Walk through the New Jewish Cemetery in Frankfurt
The association Treffpunkt Friedhof Offenbach e.V. is organizing a walk through the new Jewish cemetery in Frankfurt on Thursday, 10 August 2017, at 7 pm.
Majer Szanckower, administrator of the twelve Jewish cemeteries in Frankfurt am Main and board member of the Chewra Kadischa, the holy burial fraternity, which has been providing funeral care and ritual burials in the Jewish community for centuries, will guide the group through the Jewish cemetery in Frankfurt.
The meeting point is at the cemetery parking lot at Eckenheimer Landstraße 238 in 60435 Frankfurt. Men and boys are only allowed to enter Jewish cemeteries with a head covering. Therefore, all male visitors, including children, should bring a kippa, baseball cap, cap or other head covering. Admission is free, but the association Treffpunkt Friedhof e.V. is happy to receive donations.
About the new Jewish cemetery in Frankfurt
The New Jewish Cemetery on Eckenheimer Landstraße has served as a burial ground for the Jewish community in Frankfurt since 1928. The 5.4 hectare site borders Frankfurt's main cemetery to the south. The forecourt and the adjoining cemetery buildings were built in the New Objectivity style by government architect Fritz Nathan (1891-1960) using brown clinker bricks. Three adjacent gates form the main portal, which bears the Hebrew inscription "I will walk before the face of the Eternal in the realms of life" (Psalm 116:9). The verse is repeated in German on the frieze of the portal opposite, which leads to the burial ground. The central main axis is completed with a menorah.
At the front of the cemetery is the memorial to the Frankfurt Jews murdered during the National Socialist era, the grave of the first chairman of the Jewish community until 1939, Dr. Julius Blau, and the grave of the religious philosopher Franz Rosenzweig, who died in 1929. There are also graves of active members of the Jewish community in the post-war period at the front of the cemetery. Frankfurt social politician Henriette Fürth, who died in 1938, is also buried there. The New Jewish Cemetery currently has more than 8,000 graves.
31.07.2017