Cemetery

Nothing more is known about the history of a Jewish cemetery in Bergen. The cemetery is said to have still existed as a part of the municipal cemetery in the 1950s.

"From the main road from Bremerhaven via Langen to Nordholz and Cuxhaven, turn right in Midlum exactly opposite the turnoff in the direction of Dorum and Wermen into Wanhödener Straße. (At the turnoff there is a signpost to the Jewish cemetery.) Follow this road straight ahead to the end of the village. After about 2 km, on the right side of the road, a signpost that cannot be overlooked points to the cemetery, which is about 50 m away in a small wood."

Dr. Hans-Peter Laqueur

"The cemetery is located on the outskirts of the town, in the Döhren forest.

The new cemetery has 37 gravestones. Originally there were 62 graves here, but after the war not all the graves destroyed by Nazi vandalism could be fully restored. 

• Fünf Gräber bear only Hebräish inscriptions,
• 31 stones show German and Hebräish characters,
• one stone – the für the Yugoslav soldier Mose Atijar – has only a German inscription.

On all gravestones can be found above two letters: „Pe – nun“ - the abbreviation for „Here rests ...“. Then, with an honorific introduction, the name of the deceased is mentioned and the date of death.

On the crest of the Lohberg is, stretched out on a length of approx. 300 m, the former Jewish cemetery, which was put on approximately around the year 1680 and on which today still 65 gravestones are to be found. The oldest ones date back to the 1770s and 1780s, while the youngest ones date back to 1926. (Source: Wikipedia)