Jewish cemetery (Ochtendung)

Jewish cemetery in Ochtendung

Memorial stone on the Jewish cemetery in Ochtendung

The Jewish cemetery Ochtendung is a Jewish cemetery in Ochtendung , a local community in the district of Mayen-Koblenz ( Rhineland-Palatinate ). The cemetery is a protected cultural monument and is located on Hürtersweg.

history

The Jewish community of Ochtendung first buried their dead in the Jewish cemetery in Bassenheim . A separate cemetery was created around 1875. The 3.25 ares large cemetery was first occupied around 1879.

During the Nazi era , the cemetery was destroyed and the tombstones ( mazewot ) were removed.

In the cemetery there is a memorial stone with the following inscription: In memory of the Jewish fellow citizens of Ochtendung and their brothers and sisters who perished in the concentration camps .

literature

• 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 , pp. 299-300.

Web links

Commons : Jüdischer Friedhof Ochtendung  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Ochtendung Jewish cemetery near Alemannia Judaica
• Ochtendung Jewish cemetery at the central archive for research into the history of Jews in Germany

Coordinates: 50 ° 21 ′ 6.7 ″  N , 7 ° 22 ′ 49.2 ″  E