Jewish cemetery (Zerbst / Anhalt)
The Jewish cemetery in Zerbst / Anhalt , a town in the Anhalt-Bitterfeld district in the state of Saxony-Anhalt , was laid out in 1769 or 1782. The Jewish cemetery on Grünen Strasse is a protected cultural monument .
In the cemetery, which was restored in the 1980s, there are still around 40 to 50 tombstones today . On the arched entrance is a Hebrew and German inscription from the hymn Jigdal : The Almighty will revive the dead in his infinite goodness .
On the right side there is a plaque with the inscription:
To the Jewish citizens of the city of Zerbst
In memory of the fascist pogrom night on November 9, 1938 .
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 ).
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Coordinates: 51 ° 58 ′ 20.1 ″ N , 12 ° 4 ′ 19.8 ″ E