Fohnsdorf Israelite Cemetery

The Israelite cemetery Fohnsdorf in Fohnsdorf , one in murtal district nearby community of Austrian state of Styria , is a listed building. It served the Jewish community of Judenburg as a burial place and is currently privately owned.

history

After the ban on Jews from staying in Styria was lifted , Jewish families settled in Fohnsdorf , Judenburg , Knittelfeld , Obdach and Zeltweg in the second half of the 19th century and created small religious communities in Judenburg and Knittelfeld that set up a prayer room and cemeteries. During the Nazi era , many Jews were expelled or murdered and the places of worship destroyed. Few Jews returned to this area after 1945.

The Israelite cemetery in Fohnsdorf was built in 1873 by the Jewish community of Judenburg and in 1942 it was devastated by local Nazi units during the Nazi era, as a result of which many tombstones ( Mazewa ) were destroyed. All five existing Israelite cemeteries in Styria were "Aryanized" and in some cases completely destroyed.

In 1948, two survivors temporarily re-established a Chewra Kadisha and tried to have the gravestones found at local stonemasons returned. The cemetery is currently being maintained privately. A tour of the cemetery is possible, a key is available from the municipal office in Fohnsdorf.

See also

• List of listed objects in Fohnsdorf
• List of Jewish cemeteries in Austria

Web links

• Israelitische Kultusgemeinde Wien : cemeteries & mass graves. Judenburg. In: ikg-wien.at. Israelitische Kultusgemeinde Wien, p. 52 , accessed on October 27, 2019 . 
• Heimo Halbrainer: Excursion: Jewish life in Aichfeld in the 19th and 20th centuries. Century. Jewish life in Aichfeld in the 19th and 20th centuries Century. In: Remember.at. National Socialism and Holocaust Association: Memory and Present , p. 3 , accessed on October 27, 2019 . 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Federal Monuments Office : Immovable and archaeological monuments under monument protection . not legally binding. Ed .: Federal Monuments Office. Federal Monuments Office, Vienna January 19, 2019, p. 35 (226 pp., Online [PDF; 669 kB ; retrieved on October 27, 2019] German: Immovable and archaeological monuments under monument protection . Vienna 2019. Translated by Bundesdenkmalamt, first edition: Bundesdenkmalamt., Vienna 2019).
2. ^ Margit Franz, Heimo Halbrainer, Gerald Lamprecht, Karin M. Schmidlechner, Eduard G. Staudinger, Monika Stromberger, Andrea Strutz, Werner Suppanz, Heidrun Zettelbauer: Mapping Contemporary History . Contemporary stories in discourse. Ed .: Böhlau Verlag . Böhlau Verlag, Vienna , Cologne , Weimar 2008, ISBN 978-3-205-77693-2 , pp. 374 (439 p., Limited preview in the Google book search - German: Mapping Contemporary History . Vienna, Cologne, Weimar 2008. Translated by Margit Franz, Heimo Halbrainer, Gerald Lamprecht, Karin M. Schmidlechner, Eduard G. Staudinger, Monika Stromberger , Andrea Strutz, Werner Suppanz, Heidrun Zettelbauer, first edition: Böhlau-Verlag, Vienna, Cologne, Weimar 2008).