Rat-Beil-Strasse (Including Religionsfriedhof): 73,831
sqm Used: 1828-1929: However there were occassional burials there
after that date until 1993. Often refered to as the "old
cemetery". Rat-Beil-Strasse is next to the municipal cemetery;
73831 sqm; ca.30-40,000 graves; used 1828-1929. (From 1886, R.
Samson Raphael Hirsch's congregation "Israelitische Religions-
gesellschaft" had a separate burial field in the center of the
cemetery.) (Sometimes refered to as orthodox.) Here "orthodox"
refers strictly to those persons buried in the separate section
of the Israelitische Religionsgesellschaft founded by Rabbi
Samson Raphael Hirsch. The orthodox (or Tora-Tue) people of the
general Jewish community (Kehilla) were called "conservative",
which has no resemblance in any way to the definition of
"conservative" as it is used here in the USA. Source: Arthur
Levi, 435 Porter Lake Drive, Longmeadow MA 01106, Phone:
413-781-2089, Fax: 413-781-2090 Email: a72levi@map.com
Documentation of this cemetery is now being
worked on by
the Jewish Museum. In addition there is a plan/layout of the
Orthodox cemetery in Mr. Horowitz's office with the last names of
those buried filling in the rectangles. To give you an idea of
the numbers; from 1869 until 31 December 1918 there were 14,112
non-Orthodox deaths registered. It is estimated that there were
altogether 26,400 deaths before 1869. In 1922 for example, there
were 359 burials. In 1923; 327. This number rose to about 500
deaths per year in the late 30's until the deportations took
place. This was not only due to increased violence and suicide,
but also to the influx of Jews from the countryside (smaller
towns and villages), and may include Buchenwald deaths.
UPDATE: "I have visited the Jewish cemetery on
Rat-Beil-Strasse several times.(My BAER great-grandparents and
great-great-grandparents are buried there.) In the cemetery
office they have a complete listing of all burials with grave
location. It is ordered by burial date. So if you know the burial
date (or death date), it will be easy to locate the grave. The
only complication is that the cemetery sections were renumbered
at some time in the past, so they have to make this change.
Source: Ralph N. Baer
We have visited the rat Bei-Strasse cemetery in
1999 and gave, in advance, a list of people buried there and
dates to a very helpful man, Klaus Meier- Ude. His interest
stemmed from his occupation of photographer. He now is the
'guardian' of the cemetery and could probably look someone up for
you. I suspect the records are not computerised and therefore a
month/year of death would be helpful if not essential. His
address is: Rat Beil-Strasse nr 10, 60318 Frankfurt, tel 069 55
73 59. source: Marion Davies, London
BOOK: {10812} (Just a few names that were in
the book as an
example.) Die juedischen Friedhoefe in Frankfurt by Valentin
Senger & Klaus Meier-Ude. Frankfurt/M.: Kramer 1985, ISBN
3-7829-0298-X, 99 pp. [brief history of the cemeteries, many
photos; lists 20 prominent Jews buried in the cemetery
Rat-Beil-Strasse, with some biographical information and a
cemetery diagram showing numbering of burial fields and locations
of the graves mentioned; One page (71) lists 250 names in section
57. no index. (DS135.G4 F717 1985) and at LBI
ID # GT 3250 F72 J84