Harburg Jewish cemetery

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The Harburg Jewish Cemetery , also known as the Schwarzenbergstrasse Jewish Cemetery, was the burial site of the Harburg-Wilhelmsburg synagogue community; it is located in today's Hamburg district of Harburg on Schwarzenbergstrasse above the slope of the Elbe and covers around two hectares .

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The cemetery has probably existed since the beginning of the settlement of Jews in Harburg at the beginning of the 17th century, at the latest since 1690. In 1813 it was badly damaged by French soldiers' fortification work , so that today no older graves are preserved. A house of the dead was built in 1857, and a prayer room was added in 1900. A memorial was erected at the entrance to the war dead of the First World War . The last burial took place in 1935 because the cemetery was full.

Negotiations with the city of Harburg about an extension or a new facility were largely concluded at the end of the 1920s, but were thwarted when the National Socialists came to power . The cemetery was desecrated during the Reichspogromnacht in 1938 and the house of the dead was destroyed by arson and demolished a little later. In 1943 the cemetery was forcibly taken over by the city of Hamburg. Since 1992 a plaque on the square of the house of the dead commemorates these events.

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Coordinates: 53 ° 27 ′ 51.1 ″  N , 9 ° 58 ′ 25 ″  E