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BIBLIS: 68647 Hesse
See Alsbach-Hähnlein and Alsbach. Source: Hessen Kommission fuer die Geschichte der Juden submitted by Harmut Heinemann of the US Commission.

BICKENBACH: 64404 Hesse
See Alsbach-Hähnlein and Alsbach. Source: Hessen Kommission fuer die Geschichte der Juden submitted by Harmut Heinemann of the US Commission.

BIEBESHEIM: 64584 Hesse
Used the cemetery at Alsbach: Source: Hessen Kommission fuer die Geschichte der Juden submitted by Harmut Heinemann of the US Commission.

BIEBRICH: 56370 Rhineland-Palatinate
Used the cemetery at Wiesbaden. Source: Hessen Kommission fuer die Geschichte der Juden submitted by Harmut Heinemann of the US Commission.

BIELEFELD: 33617 North Rhine-Westphalia
8,459 sq. m., address Haller Weg, administered by Jüdische Kultusgemeinde, Stapenhorststr. 35, 33615 Bielefeld. Last names taken from map/layout plan of gravestones at Jewish Cemetery in Bielefeld, with the title "Umplanung des Friedhofes der Synagogengemeinde" dated December 29th, 1975. It was prepared by the architect Wolfgang Strohmeyer, Stettiner Str. 114 in Leopoldshöhe-Bechterdissen and sent to me by Mr. Spier who was then head of Bielefeld's Jewish Community. Source: Nancy Grossman.
BOOK: "Der gute Ort"; die Jüdischen Friedhoefe in Bielefeld, by Karl-Wilhelm Röhs. Bielefeld: Garten-, Forst- u. Friedhofsamt 1987, 43 pp. ISBN 3-927085-69-3. With illustrations. In the holdings of Bielefeld University Library. Call no: ZA105 N5, book no. 998/1671287.
Cemetery documentation can be found here.

BIERSTADT: Hesse
Used the cemetery at Wiesbaden. Source: Hessen Kommission fuer die Geschichte der Juden submitted by Harmut Heinemann of the US Commission.

BIESENTHAL: 16359 Brandenburg
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

BILLERBECK: 48727 North Rhine-Westphalia
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.
A PDF file with a picture of the cemetery and a list of the burials can be found here. ALBERSHEIM, BENDIX, EICHENWALD, and STEIN are some of the most common names.

BILLIGHEIM-INGENHEIM: 76831 Rhineland-Palatinate
Am Zaeberling; Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz. Used the cemetery at Ingenheim.

BINAU: 74862 Baden-Württemberg
DISTRICT: Neckar-Odenwaldkreis
LOCATION OF CEMETERY: Reichenbucher Strasse 7
IN USE: from about 1835 to 1938 (oldest surviving gravestone dated 1851)
NUMBER OF GRAVESTONES:
DOCUMENTATION:
PUBLICATIONS:
NOTES:
SOURCES: University of Heidelberg and Alemannia Judica.
[Translated from German December 2007]

BINDSACHSEN:63699 Hesse
Used the cemetery at Bierstein. Source: Kommission fuer die Geschichte der Juden in Hessen submitted by Harmut Heinemann of the Commission.

BINGEN: 55411 Rhineland-Palatinate
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.
More information can be seen here.

BINNINGEN: 56754 Rhineland-Palatinate
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

BINSFÖRTH: 34326 Hesse
(BINSFOERTH)
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.
259 gravestones; used 1845-1851; being worked on now. Source: Kommission fuer die Geschichte der Juden in Hessen submitted by Harmut Heinemann of the Commission. Steinhardt, M.: Von einem alten jttdischen Friedhof in Hessen.-In: Jüdische Wochenzeitung fuer Kassel, Hessen und Waldeck 9 (1932), Nr. 38. Source: AE [sic].

BINSWANGEN: 89432 Bavaria
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz. (Dillingen, Danube) Old and new tombstones, including one for a French soldier who died in Dillingen during the Franco-Prussian War 1870/71.
Source: Steinerne Zeugnisse Jüdischen Lebens in Bayern; eine Dokumentation, 2nd ed. by Israel Schwierz. Muenchen: Bayerische Landes- zentrale fuer politische Bildungsarbeit 1992, ISBN 3-87052-398-0, 368 pp. [1st ed. 1988, ISBN 3-87052-393-X, 352 pp.]. See book listed at Burgau.

