Jewish cemetery (Bassum)

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Bassum Jewish cemetery

The Bassum Jewish cemetery is a well-preserved Jewish cemetery in Bassum ( Diepholz district , Lower Saxony ). It is a protected cultural monument .

description

Gravestone for one of nine collective graves in which deceased prisoners of war (World War II) from the former Soviet Union were buried

The cemetery is located south of the core area of ​​Bassum, south of the southern bypass ( B 51 ) and east of the B 61 to Sulingen . The enclosed cemetery has a size of approximately 600 m². There are 28 tombstones for deceased Jews and 9 tombstones for "unknown Russian soldiers". The prisoners of war ( World War II ) from the former Soviet Union were buried in 9 collective graves. In 7 of the 9 tombstones for the collective graves the number of "Russians" is given: 6 or 7 - a total of 44. With two tombstones the inscription reads only "Unknown Soldiers Russians".

The cemetery is run by the Lower Saxony State Association of Jewish Communities . The city of Bassum is responsible for maintenance.

history

The cemetery was laid out before 1852. The oldest gravestone is dated to 1852, the youngest to 1942.

literature

  • Heinz-Hermann Böttcher: The Jewish cemetery in Bassum - documentation. (Self-published typescript printing), Syke 2003, 116 p. M. numerous Fig. (92 photos, 3 map excerpts, 1 site plan, numerous faculties); therein: photographic recording of all 37 tombstones, recording of the tombstone inscriptions in German
  • Marlis Buchholz, Miriam Lappin u. Almuth Lessing: Bassum. In: Herbert Obenaus (Ed. In collaboration with David Bankier and Daniel Fraenkel): Historical manual of the Jewish communities in Lower Saxony and Bremen . Volume 1 and 2 (1668 pp.), Göttingen 2005, pages 179-183

See also

Web links

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

Coordinates: 52 ° 49 ′ 57.3 "  N , 8 ° 44 ′ 18.8"  E