Jewish cemetery (Kynšperk nad Ohří)
The Jewish cemetery Kynšperk nad Ohří is a Jewish cemetery in Kynšperk nad Ohří (German Königsberg an der Eger ), a town in Okres Sokolov in the Czech Republic .
The cemetery was laid out in the 17th century; the oldest gravestone is from 1605. The cemetery was badly damaged by the Nazis in November 1938 . The last burial - the funeral of the painter and graphic artist Fritz Lederer - took place in 1949, after which the site became deserted; From 2005, however, an attempt was made to restore at least some of the gravestones.
Web links
Commons : Jewish Cemetery (Kynšperk nad Ohří) - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
- Židovský hřbitov, on www.kynsperk.cz/.../zidovsky-hrbitov (website of the town of Kynšperk nad Ohří)
