Jewish cemetery (Lich)

Jewish cemetery in Lich

The Jewish cemetery in Lich , a town in the central Hessian district of Gießen , was probably laid out at the beginning of the 19th century. Today's 637 m² cemetery was enlarged in 1920.

The deceased of the Jewish community of Ettingshausen were also buried in the Jewish cemetery , which is protected as a cultural monument . Today there are still around 40 to 50 tombstones . The last grave is from 1938: Bernhard Lind (born 1877; died 1938 in Buchenwald concentration camp ).

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  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Lich Jewish cemetery near Alemannia Judaica

Individual evidence

1. ^ Commemorative Book - Victims of the Persecution of Jews under the National Socialist Tyranny in Germany 1933 - 1945 . Retrieved March 29, 2016.

Coordinates: 50 ° 31 '  N , 8 ° 49'  E