Jewish cemetery (Arlon)

Jewish area in the community cemetery in Arlon

The Arlon Jewish Cemetery is the oldest Jewish cemetery in Belgium . It was inaugurated in 1856 west of the Rue de Diekirch in Arlon and is part of the parish cemetery, which also includes a Catholic section. Before 1856 the Jews from Arlon were buried in the Jewish cemetery in Luxembourg .

In 2005 it was partially repaired through the collaboration of the Jewish Museum of Belgium and the Action Reconciliation Peace Services (ASF). A group of young Poles, Germans, Ukrainians and Czechs took part, in cooperation with the historian Philippe Pierret and Olivier Hottois.

Web links

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• Cemetery of the Jews in Arlon (Belgium), Rue de Diekirch
• Musée Juif de Belgique

Coordinates: 49 ° 41 ′ 39 ″  N , 5 ° 48 ′ 59 ″  E