Obj. ID: 53549
Jewish Funerary Art Holocaust memorial in the Jewish cemetery in Achim, Germany, 2004
To the main object: Jewish cemetery in Achim, Germany
Official name:
none
Who is commemorated?
Jews of Achim, killed in the camps
Description
The memorial is located in the Jewish cemetery, shaped as Magen David made from trimmed bushes and surrounded with cobblestones. The plaque is placed on the ground and inscribed in German.
Insciptions
2004
Zum stillen
Gedenken
an dieAchimer Juden
die von1941 - 1945 in
Konzentrations
Lagernumgebracht
wurden
Translation: 2004 /For silent remembrance of Achim Jews that were killed in the concentration camps in 1941 - 1945
Commissioned by
municipality (?)
Summary and Remarks
Remarks
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Name/Title
Holocaust memorial in the Jewish cemetery in Achim | Unknown
Object Detail
Monument Setting
Date
2004
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Unknown
Community type
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Shape / Form
Material / Technique
stone
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Extant
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
Significance Rating
0
Ornamentation
Custom
Contents
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Blank Leaves
Direction/Location
Façade (main)
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Location of Torah Ark
Location of Apse
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Location of Reader's Desk
Location of Platform
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Location of Women's Section
Direction Prayer
Direction Toward Jerusalem
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Colophon
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Decoration Program
Suggested Reconsdivuction
History/Provenance
The cemetery was cleaned and restored in 2002 as a private initiative. The memorial was erected soon after.
Main Surveys & Excavations
Sources
"Achim (Niedersachsen),"
Aus der Geschichte der jüdischen Gemeinden im deutschen Sprachraum, https://www.xn--jdische-gemeinden-22b.de/index.php/gemeinden/a-b/176-achim-niedersachsen., https://www.xn--jdische-gemeinden-22b.de/ (accessed March 17, 2024)
Type
Documenter
Katrin Kessler |
Author of description
Anna Berezin | 2024
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Computer Reconstruction
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Object Copyright
Negative/Photo. No.
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