Baron de Hirsch Cemetery, Montreal explained

Baron de Hirsch Cemetery
Map Type:	Montreal
Country:	Canada
Location:	5015 de la Savane Montreal, Quebec
Graves:	>55,000
Findagraveid:	2129446

The Baron de Hirsch Cemetery is a Jewish cemetery located on the north side of de la Savane Street, between Mountain Sights and Kindersley Avenues in the Côte-des-Neiges neighbourhood of Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

The cemetery was opened in July 1905 with funds from philanthropist Maurice, Baron de Hirsch.^{[1] [2]} Since its establishment, an estimated 55,000 people have been interred in its grounds.^[3] It is divided into sections affiliated with various landsmanshaften and synagogues.

Notable graves and monuments

Notable inhabitants of the cemetery include literary figures J. I. Segal, Rachel Korn, and A.M. Klein, politician Fred Rose, and hockey player Larry Zeidel.

The cemetery contains sixteen war graves of Commonwealth service personnel: two from World War I and fourteen from World War II.^[4] It also contains 17 memorials to victims of the Holocaust.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: History. Baron de Hirsch–Back River Cemeteries. October 24, 2023.
2. Book: Kucharsky, Danny . Cowles . D. R. . Sacred Ground on de la Savane: Montreal's Baron de Hirsch Cemetery . Véhicule Press . 2007. 978-1-55065-196-6.
3. Web site: Baron de Hirsch – de la Savane Cemetery. Jewish Genealogical Society of Montreal. October 24, 2023.
4. Web site: Montreal Baron de Hirsch Memorial Park. October 24, 2023. Commonwealth War Graves.
5. Web site: Baron de Hirsch memorials. Jewish Genealogical Society of Montreal. 2020. October 24, 2023.