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Donated by Helen Hill of Perth Australia. The cemetery is small, possibly 50 ft x 40 ft. Located on a slope in Dechant-Amecke-Weg, near the hospital and fairly close to the main street (Hauptstr). One enters from a road that is below the level of the cemetery. From memory, the main Balve cemetery is completely separate from the Jewish cemetery. Graves are aligned east/west, facing east. Trees, both large and small, and a rather new 1-meter high wooden lattice fence with non-locking gate, surround this small cemetery. Only 5 gravestones remain. A wrought-iron fence surrounds two of those, side by side. One inscription is barely decipherable, the one beside it in slightly better condition. From the list of burials, the first is the grave of Johanna Schuler, born Cohn; the other is that of Helena Cohn Schuler. The other 3 gravestones were located in the last row backing up to the street. Of those, the stones of Salomon Bondy and Regina Hesse Bondy were in excellent condition - the reverse of Salomon's stone (in Hebrew) could be easily read. The third stone for Moses Bondi had a crumbling shoulder, with the inscription on both sides in excellent condition. The cemetery was completely overgrown. There was no sign of any half stones, footages, or any rubble. The graves may exist but could not be seen. The Kolpingsfamilie in Balve cares for the Cemetery. Additional information added by Dieter Peters of Aachen, Germany.
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