PhotographsRB-PHO-0299

Paul’s Hebrew inscription appears after cleaning

This photograph shows the Hebrew face of Paul Reichenbach’s gravestone after it was cleaned. Daniel’s family visit made the letters easier to see without replacing the stone’s weathered surface. The image records the cleaned condition, but not every stage of the inscription’s earlier wear.

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היקר ר׳ יעקב בר אברהם רייכענבאך ע״ה נפטר כ״ה מרחשון שנת תרצ״ו נפש יקרה פועל טוב פתאום הלך לעולמו לדאבון אשתו ובניו ומשפחתו וכל יודעיו יהי זכרו ברוך תנצב״ה

English translation

The dear Reb Jacob, son of Abraham Reichenbach, of blessed memory, passed away on the 25th of Marḥeshvan, 5696. A precious soul, a doer of good deeds. Suddenly he departed from this world, to the sorrow of his wife and children, his family and all who knew him. May his memory be a blessing. May his soul be bound in the bond of life.

Hebrew transcription and English translation preserved from the archive’s established Paul Reichenbach gravestone record.

Archive reference
RB-PHO-0299
Date
Modern photograph supplied 9 August 2026; Paul died 20 November 1935
Digital image
1280 × 1273 pixels
Evidence status
Documented historic object
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. “Paul’s Hebrew inscription appears after cleaning.” Modern photograph supplied 9 August 2026; Paul died 20 November 1935. RB-PHO-0299. https://www.reichenbacharchive.org/objects/rb-pho-0299.

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