The cemetery of Alsenz

Alsenz is a small town in the Donnersbergkreis between Kaiserslautern and Bad Kreuznach.

From 1650 individual Jews settled in the village. In the middle of the 19th century, the community reached a strength of one hundred people. Due to rural exodus and moving to the cities, the number of Jews constantly decreased. At the time of National Socialism, only individual residents were left in the village.

In the village there was a synagogue with mikvah and school, in front of the village there was a cemetery.

During the pogrom in 1938 the houses of the Jews were devastated, the people were persecuted and tortured. Later the last Jews of Alsenz were deported and murdered.

The Jewish cemetery was first used at the beginning of the 18th century. The first burial took place in 1710, the last in 1962. Today there are still 121 stones on the site.