Jewish cemetery Krems
The Krems Jewish Cemetery in Krems an der Donau became the main burial place of the Krems Jewish Community when it was built in 1880/81 . The cemetery is a listed building ( list entry ).
location
At Wiener Straße 115, at the entrance and exit Krems Nord.
history
In 1878 a gold coin was found at Gaswerkgasse 30, and bones from around 20 skeletons were found. It is believed that this cemetery came to an end with the expulsion of the Jews in 1421 . A vineyard name Judenfreithoff has been documented since 1460. A second Jewish cemetery was created on the Turnerberg in 1853. Desecrations in the interwar period resulted in the cemetery being abandoned in 1936. The remains of the dead were taken to the main cemetery on Wiener Strasse. This was opened in 1880/81 at Wiener Straße 115.
Due to the expulsion and extermination of Jews during the Nazi era , the Jewish cemetery is primarily an object of remembrance today. The Jewish cemetery was desecrated during the National Socialist era . The regular records of where which people are buried have been lost. At least three rows of graves were removed during the war to make way for a barrack camp for prisoners of war.
With references from contemporary witnesses and with excavations under the direction of the Viennese religious community, some clarity could be created. The cemetery was renovated in 1988. In the course of the clearing work, the memorial stone for the fallen of the First World War came to light. Robert Kohn reported that he and Max Auspitz, as two Jewish secondary school students in the interwar period, received an order from the drawing teacher to lay a wreath on a memorial day. Robert Kohn: We went, it was way out, but we went with the wreath. We came to the cemetery and it was locked. There was also no guard. We looked for a low place and climbed over the wall and laid the wreath .
In 1995, a memorial by the sculptor and photo artist Hans Kupelwieser , a 42-meter-long metal threshold in which the names of the 127 Krems Jews who were expelled or murdered, were carved, was placed in the entrance area of the cemetery. Paul Grosz , then President of the Israelitische Kultusgemeinde Wien , expressed thanks and appreciation. If someone wants to enter the cemetery, they either have to cross the threshold or walk along in front of it in order to be able to enter the cemetery at the end. This set a sign for the dead and the displaced of the lost Jewish community of Krems. With initiatives with active students, the cemetery is kept in a worthy condition.
In 2004, three public bookcases were built in the cemetery by the artist duo Clegg & Guttmann .
Since 2006, a debate has been taking place between politicians at federal and state level as well as experts about the restoration and preservation - Washington Agreement of 23 January 2001 - of the Jewish cemeteries in Austria.
literature
- Robert Streibel : Suddenly they were all gone. The Jews of the "Gau capital Krems" and their fellow citizens . Picus, Vienna 1991, ISBN 3-85452-223-1 ( Open Access E-Book [accessed April 5, 2018]).
- Robert Streibel : The city of Krems in the Third Reich. Everyday chronicle 1938–1945 . Picus, Vienna 1993, ISBN 3-85452-248-7 ( Open Access E-Book [PDF; accessed April 5, 2018]).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Searching for traces , Journal for Scientific Popularization , 11th year, 2000, Issue 1-2 Reason for termination non- Aryan ISBN 3-902167-04-1 Robert Streibel: "Historical Mail Research": When the past is in the mailbox. The project “Unknown warped” ended at the Jewish cemetery in Krems, pp. 97–102
- ↑ Interview with Robert Kohn, in: Robert Streibel: Suddenly everyone was gone, page 183
- ↑ Online presence Jews in Krems ( Memento of the original from October 9, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Project report on the monument by Hans Kupelwieser
- ^ Online presence Jews in Krems ( Memento of the original from February 19, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Thanks and appreciation from Paul Grosz
- ↑ Krems Jewish Cemetery at www.erinnern.at. Retrieved October 12, 2015.
- ^ Online presence Jews in Krems ( Memento of the original from March 2, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 120 students from the three grammar schools in Krems took responsibility for the past on May 4, 2007
- ↑ Online appearance reminiscence.at The Jewish cemetery as a learning area. Didactic considerations by Robert Streibel. August 2007
- ^ Online presence Jews in Krems ( Memento of the original from February 19, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Project and realization of the library in the cemetery by Michael Clegg and Martin Guttmann
- ↑ ORF online presence Even in the Council of Ministers no solution has been found for the renovation and maintenance of Jewish cemeteries. November 14, 2007
Web links
Coordinates: 48 ° 25 ′ 2.5 ″ N , 15 ° 37 ′ 26.2 ″ E