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Jewish cemetery Rheindahlen

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The Jewish Cemetery is located in the Rheindahlen district of Mönchengladbach (North Rhine-Westphalia) on Hardter Straße and is located directly opposite the former municipal cemetery, which is now a park. It replaced an older Jewish burial ground "am Jüddeberg", which was leveled in 1954. 

The former burial ground on Hardter Straße has a size of 381 m². Due to repeated desecrations during the Nazi era and the theft of several gravestones, the original state of occupancy can no longer be traced today. 

Jewish cemetery Gladbach

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The Jewish Cemetery is located on Hügelstraße in the Westend district of Mönchengladbach (North Rhine-Westphalia) and is the largest preserved cemetery in the urban area of today's Mönchengladbach. 

In 1841, the Jewish community acquired the land with an abandoned gravel and sand pit from the merchant Busch. The land acquisition replaced an older cemetery, which must have been located nearby, but can no longer be located. The oldest surviving gravestone is dated 1875 (first burial 1841).

The cemetery in Schwanenberg

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The Schwanenberg Jewish Cemetery is located at the end of the village of Lentholt, a hamlet that belongs to Schwanenberg, a district of Erkelenz in the district of Heinsberg near Mönchengladbach (North Rhine-Westphalia).

In Schwanenberg there is a Jewish community since the early 19th century. Presumably, however, there were already Jews in the area since the 16th century.

Paul Celan

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"I have never poetized a line that would have had nothing to do with my existence."
From this quote by the writer and poet Paul Celan, it is clear how closely his work was interwoven with his biography. As a Jewish, German-speaking poet of Romanian origin, he processed the horror of the Shoah in his texts. His best-known poem Todesfuge has been printed and adapted many times.

City walk Cologne

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The trade fair and university city of Cologne, situated on the left and right of the Rhine in the "Cologne Bay", is the largest metropolis in North Rhine-Westphalia with a population of around 1.1 million. Its landmark, visible from afar, is Cologne Cathedral. Art, culture and carnival attract travelers to this day. Founded as Oppidum Ubiorum around 19 BC, Cologne (Colonia Agrippina) received Roman city rights in 50 AD. Around 450 it became the seat of the archbishopric.

The cemetery of Ballenstedt

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Location:

Coming from the direction of Hoym, one reaches a small driveway to the right immediately before the place name sign "Ballenstedt". About it one reaches the entrance of the cemetery.

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The large area, enclosed by a wall, is empty except for a memorial stone erected in its center. The preserved about 15 gravestones were placed along the right outer wall (seen from the gate). Four memorial plaques are placed at its near-gate end.

The gate is locked, a plaque placed there indicates that a key is available at the town hall, room 11.

Law firm - Dr. Leopold Ambrunn

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Leopold Ambrunn was born in Munich on June 23, 1884, the son of a merchant. He studied law in Munich and Berlin. He received his doctorate in law in Heidelberg in 1910. His admission to the Munich courts spanned the period 1911 - 30.11.1938. On 9.11.1938 his apartment and law office were stormed and looted. From 10.11.1938 he was imprisoned in the Dachau concentration camp for about weeks. On 4.4.1942 his deportation from Munich to Piaski in Galicia.

Apartment - Julius Zielenziger

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Lesser Isaak Zielenziger, together with his wife Marie, founded a flourishing wholesale grain business in Potsdam in 1848 at the age of 28, which enabled him to live on it even in his retirement. He was very active in the Jewish community in Potsdam. In 1851 he was a member of the board of the Jewish community and in 1855 he was one of the founding members of the Chewra Kaddischa. His son Julius later continued the business.

The Jewish cemetery Hemsbach

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The Jewish Cemetery Hemsbach is a Jewish cemetery in Hemsbach, a town in the Rhine-Neckar district in northern Baden-Württemberg. The cemetery is a cultural monument worthy of protection. The Jewish cemetery of Hemsbach was established in 1674. It is located east of the village on the Mühlweg. The dead from the villages in the area were also buried here.