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GAILINGEN am Hochrhein: 78262 Baden-Württemberg
DISTRICT: Konstanz
SOURCE: Gerz and Peters
LOCATION OF CEMETERY: Bürglestrasse (DETAIL).
IN USE:

From around 1650 and still in use today. The oldest remaining gravestone dates from 1695 and the last burial took place in 1980.

NUMBER OF GRAVESTONES: 1,244
DOCUMENTATION:

1989 photographs of all gravestones and cemetery layout by Zentralarchiv.
1990-1994 full cemetery documentation including photographs, inscription and translation of gravestones by Bamberger.

PUBLICATIONS:

History in Gailingen 1926, pages 9-10.
Overall cemetery photograph and photographs of individual gravestones by Hundsnurscher/Taddey 1968, figures #70 and 71
Overall cemetery photograph by Theobald 1984, page 94.
Full cemetery documentation by Bamberger 1994 including gravestone inscriptions as well as burial register and cemetery plan.
History, photographs and general information by Bürgerhaus Gailingen - Zentrum jüdischer Geschichte und Kultur am Bodensee und Hochrhein e.V.
(Alemannia Judaica).
Further material donated by Martin Ullman, 1964, E. Hasgall, 1964; Period covered: 1965-1972. 17 items. Location at LBI: Gailingen; Jewish community collection; Storage-location: A 15/7; Accession Numbers): AR 2431.
Numerous photographs of gravestones and general cemetery views in Alemannia Judaica.

NOTES:

This cemetery was also used for burials by the Jewish communities of Wangen and Worblingen until 1827 and 1857 respectively.
The mortuary is still in evidence today. One of its walls holds a memorial plaque, rescued from the synagogue destroyed in 1938, honouring the 16 Jewish men who lost their lives during WW1. There is also a memorial, erected in 1949, honouring the Jewish Gailingen citizens who were deported and perished during the Nazi era.

SOURCE: University of Heidelberg and Alemannia Judaica.
[Translated from German February 2008]

GAMBACH: 35516 Hesse
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

GANGELT: 52538 North Rhine-Westphalia
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

GARBENTEICH: Hesse
Used the cemetery at Grossen-Linden (1864-1867). Source: Kommission fuer die Geschichte der Juden in Hessen submitted by Harmut Heinemann of the Commission

GARDELEGEN: 39638 Saxony-Anhalt
1) no info. 2) Teil auf christl. Fr.; Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

GARTZ: 16307 Brandenburg;
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

GARZWEILER: 41363 North Rhine-Westphalia
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

GAU-ALGESHEIM: 55435 Rhineland-Palatinate
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz. Friedhof im Judensand

GAU-BICKELHEIM: 55599 Rhineland-Palatinate
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz. Friedhof im Klauer

GAU-ODERNHEIM: 55239 Rhineland-Palatinate
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz. Friedhof am Scharlenberg

GAUERSHEIM: 67294 Rhineland-Palatinate
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz. Owned and maintained by Rheinpfalz. Plat Nr. 778. Size: 1,230 sq. meters; opened 1720. Source: Ernest B. Nathan with permission from Juedische Kultusgemeinde der Rheinpfalz.

GAUGREHWEILER: 67822 Rhineland-Palatinate
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz. Owned and maintained by Rheinpfalz. Plat Nr. 501. Size: 1,410 sq. meters; opened before 1800. Source: Ernest B. Nathan with permission from Juedische Kultusgemeinde der Rheinpfalz.

GAUTING: 82131 Bavaria, near Starnberg
All 147 burials occurred after 1945 when there existed a large Jewish community of displaced persons and former concentration camp inmates until about 1957. Source: Steinerne Zeugnisse juedischen 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.].

GEDERN: 63688 Hesse
I and II; Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

GEHAUS: 36404 Thuringia
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

GEHRDEN: 30989 Lower Saxony
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

GEILENKIRCHEN: 52511 North Rhine-Westphalia
EckeHeinbergerstr., an der Linde. Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

GEINHAUSEN: 09076 Hesse
848 gravestones; used from 1617-1937. Source: Kommission fuer die Geschichte der Juden in Hessen submitted by Harmut Heinemann of the Commission. Geinhausen, Burg: used the cemetery at Gelnhausen (1700-1894). Source: Kommission fuer die Geschichte der Juden in Hessen submitted by Harmut Heinemann of the Commission. Geinhausen, Stadt: used the cemeteryat Gelnhausen (1699-1906). Source: Kommission fuer die Geschichte der Juden in Hessen submitted by Harmut Heinemann of the Commission.

