Jewish cemetery (Mülheim)
The Mülheim Jewish Cemetery is located in Mülheim-Kärlich in the Mayen-Koblenz district in Rhineland-Palatinate , near Lohrweg and Hoorweiherstrasse. The Jewish cemetery is a protected cultural monument .
history
The Jewish community of Mülheim laid out its own cemetery in the middle of the 19th century. It is 7.73 ares in size and was occupied until 1941. Today there are still about 50 tombstones ( Mazewot ).
In the cemetery there is a memorial stone with the following inscription: “The Lord said to Cain: Where is your brother Abel (from the common Bible Genesis 4,9). To commemorate the deportation of Jewish citizens from Mülheim-Kärlich March 21, 1942 - July 27, 1942 - to remember the dead - to remind the living. "
On the other three sides of the memorial stone are the names of the Jewish citizens from Mülheim-Kärlich who were deported and murdered.
literature
- Klaus-Dieter Alicke: Lexicon of the Jewish communities in the German-speaking area. Volume 3: Ochtrup - Zwittau. Gütersloher Verlagshaus, Gütersloh 2008, ISBN 978-3-579-08079-6 ( 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 , p. 275.
See also
Web links
- Mülheim Jewish cemetery near Alemannia Judaica
- Mülheim Jewish cemetery at the central archive for research into the history of Jews in Germany
Andernach | Bassenheim | Bendorf | Brodenbach | Gondorf | Kruft | Mayen | Mertloch | Miesenheim | Mülheim | Nickenich | Low-ended | Notice | Rhens | Sayn | Door | Vallendar | Weißenthurm | Weitersburg | Wierschem
Coordinates: 50 ° 22 ′ 48 ″ N , 7 ° 29 ′ 46 ″ E