Jewish cemetery (Hopsten)

Gravestones in the Jewish cemetery in Hopsten

Memorial stone for the murdered Jewish citizens from Hopsten

The Jewish cemetery in Hopsten , a community in the Steinfurt district in North Rhine-Westphalia , was established in 1904 and was occupied until 1931. The approximately 400 m² Jewish cemetery on Schapener Straße is a protected monument .

The cemetery survived the Nazi era undamaged. Today there are still eight tombstones . In 2018 the cemetery was fenced in with a larch wood fence.

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 ( online edition ).

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

Hopsten In: Overview of all projects for the documentation of Jewish grave inscriptions in the area of the Federal Republic of Germany

↑ Ibbenbürener Volkszeitung from April 17, 2018: "Island with a frame made of larch"