Jewish cemetery (Kyselka)

The Jewish Cemetery ( Czech : Židovský hřbitov ) was a Jewish cemetery in the former spa town of Kyselka in Karlovarský kraj , Czech Republic . In 2014 the former cemetery area was fenced in and placed under monument protection.

history

The cemetery was established in January 1928, and there were gravestones from the 19th and early 20th centuries in the area. After the Munich Agreement and the expulsion of most of the local Jews in 1938, supporters of the Nazi regime destroyed large parts of the cemetery in 1939 . The remains survived World War II . After the liberation, most of the Jews returned to Kyselka and took part in rebuilding the community. The last gravestones were removed by the Soviet occupiers. All tombstones pointed to Jerusalem .

description

The cemetery was behind the local synagogue and was surrounded by the palace gardens of Villa Mattoni . The inscriptions on the gravestones were mainly in Yiddish and Hebrew , but also in German , and from the end of the 19th century also in Czech . In 2014, the former cemetery area was fenced in and placed under monument protection. A memorial stone and the reinstatement of previously removed graves are planned for the future.

Famous pepole

Relatives of Rabbi Chaim Elazar Spira were buried in the cemetery.

Web links

• Overview of Lázně Kyselka and Jewish life in and around the place. In: gymostrov.cz (Czech, accessed December 31, 2014)

Coordinates: 50 ° 15 ′ 36 ″  N , 13 ° 0 ′ 3.5 ″  E