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About 2 miles east of North Park, in an overgrown patch hidden from the road and accessible only by foot, 100 or so gravestones bear English and Hebrew inscriptions.
There’s no suggestion that many of those buried there — at least 15 — were laid to rest under the auspices of the International Workers Order, an organization later labeled “subversive” and shut down by state and federal officials.
