Jewish cemetery (Niedermendig)

Entrance to the Jewish cemetery in Niedermendig

Jewish cemetery in Niedermendig

The Niedermendig Jewish Cemetery in Niedermendig , a district of the city of Mendig in the Mayen-Koblenz district in Rhineland-Palatinate , is a protected cultural monument . Today it is located in the middle of a new building area on Anne-Frank- Strasse.

history

The Jewish community in Niedermendig laid out the Jewish cemetery at the end of the 19th century. The cemetery covers an area of 7.15 acres and was largely destroyed during the National Socialist era . Most of the gravestones have no inscription panels. The last burial was in 1938 and today there are still 37 tombstones ( mazewot ).

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 version ).
Stefan Fischbach, Ingrid Westerhoff: Synagogues Rhineland-Palatinate - Saarland. "... and this is the gate of heaven" (= memorial book of the synagogues in Germany. 2). Published by the State Office for the Preservation of Monuments in Rhineland-Palatinate, State Conservatory Office of the Saarland, Synagogue Memorial Jerusalem. von Zabern, Mainz 2005, ISBN 3-8053-3313-7 , pp. 268-269.

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