Jewish cemetery (Amberg)

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Jewish cemetery in Amberg

The Amberg Jewish Cemetery is located on the southeastern outskirts of Amberg at the end of Philipp-Melanchthon-Straße. The cemetery was laid out in 1927. It is still used today by the re-existing Israelite Community of Amberg . It is surrounded by a massive stone wall. There is a fountain at its entrance. There are also 16 graves of concentration camp victims in the cemetery.

literature

  • Israel Schwierz: Stone evidence of Jewish life in Bavaria . 1988, p. 270.
  • Norbert Flach: Forensics. Amberg and the district under the swastika. A guide to sites of fascist oppression and anti-fascist resistance in the district of Amberg-Sulzbach and in the city of Amberg , Nassenhausen 1989, Frankfurt 1993

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.alemannia-judaica.de/amberg_friedhof.htm
  2. ↑ http://www.alemannia-judaica.de/amberg_friedhof.htm

Coordinates: 49 ° 26 '15.6 "  N , 11 ° 53' 3.1"  E