Jewish cemetery (Arnstadt)

The Arnstadt Jewish cemetery is located in the district town of Arnstadt in the Ilm district in Thuringia . The cemetery is registered as a protected cultural monument (see list of cultural monuments in Arnstadt ).

description

The Jewish cemetery is located next to the municipal main cemetery at Parkweg 32. A brick wall between the main cemetery and the Jewish cemetery forms the demarcation. 24 tombstones (two of which are memorial stones ) have been preserved in the 375 m² cemetery . There is a memorial stone for the city's Jews who perished during the Nazi era .

history

Until 1921, the dead of the Arnstadt Jewish community were buried in Plaue or other places, especially in the hometowns of the deceased. A piece of land to set up a Jewish cemetery in Arnstadt was acquired by the Jewish community in 1912. The first burials took place in 1924 (for Hedwig Stern, née Liebenthal, and Herz Herzberg, who both died in March 1924), the last burial was in autumn 1939 (for Hermann Stern).

Web links

• Jewish cemetery in Arnstadt near Alemannia Judaica (with 30 photos)

Coordinates: 50 ° 50 ′ 18.9 ″  N , 10 ° 57 ′ 40.4 ″  E