Forest cemetery Düsseldorfer Strasse (Duisburg)

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The first cemeteries were located in Meiderich and in the city center. Then the cemetery at Sternbuschweg was used, from 1923 the forest cemetery at Düsseldorfer Strasse. It was used for normal burials until 1940, then for urn burials of concentration camp victims. Since 1981 it has been used by the Jewish community of Duisburg.

Cemetery Mattlerstrasse (Duisburg)

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The Hamborn, Marxloh and Bruckhausen Jews used the cemetery in Holten on Vennstrasse, later on the southern cemetery. However, this cemetery became increasingly unusable due to subsidence and flooding caused by mining.

From 1924, the cemetery on Mattlerstrasse was then used. The last burials were urn burials of concentration camp victims.

Today there are still 66 gravestones left.

The cemetery in Duisburg Ruhrort

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The cemetery in Ruhrort on Rheinbrückenstrasse existed from 1732. Towards the end of the 19th century, the cemetery was occupied, the city planned a development on the site. As a result, the cemetery was abandoned and the remains were moved to the Mattlerstrasse cemetery. Today there is still the remains of a wall on the street.

The Jewish cemetery of Schwanewede

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The cemetery of Schwanewede was probably founded at the end of the 18th century. The oldest gravestone dates from 1815, the youngest from 1924, and the last burial is said to have taken place in 1941. Today there are still 110 gravestones on the site. The cemetery served not only the Jews from Schwanewede but also from the surrounding villages as a burial ground.