BIRKENAU: 69488 Hesse
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz. 151 gravestones; used from 1722-1936.
Source: Kommission fuer die Geschichte der Juden in Hessen submitted by Harmut Heinemann of the Commission.

BIRKENFELD: 55765 Rhineland-Palatinate
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

BIRKENWALDE: Saxony-Anhalt
2-km E of Stepnitz. Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

BIRSTEIN: 63633 Hesse
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz. Used 1763-1945.
Source: Kommission fuer die Geschichte der Juden in Hessen submitted by Harmut Heinemann of the Commission.

BISCHBERG:96120 Bavaria
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

BISCHHAUSEN: 37284 Hesse
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz. Used the cemetery at Haarhausen. Source: Kommission fuer die Geschichte der Juden in Hessen submitted by Harmut Heinemann of the Commission.

BISCHOFSHEIM: 97653 Bavaria
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz [Rhön-Grabfeld] Exact location of cemetery no longer can be determined. It was SE, near city limits. Also see Groß Gerau.
Source: Steinerne Zeugnisse Jüdischen Lebens in Bayern; eine Dokumentation, 2nd ed. by Israel Schwierz. Muenchen: Bayerische Landes- zentrale fuer politische Bildungsarbeit 1992, ISBN 3-87052-398-0, 368 pp. [1st ed. 1988, ISBN 3-87052-393-X, 352 pp.].

BISCHOFSWERDA: 01877 Saxony
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

BISKIRCHEN: 35638 Hesse
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

BISPERODE: 31863 Lower Saxony
Parzelle Nr. 208; Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

BISSES: 61209 Hesse
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

BISSINGEN: 86657 Bavaria
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz. (Dillingen, Danube) Traditional references but no cemetery.
Source: Steinerne Zeugnisse Jüdischen Lebens in Bayern; eine Dokumentation, 2nd ed. by Israel Schwierz. Muenchen: Bayerische Landes- zentrale fuer politische Bildungsarbeit 1992, ISBN 3-87052-398-0, 368 pp. [1st ed. 1988, ISBN 3-87052-393-X, 352 pp.].

BITBURG: 54634 Rhineland-Palatinate
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

BITTERFELD: 06749 Saxony-Anhalt
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

BLANKENSTEIN: 07366 Thuringia
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz. Im Vogelbruch

BLECKEDE: 21354 Hesse
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

BLEIBUIR: 53894 North Rhine-Westphalia
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

BLEICHERODE: 99752 Thuringia
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz. Cemetery list.
Source: Leo Baeck Institute. Leo Baeck Institute donated by: H. Jacobson, 1969 identified there as: Finding Aids: 39-page inventory; Period covered (or date of publication): 1660-1958; Size of the collection: 18 feet 37 reels. Location at Leo Baeck Institute: Jacob Jacobson collection; Storage-Location: V 8/1-8, 2nd floor left microfilm cabinet Accession Number(s): AR 7002, MF 134(2), MF 447, 1-37. The cemetery is located at Am Vogelberg. The synagogue used to be located on Obergebraer Strasse. Source: Heidrun Zeidler; Bananenmaus@gmx.net.

BLEIDENSTADT: 65232 Hesse
Used the cemetery at Wehen. Source: Kommission fuer die Geschichte der Juden in Hessen submitted by Harmut Heinemann of the Commission.

BLIESKASTEL: 66440 Saarland (Kreis St. Ingbert)
Klosterweg. Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz. Area in sq. meters 2,890. From a listing of Jewish cemeteries extant in 1972, based on data from the Synagogue association of the Saar.

BLOMBERG: 32825 North Rhine-Westphalia
· Ot. Cappel
· Ot. Reelkirchen;
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

BLUMENTHAL: 53940 North Rhine-Westphalia
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

Bo

BOBENHAUSEN: 63691 Hesse
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.
For more information click here.