GEISA: 36419 Thuringia
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz. The cemetery is located at Boxberg Source: Heidrun Zeidler; e-mail: Bananenmaus@gmx.net.
http://www.stadt-geisa.de.

GEISENHEIM: Hesse
Used the cemetery at Oestrich (1727-1880). Source: Kommission fuer die Geschichte der Juden in Hessen submitted by Harmut Heinemann of the Commission.

GEISMAR: 37083 Lower Saxony
TriffiDuderstadter Landstr.; Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

GELDERN: 47608 North Rhine-Westphalia
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

GELNHAUSEN: 63571 Hesse
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz. Letter by Richard Scheuer describing the activities related to the synagogue and the Jewish cemetery. (among many other things) in German; Donors: Johanna Boetz, 1992, Johanna Boetz, 1993; 31 items in oversize folder. Location at LBI : Gelnhausen, Jewish community collection; Storage-Location: A 22/6; Accession Number(s): AR 6397.
Source: Kommission fuer die Geschichte der Juden in Hessen submitted by Harmut Heinemann of the Commission.

GELSDORF: 54533 Rhineland-Palatinate
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

GELSENKIRCHEN: 45894 North Rhine-Westphalia
1) Ot. Buer, Muehlenstr. 2) Ot. Bulmke, Wanner Str. 3) Ot. Uckendorf; Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

GEMEN: 46325 North Rhine-Westphalia
Ecke Landwehr-/Otto-Hahn-Str.; Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

GEMÜND/EIFEL: 53937 North Rhine-Westphalia
(GEMUEND/EIFEL)
1) Koelnerstr. 2) Muehlenberg; Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

GEMÜNDEN: 55490 Rhineland-Palatinate
(GEMUENDEN)
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

GEMÜNDEN: 56459 Rhineland-Palatinate
(GEMUENDEN)
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

GEMÜNDEN: 35329 Hesse
(GEMUENDEN)
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

GEMÜNDEN: 35285 Hesse
(GEMUENDEN)
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

GENSINGEN: 55457 Rhineland-Palatinate
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz. Israelitischer Begräbnisplatz der hinterere Kieselberg.

GENTHIN: 39307 Saxony
AnhaltFriedhofstr. 21; Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

GEORGENSGMÜND: 91166 Bavaria
(GEORGENSGMUEND)
Mittelfranken. Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz. der Judenfriedhof: Manuscript on the Jewish cemetery at Georgensgmuend (35p) (covering 1801-1985) in German; 1 item; Record compiled by: Glenk, Friedrich; Donor: Friedrich Glenk, 1985. Location at LBI : Storage-Location: A 26/3; Accession Number(s): AR 5495. Well tended, established in 1545 also to serve Hipoltstein, Roth, Thalmaessing, Schwabach and Windsbach, enlarged 1700, oldest stone from 1605 ["Isak, son of Josef, on the sixth day of the week, 13 Tevet 5366 (26 Dec 1605) killed between Steinhart and Trendel and buried here on 19 Tevet (1 Jan 1606)]. Most recent burial 1948. About 503 in one section, est. 1263 in another, including some very decorative ones. Source: Steinerne Zeugnisse juedischen 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.].

GERA: 07545-07552 Thuringia
Jewish graves are found in the Ostfriedhof. Source: Heidrun Zeidler; e-mail: Bananenmaus@gmx.net and Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

GERABRONN, incorporating DÜNSBACH (DUENSBACH): 74582 Baden-Württemberg
DISTRICT: Schwäbisch-Hall.
SOURCE: Gerz and Peters.
LOCATION OF CEMETERY: along Friedhofstrasse about 1km outside village (arrowed).
IN USE: From 1823 until 1933. (Oldest gravestone 1825, youngest 1933).
NUMBER OF GRAVESTONES: 76.
DOCUMENTATION:

1986 photographs of all visible gravestones by Schwedler.
1990 photographs of remaining 76 gravestones together with cemetery layout by Zentralarchiv.
1991 full cemetery documentation including gravestone photographs by the Office for Historic Monuments (Landesdenkmalamt ed.: Frowald Gil Hüttenmeister).
Numerous photographs and general cemetery views in Alemannia Judaica.

PUBLICATIONS:

Photographs by Keil 1964.

NOTES:

It is thought likely that for burials prior to 1823, the cemetery of Braunsbach was used (Hahn 1988, page 511). On the other hand, Taddey 1992, page 251 suggests that up to this time the burials took place in the Jewish Communities Association�s Schopfloch cemetery.
According to a commemorative plaque dated 1884, the surrounding cemetery wall was donated by �Hirsch Steiner from Chicago�.
During the spring of 1930 the cemetery was vandalised by a group of youths who had come from outside the village, resulting in the toppling over of gravestones. Even during these pre Nazi era days, Jewish inhabitants of Duensbach were molested by Nazis.

SOURCE: University of Heidelberg and Alemannia Judaica.
[Translated from German February 2008]

GERAFELD:
Used the cemetery at Weyhers (1741-1938). Source: Kommission fuer die Geschichte der Juden in Hessen submitted by Harmut Heinemann of the Commission.

GERNSHEIM OF COUNTY GROSS-GERAU: see Alsbach-Hähnlein

GERNSHEIM: Hesse
Used the cemetery at Alsbach (1697-1932). Source: Kommission fuer die Geschichte der Juden in Hessen submitted by Harmut Heinemann of the Commission.

GERODA: 97779 Bavaria (Bad Kissingen):
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz. The orderly cemetery is accessible only on foot, has primarly recent tombstones, est. 40-50. Source: Steinerne Zeugnisse juedischen 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.].

GEROLSTEIN: 54568 Rhineland-Palatinate
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

GEROLZHOFEN: 97447 Bavaria
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz. near Schweinfurt Decent condition, stone wall secured with barbed wire for the very, very old and recent parts. Source: Steinerne Zeugnisse juedischen 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.].

GERSFELD: Hesse
used the cemetery at Weyhers (1741-1938). Source: Kommission fuer die Geschichte der Juden in Hessen submitted by Harmut Heinemann of the Commission.

GERSTEDT: 29413 Saxony-Anhalt
Str. v. Salzwedel n. Henningen, im Wald. Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

GESCHER: 48712 North Rhine-Westphalia
Suedlohner Damm; Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

GESECKE: 59590 North Rhine-Westphalia
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

GETTENBACH: 63584 Hesse
20 gravestones; used from 1760-1910. Source: Kommission fuer die Geschichte der Juden in Hessen submitted by Harmut Heinemann of the Commission.

GEVELSBERG: 58285 North Rhine-Westphalia
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

GEY: 52393 North Rhine-Westphalia
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

GIESSEN: 35394 Hesse
1) I, Licher Str. 2) II 3) Wieseck; Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

GIFHORN: 38518 Lower Saxony
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

GILDEHAUS: 48455 Lower Saxony
Ot. von Bad Bentheim; Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

GILSA: Hesse
Used the cemetery at Haarhaursen (1773-1927). Source: Kommission fuer die Geschichte der Juden in Hessen submitted by Harmut Heinemann of the Commission.

GILSERBERG: 34630 Hesse
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

GINDORF: 54657 North Rhine-Westphalia
Fr. nach Schiefbahn verlegt; Source:Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

GINSHEIM: see Gross Gerau

GISSIGHEIM: 97953 Baden-Württemberg
see Koenigheim

GLADBACH: 51465 North Rhine-Westphalia
Hauptstr. 34; Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

GLADBECK: 45964 North Rhine-Westphalia
Teil des Kommunalfr.; Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

GLADENBACH: 35075 Hesse
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

GLATZ:
cemetery exists; now called Klodzko Poland.

GLAUBERG: 63695 Hesse
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

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

GLEHN: 41352 North Rhine-Westphalia
Bendstr.; Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

GLEICHAMBERG-GLEICHERWIESEN: 98646 Thuringia
Streutdorfer Weg. Source: Heidrun Zeidler; e-mail: Bananenmaus@gmx.net.

GLEICHERWIESEN: 98646 Thuringia
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

GLESCH: 50126 North Rhine-Westphalia
Fr. nach Elsdorf verlegt; Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

GLÜCKSTADT: 25348 Schleswig-Holstein
(GLUECKSTADT)
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz. Copies of Sephardic gravestone inscriptions in Altona, Glueckstadt and Emden. MF 77a (among many other things); Location at LBI : Hamburg; Jewish community collection; Storage-Location: A 11/4, Photo album, 2nd floor left microfilm cabinet
Portugiesische Graeber auf deutscher Erde (Portuguese graves on German soil), by M. Gruenwald. Hamburg, 1902. 158 pages. 29V4979. Notes: 1536 tombstones, 1611-1870, chronological order family names, Altona cemetery history. Printed Books on Jewish cemeteries in the Jewish National and University Library in Jerusalem: an annotated bibliography. Jerusalem: The Israel Genealogical Society, 1997. ; by Mathilde Tagger

GNESEN: now called Gniezno, Poland
182. III 22 Gnesen, Pinkas (record book) of the Chevra Baalei Hamisakim Ubikur Cholim (Burial Society and society for visiting the sick), 1858, with list of deaths, 1841-92. Source: LBI.

GNESEN GOCH:
Cemetery list Source: LBI

GNOIEN: 17179 Mecklenburg-West Pomerania
Fr. ausserhalb der Stadt; Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

GOCH: 47574 North Rhine-Westphalia
Kalkarerstr./Ecke Pfalzdorferstr. Kalkarerstr., Ortsausgang; Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

GODDELAU: see Gross Gerau

GODDELSHEIM: 35104 Hesse
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

GOLDBERG: 19399 Mecklenburg-West Pomerania
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

GÖLLHEIM: 67307 Rhineland-Palatinate
(GOELLHEIM)
I and II; Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz. · Old Cemetery: Owned by Rheinpfalz. Plat Nr. 2283. size: 2,191 sq. meters; opened 1700; no upkeep. Source: Ernest B. Nathan with permission from Juedische Kultusgemeinde der Rheinpfalz. · New Cemetery: Owned and maintained by Rheinpfalz. Plat Nr. 2296. Size: 701 sq. meters; opened 1893. Source: Ernest B. Nathan with permission from Juedische Kultusgemeinde der Rheinpfalz. Cemetery is located on the street to Ramsen. Source: "Wo die totn Menschen schweigen da sprechen um so lauter die lebendigen Steine" by Bernhard Kukatzki in the book Juden in der Provinz.

GOLMBACH: 37640 Lower Saxony
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

GOMMERN: 39245 Saxony-Anhalt
An der Wiesenstr. Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

GONNESWEILER: 66625 Saarland (Kreis St. Wendel), Feldweg
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.
Area in sq. meters 844. From a listing of Jewish cemeteries extant in 1972, based on data from the Synagogue association of the Saar.

GONZENHEIM:
Used the cemetery at Seulberg (1794) Source: Kommission fuer die Geschichte der Juden in Hessen submitted by Harmut Heinemann of the Commission.

GÖPPINGEN: 73033 incorporating JEBENHAUSEN 73035 Baden-Württemberg
(Goeppingen)
DISTRICT: Göppingen
SOURCE: Gerz and Peters
LOCATION OF CEMETERIES: Göppingen I and Göppingen II (Jebenhausen).
Göppingen I - Hohenstaufenstrasse.
IN USE: 1903 consecrated , 1904 first burial, 1977 most recent burial
NUMBER OF GRAVESTONES: 133
DOCUMENTATION:

1926-1927 burial register and cemetery layout by Aron Tänzer.
1986-1988 cemetery layout, photographs of all gravestones with copies of their inscriptions and translations by Göppingen and Naftali Bar Giora Bamberger.

PUBLICATIONS:

History, cemetery layout and burial register (up to 1927) by Tänzer 1927, pages 506-514.
Full cemetery documentation by Bamberger 1990, pages 256-346.
Numerous photographs and general cemetery views in Alemannia Judaica.
History, photographs and diagrams by Stadt Göppingen, Archiv und Museen.

NOTES:

Prior to having their local cemetery, the Göppingen Jews used the cemetery in Jebenhausen (see Tänzer 1927, pages 211-214). As from 1904 a Jewish section in the general City�s cemetery, but not specifically designated as such, on the Hohenstaufenstrasse was used.
A commemorative stone plaque in the cemetery honours the victims of the Holocaust.

SOURCE: University of Heidelberg and Alemannia Judaica.

Göppingen II (Jebenhausen) - Kreuzhaldenweg (DETAIL).
IN USE: From 1779 (oldest gravestone dated 1781). Last burial 1939.
NUMBER OF GRAVESTONES: 349
DOCUMENTATION:

1919-1926 burial register, cemetery layout and copies of selected gravestone instriptions by Aron Tänzer.
1986 -1988 cemetery layout and photographs of all gravestone inscriptions with translations by Göppingen and Naftali Bar Giora Bamberger.

PUBLICATIONS:

History, burial register (up to 1926) and cemetery layout by Tänzer 1927, pages 208-261.
Gravestone inscriptions of important members of the community by Tänzer 1927, pages 87, 156, 157 and 200.
Two photographs, each with several gravestones by Württemberg 1932, page 89.
History by Kauss 1981, page 15.
Complete cemetery documentation by Bamberger 1990, pages 17-254.

NOTES:

History, photographs and diagrams by Stadt Göppingen, Archiv und Museen.

SOURCE: University of Heidelberg and Alemannia Judaica.
[Translated from German February 2008]

GÖRLITZ: 02826 Saxony
(GOERLITZ)
Biesnitzer Str.; Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

GOSLAR: 38640 Lower Saxony
Glockengiesser str. Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.
I personally have seen the Jewish cemetery in Goslar, Germany. I was there in January, 1996. Many of the locals do not know that it is there. It is near the "Osterfeld" or "east field." Goslar is a walled city. Enter through the main gate by the "east field" and bear left on the street(s) that follow the wall. Within a few hundred meters, the cemetery is visible, to the left, through the slats of a wooden fence/gate. It is not accessible to the casual passer-by. It does not appear to be abandoned or overgrown. Headstones are visible. Source: Luke pluke@ndatech.com. For more info and a photo of the cemetery click here.

GOTHA THÜR: 99867 Thuringia
(GOTHA THUER)
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.
The cemetery is located at Eisenacher Strasse. The synagogue used to be at Mosslerstrasse. Source: Heidrun Zeidler; e-mail: Bananenmaus@gmx.net Recently visited by Maggie Linz (survey pending) at linzmarg@pilot.msu.edu, who said many nice things about the help she received from Heidrun Zeidler [June 2002]

GÖTTINGEN: 37081 Lower Saxony /Niedersachsen
Friedhof (cemetery): An der Gerichtslinde /Ecke Kasseler Landstrasse (Schlüssel bei Blumen Preissler. Der Friedhof wird noch heute von der Jüdischen Gemeinde genutzt. The cemetery is locked but you can get the key at "Blumen Preissler", a flower shop. It is still in use. Synagogen Mahnmahl: Untere Maschstasse (am Platz der 1938 zerstörten Synagoge). There is a memorial at the location of the destroyed synagogue at Untere Maschstasse. Source: Heidrun Zeidler; Bananenmaus@gmx.net

GOTTMADINGEN: incorporating RANDEGG 78244 Baden-Württemberg
DISTRICT: Konstanz
SOURCE: Gerz and Peters
LOCATION OF CEMETERY: outside village close to Swiss Border. (DETAIL).
IN USE: From 1742 until 1938 according to grave registry. Oldest surviving gravestone dated 1810.
NUMBER OF GRAVESTONES: 330.
DOCUMENTATION:

1988 photographs of all gravestones and cemetery layout by Zentralarchiv.
1955 full cemetery documents including the photographs by the Office for Historic Monuments (Landesdenkmalamt ed: Monika Preuss).
The burial register contained in the Landesdenkmalamt document was published in Maajan 2003, pages 2257-2261.

PUBLICATIONS:

Overall photographic cemetery views in Hundsnurscher/Taddey 1968, figures # 177, 178.
Overall photographic cemetery views in Theobald 1984, page 99.
History by Moos 1986, pages 57-58.
Burial register by Maajan 2003, pages 2257-2261.
Numerous photographs and general views of cemetery in Alemannia Judaica.

NOTES:

The Jewish Museum in Hohenems (Austria) acquired a register of the graves in this cemetery in 1995.
This cemetery was repeatedly and severely vandalised in 1945, 1966, 1970 and 1986 (Hahn 1988, page 306).
The cemetery is enclosed by a low masonry wall with a locked gate, for which the key is obtainable from the nearby German/Swiss border control post.
*Otto Dix* painted �jüdischer Friedhof in Randegg. 1935� during the Nazi era. As he himself explained �Banned to the countryside� � The motive, a cemetery of the persecuted Jews in the freezing winter, has to be understood as a commentary on the prevailing times. (Source: Saarlandmuseum Saarbrücken - Stiftung saarländischer Kulturbesitz.)

SOURCE: University of Heidelberg and Alemannia Judaica.
[Translated from German February 2008]

GRABOW: 19300 Mecklenburg-West Pomerania
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

GRÄFENBERG: 91322 Bavaria
(GRAEFENBERG)
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

GRAFENEK:
Thea Lahn, who speaks English, and her deceased boyfriend erected a monument in Grafenek where 10,000 handicapped were gassed. Her group of people seems to have gone out of their way to find and preserve history of Jews of Buttenhausen. Few Christians showed up for dedication of the monument several years ago. Source: Louis Hoechstetter, Phd; e-mail: lhoech@talstar.com.

GRAFENHAUSEN: see Gross Gerau

GRANSEE:
0-1430 Brandenburg Graeber auf Oertlichen Fr. verlegt. Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

GRASENAU: see Kraskau

GRÄVENWIESBACH: 61279 Hesse
(GRAEFENVIESBACH)
An der Gartenstr. Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

GREBENAU: 36323 Hesse
I and II. Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.
Click here for more information.

