As early as 1776, the Jews settled in Wittstock applied for their own burial place. Thereupon in the direction of Kyritz the "old God's Acre" was established, where from 1806 to 1862 altogether 36 grave places were established. However, this was only the front part of today's area.
Still in 1859, another area was purchased. On the "new God's Acre" graves were erected from 1867 to 1907 and 4 years later, in 1911, the entire area was enclosed by a red brick wall (see pictures), which has even been restored once in 2000, losing relics such as the Stars of David. Through a recently discovered grave list it was possible to determine that a total of 47 adults and 12 children were buried in this rear area. Of these, however, only a few gravestones and mostly only fragments remain.
During the Nazi regime, in 1938 or 1941, the cemetery was desecrated and looted. Nevertheless, for example, the small mortuary with the tiled roof was preserved. (Picture 2) In 1952 the cleaning up of the cemetery started. Many gravestones were lost, some placed in the mortuary and some again leaning against the wall. After that, the two "God's Fields" were completely leveled and a memorial stone was inaugurated with a quotation from Goethe: "Noble be the man, helpful and good". The city then promised to maintain the site, but this promise was only slightly fulfilled. After the area became national property, the purpose of the cemetery was reclassified as "open space and housing". But the reserve land, which had never been used for burial purposes, was transferred back to the Jewish community.
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