BOBENHEIM-ROXHEIM: 67240 Rhineland-Palatinate
BOOK: Der Jüdische Friedhof in Bobenheim-Roxheim, Landkreis Ludwigshafen by Bernhard Kukatzki & Mario Jacoby. Schifferstadt: B.Kukatzki 1992, 31 pp.
Source: DIE DEUTSCHE NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHIE. See Mainz; Neuwied. Palatinate in Gereral section; Inventarisierung Jüdischer. 7 tombstones (1 for each community). Source: Tagger, Mathilde A. Printed Books on Jewish cemeteries in the Jewish National and University Library in Jerusalem: an annotated bibliography. Jerusalem: The Israel Genealogical Society, 1997. In Roxheimer Strasse.
Source: "Wo die totn Menschen schweigen da sprechen um so lauter die lebendigen Steine" by Bernhard Kukatzki in the book Juden in der Provinz.

BOCHOLT: 46397 North Rhine-Westphalia
Auf der Recke. Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.
For more information click here.

BOCHUM: 44789 North Rhine-Westphalia Wattenscheid, Stiepel
PUBLICATIONS:
BOCKLEMUEND: part of Köln

BÖDEFELD: 57392 North Rhine-Westphalia
(BOEDEFELD)
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

BODENFELDE: 37194 Lower Saxony
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.
BODENHEIM: 55294 Rhineland-Palatinate
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz. Auf dem vorderen Huttstadt.

BODENTEICH: 29389 Lower Saxony
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.
BODENWERDER: 37619 Lower Saxony
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz. For more infomation about the cemetery click here.

BÖDIGHEIM: 74722 Baden-Württemberg
(BOEDIGHEIM)
For more informatin see Buchen.

BOFFZEN: 37691 Lower Saxony
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

BOIZENBURG: 19258 Mecklenburg-West Pomerania
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

BOLLENDORF: 54669 Rhineland-Palatinate
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

BONBADEN: 35619 Hesse
Used the cemetery at Burgsolms. Source: Kommission fuer die Geschichte der Juden in Hessen submitted by Harmut Heinemann of the Commission.

BONN: 53117 North Rhine-Westphalia
PUBLICATIONS:
Documentation of the cemetery at Schwarzrheindorf created as a project by students of the Anne-Frank-Schule. [October 2001]

BÖNSTADT: 61194 Hesse
(BOENSTADT)
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

BOPFINGEN: 73441 incorporating I.AUFHAUSEN and II.OBERDORF, Baden-Württemberg
SOURCE: Gerz
DISTRICT:Ostalbkreis
LOCATION OF CEMETERY I. AUFHAUSEN : Schenkensteinstrasse , above the nearby non-Jewish cemetery
IN USE: from about. 1560 to 1940 – oldest gravestone dated 1699
NUMBER OF GRAVESTONES: 363
DOCUMENTATION:
PUBLICATIONS:
NOTES:
LOCATION OF CEMETERY II. OBERDORF Karksteinstrasse
IN USE: From 1825 (oldest gravestone) until 1948
NUMBER OF GRAVESTRONES: 479
DOCUMENTATION:
PUBLICATIONS:
NOTES:
SOURCES: University of Heidelberg and Alemannia Judaica.
[Translated from German January 2008]

BOPPARD: 56154 Rhineland-Palatinate
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.
    Boppard is on the Rhine River north of Frankfurt. Next to and contiguous with Boppard is Buchenau, a modern suburb with subdivisions and cul-de-sacs probably from the 1980s. The cemetery is in the woods behind the sports complex, up a hill and across a road, then down an unused road. The site is surrounded by a modern chain link fence. The cemetery is in extremely good condition with about 150 graves dating from 19th century to recently. Some are overgrown, but some are well kept. The cemetery may still be active. Inscriptions have names and dates in Hebrew and/or German. There were no signs of vandalism inside the cemetery; but there a great deal is on the gate. Source: Sherry Levy-Reiner at Slevyrei@aol.com on JewishGen Digest [27 Feb 2002]

BORGENTREICH: 34434 North Rhine-Westphalia
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

BORGHOLZ: 34434 North Rhine-Westphalia
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

BORGHOLZHAUSEN: 33829 North Rhine-Westphalia
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

BORGHORST: 48565 North Rhine-Westphalia
Das Wiemelfeld, Prinzenstr. Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

BORK: 59379 North Rhine-Westphalia
BORKEN: 34582 Hesse
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

BORKEN: 46325 North Rhine-Westphalia
BORNHEIM: 53332 North Rhine-Westphalia
BORNHEIM: Niederrhein
See Niederrhein in General Section: Dokumentation zur Geschichte der Juden.. Alphabetical list of names + birth date and place. 108 persons, 1769-1930. Source: Tagger, Mathilde A. Printed Books on Jewish cemeteries in the Jewish National and University Library in Jerusalem: an annotated bibliography. Jerusalem: The Israel Genealogical Society, 1997.

