Representatives of ESJF met with members of the Jewish Community of Sălaj and presented educational materials on Jewish cemetery preservation, which will be distributed in schools and libraries across the region.
During the visit, participants read the inscriptions on the tombstones that have miraculously survived despite decades of neglect and deterioration. This visit became the first organized visit to the cemetery in more than 60 years.
ESJF completed the fencing of the Jewish cemetery in Giurtelecu Șimleului in April. Today, around a dozen tombstones remain preserved at the site, dating from the late 19th to the mid-20th century.
The construction of the metal fence at the Giurtelecu Șimleului Jewish cemetery was made possible thanks to the financial support of the German Federal Foreign Office, as well as the work of our local coordinator in Romania and the President of the Jewish Community of Sălaj, Dan Has.
