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One of Corfu& #39;s dirty secrets. The Jewish cemetery was bombed during WW2 and many of the destroyed gravestones were recycled as building materials in the post-war years. Here, a simple gate. But look closer...
...and you can see old Jewish gravestones used to reinforce the gate& #39;s lintel
The island& #39;s Jewish cemetery today
Most Corfiot Jews are of Italian origin, and so many of their graves were in both Hebrew and Italian
But some older ones are in Greek too. Here& #39;s Gavriil Leontsinis
Some in French, as the community also had links with France and Egypt
Some in English, perhaps reflecting the diaspora in the US
Some born in Smyrna
Many mention their survival of Auschwitz
Rebbeka Aaron was our island& #39;s last Holocaust survivor. She passed away in 2018