BORNICH: 56348 Rhineland-Palatinate
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

BÖRRY: 31860 Lower Saxony
(BOERRY)
Das Mittelfeid. Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

BOSLAR: 52441 North Rhine-Westphalia
BOTTROP: 46236 North Rhine-Westphalia
An der Landwehr (Bottroper Heide). Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz. For information about the cemetery click here.

BOVENDEN: 37120 Lower Saxony
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz. Der Jüdische Friedhof in Bovenden by: Kern, Brigitte A, A,; mit einer Karte und 13 Abbildungen. [1982] 123-163 p. illus. 24 cm. Bibliographical references included in "Anmerkungen": p. 162-163. The map is lacking. ID # GT 3250 B68 K4.
Source: Leo Baeck Institute. Friedhof (cemetery): auf dem "Lohberg" (a hill): Source: Heidrun Zeidler, Bananenmaus@gmx.net. same:-In: Plesse-Archiv 18 (1982), S. 123-163. Source: AE [sic].

Br

BRANDSHAGEN: 18519 Mecklenburg-V.
BOOK: Der Jüdische Begraebnisplatz in Niederhof by Karl-Heinz Bernhard & Fritz Treichel. In: Baltische Studien (Hamburg) N.F. 47 (1960), 111-136.

BRACHT: 48324 North Rhine-Westphalia
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

BRAKEL: 33034 North Rhine-Westphalia
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

BRANDENBURG: 14776 Brandenburg
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

BRANDOBERNDORF: 35647 Hesse
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

BRAUBACH: 56338 Rhineland-Palatinate
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

BRAUNEBERG: 54472 Rhineland-Palatinate
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

BRAUNSBACH: 74542 Baden-Württemberg
SOURCE: Gerz
REGION Schwäbisch-Hall
LOCATION OF CEMETERY: north of village Am Schaalberg , at the edge of the wood.
IN USE: from 1738 or 1747 until 1938 (oldest gravestone dated 1747/48)
NUMBER OF GRAVSTONES: 398
DOCUMENTATION:
PUBLICATIONS:
NOTES:
SOURCES: University of Heidelberg and Alemannia Judaica.
[translated from German December 2007]

BRAUNSCHWEIG: 38114 Lower Saxony
BRAUNTELS: Hesse
Used the cemetery at Burgsolms. Source: Kommission fuer die Geschichte der Juden in Hessen submitted by Harmut Heinemann of the Commission.

BRECKENHEIM: 65207 Hesse
Used the cemetery at Wallau. Source: Kommission fuer die Geschichte der Juden in Hessen submitted by Harmut Heinemann of the Commission.

BREIDENBACH: 35236 Hesse
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz. 50 gravestones; used from 1831-1930
Source: Kommission fuer die Geschichte der Juden in Hessen submitted by Harmut Heinemann of the Commission.

BREISACH: 79206 Baden-Württemberg
SOURCE: Gerz and Peters.
COUNTY: Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald.
LOCATION OF CEMETERIES (2):
IN USE: From 1755 (acquired) until 1876 – oldest gravestone dated 1769.
NUMBER OF GRAVESTONES: 131 (many in fragments).
DOCUMENTATION:
PUBLICATIONS:
HISTORY:
NOTES:
SOURCES: University of Heidelberg and Alemannia Judaica.

NEW CEMETERY: Isenbergstrassse (Detail)
IN USE:
NUMBER OF GRAVESTONES: 382 (1997).
DOCUMENTATION:
PUBLICATIONS:
NOTES:
SOURCE: University of Heidelberg and Alemannia Judaica.
[translated from German December 2007]

BREITENBACH A H: 36287 Hesse
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz. Near Bebra according to Christian Abendroth. Used the cemetery at Oberaula.
Source: Kommission fuer die Geschichte der Juden in Hessen submitted by Harmut Heinemann of the Commission.

