The Famous Layered Jewish Cemetery in Prague

1. wit of a twit
   October 14th, 2009 at 8:38 am

   My grandfather in Portugal, was buried in the the same plot as both of his parents in law, and my grandmother says she will be buried there also. They don't do it because there isn't enough room though, they do it because they don't have enough money.

2. lannaxe96
   October 14th, 2009 at 8:40 am

   I have heard that as well wit of twit. It's amazing how often this was happening all over the country, and it still happens now.

3. Skipweasel
   October 14th, 2009 at 9:37 am

   You also get cemetaries with no one in them. The one in Madeley, Shropshire, has plenty of tombstones, but most of the actual bodies are down at the bottom of the hill. Up top, where the church is, the ground isn't suitable but people wanted to be "buried" in the shadow of the church.

4. Gauldar
   October 14th, 2009 at 9:42 am

   My dad's ashes was burried with his grandfather's, sort of like a family plot I guess. I'd probably do the same, I don't like how we humans take up so much unessesary space with our dead meat.

5. ByrdBrain
   October 14th, 2009 at 10:37 am

   I know, Jordans are so 1980's and should be buried, too, dude. Thanks.

6. Jake
   October 14th, 2009 at 12:27 pm

   this is a photo i took of what i think is the same cemetery in Prague.
   http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulellinson/3209736575/

   i remember this one being very tightly packed in, but also half destroyed with the building of the Žižkov Television Tower

7. Renata
   October 15th, 2009 at 2:33 am

   ...hmmm (Jake) Zizkov and Jewish cementery in Old City are maybe 5 miles from each other...it must be different one. There is plenty of cementeries around city.

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