faith and the Jewish people,” said
Augustinus, who is a member of
Temple Kol Ami in West Bloomfield
and had his bar mitzvah at the
former Beth Moses Synagogue in
Detroit. “It’s bizarre, a slap in the
face of Judaism and to all the people
buried here.”
For two months, Augustinus said
he has heard nothing but lies. “This
has kept me up at night,” he said.
He’s also dealt with what he felt
was serious danger. On June 4, while
he was working on his grandparents’
graves, Augustinus says a man who
lived next to the cemetery came
to the fence with a gun in his belt
insinuating that he would use it if he
had to. He said, “I heard about you.
No one is taking my property from
me,” according to Augustinus.
But whoever built the fence took
the property away from the people
who bought those gravesites and are
now resting, in part, in the yard of
the man, Augustinus added. “These
people paid for these plots. It’s not
right.”
Augustinus called the police dur-
ing the incident, and police told the
man with the gun to go back in his
house. No charges were filed.
For two months now, Augustinus
has complained to officials and tried
to get something done. “The city
came out after about a month and a
half, and they raised the fence and
somehow thought that would fix
everything,” Augustinus said. “They
think that by raising the fence, the
person won’t mind!”
Augustinus is still trying to get a
survey done as well as expose the
injustice. “If they fixed it right away
and took the proper action, I would
be completely content,” he said.
Instead, he said, Lovelock
and the city of Chesterfield
have ignored him and not taken
any action. Augustinus said he
will not stop until changes are
made and those resting at Union
Cemetery, including his grandpar-
ents, are treated with respect.

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