Jewish cemetery (Kruft)
The Jewish cemetery Kruft is a Jewish cemetery in Kruft , a local community in the district of Mayen-Koblenz in Rhineland-Palatinate . The cemetery is a protected cultural monument and is located in town on the main road on the edge of the general cemetery.
history
The Jewish cemetery in Kruft was laid out around 1930; previously the dead were buried in the shared Jewish cemetery in Nickenich . Today there are two tombstones ( mazewot ) from 1932 and 1935, probably the only burials in the cemetery.
literature
- Kruft. In: 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 ).
- Stefan Fischbach, Ingrid Westerhoff: Synagogues Rhineland-Palatinate - Saarland. "... and this is the gate of heaven" (= memorial book of the synagogues in Germany. 2). Published by the State Office for the Preservation of Monuments in Rhineland-Palatinate, State Conservatory Office of the Saarland, Synagogue Memorial Jerusalem. von Zabern, Mainz 2005, ISBN 3-8053-3313-7 .
Web links
- Jewish cemetery Kruft near Alemannia Judaica .
- Kruft Jewish cemetery at the central archive for research into the history of Jews in Germany
Coordinates: 50 ° 23 ′ 23 " N , 7 ° 20 ′ 33" E