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Hirsch Cemetery

Northeast Quarter of Section 32,
Township 2, Range 5, West 2nd Meridian

Saskatchewan Cemetery ID#28

The First Saskatchewan Jewish Burial Ground
was established at Hirsch.

Located in RM#4 Coalfields
First Burial 1888- Last one 1970
Total of 50 graves

The Bronze Plaque at the Iron Gate entrance
 reads as follows:

Hirsch Colony 1892-1942.
 Erected in commemoration of the
Baron de Hirsch Jewish agricultural colony.
Jewish immigrants who mostly came from Czarist
 Russia, Romania, Austria and Poland
were assisted by the Baron de Hirsch Institute
 and the Jewish Colonization Association.
These colonists were motivated by a keen desire
 to escape religious persecution and racial discrimination,
 with the rights to own and farm their land
 and freely adhere to their orthodox faith.
 
Erected by former colonists and descendants
in co-operation with Saskatchewan Department
 of Tourism and Renewable Resources.

Note- the Cemetery has been closed to any further burials
since 1970.
it is a Heritage site now.

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Index to Graves
with pictures
Hirsch Cemetery