Jewish cemetery (Moers)

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Jewish cemetery Moers

The Moers Jewish Cemetery is located in the town of Moers in the Wesel district in North Rhine-Westphalia . As a Jewish cemetery , it is an architectural monument . Fifty tombstones have been preserved in the cemetery on Klever Strasse .

history

The cemetery was occupied from before 1853 until 1934. In front of the construction of their own cemetery, the Moers Jews probably buried their dead in Krefeld . The cemetery was largely destroyed during the Nazi era : around 50 to 90 gravestones were lost. The current list of the remaining 50 stones does not correspond to the original condition.

See also

Web links

Commons : Jewish Cemetery  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 51 ° 27 ′ 10.4 "  N , 6 ° 38 ′ 20"  E