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If you turn off the square (left after the Rothschild building) you will see a stone, square monument on your right. This corner served as a makeshift burial ground for the 67 soldiers and civilians who died during the siege of the Old City. Jews were never buried within the Old City walls, but circumstance left no choice. Upon returning to the Old City in '67, the remains were reburied on the Mount of Olives. The burial place is marked by a monument which can be seen from the rooftops of the Jewish Quarter. Just an aside, which is sort of connected. Several years ago a family in the Rova, who happen to be of priestly origins, stumbled upon a casket full of bones. Well, as you all know, Cohanim are not allowed to enter a Jewish cemetery for reasons of purity, and this casket could possibly render the building a cemetery. The Rabbi of the Jewish Quarter was promptly contacted and he ruled that Jews were never intentionally buried within the walls of the Old City (aside from the period of '48-'67 and this was obviously A LOT older) so therefore the casket must have been of Caananite(or other) origin. What a relief!
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