Berlin-Weißensee Jewish Cemetery
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Berlin-Weißensee Jewish Cemetery

Also known as Jüdischer Friedhof Berlin-Weißensee

Weißensee, Pankow, Berlin, Germany

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The largest existing Jewish cemetery in Europe, located in Berlin-Weissensee at No. 45 Herbert-Baum-Strasse, is an impressive document of German cultural history, cultural heritage that is worthy of preservation, and a memorial for the future.


Since its inauguration in 1880, over 116,000 people have found their final resting place in this 43-hectare cemetery, most of whom were Berliners. The cemetery tells many stories of eminent figures and ordinary people.


Although the cemetery in Berlin-Weissensee continues to be used today as a burial ground by members of Berlin's Jewish Community, for the overwhelming majority of the graves created before 1945 there are no children or children's children to care for the graves — entire families were annihilated during the Shoah.


These graves would be left to decay were it not for the commitment of those alive today.


A Jewish cemetery — traditionally known as Bet ha-olam, "place of eternity" — is indeed laid out for eternity. It is therefore a matter of great concern to the Jewish Community of Berlin to maintain this cemetery and protect it from decay.

The largest existing Jewish cemetery in Europe, located in Berlin-Weissensee at No. 45 Herbert-Baum-Strasse, is an impressive document of German cultural history, cultural heritage that is worthy of preservation, and a memorial for the future.


Since its inauguration in 1880, over 116,000 people have found their final resting place in this 43-hectare cemetery, most of whom were Berliners. The cemetery tells many stories of eminent figures and ordinary people.


Although the cemetery in Berlin-Weissensee continues to be used today as a burial ground by members of Berlin's Jewish Community, for the overwhelming majority of the graves created before 1945 there are no children or children's children to care for the graves — entire families were annihilated during the Shoah.


These graves would be left to decay were it not for the commitment of those alive today.


A Jewish cemetery — traditionally known as Bet ha-olam, "place of eternity" — is indeed laid out for eternity. It is therefore a matter of great concern to the Jewish Community of Berlin to maintain this cemetery and protect it from decay.

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  • Added: 20 Sep 2002
  • Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 1587426