.

References

  1. ↑ "History". Baron de Hirsch–Back River Cemeteries. Retrieved October 24, 2023.
  2. ↑ Kucharsky, Danny; Cowles, D. R. (2007). Sacred Ground on de la Savane: Montreal's Baron de Hirsch Cemetery. Véhicule Press. ISBN 978-1-55065-196-6.
  3. ↑ "Baron de Hirsch – de la Savane Cemetery". Jewish Genealogical Society of Montreal. Retrieved October 24, 2023.
  4. ↑ "Montreal Baron de Hirsch Memorial Park". Commonwealth War Graves. Retrieved October 24, 2023.
  5. ↑ "Baron de Hirsch memorials". Jewish Genealogical Society of Montreal. 2020. Retrieved October 24, 2023.
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