Jewish cemetery Hüls (Krefeld)

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Entrance to the Jewish cemetery in Hüls
Tombstones

The Jewish cemetery in Hüls , a district of Krefeld in North Rhine-Westphalia , was created in 1891 as the successor to the old, no longer existing Jewish burial site on Moersische Strasse . The Jewish cemetery with the address Am Strathhof is a protected architectural monument .

Around 50 tombstones and fragments from the years 1894 to 1940 still exist in the cemetery surrounded by hedges . Since 1988 there has been a memorial plaque on the portal with the inscription: In memory of the Jewish fellow citizens on the 50th anniversary of the Reichskristallnacht, Hüls November 10, 1988 , SPD Hüls .

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

Commons : Jüdischer Friedhof Hüls  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 51 ° 22 ′ 41.02 "  N , 6 ° 30 ′ 10.99"  E