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Ashkenazi Cemetery: This fenced cemetery adjoining the synagogue
is well maintained but only a handful of stones remain. Used
1740-1942, the maximum burials was 250 in 1942. One prominent
name is Poppers from the 1800s. Source: This e-mail address is
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.  The Jewish cemetery today is situated along the Spoorstraat
(Spoor is railway on the road to the railway station. In former
times the name of the Spoorstraat was Coestege, meaning cow
path. The farmers with houses in the village of Winterswijk used
this path to bring their cows to the meadows outside the
village. Thus, the cemet