Jewish cemetery (Krnov)
Coordinates: 50 ° 5 ′ 5.3 " N , 17 ° 43 ′ 31.4" E
The Jewish cemetery in Krnov (German Jägerndorf ), a Czech town in the Okres Bruntál in the Moravian-Silesian region , was established in 1874. The Jewish cemetery is located on Troppauer Straße below the castle hill.
Several hundred gravestones with Hebrew , Czech and German inscriptions are still present in the approximately 3550 square meter cemetery, which was devastated by SS men in 1939 .
literature
- Klaus-Dieter Alicke: Lexicon of the Jewish communities in the German-speaking area. Volume 2: Großbock - Ochtendung. Gütersloher Verlagshaus, Gütersloh 2008, ISBN 978-3-579-08078-9 ( online edition ).
Web links
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