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Synagogue: Malminkatu 26, Tel. 60-03-86 or 69-41-302. [October 2000]

"Chevra Kadisha - Founded in 1864, the Chevra Kadisha is the Community's oldest organisation. The society deals with all work connected with deaths in the community and takes care of the two Jewish cemeteries in Helsinki." Source. [October 2000]

JOWBR burial listings [August 2010]

New Helsinki Jewish Cemetery:

BOOK: Title: Helsinki photographs, 1944-1961, 1944 (bulk). Description: 7 items. Notes: ... Photographs of graves at Jewish cemetery in Helsinki, 1944. Photographs are identified. Location: Ferkauf Museum, Jamaica, NY. Control No.: NYHV86-A100. [December 2000]

http://www.geocities.com/eladler/helsinki.htm:   "I transcribed this information (1,282 names) directly from the headstones in the Helsinki Jewish Cemetery in September 2000. I have submitted the information to Online World Burial Registry (OWBR) . It does not include burials in Helsinki's old Jewish cemetery. For more information about Helsinki, contact Eric Adler at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. [January 2002]

 

Photos courtesy This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..  [January 2014]

 

 

 

Old Helsinki Jewish Cemetery: