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Obj. ID: 54546  Memorial at the site of the Old Jewish cemetery in St. Pölten, Austria, 1968

© Alexander Wagner, via Wikimedia Commons, Photographer: Wagner, Alexander, 2011

Name of the Monument

No official name

Who/What is Commemorated?

Old Jewish Cemetery in Sankt Pölten

Description

The monument is an upright granite slab installed at the site, where the Jewish cemetery was once located. 

Inscription

In German:

AN DIESER STELLE
BEFAND SICH DER ALTE
JÜDISCHE FRIEDHOF
DER STADT ST. PÖLTEN


ISRAELITISCHE KULTUSGEMEINDE WIEN

Translation: On this site was the Old Jewish cemetery of St. Pölten // Jewish Community of Vienna

Commissioned by

The Jewish Community of Vienna (Israelitische Kultusgemeinde Wien)

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Anna Berezin | 2024
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Memorial at the site of the Old Jewish cemetery in St. Pölten | Unknown
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Original file: AleXXw / Alexander Wagner, CC BY-SA 3.0 AT , via Wikimedia Commons

History

The cemetery was established in 1859 and closed in 1906. After the annexation of Austria into the German Reich in March 1938 (Anschluss), the cemetery was destroyed. No tombstones are preserved. The monument was built at the site in 1968.

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Sources

"Alter Friedhof," Memorbuch
Juden in St. Pölten, http://www.juden-in-st-poelten.at/de/synagogen-friedhoefe/alter-friedhof (accessed June 30, 2024)

"Alter und Neuer Jüdischer Friedhof Sankt Pölten,"
Wikipedia, https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alter_und_Neuer_Jüdischer_Friedhof_Sankt_Pölten.
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