Westlawn Cemetery
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Established | 1937[1] |
Location | Norridge, Illinois |
Country | United States |
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Type | Public |
Style | Jewish cemetery |
Size | 72 acres (29 ha) |
Number of interments | 49,000[1] |
Website | westlawncemetery |
Westlawn Cemetery is a Jewish cemetery located in Norridge, Illinois. The cemetery covers 72 acres (29 ha) and roughly 46,000 people are buried there.
Notable interments
- Jack Ruby, convicted of the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald
(His conviction was later reversed. He died awaiting a new trial, still legally presumed innocent.)[2][3] - Abe Saperstein, creator of the Savoy Big Five, precursor of the Harlem Globetrotters
- Shel Silverstein, poet, author, satirist, and cartoonist
- Gene Siskel, film critic
Vandalism
Westlawn was the site of gravestone desecration in January 2008. At least 57 tombstones were defaced with anti-Semitic slogans. Using white and blue spray paint, the vandal drew swastikas and slurs on tombstones in a western section of the cemetery. A 21-year-old Polish immigrant male was charged with the crime in February 2008. He has been directly linked by police to a neo-Nazi organization in the Chicago area.[4] He was convicted and sentenced to 7 years in prison.[5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ New York Times-June 1, 1995
- ↑ www.history.co.uk-this-day-in-history/November-22
- ↑ "Neo-Nazi Convicted Of Vandalizing Jewish Cemetery"
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
External links
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