BREITENBACH n. Kassel: 34270 Hesse
Near Kassel. The Jewish Community (until 1938) was named Hoof-Breitenbach. Today Hoof and Breitenbach belong to Schauenburg. Breitenbach is a small village with 1600 citizens, Hoof with 3000. Currently there are no Jewish people in Breitenbach. In 1930 Hoof had 220 and Breitenbach had 60 Jewish residents. There is a former synagogue in Hoof.
        The cemetery is between Hoof and Breitenbach, near the "Korbacher Strasse". Source: Christian Abendroth [June 2002] Christian.Abendroth@t-online.de
        " I have over 80 tombstones photographs from the cemetery of the former Jewish communities of Hoof and Breitenbach, a few miles west of Kassel, Hessen.
         Not all of the tombstones have legible inscriptions, but most do.
         Below is a list of family names identified on the tombstones. If you would like copies of tombstones for one of more of these names, please email me for
         scanned images (.jpg format.) Some tombstones with Hebrew-only inscriptions are quite eroded and not yet identified.
         BLOCH GOLDSCHMIDT GUMPERT HEISER JAPHET KAISER KATZENBERG LÖWENSTERN MEIERHOF PLAUT REUTER ROSENBACH
         SCHIRLING SPEIER WALLACH WERTHEIM. Christian Abendroth of Hoof made these photos available."
Source: Stephen Rosenbach, Arnold, MD at srosenbach@yahoo.com [2 Aug 2001]

BREITHARDT: 65329 Hesse
Used the cemetery at Wehen. Source: Kommission fuer die Geschichte der Juden in Hessen submitted by Harmut Heinemann of the Commission.

BREMEN: 28207 Bremen

BREMERHAVEN: 27580 Bremen

BREMERVÖRDE: 27432 Lower Saxony
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

BREMKE: now Gleichen-Bremke 37130 Lower Saxony

BRESLAU: today the Polish city of Wroclaw
170 gravesites are cited.
PUBLICATIONS: For more information click here and here.

BRETTEN: 75015 Baden-Württemberg
SOURCE: Gerz
COUNTY: Karlsruhe
LOCATION OF CEMETERY: Windstegweg.
IN USE: From 1883/84 to 1940, 1949
NUMBER OF GRAVESTONES: 146
DOCUMENTATIONS:
PUBLICATIONS:
NOTES:
SOURCES: University of Heidelberg and Alemannia Judaica.
[translated from German January 2008]

BRUCHSAL: 76646 Baden-Württemberg
SOURCE: Gerz
DISTRICT: Karlsruhe
LOCATION OF CEMETERY: Am Rossmarkt , within the City cemetery.
IN USE: From 1879 until 1967
NUMBER OF GRAVESTONES: 375
DOCUMENTATION:
PUBLICATIONS:
NOTES:
SOURCES: Alemannia Judaica and University of Heidelberg.
[translated from German January 2008]

BRÜHL: 50321 North Rhine-Westphalia
(BRUEHL)
For more information click here.

BUCHEN: 74722 also incorporating BÖDIGHEIM (BOEDIGHEIM) Baden-Württemberg
SOURCE: Gerz
COMMUNITY: Buchen, region Neckar-Odenwaldkreis.
LOCATION OF CEMETERY: alongside the road to Waldhausen . The large Bödigheim cemetery was known as "Judenkirchhof" adjoining the "Judenacker".
IN USE: Possibly from the 15th/16th century until 1939 (oldest gravestone found dated 1628).
NUMBER OF GRAVESTONES: 1573 during documentation in 2000. (Originally numbering perhaps up to 4000 graves (Hahn 1988 , pages 59 and 380; Germania Judaica II/1, page 90).
DOCUMENTATION:
PUBLICATIONS:
NOTES:
SOURCES: Alemannia Judaica and University of Heidelberg.
[translated from German January 2008]

BUCHENAU: 56154 Rhineland-Palatinate
See BOPPARD

BUCKOW: 15377 Brandenburg
Part of protestant cemetery. Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

BÜCKEBURG: 31675 Lower Saxony
(BUECKEBURG)
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz. Visited in 1980.
BÜHL: 77815 Baden-Württemberg
(BUEHL)
SOURCE: Gerz
DISTRICT: Rastatt
LOCATION OF CEMETERY: ‘Vordere Honau ’, Karl-Netter-Strasse.
IN USE: From 1833 until 1970
NUMBER OF GRAVESTONES: 345
DOCUMENTATION:
PUBLICATIONS:
NOTES:
SOURCES: Alemannia Judaica and University of Heidelberg.
[translated from German January 2008]

BULLAY: 56859 Rhineland-Palatinate
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

BUNDE: 26831 Lower Saxony
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.
Markstr.: Located near Leer; close to the Netherlands border.

