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  Holocaust Memorial in the New Jewish Cemetery in Dresden, Germany, 1950

© Samuel D. Gruber, Photographer: Gruber, Samuel D., 2025

Name of Monument

No official name

What/Who is commemorated?

Jewish victims of the Nazis

Description

The long grave plot is lined on the sides with long concrete curbstones. At the end of the grave plot is an inscribed black granite memorial stone set on a low rectangular limestone base. A Magen David is inscribed at the top of the inscription between the Hebrew letters פ״ט, meaning “Here lies”

Inscriptions

In Hebrew:

פ    ט

Translation: here lies

In German:

Dieses Denkmal wurde errichtet zum Andenken an

unsere in den Jahren 1933-1945 durch die Faschisten

ermordeten jüdischen Glaubensgenossen, deren

Urnen hier beigesetzt sind:

Translation: This memorial was erected in memory of our Jewish fellow believers murdered by the fascists between 1933 and 1945, whose urns are interred here: 

 In German (list of victims):

Balizany Sara

geb. Cossmann

Bondy Julius

Cohn Elias

Feldmann Srol

Friedheim Sally

Gabay Chajim

Goldmann Gustav

Jakobs Sally

Kohn Israel

Landsmann Theodor

Löwensohn Karl 

Mahler Anna

geb. Fleischer

Pick Israel

Reinisch Josef

Samuel Hermann

Sass Marcus

Singer Willy

Stein Clara

geb. Grünberg

Steiner Josef

Toeplitz Maximilian

und 3 Unbekannte

 In German:

Friede ihrer Asche, wir werden sie nie vergessen!

Translation:  Peace to their ashes, we will never forget them!

In Hebrew:

תנצבה

Translation: May their souls be bound in the bundle of life

Commissioned by

Jewish Community of Dresden

Summary and Remarks
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Name/Title
Holocaust Memorial in the New Jewish Cemetery in Dresden | Unknown
Object Detail
Monument Setting
Date
1950
Active dates
Reconstruction dates
Artist/ Maker
Historical Origin
Unknown
Community type
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Congregation
Unknown
Location
Germany | Saxony (Sachsen) | Dresden
| New Jewish Cemetery (Jüdischer Friedhof Dresden), Fiedlerstraße 3
Site
Unknown
School/Style
Unknown|
Period Detail
Collection
Unknown |
Documentation / Research project
Unknown
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Iconographical Subject
Material / Technique
Black granite (stele)
Limestone (base)
Material Stucture
Material Decoration
Material Bonding
Material Inscription
Material Additions
Material Cloth
Material Lining
Tesserae Arrangement
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Measurements
Stele = 128 cm high, 95 cm wide
Base = 34 c, high, 104 cm. wide
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Documented by CJA
Surveyed by CJA
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Architectural Significance type
Historical significance: Event/Period
Historical significance: Collective Memory/Folklore
Historical significance: Person
Architectural Significance: Style
Architectural Significance: Artistic Decoration
Urban significance
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0
Ornamentation
Custom
Contents
Codicology
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Number of Lines
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Direction/Location
Façade (main)
Endivances
Location of Torah Ark
Location of Apse
Location of Niche
Location of Reader's Desk
Location of Platform
Temp: Architecture Axis
Arrangement of Seats
Location of Women's Section
Direction Prayer
Direction Toward Jerusalem
Coin
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Signature
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Decoration Program
Suggested Reconstruction
History/Provenance

This is a common grave containing the remains of 20 Jews killed by the Nazis, whose graves were destroyed by the bombing of Dresden in 1945. They were reburied here in urns in 1950.

Main Surveys & Excavations
Sources

“Neuer Jüdischer Friedhof,” Explory website., https://explory.world/poi/neuer-juedischer-friedhof/ (accessed February 5, 2026)

“Dresdens Synagogen,” Jüdische Gemeinde zu Dresden, https://www.juedische-gemeinde-dresden.de/post/dresdens-synagogen (accessed September 2, 2026).

Type
Documenter
Samuel D. Gruber | 2025
Author of description
Samuel D. Gruber | 2025
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