Israelitischer Friedhof Klagenfurt am Wörthersee

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The Israelite cemetery of Klagenfurt am Wörthersee is located in the 11th district of St. Ruprecht . It borders with two walls on the Christian cemetery St. Ruprecht.

The funeral association Chewra Kadischa , founded in 1888, purchased a piece of land in front of the Christian cemetery St. Ruprecht , where Jews were already buried. During the First World War , Jewish soldiers who died in hospitals were also buried here. During the Second World War , the cemetery was damaged by bombs in the air war, which the City of Klagenfurt resolved to repair in 1964. During a further general renovation in 2012, the wrought iron gate was recreated by the blacksmith Markus Pirker. The general renovation was ceremoniously concluded on May 8, 2012 with Marko M. Feingold , President of the Salzburg Cultural Community, and Rajmund Pajer , survivor in Mauthausen and Klagenfurt-Lendorf subcamp .

Since there is no longer a Jewish community in Klagenfurt, burials are carried out through the Israelitische Kultusgemeinde Graz .

Memorial plaque and urn by Fred Reinisch

Gravestone Bert Friedländer

Mayor Maria-Luise Mathiaschitz initiated the installation of a marble plaque at the Israelite cemetery to commemorate Klagenfurters. The memorial plaque was ceremoniously unveiled on July 24, 2018. He was cremated - died in Florida in 2018. According to Jewish belief, this is not allowed. The compromise: The urn is in the Christian cemetery, more precisely in a wall niche. A memorial plaque was placed on the Jewish side of the wall,

Fred Reinisch, born on September 29, 1921 in St. Ruprecht, was the last Klagenfurt Jew who was able to escape the Holocaust.

He died on July 26, 2017 shortly before his 97th birthday in Boca Raton, Florida.

Although a lot of injustice, discrimination and persecution was done to him as a child and young man, Reinisch knew "neither resentment nor feelings of revenge" ("Letter to the Born", 2013).

literature

  • Nadja Danglmaier: The Jewish community in Klagenfurt. From social assimilation to destruction. Project work, Pedagogical Academy Linz, 2006.

Web links

Commons : Israelitischer Friedhof Klagenfurt am Wörthersee  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Israelite cemetery restored and ceremoniously handed over  ( page can no longer be accessed , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the website of Mayor Christian Scheider , May 9, 2012@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.christianscheider.at  
  2. ↑ Kärntner Krone, August 26, 2018, p. 24
  3. ↑ Project work by Nadja Danglmaier 2006 (PDF; 246 kB)

Coordinates: 46 ° 36 ′ 45.4 "  N , 14 ° 18 ′ 41.7"  E