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Jewish cemetery of Belgrade

Practical info

Type of location: Cemetery

Jewish cemetery of Belgrade

Mije Kovačevića 1, Beograd, Grad Beograd 11000, Serbia

Historical description

Belgrade

After the conquest of Belgrade by the Turks in 1521, Sephardic Jews quickly supplanted in number the Ashkenazic community that had arrived before them, from Hungary in particular. Loyal Turkish subjects, Belgrade’s Jews enjoyed an initial phase of relative ... Read more