Entrance Sign at Salem Fields Cemetery 2008

Salem Fields Cemetery is a Jewish cemetery located at 775 Jamaica Avenue in the Cypress Hills neighborhood of

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, New York, United States, within the

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. It was founded in 1852 by Temple Emanu-el. Salem Fields is the final resting place for many of the prominent German-

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ish families of New York City. Among those laid to rest in the cemetery are members of the Fox family, founders of 20th Century Fox Film Corp.; the

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of mining, newspaper, and

museum A museum ( ; plural museums or, rarely, musea) is a building or institution that cares for and displays a collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, cultural, historical, or scientific importance. Many public museums make thes ...

fame; the Lewisohn family of mining, banking, and philanthropic interests; and the

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, builders of the largest theatre empire in the 20th century. Architectural historian Fredric Bedoire, Professor at the Royal University of Fine Arts in Stockholm, compared the "beautiful" Salem Fields to the architecturally notable mausoleums and undulating landscape of

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in Paris. Architect

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designed the Guggenheim family mausoleum, modeled after the

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at Athens. The entrance of Salem Fields was designed by

Henry Fernbach Henry Fernbach (18291883) was an architect in New York City. Born in Breslau in Germany, he immigrated to the U.S. in 1848 or in 1855. Life Fernbach was a Prussian Jew,The Jewish Contribution to Modern Architecture, 1830-1930
By Fredric Bedoire page 426 Salem Fields is part of a larger complex of cemeteries spanning into the borough of

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, including likewise Jewish Machpelah Cemetery, where Harry Houdini is buried; Union Field Cemetery; Mount Judah Cemetery, where several prominent Rabbis lie; Mount Carmel Cemetery; and the non-denominational

Cypress Hills Cemetery Cypress Hills Cemetery is non-sectarian/non-denominational cemetery corporation organized in the boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens in New York City, the first of its type in the city. The cemetery is run as a non-profit organization and is loca ...

and

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Notable burials

Jules Bache Jules Semon Bache (November 9, 1861 – March 24, 1944) was an American banker, art collector and philanthropist. Early life Julius Bache was born to a Jewish family in New York City. His father, Semon Bache é Bach(1826–1891), emigrated ...

(1861-1944), American banker, art collector and philanthropist *

Raphael Benjamin Raphael Benjamin (June 19, 1846 – November 15, 1906) was an English-born rabbi who ministered in Australia and America. Life Benjamin was born on June 19, 1846 in London, England the son of Elias Benjamin and Mary Lazarus. Benjamin attended t ...

(1846–1906), British-born Australian and American rabbi * Abram J. Dittenhoefer (1836–1919), lawyer and judge *

William Fox (producer) Wilhelm Fried Fuchs ( hu, Fried Vilmos; January 1, 1879 – May 8, 1952), commonly and better known as William Fox, was a Hungarian-American film industry executive who founded the Fox Film Corporation in 1915 and the Fox West Coast Theatres ...

(1879–1952), founder of the

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* Richard James Horatio Gottheil (1862-1936), founder of

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*Joseph P. Greenhut (1843-1918), merchandiser *

Harry Frank Guggenheim Harry Frank Guggenheim (August 23, 1890 – January 22, 1971) was an American businessman, diplomat, publisher, philanthropist, aviator, and horseman. Early life He was born August 23, 1890, in West End, New Jersey. He was the second son of Fl ...

(1890–1971), newspaper magnate * Meyer Guggenheim (1820–1905), mining industrialist *

Marcus Goldman Marcus Goldman (born Marcus Goldmann; December 9, 1821 – July 20, 1904) was a Jewish American investment banker, businessman, and financier. He was the founder of Goldman Sachs, which has since become one of the world's largest investment b ...

(1821–1904), investment banker * Solomon Robert Guggenheim (1861–1949), mining industrialist, philanthropist, art patron * Louis H. Hahlo (1865–1932), lawyer, member of the New York State Assembly * Ephraim Arnold Jacob (1845–1905), lawyer and judge * George E. Jonas (1897-1978), businessman and philanthropist who founded Camp Rising Sun. * David Leventritt (1845–1926), lawyer and judge * Leo N. Levi (1856–1904), lawyer and communal worker *

Adolph Lewisohn Adolph Lewisohn (May 27, 1849 – August 17, 1938) was a German Jewish immigrant born in Hamburg who became a New York City investment banker, mining magnate, and philanthropist. He is the namesake of Lewisohn Hall (which formerly housed the Scho ...

(1849–1938), mining magnate, banker, art collector, philanthropist; younger brother of Leonard Lewisohn * Leonard Lewisohn (1847–1902), mining magnate, banker, philanthropist; older brother of Adolph Lewisohn * Bob Marshall (1901–1939), wilderness activist, forester, author * Louis B. Marshall (1856–1929), constitutional lawyer, conservationist, Jewish leader, father of Bob Marshall * Lipman Emanuel Pike (1845–1893), first Jewish player in

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* Adolph Moses Radin (1848–1909), rabbi * Simon F. Rothschild (1861–1936), businessman * Adolph L. Sanger (1842–1894), lawyer, President of the

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* Dorothy Schiff (1903-1989), owner and publisher,

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(1819–1880), banker, businessman * Isaac Newton Seligman (1855–1917), banker, businessman * Edgar Selwyn (1875–1944), playwright, theatrical director and producer *

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(1879–1963), theater owner and operator, director, producer *

Lee Shubert Lee Shubert (born Levi Schubart; March 25, 1871– December 25, 1953) was a Lithuanian-born American theatre owner/operator and producer and the eldest of seven siblings of the theatrical Shubert family. Biography Born to a Jewish family, the so ...

(1871–1953), theater owner and operator, producer * Samuel S. Shubert (1878–1905), playwright, theater owner and operator, producer * Isaac Siegel (1880–1947), U.S. Congressman from New York *

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(1838–1898), member of the New York State Assembly * Alfred Steckler (1856–1929), lawyer and judge * Sol M. Stroock (1873–1941), lawyer *Julius Tishman (1864-1935), founder of

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Felix M. Warburg Felix Moritz Warburg (January 14, 1871October 20, 1937) was a German-born American banker. He was a member of the Warburg banking family of Hamburg, Germany. Early life Warburg was born in Hamburg, Germany, on January 14, 1871. He was a grandso ...

(1871–1937), financier, philanthropist * Albert Warner (1884–1967), co-founder of

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