Ancient Jewish cemetery in Vilnius, Lithuania - proposed geophysical survey

The ongoing international controversy over construction and development that is leading to desecration of the old Jewish cemetery in Vilna may eventually be resolved by utilizing a modern technology which has the ability to "see" underground, although some experts contend such a resolution could end up backfiring.

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Covering the Mass Graves at the Belzec Death Camp, Poland

In September 2003 Arieh Klein was asked to develop a solution for covering the mass graves at the Belzec Death Camp in south-eastern Poland. Approx. 500,000 - 600,000 people were murdered in this camp between February - November, 1942; almost all Jews, together with some ten to twenty thousand Gypsies and a few Polish non-Jews who had helped to hide Jews from the Nazis. The victims were buried in mass graves on the site of the camp. 

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Statoil Petrol Station and Jewish Cemetery, Lebork, Poland

Statoil, the Norwegian National Oil Company, own a petrol station in Lebork in Northern Poland, as part of a chain of 160 petrol stations in Poland. The access road to this petrol station crosses a Jewish cemetery, where all the gravestones have been removed, some in the Nazi era, and the rest in the 1970's. Arieh Klein developed a solution to rebuild the access road, with a steel structure providing an 'air-gap', so that it will satisfy the demands of Jewish Halachic law.

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El-Basateen Jewish Cemetery, Cairo, Egypt

The El-Basateen Jewish Cemetery is situated on the line of the new Cairo Ring Road, at the southern border of Cairo, Egypt. Arieh Klein together with Israel Klar developed the solution for the foundations of a bridge over this ancient cemetery, without destroying the existing graves. Arieh then supervised the construction of the bridge for Athra Kadisha, the Jewish burial society, from 1996-2002.

Hiriya Slope Stabilisation

Edge UK together with Arieh Klein developed a plan for the stabilisation of the slopes at the Hiriya waste dump. This plan is now being executed by the Ayalon Park Authority in conjunction with the Dan Area Municipal Association for the Environment.

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