The new cemetery of Lucerne

The new cemetery was inaugurated in 1943. He also adjoins the municipal cemetery, but östlich. He is so far occupied with about 400 Gräber

In the front part of the new cemetery is a mortuary. While one finds also obelisks and other forms as well as decorations with the gravestones in the old cemetery, the present orthodox adjustment of the municipality is recognizable also at the einförmigen and unadorned gravestones of the new cemetery.

If one visits the new cemetery, one immediately notices the difference to German cemeteries: while in the local cemeteries only a few stones lie on the memorial stones, the stones in Lucerne pile up on some gravestones. The explanation is obvious: in Switzerland the families have not been decimated by the Shoa. There are simply more relatives who can commemorate the dead.