BÜR: (Melle)
(BUER)
Hagenhoff, Hedwig: Der Gute Ort in Buer, in: Der Groenegau 2 (1984), S. 144-150. Source: AE [sic].

BÜREN: 33142 North Rhine-Westphalia
(BUEREN)
In the vicinity of Paderborn. Information about this town may be included in the booklet Zur Geschichte der Juden in Schwalenberg by Herr Liedke. Source: Mr. Philip Goldmann, 9 Island Ave. #2014, Miami Beach, FL 33139.
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

BURG AUF FEHMARN: 23769 Schleswig-Holstein

BURG b Magdeburg: 39288 Saxony-Anhalt
Koloniestr.
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

BURG GRÄFENRODA: 99330 Hesse
(BURG GRAEFENRODA)
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

BURGAU: 89331 Bavaria
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz. Lainre, Louis: Die Jüdischen Friedhoefe in Kriegs-haber, Buttenwiesen und Binswangen: Ein Beltrag zur Geschichte der Juden in der ehemaligen Mark-grafschaft Burgau, Berlin: Lainre, 1912.-40 S. (Zur Geschichte d. Juden im bayerischen Schwaben ;1)

BURGDORF: 38272 Lower Saxony
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

BURGDOFF: 31303 (Kr. Hannover) Lower Saxony
Der Jüdische Friedhof in Burgdoff . Burgdoff: Gymnasium, 1981. -XXI, 203 S. Source: AE [sic]

BÜRGELN: 35091 Hesse
(BUERGELN)
Used the cemetery at Kirchhain. Source: Hessen Kommission fuer die Geschichte der Juden submitted by Harmut Heinemann of the US Commission.

BURGHASLACH: 96152 Bavaria
Book: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

BURGHAUN: 36151 Hesse
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz. 688 gravestones; used from 1690-1936 Source: Kommission fuer die Geschichte der Juden in Hessen submitted by Harmut Heinemann of the Commission.
          UPDATE: The date of the last burial of a Jewish resident is incorrect. ANSCHEL BRAUNSCHWEIGER was buried in the cemetery in the early 1940's. Source: b.marge@earthlink.net [July 2003]

BURGHAUSEN, SALZACH: 84489 Bavaria
A memorial erected in 1945 by the town of B and U.S. Military Government: Here lie 253 unknown victims of the concentration camp, including Jews. Source: Steinerne Zeugnisse Jüdischen Lebens in Bayern; eine Dokumentation, 2nd ed. by Israel Schwierz. Muenchen: Bayerische Landes- zentrale fuer politische Bildungsarbeit 1992, ISBN 3-87052-398-0, 368 pp. [1st ed. 1988, ISBN 3-87052-393-X, 352 pp.].

BURGHOLZHAUSEN: 61381 Hesse
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

BURGKUNSTADT: 96224 Bavaria
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz. (Franconia) Burgkunstadt, Bavaria, Oberfranken, near Lichtenfels. Orderly, large cemetery 1 km N of B on road to Ebneth, with iron gate, very, very old and not so old tombstones, Source: Steinerne Zeugnisse Jüdischen Lebens in Bayern; eine Dokumentation, 2nd ed. by Israel Schwierz.
PUBLICATIONS:
BURGPREPPACH: 97496 Bavaria
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz. (Hassberge) Decent condition: many old tombstones with Hebrew inscriptions, and a few recent ones. Source: Steinerne Zeugnisse Jüdischen Lebens in Bayern; eine Dokumentation, 2nd ed. by Israel Schwierz. Muenchen: Bayerische Landes- zentrale fuer politische Bildungsarbeit 1992, ISBN 3-87052-398-0, 368 pp. [1st ed. 1988, ISBN 3-87052-393-X, 352 pp.]. also see Ebern

BURGSCHWALBACH: 65558 Rhineland-Palatinate
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

BURGSINN: 97775 Hesse
Used the cemetery at Altengronau. Source: Hessen Kommission fuer die Geschichte der Juden submitted by Harmut Heinemann of the US Commission.

