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Warendorf New Cemetery

"In [1810] local Jews opened...a new cemetery—the latter replaced the older cemetery, which had been laid in 1772—" Ruth Martina...

Added Feb 18, 2020

Velbert Cemetery

"Records suggest that the town’s Jewish cemetery was already in use in 1840, and we know for certain that it...

Added Feb 17, 2020

Massener Strasse Cemetery

"The cemetery on Massener Strasse, consecrated in 1854 and desecrated in 1900, was used until 1942...Commemorative plaques have been affixed...at...

Added Feb 17, 2020

Hoffnungsstrasse Cemetery

"The city was also home to... [a Jewish cemetery] on Hoffnungsstrasse, or present-day Lazarettstrasse, between 1873 and 1923." Heidemarie Wawzryn...

Added Feb 17, 2020

Reckhammerweg Cemetery

"The city was also home to... [a Jewish cemetery] on Reckhammerweg (1885-1991)." Heidemarie Wawzryn Copyright: Pogrom Night 1938 - A...

Added Feb 17, 2020

Erwitte Old Cemetery

"Nineteenth-century Erwitte Jews also maintained an old cemetery on Gografenstrasse (approximately 160 feet from the local castle)... In 1958, after...

Added Feb 16, 2020

Eitorf Cemetery

"They did manage to open their own cemetery in 1918" Esther Sarah Evans Copyright: Pogrom Night 1938 - A Memorial...

Added Feb 14, 2020

Duesseldorf Alter Friedhof (Old Cemetery)

"Other communal institutions included a [cemetery, the] Alter Friedhof, Ulmenstrasse (1890-1922)" Heidemarie Wawrzyn Copyright: Pogrom Night 1938 - A Memorial...

Added Feb 13, 2020

Dortmund-Hoerde New Cemetery

"Other communal institutions included a... [cemetery] on Hoerder Kampweg (1914-1967)." Heidemarie Wawrzyn Copyright: Pogrom Night 1938 - A Memorial to...

Added Feb 13, 2020

Ostpark Cemetery

"Another Jewish cemetery was laid in Dortmund itself, in the Ostpark, in 1888." Bronagh Bowerman Copyright: Pogrom Night 1938 -...

Added Feb 13, 2020

Bottrop Cemetery

"On Pogrom Night... the cemetery [was] destroyed... A memorial plaque has been unveiled at the former cemetery site." Moshe Finkel...

Added Feb 11, 2020

Wasserstrasse Cemetery

"The cemetery was moved... to Wasserstrasse, in Wiemelshausen, in 1917." Ruth Martina Trucks Copyright: Pogrom Night 1938 - A Memorial...

Added Feb 10, 2020

Bielefeld Cemetery

"In 1891, a new Jewish cemetery was consecrated next to the Johannesfriedhof." Ruth Martina Trucks Copyright: Pogrom Night 1938 -...

Added Feb 10, 2020

Bergheim New Cemetery

"The second [cemetery], located at Bethlehemer Strasse, served the community from 1862 until 1933." Heidemarie Wawrzyn Copyright: Pogrom Night 1938...

Added Feb 10, 2020

Anroechte Cemetery

"Burials were conducted at the cemetery on Pohlgartenstrasse, which was consecrated at some point before 1800... [A] memorial was erected...

Added Feb 06, 2020

Soetern Cemetery

"On Pogrom Night...the cemetery was desecrated...Soetern’s Jewish cemetery was renovated in 1946 and desecrated in 2008." Esther Sarah Evans Copyright:...

Added Feb 06, 2020