Jewish cemetery (Aach)

Jewish cemetery at the southern entrance to the village (March 2018)

The Aach Jewish Cemetery is a cemetery in Aach , a municipality in the Trier-Saarburg district in Rhineland-Palatinate .

The Jewish cemetery is located on the outskirts in the direction of Trier, immediately to the right of Trierer Straße.

In the cemetery, which was probably laid out in the 19th century and occupied until the first half of the 20th century, there is a single gravestone for Samuel Levy and his son Adolf Levy, who died in World War I.

history

It is not known when the Jewish cemetery in Aach was established. In 1930 it was expanded and repaired. After 1945 a memorial with 30 names of those buried in the cemetery was erected. A tombstone for Samuel Levy and his son Adolf Levy has been put up again.

Desecrations of the cemetery

The cemetery was desecrated in 1942 - during the Nazi era - by members of the Hitler Youth who did not come from Aach . Several tombstones were destroyed in the process. In the following years all tombstones were destroyed and the cemetery was cleared.

See also

The Jewish cemetery is not included in the list of cultural monuments in Aach (near Trier) .

Web links

Commons : Jewish Cemetery  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Aach Jewish cemetery near Alemannia Judaica (with four photos)
• Aach Jewish cemetery at the central archive for research into the history of Jews in Germany
• Entry on Jewish cemetery in the database of cultural assets in the Trier region (with four photos).

Coordinates: 49 ° 47 ′ 11.7 "  N , 6 ° 35 ′ 36.6"  E