Mausoleum of the Jewish brickworks owner Oskar Philippsohn - Lindhorst-Ottenen

The Ottensen Mausoleum is a private mausoleum in the Ottensen district of Lindhorst. The mausoleum was built in 1952 by the Jewish brickworks owner Oskar Philippsohn, a survivor of Theresienstadt, near his home for himself and his family using bricks from his own production. His Protestant wife Karoline Philippsohn, née Wenthe, was buried here in 1960, and her brother Wilhelm Wenthe in 1963. In 1964, the brickworks, which Oskar Philippsohn's grandson had taken over, went bankrupt. In addition to other property, the house with the mausoleum on the property had to be sold. After that, burial in the building was no longer possible. The builder, who died in 1966, was buried in Hanover. In the following years, the mausoleum fell into disrepair and was overgrown by the surrounding trees and bushes. In 2009, Lindhorst local council decided to uncover and restore it with the help of EU funds. The mausoleum is a heptagonal central structure in the style of the Stadthagen mausoleum. It has a tent roof. The formal language is neo-Romanesque. In front is a small entrance hall with a gabled roof. Above its gable is an iron Star of David bearing a cross, apparently a symbol of the Philippsohns' interfaith marriage. The windows provide a view of the coffins of the two buried people.

Source: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mausoleum_Ottensen