Jewish cemetery (Herrlisheim-près-Colmar)

Gravestones in the Jewish cemetery in Herrlisheim-près-Colmar

The Herrlisheim-près-Colmar Jewish cemetery is located in the French commune of Herrlisheim-près-Colmar in the Haut-Rhin department in Alsace . It was established in 1794 or 1804 and contains around 700 graves. The cemetery has been registered as a monument historique since 2004 .

The cemetery has been the target of anti-Semitic attacks several times . In August 1992 almost 200 tombstones were knocked over and some of them broke. The last attack occurred on April 30, 2004. A large number of gravestones and memorial plaques were smeared with swastikas and anti-Semitic and National Socialist messages.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Cimetière israélite Herrlisheim-près-Colmar in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
2. ^ Jewish cemetery in Alsace desecrated. Retrieved March 5, 2019 . 

Web links

Commons : Jewish cemetery Herrlisheim-près-Colmar  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Neo-Nazi violence in France I: Jewish cemetery in Alsace desecrated. From Bernard Schmid, Paris on hagalil.com, accessed on February 19, 2019

Coordinates: 48 ° 0 ′ 42.9 "  N , 7 ° 18 ′ 52.7"  E