GREBENSTEIN: 34393 Hesse
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

GREDING: 91171 Bavaria
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

GREIFFENBERG: 16278 Brandenburg
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

GREIFSWALD: 17489 Mecklenburg-West Pomerania
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

GREVENBROICH: 41515 North Rhine-Westphalia
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

GREVESMÜHLEN: 23936 Mecklenburg-West Pomerania
(GREVESMUEHLEN)
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

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

GRIES: 66903 Rhineland-Palatinate, Bei Steinbach/Glan.
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.
Owned by Rheinpfalz. Plat Nr. 456. Size: 1,230 sq. meters; opened around 1700; no upkeep. Source: Ernest B. Nathan with permission from Juedische Kultusgemeinde der Rheinpfalz.

GRIESHEIM: 64347 Hesse, also see Gross Gerau
Die Ausgrabungen auf den juedischen Begraebnissplaetzen in Griesheim A. M./ [von Isak Moses Mainz] Der juedische Friedhof in Griesheim a. M. [von Eduard Feist] Roedelheim: Druck: M. Lehrberger, 1898. v, 9 p. 18 cm. Author's names from Freimann, p. 271. Title page in Hebrew and German. Hebrew title reads: Ha`avarat `atsamot mi-shte bate `almin bi-kfar Griesheim. The first article (v p.) in Hebrew. the second (9 p.) in German. ID # GT 3250 G75 M3 Source: LBI

GRIMLINGHAUSEN: 41468 North Rhine-Westphalia
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

GRIMMEN: 18507 Mecklenburg-West Pomerania
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

GRÖBZIG: 06388 Saxony-Anhalt
(GROEBZIG)
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

GRONAU: 31028 Lower Saxony
Am Berghoelzchen. Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

GRONAU: 48599 North Rhine-Westphalia
Vereinstr. 72a. Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

GRÖNINGEN: 39397 Saxony-Anhalt
(GROENINGEN)
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

GROSS-BIEBERAU: 64401 Hesse
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.
In the north part of Gross-Bieberau, west of Bundesstrasse 38, one finds a solid wall and a stand of tall trees that can easily be recognized from a distance as the Jewish cemetery. It served as a burial place for the Jews of Gross-Bieberau, as well as those of Reinheim, Spachbruecken, and Georgenhausen from 1891 until the expulsion and extermination. Before 1891, those who died in these communities were buried in the cemetery at Dieburg.
     In 1889, the plan to establish a separate Jewish cemetery was approved. On June 11, 1989, the headstones in the Jewish cemetery of Gross-Bieberau were systematically registered by members of the Heimat- und Geschichtsvereins (Homeland and Historical Association) of Babenhausen, their German-language inscriptions copied, and their Hebrew texts photographically preserved. In connection with this essay, the German-language information has been entirely reproduced. A selection of the Hebrew texts can be seen in the photographs.
     The rectangular cemetery, with inner dimensions of 30.2 x 14.6 meters and an area of 516 square meters, is found on land that rises from east to west. On all four sides a high wall surrounds it. Along the length of the wall, there are 14 larger and even more small trees --firs, beeches, and linden. One enters the cemetery from the north through an attractive iron gate that is bordered by two decorated sandstone pillars. The path from the gate divides the cemetery into two squares of equal size. The headstones are found exclusively in the western part; they are arranged in seven rows, with a maximum of 12 stones per row. The layout of the rows is strictly chronological, beginning in the southwestern corner of the cemetery. Details of the layout can be seen in the diagram. Of approximately 58 stones, only one (the oldest) is made of red sandstone; all the others are made of dark syenite. In a few cases, parts of the monuments are artistic in nature. The inscriptions primarily face toward the east. With stones that are composed of multiple sections, the upper stone has been removed for the sake of security and leaned against the footing.
     The shape of the stones is relatively conventional -- primarily obelisks and flat stones; six stones are for double graves of spouses. Decorations on the stones are conservative, with only a few stones having modern art and art deco ornamentation (e.g., 2/03 from 1905, 3/02 from 1912, 3/07 from 1914, 4/04 from 1925 and 6/04 from 1934). Symbols are similarly sparing. The Star of David is found on seven stones. The Shofar-horn of the "Shofar- blower" is shown in one instance (6/02), the "Kanne" (pitcher) for a deceased Levite is on two stones; "Segnende Ha"nde" (hands conveying a blessing) for the graves of priests ("Kohenim") are not to be found in the cemetery. The headstone that is formed of red sandstone (1/01) is evidently older, based on its condition and decoration. A comparison with stones in other Jewish cemetery points to the first half of the 19th century. The tablets from 1891 onward were therefore a later addition. Translated by: reiss_c@aesop.rutgers.edu

