Metropolitan Jewish cemeteries of the 19th and 20th centuries in Central and Eastern Europe. A comparative study. International Council on Monuments and Sites / Beitr� zur Denkmalpflege in Berlin ; 49; ICOMOS - Hefte des Deutschen Nationalkomitees ; 66

Aspects of 19th and 20th Century Jewish Funerary Art: A Short History of Jewish Cemeteries before the Emancipation -- Short History of Metorpolitan Jewish Cemeteries in Europe -- Gentile Influence on Metropolitan Jewish Cemeteries -- The Impact of Jewish Religious Reform on Cemeteries -- Topography, Layout and Urban Context, Extensions, Layout Changes, Relocations, -- and the Orientation of Gravestones -- Segregation Inside the Cemetery: Gender, Religious, Social - and Its Morphological Consequences -- Morphology of Cemeteries: Paths, Edges, Nodes, Districts and Landmarks, Grouping of Tombs -- Gates, Fences, Edifices (Entrance Buildings, Ceremonial Halls and Tahara Houses, -- and Common Facilities), and Other Space-Modulating Elements - Pergolas, Balusters, -- Stairs, and Changes of the Ground Level -- Collective Monuments and Memorials -- Genizot, Buried Torah Scrolls, Benches, Wells, Storages Among Gravestones, -- Gravel Holders, Row Indicators, Temporary Markers -- Shape and Material of the Gravestones - Basic Formal Typology Unfolding Over Time -- Stylistic Considerations -- Symbols and Other Representations -- Inscription of Names -- Eulogies (Family Grief, Social Contribution, Accomplishment), Visual References to Social Achievement -- Typography (Hebrew; Roman, Gothic, or Cyrillic Letters; Versal, Italic, Serif, or Sans Serif; -- Initials and Decorations), Inscriptions Carved or in Relief -- Vegetation - Form, Transparency, Dialogue, Spontaneity -- Destructions at European Metropolitan Jewish Cemeteries -- The Cemeteries Surveyed in Central and Eastern Europe: The Ashkenazi Jewish Cemetery in Belgrade -- The Sephardi Jewish Cemetery in Belgrade -- The Berlin-Wei�nsee Jewish Cemetery -- The Bratislava Orthodox Jewish Cemetery in Zizkov�treet -- The Bucharest Ashkenazi Jewish Cemetery, Known as the Philanthropy Cemetery -- The Bucharest Sephardi Jewish Cemetery -- The Bucharest New Jewish Cemetery, Giurgiului Cemetery -- The Salgotarj� Street Jewish Cemetery in Budapest -- The Kozma Street Jewish Cemetery in Budapest -- The New Jewish Cemetery in Cracow, Miodowa Street -- The Lodz New Jewish Cemetery in Zmienna/Bracka Street -- The Prague New Jewish Cemetery in Zizkov -- The Jewish Cemetery in Saint Petersburg - Often Called the Preobrazhenskoye -- The Sephardic Jewish Cemetery in Sarajevo, Old Jewish Cemetery of Sarajevo -- The Jewish part of the Central Cemetery in Sofia -- The Old Jewish Cemetery at the Zentralfriedhof in Vienna, Gate One -- The New Jewish Cemetery at the Zentralfriedhof in Vienna -- The Uzupis Jewish Cemetery in Vilnius -- The Jewish Cemetery in Okopowa Street, Warsaw -- The Old Jewish Cemetery in Wroclaw in Sl�a Street -- The Jewish Section of the Mirogoj Central Cemetery in Zagreb. ISBN 9783731907527