Jewish cemetery (courtyard)

Coordinates: 50 ° 18 ′ 42 "  N , 11 ° 52 ′ 27"  E

Jewish cemetery (courtyard)​

Germany

View of the cemetery

The Jewish cemetery is a Jewish burial place in the city of Hof (Saale) . The cemetery is located on the Hohensaas in the direction of the Wölbattendorf district .

history

The 27 Ar large cemetery yard, the youngest Jewish cemetery in Upper Franconia, was established in 1911. From Taharahaus of the cemetery are now only remnants exist. During the Nazi regime, it was converted into a storage area for a construction company and restored as a cemetery after the end of World War II .

142 Jewish concentration camp prisoners are buried in a mass grave in the cemetery, a memorial commemorates them.

literature

• Norbert Goßler: Jewish life in the Hof area. A historical outline . In: Miscellanea curiensia . Volume II, 41st report. North Upper Franconian Association for Nature, History and Regional Studies , Hof 1999. P. 91f.
• Lothar Mayer: Jewish cemeteries in Middle and Upper Franconia. Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg 2012, ISBN 978-3-86568-572-8 , pp. 208-211. (with many photos)

Web links

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

• The Jewish cemetery at Hof bei Alemannia Judaica
• The Jewish cemetery in Hof at the central archive for research into the history of Jews in Germany
• The Jewish cemetery in Hof near the House of Bavarian History