Jewish cemetery (Bad Ems)

Bad Ems Jewish cemetery with Tahara house

Old part of the cemetery

The Jewish cemetery in Bad Ems , the district town of the Rhein-Lahn district in Rhineland-Palatinate , was laid out around 1880. The Jewish cemetery with an area of 13.66 ares is located on the eastern slope of the Emsbach valley in Arzbacher Straße.

Today it is integrated into the Christian cemetery. It consists of an older part with 40 tombstones and a newer part with 142 tombstones. The last burial took place in 1960. Jewish spa guests were also buried in the cemetery.

Tahara house

The Tahara House was built around 1881, as a plaque attached inside the hall shows, and expanded in 1929 at the instigation of Ludolf Rosenheim. A commemorative plaque with the following inscription still exists today : Erected in memory of my parents Louis and Lina Rosenheim, who are resting here, in 1929, Ludolf Rosenheim, Berlin . The Tahara House used to be used as a Jewish mourning hall as well as for washing corpses. Today there is a cooperation between the city of Bad Ems, the regional association of Jewish communities in Rhineland-Palatinate, the Bad Ems community foundation and the Nassauer Land dean's office, which serves to secure the building fabric and restore the Tahara house. Schools and parishes deal with the history of the Tahara Hall, which is also a regular venue for commemorative events.

Commemoration

Further memorial plaques for the murdered citizens of the city of Bad Ems are attached: The citizens of the city of Bad Ems commemorate their Jewish fellow citizens, who were victims of the Nazi tyranny between 1933 and 1945, in awe and mourning .

Gravesites

Emil Löwenthal (1835–1896), German painter.

Web links

Commons : Jüdischer Friedhof Bad Ems - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

^ Jewish cemeteries in Rhineland-Palatinate: Bad Ems. Heidelberg University, accessed on August 30, 2020 .
↑ Bad Ems Jewish cemetery. Board of donors in the cemetery hall. Alemannia Judaica - Working Group for Research into the History of Jews in Southern Germany and the Adjoining Region, accessed on August 30, 2020 .
↑ Taharahaus Bad Ems: Turn parking space into a worthy place. Evangelical Dean's Office Nassauer Land, November 19, 2019, accessed on August 30, 2020 .
^ Klaus-Dieter Alicke: From the history of the Jewish communities in the German-speaking area: Bad Ems. Bad Ems Jewish cemetery. Klaus-Dieter Alicke, Winsen (Aller), 2014, accessed on August 30, 2020 .

50.333809 7.71634Coordinates: 50 ° 20 '1.7 " N , 7 ° 42' 58.8" E

[1] Jewish cemeteries in Rhineland-Palatinate: Bad Ems. Heidelberg University, accessed on August 30, 2020 .

[2] Bad Ems Jewish cemetery. Board of donors in the cemetery hall. Alemannia Judaica - Working Group for Research into the History of Jews in Southern Germany and the Adjoining Region, accessed on August 30, 2020 .

[3] Taharahaus Bad Ems: Turn parking space into a worthy place. Evangelical Dean's Office Nassauer Land, November 19, 2019, accessed on August 30, 2020 .

[4] Klaus-Dieter Alicke: From the history of the Jewish communities in the German-speaking area: Bad Ems. Bad Ems Jewish cemetery. Klaus-Dieter Alicke, Winsen (Aller), 2014, accessed on August 30, 2020 .