Grosse Hamburger Strasse Cemetery, Moses Mendelssohn (1729-1786) Headstone, Oldest Jewish Cemetery, Berlin, Germany.
Grosse Hamburger Strasse Cemetery is the oldest of Berlin’s Jewish cemeteries and was in use between 1672 and 1827. The first 50 Jewish families entitled to live in Berlin, 100 years after the last expulsion, established the cemetery. These families were the so-called “Schutzjuden" (Jews under the special protection of the head of the state) who had come from Vienna in 1671 and had been allowed to settle in the area known as Spandauer Tor, not far from the cemetery. In all, 2,767 graves were counted at the cemetery’s closing in 1827. Several prominent members of Berlin’s Jewish community, including the philosopher Moses Mendelssohn (1729-1786), Veitel Heine Ephraim (1703-1775), the coin- and silver-trader Daniel Itzig (1725-1799) and his son Isaac Daniel Itzig (1750-1806), the physician and philosopher Marcus Herz (1747-1803), Jacob Herz Beer (1769-1825) and the father of operetta composer Giacomo Meyerbeer were buried here.
Size: 4105px × 6158px
Location: Große Hamburger Str. 26, 10115 Berlin, Germany
Photo credit: © Kisler Creations / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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