GROSSBÜLLESHEIM: 53881 Rhineland-Palatinate
(GROSSBUELLESHEIM)
see under EUSKIRCHEN, cemetery No. 5

GROSS FREDEN: 31084 Lower Saxony
Am Herrenkamp. Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

GROSS-GERAU: 64521 Hesse.
SOURCE: Gerz and Peters.
DISTRICT: Gross-Gerau.
LOCATION OF CEMETERIES:

1. Middle Ages cemetery: from around 1300 A.D. along the Berliner Strasse between the Grüner Weg and Hermann-Löns-Strasse. Now empty.
2. Old cemetery: from 1632 was in front of the town moat which is now in the area between Darmstädter - and Berliner Strasse. Enlarged in 648, 1659, 1703 and was closed in 1892. The City council ordered the Jewish community in November 1936 to exhume the deceased and re-bury them in a mass grave in the new Jewish cemetery. This cemetery is also empty. A commemorative plaque is now the only reminder of its former existence and the reburial.
3. New cemetery: from 1841 close to the swimming pool on Theodor-Heuss-Strasse.

NUMBER OF GRAVESTONES: about 1,200.
IN USE: from 1841 until 1938 and probably later.
HISTORY:

Used by numerous Jewish communities in the area. According to the cemetery statutes of 1890/92 the communities and families associated with this cemetery were from: Arheilgen, Astheim, Bauschheim, Biebesheim, Bischofsheim, Büttelborn, Crumstadt, Dornheim, Erfelden, Geinsheim, Ginsheim, Goddelau, Gross und Klein-Gerau, Gräfenhausen, Griesheim, Königstädten, Leeheim, Mörfelden, Nauheim, Raunheim, Rüsselsheim, Stockstadt, Trebur, Wallerstädten, Weiterstadt, Walldorf, Wolfskehlen und Worfelden.

NOTES:

The first recorded vandalism occurred in the spring of 1887 and again in the spring of 1909. This cemetery was in use until 1938, when it was desecrated; the commemorative plaque in honour of the Jewish soldiers who died in WW1 was destroyed. After 1945, the City had two commemorative plaques fixed: one to replace that honoured the fallen Jewish soldiers of WW1 and another to commemorate the city�s Jewish inhabitants who lost their lives during the Nazi era. The latter was defaced in November 1953. In 1963 youths uprooted 37 gravestones.

Source: Alemannia Judaica.
[Translated from German January 2008]

GROSSHAUSEN: Hesse
Used the cemetery at Alsbach (1732-1896). Source: Kommission fuer die Geschichte der Juden in Hessen submitted by Harmut Heinemann of the Commission

GROSS-KARBEN: 61184 Hesse
(NW of Frankfurt)(within 20 miles of Frankfurt) Gross Karben und seine Juden, by Helmut Weigand Book contains a full desciption of life there from 1700 on, including a layout of the graves . Source: Edgar Braun, 35-40 83rd St. Jackson Heights, NY 11372 718-458-9544 edinbra@aol.com

GROSS KROTZENBURG am Main: 63538 Hesse
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.
gr # 14. ca. 160 photos: Jewish cemetery. Location at LBI : Beer- Meyerbeer family collection. Storage-Location: V 1/5, Safe, S 49/4

GROSSMÜHLINGEN: 39221 Saxony-Anhalt
(GROSSMUEHLINGEN)
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

GROSS NEUENDORF: 15324 Brandenburg
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

GROSS REKEN: 48734 North Rhine-Westphalia
Vor dem Dorf. Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

GROSS-ROHRHEIM:
see Alsbach-Hähnlein. Used the cemetery at Alsbach (1734-1932). Source: Kommission fuer die Geschichte der Juden in Hessen submitted by Harmut Heinemann of the Commission

GROSS-STEINHEIM: 63456 Hesse
Teichweg. Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

GROSS-WINTERHEIM: 55218 Rhineland-Palatinate
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

GROSSEN-BUSECK: 35418 Hesse
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

GROSSEN-LINDEN: 35440 Hesse
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.
104 gravestones. used from 1736-1935) (1868-1930)

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

GROSSENENGLIS: Hesse
Used the cemetery at Haarhausen (1800-1892); Source: Kommission fuer die Geschichte der Juden in Hessen submitted by Harmut Heinemann of the Commission.

GROSSHABERSDORF: 8459 Bavaria
Bei Sulzbach. Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

GROSSHEUBACH: 63920 Bavaria
Supposed to have a Jewish cemetery. Source: Nancy Grossman

GROSSROPPERHAUSEN: 34621 Hesse
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.
For more information click here.

