New Jewish Cemetery (Merano)
The New Jewish Cemetery in Merano , the second largest city in the Italian province of South Tyrol , was built in 1907 thanks to the then President of the Jewish Community. The Jewish cemetery is located west of the Merano train station and has an area of 900 square meters. The cemetery is adjacent to the municipal cemetery. The cemetery, which is still used by the Jewish community of Merano today, replaced an old Jewish cemetery, from which around 666 graves were transferred.
A memorial in the cemetery commemorates the victims of the Holocaust .
Graves of famous personalities
- Moritz Lazarus , psychologist
- Peretz Smolenskin , novelist and publicist
- Daniel Spitzer , writer and journalist
- Joseph Wechsberg , journalist
See also
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 version ).
Web links
Commons : Neuer Jüdischer Friedhof (Meran) - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Merano Jewish Community (accessed October 29, 2015)
Coordinates: 46 ° 40 ′ 25.9 ″ N , 11 ° 8 ′ 43.7 ″ E