Jewish cemetery (Hemer)

Jewish cemetery in Hemer

Memorial stone on the Jewish cemetery in Hemer

The Jewish cemetery Hemer is a Jewish cemetery in Hemer , a town in the Märkisches Kreis ( North Rhine-Westphalia ). The cemetery is located at Am Perick .

history

The Jewish community of Hemer built its own cemetery around 1800. The cemetery still has 25 tombstones ( mazewot ) and the last burial was in 1955.

In the cemetery there is a memorial stone for the Jewish citizens from Hemer who were killed in the time of National Socialism .

literature

• Klaus-Dieter Alicke: Lexicon of the Jewish communities in the German-speaking area. Volume 2: Großbock - Ochtendung. Gütersloher Verlagshaus, Gütersloh 2008, ISBN 978-3-579-08078-9 .

Web links

Commons : Hemer Jewish Cemetery  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Hemer. In: Overview of all projects for the documentation of Jewish grave inscriptions in the area of ​​the Federal Republic of Germany ; here: North Rhine-Westphalia ; Version: December 2002

Coordinates: 51 ° 22 ′ 58.5 "  N , 7 ° 46 ′ 15.7"  E