GROSSVERNICH: 53919 North Rhine-Westphalia
Im Wiesengrund, Trierer Str. Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

GROTHE: 49635 Lower Saxony
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

GRÖTZINGEN: 76229 Baden-Württemberg
(GROETZINGEN)
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.
Unpublished documentation in the Office of Protection of Monuments 1992. Bearbeiterin: Barbara Doepp. Source: Uni-Heidelberg Zentralarchiv zur Erforschung der Geschichte der Juden in Deutschland. Bienenstr. 5, D-69117 Heidelberg, Tel. 06221 / 164-141, (Director: Dr. Peter Honigmann)

GRÜNDAU: 63584 Hesse
(GRUENDAU)
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.
Ot. Gettenbach. Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

GRÜNHEIDE/MARK: 15537 Brandenburg
(GRUENHEIDE/MARK)
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

GRÜNINGEN: Hesse
(GRUENINGEN)
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

GRÜNSFELD: 97947 Rhineland-Palatinate
(GRUENSFELD)
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

GRÜNSTADT: 67269 Rhineland-Palatinate
(GRUENSTADT)
I and II. Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

Old Cemetery: Rheinpfalz. Owned and maintained by Rheinpfalz. Plat Nr. 2522 and 2521. Size: 5,150 sq. meter and 2,680 sq. meters; opened 1745; cemeteries are adjacent. Source: Ernest B. Nathan with permission from Juedische Kultusgemeinde der Rheinpfalz.
New Cemetery: Owned and maintained by the political entity. Plat Nr. 2522/2. Size: 350 sq. meters cemeteries are adjacent. Source: Ernest B. Nathan with permission from Juedische Kultusgemeinde der Rheinpfalz.

GRÜSEN: 35285 Hesse
(GRUESEN)
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

GUBEN: 03172 Brandenburg
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.
Vandals sprayed anti-Semitic slogans and marked gravestones with swastikas. Source: Dateline: World Jewry, April 2000; World Jewish Congress

GUDENSBERG: 34281 Hesse
Used the cemetery at Obervorschuetz (1765-1925). Source: Kommission fuer die Geschichte der Juden in Hessen submitted by Harmut Heinemann of the Commission
For more information click here.

GULICHSBERG: Thuringia
The burials from Marisfelde are here.

GUNDELFINGEN/DONAU: 89423 Bavaria
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

GÜNSTEDT: 99631 Thuringia
(GUENSTEDT)
Direkt neben Schule, existiert nicht mehr. Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

GÜNTERBERG: 16278 Brandenburg
(GUENTERBERG)
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

GUNTERSBLUM: 67583 Rhineland-Palatinate
Grünanlage am Erbsenbrunned. Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

GÜNZBURG: 89312 Bavaria (Swabia)
(GUENZBURG)
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.
No visible evidence of the Jewish community which existed until 1617.

GUNZENHAUSEN: 91710 Bavaria, Mittelfranken
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.
Well tended cemetery is around the corner from Leonhardsruhstr.15, Some missing tombstones allegedly used for paving after 1938. 28 scattered tombstones, 8 below, 3 inserted into wall, plus additional section. Custodian lives in cemetery Source: Schweirz [sic]. A high school in Gunzenhausen, Germany had students research the Jewish Families that lived in the town before WWII and made a website out of it--including photos of the homes of the families, family names, some documents, etc. It can be viewed here.

GURS CONCENTRATION CAMP
Clippings, photos of cemetery, xeroxed photos of the camp, including a map depicting the structure of the camp (and many other things) Donors: Eugen Neter, 1964, Jas W. Felter, 1990, Miriam Gerber, 1990; Location at LBI : Gurs (concentration camp): collection .Storage-Location: B 24/8, Accession Number(s): AR 2273.

GÜRZENICH: 52355 North Rhine-Westphalia
(GUERZENICH)
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

GÜSTEN, ANH.: 39439 Saxony-Anhalt
(GUESTEN)
1) I
2) II, vor Rathmannsdorf gelegen
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

GÜSTROW: 18273 Mecklenburg-West Pomerania
(GUESTROW)
Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

GÜTERSLOH: 33330 North Rhine-Westphalia
(GUETERSLOH)
Boehmer Str. Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

GUXHAGEN: 34302 Hesse
Albshauser Str. Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

GYMNICH: 50374 North Rhine-Westphalia
An der Vogelrute. Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken HAARBERG: 5100 North Rhine-Westphalia Source: Mahnmal gegen Rassismus Saarbrücken by Jochen Gerz.

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