Jewish cemetery (Beelitz)
The Beelitz Jewish Cemetery in the town of Beelitz in the Potsdam-Mittelmark district in Brandenburg has been a protected architectural monument since 1985 and was part of the Beelitz synagogue district . There are 48 gravestones in six recognizable rows in the 925 m² cemetery on Straße des Aufbaus 8 (near Clara-Zetkin-Straße) . The oldest legible, a double tombstone, bears the dates 1752 and 1764. The youngest stone dates from 1925.
history
The cemetery, where the dead of the Jewish communities Trebbin , Luckenwalde and Jüterbog were buried, in Beelitz itself there were only three Jewish families in 1777, already existed in the first half of the 18th century "Am Grosse Anger" in front of the then Berliner Tor. The Jewish community lost the deed for the acquisition of the property, which is why the Beelitz magistrate issued a new deed of ownership in 1775.
"We mayors and councilors of the royal Churmärkische Immediat-Stadt Beelitz certify and hereby confess: After the local Jews with the addition of the zu Trebbin, Luckenwalde and Jüterbok already had a place for their burial some time ago in front of the Berliner Thorr, behind the barns Brought the dead from the city for sale, subsequently enlarged them by buying another piece of land, and relocating this churchyard with a wall at their own expense, also having a house built on it in accordance with the customs observed at the burial of their dead; What at that time you received a judicial inheritance prescription from the magistrate, but came to hand it over to you, and then appropriately asked for a copy of the same for your safety: So we have to defer their request, the truth of the above, in accordance with our court act Against everyone who is interested, hereby assure, and also in his entourage, the local Jews and their descendants who are interested in them, for us and our successors in office, Krafft want to assure that they are completely tax-free for the inherited and peculiar Possession of their churchyard and pertinents, as well as those currently in its borders and maalen, are to be protected by the authorities at all times; Wes-Endes this assurance was drawn up in its current, certified form and duly incorporated into our Actis publicis. Documented under the local court seal. Given to Beelitz on August 21, 1775. Magistrate here. Gravius. Ch. Raddatz. Glaser. "
In 1775 there was also a Tahara house for washing the dead; it no longer exists today. The burial place was enlarged by buying a desolate site and in 1789 the magistrate allowed the enclosure to be extended over the entire area.
He was supposed to be eliminated during the Nazi era . In 1938 it was largely destroyed and served the local children as a playground.
The vandalized Jewish cemetery was repaired in 1945 during the time of the Soviet occupation zone . For the 50th anniversary of the November pogrom on November 9, 1988, the cemetery was renovated and a memorial plaque was put up.
See also
Web links
- Entry in the monument database of the State of Brandenburg
- History of the Jewish cemetery in Beelitz (very detailed)
- Beelitz cemetery at "Death and Burial in Ashkenazi Judaism" . Scientific work by Nathanja Hüttenmeister, Georg Philipp Ilg
- Site plan of the grave sites . Sketch of the facility with the location of the grave sites recorded. Created by Nathanja Hüttenmeister in 1990.
- Beelitz (PM) on alemannia-judaica.de Potsdam-Mittelmark (PM)
Coordinates: 52 ° 14 ′ 11.9 ″ N , 12 ° 58 ′ 27.2 ″ E