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Waldheim Jewish Cemetery -- Illinois, USA

Waldheim Jewish Cemeteries, alternatively known as Jewish Waldheim Cemeteries, are the largest Jewish burying grounds in the Chicago area. Approximately two hundred and forty cemeteries make up Jewish Waldheim, totalling over 175,000 burials. Most of these cemeteries have their own gates of stone or brick, sometimes with iron doors, bearing the name of the cemetery.

Jewish Waldheim is adjacent to Forest Home, which lies across 12th street (Roosevelt Road). Forest Home is itself the result of a merger of two cemeteries - Forest Home and German Waldheim.

The cemeteries can be divided into three major groupings: West, Central, and East. Each has a distinctive character. The Brest-Litovsk section is in the Western (????) cemetery.


Jake Levin Anderhous died 9/10/1933, age 59	Celia Appel died 3/5/1964, age 69	Hyman Appel died 2/15/1962, age 68

Lillian Arbetman	Ethel Bronsky Blumenfeld	Sam Borok
Photo credits: Ron Mosoff of Arlington Heights, IL (August 29, 2004)

Cemetery #256, Brisker Verein
Photo Credit: Matt Hucke, graveyards.com

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