Obj. ID: 7777 Memorial at the site of the Jewish cemetery in Luckenwalde, Germany, 1988
Official name
No official name
What is commemorated?
Destroyed Jewish cemetery
Description
The site of the Jewish cemetery is a garden-like area with grass and trees. Three boulders are placed in the center of the large square-shaped area. The central boulder is inscribed in German.
Inscription
In German
Zum Gedächtnis
an den 1943
yerstörten Friedhof
der Jüdischen
Gemeinde
Translation: In memory of the cemetery of the Jewish community destroyed in 1943
Commissioned by
municipality
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The Jewish cemetery existed in Luckenwalde since 1782.
This cemetery existed since 1814 and the first burial took place in 1818. In the 1860, the cemetery was fenced. In 1914, the cemetery chapel was erected.
In 1943, the cemetery was destroyed.
The first memorial was built in 1949 but was not maintained in the following years, In 1979, the memorial was dismantled. In 1988, a new memorial was built -- three stones, one of them with an inscription.
This memorial was replaced with a bigger one in 2006. In 2006, the municipality decided to renovate the cemetery. During the renovations, the foundation of the cemetery chapel was found. The foundations were left visible. By its side, a memorial with names of Jews killed in the Holocaust was erected. The unveiling ceremony took place on September 21, 2006.
"Luckenwalde (Kreisstadt, Kreis Teltow-Fläming),"
Alemannia Judaica, https://www.alemannia-judaica.de/luckenwalde_friedhof.htm#Lage, des, Friedhofes.