Jewish cemetery (Hradec Králové)

Coordinates: 50 ° 13 '46.4 "  N , 15 ° 50' 39.9"  E

Jewish cemetery in Königgrätz

Mourning hall

The Jewish cemetery in Königgrätz (Czech Hradec Králové ), a Czech city ​​in northeastern Bohemia , was established in 1877.

history

Several hundred tombstones have been preserved in the 2991 square meter Jewish cemetery in the Pouchov district .

After the Second World War, a memorial was erected in the cemetery to commemorate the 376 victims of the Holocaust from Königgrätz and the neighboring communities.

See also

• Königgrätz synagogue

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 version ).

Web links

Commons : Jewish Cemetery (Hradec Králové)  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• History of the Jewish community of Hradec Králové at the Jewish Cemetery Project (English)