BURGSOLMS: 35606 Hesse
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz. (Burgsolms is now a part of "Solms") Source: Stephan Kroener e-mail: Kroener.IPsych.EW.PH-Erfurt@Psych.Ph-Erfurt.DE 169 gravestones; used from 11747-1934. Source: Kommission fuer die Geschichte der Juden in Hessen submitted by Harmut Heinemann of the Commission.

BURGSTEINFURT: 48565 North Rhine-Westphalia
Gerichtsstr.
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

BUSENBERG: 48565 Rhineland-Palatinate
Owned and maintained by Rheinpfalz. Plat Nr. 1939. Size: 2,580 sq. meters; opened 1833. Source: Ernest B. Nathan with permission from Jüdische Kultusgemeinde der Rheinpfalz.
Jüdische Einrichtungen in und um Busenberg, by Alois Schmitt. [1988] 29-32 p. 25 cm. Detached from Heimatkalender d. Pirmasenser u. Zweibruecker Land. 1988. Photoreproduction. ID # DS 135 G4 B847 S8 Source: Leo Baeck Institute

BÜRSTADT: 68642 Hesse
(BUERSTADT)
See Alsbach-Hähnlein and Alsbach. Source: Hessen Kommission fuer die Geschichte der Juden submitted by Harmut Heinemann of the US Commission.

BUTTELBORN: see Groß Gerau


BUTTENHAUSEN: 72525 Baden-Württemberg
see MÜNSINGEN (MUENSINGEN) incorporating BUTTENHAUSEN.

BUTTENHEIM: 96155 Bavaria
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz. Oberfranken, near Bamberg. Orderly cemetery is 1.5 km N of B at edge of forest, with many old and some more recent tombstones, Source: Steinerne Zeugnisse Jüdischen Lebens in Bayern; eine Dokumentation, 2nd ed. by Israel Schwierz. Muenchen: Bayerische Landes- zentrale fuer politische Bildungsarbeit 1992, ISBN 3-87052-398-0, 368 pp. [1st ed. 1988, ISBN 3-87052-393-X, 352 pp.].

BUTTENWIESEN: 86647 Bavaria
The cemetery, adjacent to the Christian cemetery, was established 1632/33, is adequately tended with very old and new tombstones remaining. Source: Steinerne Zeugnisse Jüdischen Lebens in Bayern; eine Dokumentation, 2nd ed. by Israel Schwierz. Muenchen: Bayerische Landes- zentrale fuer politische Bildungsarbeit 1992, ISBN 3-87052-398-0, 368 pp. [1st ed. 1988, ISBN 3-87052-393-X, 352 pp.]. Located betwen Angsburg and Donanwoerth, this village was 70% Jewish in the late 1800's. The cemetery is in excellent condition. The old synagogue was converted into a schoolhouse. Inside the building, a great deal of history can be found. The old Jewish school and the mikva still exist. An elderly gentleman, named Herr Neuner, is a historian; he is doing a great deal of work on Jewish history there. In 1993/94, when the cemetery was cleaned, there were 286 gravestones. Of those, 26 were totally illegible. The stones often indicate a date of death but no age. In order to identify the person, one would have to look at the Jewish register "Jüdischen Standesregistern" to find a match. Franz X. Neuner, Bachstr. 1 86647 Buttenwiesen; tel: 08274/62 98 wrote that the register is probably a better source for genealogical research. The register is found at Staatsaarchiv Augsburg, Salomon-Idler- Str. 2, 86159 Augsburg and at the Landesverband der Israelitischen Kulturgeneunden in Bayern, Friedhofs und Archiv desernat 81925 Muenchen, Efferstr 68. Landesverband. Source: Fred Firnbacher, 2315 Peggy Lane, Silver Spring, MD 10910-2330. See book listed at Burgau.

BUTZBACH: 35510 Hesse
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

BUTZOW: 17392 Mecklenburg-West Pomerania
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.
In 1995, I noticed a number of large tombstones engraved with Jewish characters located at the eastern edge of the grounds. Source: Carl Spaeth [no email address listed]

BUTZWEILER: 54309 Rhineland-Palatinate
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

BUXTEHUDE: 21614 Lower Saxony
Ot. Neukloster, Niedereibe
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.


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