Jewish cemetery Hamm (Sieg)

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The Hamm Jewish Cemetery in Hamm ( Altenkirchen district (Westerwald) ) is located a little south of the community. It is a protected cultural monument .

history

The scale of about 1,700 cemetery is located just south of the town of Hamm ( district Jewish cemetery south of the local situation towards Thalhauser mill). The cemetery covers an area of ​​18.24 acres . Today 109 tombstones are still preserved. It served as a burial place for the members of the Jewish community in Hamm . In 1902 the cemetery was desecrated . The cemetery was devastated during the November pogroms in 1938 and restored in 1945. In 1985 the cemetery was listed as a historical monument .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Hamm (victory) . alemannia-judaica.de. Retrieved May 9, 2020.
  2. ↑ Informational directory of cultural monuments (Altenkirchen district) (PDF) General Directorate for Cultural Heritage Rhineland-Palatinate. P. 17. Retrieved May 9, 2020.
  3. ↑ Hamm Jewish Cemetery (Sieg) . kuladig.de. Retrieved May 9, 2020.

Coordinates: 50 ° 45 ′ 38 "  N , 7 ° 40 ′ 27"  E