Neuenbürg Jewish cemetery

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Neuenbürg Jewish cemetery

The Neuenbürg Jewish cemetery is a Jewish cemetery in Neuenbürg , a district of Kraichtal in northern Baden-Württemberg . The cemetery is located next to the Christian cemetery.

On April 8, 1945, the Vaihingen concentration camp was liberated by French troops. Approx. A little later, 600 typhus-sick concentration camp prisoners were housed in Neuenbürg for convalescence. Among these were numerous Polish Jews . Seven of them died in Neuenbürg and were buried next to the communal cemetery. The Jewish cemetery created by these seven graves has an area of ​​0.30 ares and is now within the general cemetery.

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Coordinates: 49 ° 9 ′ 19.7 ″  N , 8 ° 43 ′ 8 ″  E