Jewish Cemetery, Görlitz

The first entry in the register of deaths of the city of Görlitz was in 1848 (in pencil). The property on Biesnitzer Straße was purchased on 30 October 1849, and a synagogue congregation was officially founded one year later. As can be seen from the cemetery records of the city of Görlitz, there were 49 cremations until 1933, of which 18 urns were brought to the Jewish cemetery. In 1934, abandonment was considered. The Prussian law forbids destruction. At the same time there was an attempt to change this law to the detriment of the Jewish cemeteries (bill can be found in the cemetery files). As we can see today, this was never enforced.

From 1933 to 1945, all metal parts were removed from the graves. In 1948 there were still about 5 Jewish citizens, so the formation of a Jewish community was no longer possible. As a result, the Jewish community in Dresden was able to acquire the cemetery. In 1951, it applied for the transfer of 148 urns that were buried in the municipal urn cemetery. When the memorial was erected in 1951, the urns were added together with the remains from the mass graves. On 12 November 1951, the memorial was solemnly inaugurated in the presence of the mayor.