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Jewish cemetery (Potsdam)

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On the slope of today's Pfingstberg the Jewish cemetery was established on October 28, 1743. The cemetery area was provided by Frederick the Great. Today, the cemetery is the only functional resting place of Potsdam Jews. It covers an area of almost 2000 m² and houses grave monuments of the 18th and 19th centuries.

Lost train

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The Lost Train, Lost Transport or Train of the Lost is the name given to the last of three trains used to transport prisoners away from Bergen-Belsen concentration camp during the Nazi era in the final phase of World War II, when British troops approached the camp.

Jewish cemetery (Lehe)

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The Lehe Jewish Cemetery is a Jewish cemetery in Lehe, a district in the North borough of the municipality of Bremerhaven in the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen. There are 253 gravestones in the cemetery, which has been occupied since 1768.

Jewish cemetery Altona

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The Altona Jewish Cemetery, also known as the Königstraße Jewish Cemetery or, referring to the Sephardic part of the cemetery, the Portuguese Cemetery on Königstraße, was established in 1611 and closed in 1877. It is considered one of the most important Jewish burial grounds in the world because of its size of 1.9 hectares, its age and the large number of preserved gravestones (about 7600 out of 8474 counted when the cemetery was closed in 1869).