Jewish cemetery, 1827, Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin, Germany, Europe. Friedhöfe vor dem Halleschen Tor. Jewish Cementeries in Berlin
Jewish cemetery, 1827, Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin, Germany, Europe. Friedhöfe vor dem Halleschen Tor. Jewish Cementeries in Berlin. Citadel Spandau. The oldest Jewish gravestones were discovered in 1955 while restoring the citadel in Spandau (one of Berlin’s districts). They date between 1244 and 1474. Altogether 65 stones were found. They probably stem from several cemeteries. They can be seen by appointment only: 030/354944-212 (gatekeeper) or 030/354944-297 (administration). Citadel Spandau (Zitadelle Spandau), Am Juliusturm, U 7 Zitadelle Spandau Jewish Cemetery Grosse Hamburger Strasse A year after the first Jewish families arrived from Vienna, the first Jewish cemetery was consecrated here in 1672. This site was used for burials until 1827. Supposedly 12,000 people were buried here. In 1943 the cemetery was desecrated and destroyed by the Nazis on the order of the Gestapo. Today at this site you see only a small park. A memorial stone commemorates Moses Mendelssohn, the great scholar and forerunner of the enlightenment. Grosse Hamburger Strasse 26, U 8 to Weinmeisterstrasse, various S-Bahn and streetcar lines to Hackescher Markt Jewish Cemetery Schoenhauser Allee This second Jewish cemetery was consecrated in 1827. 22,000 graves can be found on an area of acres. In 1880 it was officially closed, yet well into the 20th Century there were burials such as that of the painter Max Liebermann in 1935. His restored honorary grave can be found in the back part of the cemetery. During the Nazi era, the cemetery was badly damaged. All decorative elements made out of metal were stolen. In 1945 many gravestones were removed und were misused to build barriers against tanks in the surrounding streets. Many important persons found their last resting place here, such as the composer Giacomo Meyerbeer, the publishers Albert Mosse and Leopold Ullstein, the scholars Abraham Geiger and Leopold Zunz, the bankers Gerson Bleichröder and Joseph Mendelssohn. Lapidarium (= a
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