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LOS JUDÍOS DEL #TITANIC: comida kosher y rezos a bordo. Una parte desconocida de la historia de transatlántico más tristemente célebre de la historia. En un nuevo aniversario del hundimiento, sale #hilo al respecto. 
El final del siglo XIX y el comienzo del XX trajo consigo grandes movimientos migratorios. La gente huía del hambre, la violencia, las guerras, la pobreza y la falta de oportunidades en el "Viejo Continente" para probar suerte en el "Nuevo Mundo".
Los judíos europeos vivían en carne propia todos estos sufrimientos y aparte sufrían de un flagelo aún peor: el antisemitismo, desde los resabios del enrolamiento forzado cantonista, pasando por la segregación sistemática y llegando a las persecuciones y brutales masacres.
150 victims of the #Titanic are buried in 3 #Halifax cemeteries: Fairview Lawn, Mount Olivet and Baron de Hirsch. 149 have #headstones from the Hanson #Quarry in #NB. A #Dal prof spent 15 years figuring out where the stones are from cuz there are no historical records.
#nspoli
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The stones and the #quarry were tested for #mineralogy, texture, chemical composition and age to see if they matched. That's harder than it sounds - the original rock is no longer in the quarry (it was extracted) and these features can vary within a deposit.
#nspoli #NovaScotia
#nspoli #NovaScotia
Still, the analysis suggests the stones, donated by #titanic-owner #WhiteStar in 1912, are almost certainly from there.
The #headstones are 422 million-year-old #gabbro (aka black #granite) and a popular #Halifax tourist attraction.
#nspoli #NovaScotia #NS #cbpoli #NewBrunswick
The #headstones are 422 million-year-old #gabbro (aka black #granite) and a popular #Halifax tourist attraction.
#nspoli #NovaScotia #NS #cbpoli #NewBrunswick
