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Transcription
Hier ruht Adolph Reichenbach geb. d. 1. Tischri 5605 gest. d. 5. Teweth 5661
English translation
Here rests Adolph Reichenbach, born on 1 Tishri 5605 and died on 5 Tevet 5661.
Transcription preserved from the clearer 1970s photograph; English translation prepared for the Reichenbach Family Archive.
- Archive reference
- RB-PHO-0298
- Date
- Modern photograph supplied 9 August 2026; Adolph died 26 December 1900
- Digital image
- 960 × 1280 pixels
- Evidence status
- Documented historic object
- Uncertainty
- The cemetery register records 27 December 1900; the stone gives 5 Tevet 5661, corresponding to 26 December 1900.
- Source and provenance
- Family photograph of the gravestone in the Jewish cemetery at Halberstadt, identified and supplied by Rabbi Daniel Dolph Reichenbach on 9 August 2026.
- Credit
- Reichenbach Family Archive
- Rights
- Family-owned photograph; cleared for publication by the archive owner.
- Image treatment
- Supplied JPEG preserved and displayed without alteration.
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Reichenbach Family Archive. “The German face of Adolf’s stone gives a second death date.” Modern photograph supplied 9 August 2026; Adolph died 26 December 1900. RB-PHO-0298. https://www.reichenbacharchive.org/objects/rb-pho-0298.
Permanent URLhttps://www.reichenbacharchive.org/objects/rb-pho-0298