Obj. ID: 58298 Geniza of the desecrated Torah Scrolls in the New Jewish cemetery in Dresden, Germany, 1975
Name of Monument
No official name
What/Who is commemorated?
Desecrated Torah scrolls
Description
A simple grave in the cemetery serves as a burial place for damaged Torah scrolls. A low rectangular concrete frame that rises only slightly above ground level defines the grave site. Within the frame is set a smaller inscribed black granite plaque, the is placed flat on the ground. A Magen David is inscribed at the top of the inscription between the Hebrew letters meaning “Here is buried” - פנ
Inscriptions
In German and Hebrew:
נ [Magen David] פ
HIER WURDEN. AM
22. APRIL 1975. DAS WAR
DER 11. IJAR 5735
ANLASSLICH DES 30
JAHRESTAGES DER BE-
FREIUNG VOM HITLER
FASCHISMUS VON DEN
NAZIS ENTWEIHTE
THORAROLLEN DURCH
DIE JÜDISCHE GEMEINDE
ZU DRESDEN BEIGESETZT
Translation:
Here were buried by the Jewish Community of Dresden on April 22, 1975 (the 11th of Iyyar, 5735), on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the liberation from Hitler’s fascism, the Torah scrolls desecrated by the Nazis.
Commissioned by
Jewish Community of Dresden
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| New Jewish Cemetery (Jüdischer Friedhof Dresden) Fiedlerstraße 3, 01307
Inscribed plaque = 86 x 47 cm
The damaged Torah scrolls were buried on the 30th anniversary of the end of World War II. At the time, the Beit Tahara of the cemetery was being used as the synagogue of Dresden.
“Neuer Jüdischer Friedhof,” Explory website., https://explory.world/poi/neuer-juedischer-friedhof/ (accessed February 5, 2026)