Semaxi – In Azerbaijan vandals Destroyed the marble slab stationed on the entrance to the Jewish cemetery in Semaxi.
According to the publication, in November 2012 a stone fence was built around an ancient Jewish cemetery in Azerbaijani town Semaxi which was initiated and funded by International charity fund of mountain Jews STMEGI and its head, famous Jewish businessman and philanthropist German Zakharyaev. This fence solved a number of problems connected with the Jewish cemetery in Semaxi – it protected the place from pet walking, from accumulation of household waste as well as attempts of seizure of cemetery’s territory for building private residences.
