Jewish cemetery (Schwabhausen - concentration camp cemetery and memorial)

The concentration camp cemetery is located south of the village on the railroad embankment in the direction of Landsberg a. Lech. The path is partially signposted.The cemetery was established over three mass graves with victims from Camp IV of the Landsberg/Kaufering subcamp complex. During the evacuation of the camp, the train transport with the prisoners was attacked by Allied low-flying planes on April 27, 1945. Prisoners fleeing under fire were murdered by the guards, some managed to escape, others succumbed to their injuries soon after. The dead were buried next to the railroad track in three pits in early May 1945.Between 130 and 140 unknown victims of subcamp IV are buried in the cemetery, which covers 2231 square meters.Three mass graves lie one behind the other at unequal distances of 30 to 60 meters apart; each is surrounded by a massive medium-high wall with a small iron door. Paths strewn with gravel lead to each of the three graves, and each has a bed with permanent planting.The first construction work began in 1945. The design plan of April 1946 by the District Office Landsberg am Lech in consultation with the Bavarian State Compensation Office; execution of the metal work on the monument by stonemason Franz Xaver Sepp (Landsberg), completion in the summer of 1946, 1947 solemn inauguration.