International Association of Jewish
Genealogical Societies - Cemetery Project
SWITZERLAND
THE JEWISH COMMUNITY
Schweizerische Vereinigung fur Judische Genealogie
[Swiss Society for Jewish Genealogy]
Raymond M. Jung, President
Scheuchzerstrasse 154, 8006 Zurich, SWITZERLAND
Telephone: 41 1 361 71 54
E-mail: Daniel.Teichman@vsao.ch
Website: http://www.eye.ch/swissgen/ver/jeinfo-d.htm
Newsletter editor: Daniel Teichman,
Kurfirstenstrasse 8, 8002 Zurich, SWITZERLAND
http://www.jewishgen.org/french
is French Special Interest Group of JewishGen for research of French speaking
countries of France, Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Suisse Romande.
http://www.haruth.com/JewsSwitzerland.html has links for Swiss Jewish information.
Rene Loeb of the Swiss Society for Jewish Genealogy, Zurich [Schweizerische Vereinigung fur Judische Genealogie] supplied the information on Swiss Cemeteries unless otherwise indicated.
THE CEMETERIES
BADEN/AG:
- Jewish cemetery: In use since 1879, 353 graves
BASEL:
Jewish Museum at Kornhausgasse 8, Tel. 25-95-14 contains fragments of Jewish tombstones from 1222. Source: Israelowitz, Oscar. Guide to Jewish Europe. Brooklyn, NY: Israelowitz Publishing, 1995, p. 321. [October 2000]
Wie die Israelitische Gemeinde in Basel zu einem eigenen Friedhof Gekommen ist/ eine Berichterstattung von S. Bloch-Roos. Basel: Basler Handelsdruckerei A. Galliker, 1902. 54 p. microfilm; 16 mm. At the Leo Baeck Institute: ID # MfW W687
Ueber den judenfriedhof in Zwingen und Judenniederlassungen im Fuerstbistum Basel/ von Nordmann, Achilles/Basel: 1906. [120]-151 p. illus. 24 cm. Detached from Basler Zeitschrift fuer Geschichte und Altertumskunde, Bd. 6, Heft 1. At the Leo Baeck Institute: ID # GT 3264 Z9 N6
BASEL/BS:
- Jewish cemetery: In use since August 1903, capacity 4,800 graves, used 3700
BERN/BE:
- Jewish cemetery: In use since 1871, capacity 2,000 graves, used 1753
BIEL:
CAROUGE/ GE:
- Jewish cemetery: Located near Geneva (Switzerland) on the other side of the "Arve" river. The older inscriptions are from about 1779. The total number of stones is about 720. Entirely and very well renovated in 1996 by the "Communaute Israelite de Geneve". Because of the 1876 legal interdiction against the establishment of new cemeteries in the 'canton de Genève', a new cemetery was located in Etrembières (France). With its entry in Switzerland, the village of Veyrier was created in 1920. The cemetery of Carouge was used again in 1943-1944 during the German occupation of the Haute-Savoie. Source: Jean-Daniel Greub-Hirsch greub-j-d@bal.ge-dip.etat-ge.ch
LA CHAUX-DE-FONDS/ NE:
- Jewish cemetery: The cemetery is located in "Les Eplatures" between La Chaux-de-Fonds and Le Locle. There are hundreds of stones. The oldest inscription is 5 December 1872 (Cecile Hirsch). The Jewish community of La Chaux-de-Fonds principally comes originally from the village of Hegenheim (Alsace, near Basle, Switzerland) and from others villages of Alsace. The cemetery and its little chapel are active. The same architect erected the very beautiful synagogue of La Chaux-de-Fonds (located between the "rue de la Serre" and the "rue du Parc") about 1900 and the synagogue destroyed by the German troops in Strasbourg, France. The synagogue of La Chaux-de-Fonds was recently entirely renovated. Source: Jean-Daniel Greub-Hirsch; e-mail: greub-j-d@bal.ge-dip.etat-ge.ch
DAVOS/GR:
- Jewish cemetery: Street address is Islen near Davos. In use since 1931, capacity 945, used 180
ENDINGEN AND LENGNAU: {10686} also see Tiengen, Germany
Endingen-Lengnau -- Verein fuer Erhaltung der Synagogen und des Friedhofs Endingen-Legnau [The Association for the Preservation of the Synagogues and the Cemetery of -- ] published a complete register of the burial sites, with name index and arranged by dates, supplemented by a volume of narrative which includes, among other documents and photographs, a facsimile of the first Jewish census of 1761: Der Judenfriedhof Endingen-Lengnau. 2 vols. 400 pp. Menes Verlag, Postfach 5070, CH 5405 Baden. Sfr. 100 (about $66). (If you join the Association for Sfr 30/year, you may buy 1 copy (2 vols). Postage is additional for non-Swiss delivery). The in German books are excellent and list all the people buried there. (Names are from the book listed below, which were sent to IAJGS.) As the only place in Switzerland where Jews were allowed to settle from the 17th to the 19th centuries, Endigen and Lengnau Jews had to bury their dead on an island in the Rhine. Then, in 1750, they established a cemetery halfway between the two villages where some 2,700 persons have been buried to date. [Source?]
- "About one half mile from Lengnau, in the direction of Endingen, is the old Jewish cemetery. It is recognized by a cluster of trees, on the right side of the road, and is surrounded by a stone wall. During the first years of settlement in Lengnau, the Jews were forbidden to bury their dead in Switzerland. They had to travel north to the Rhine River, and bury their dead on an island in the middle of the river, known as Juden Insle, Jews' Island." Endingen-Lengnau is close to the town of Baden in Switzerland. Source: Israelowitz, Oscar. Guide to Jewish Europe. Brooklyn, NY: Israelowitz Publishing, 1995, p. 322. [October 2000]
FRIBOURG/FR:
- Jewish cemetery: In use since 1904; 150 graves, 105 used
GENEVE:
Because of local regulations about cemeteries, the current Jewish cemetery for Geneva is located just across the border in France in Veyrier.
- Cimetière Israélite de Veyrier: Located in Geneva canton, alternate names: Geneve (French), Genf (German). Postal address of cemetery: 16 chemin de l’Arvaz –
1255 Veyrier, France. Phone 022.784.16.05 and 079.202.33.70.
E-mail address of cemetery: cimet@comisra.ch
URL of cemetery: http://www.comisra.ch/www/index.php?&pid=80
Person to contact about grave locations: M. Sylvain BENAMRAN : Membre du Comité de la C.I.G. en charge de l’Administration des Biens et des Cimetières. Tél : 022.793.01.30 – Fax : 022.793.01.40 – Mobile : 079.602.06.10. M. Jean PLANÇON : Responsable du département et Jardinier en chef. Tél et Fax: 022.784.16.05 – Mobile : 079.202.33.70 –
Cemetery Hours: Sunday-Thursday 8am-6pm in summer; 8am-5pm winter.
The cemetery was established about 1920 and used by the Jews of Geneva. Caretaker with key: M. Jean PLANÇON: Responsable du département et Jardinier en chef. Tél et Fax: 022.784.16.05 – Mobile : 079.202.33.70 The active cemetery does not contain mass graves. The cemetery is isolated. Source:Jeff Malka malkajef@orthohelp.com; [April 2006]
LA TOURDE PEILZ:
- Jewish cemetery: Cemetery has been indexed - 900 gravesites: source: Jean-Pierre Bernard, 8, rue du Bocage, 91400 Orsay, France did the indexing. Jipbernard@aol.com. Write to him in French.
LAUSANNE-PRILLY/VD:
- Jewish cemetery: address: Av. Du Chateau, In use since June, 1892, capacity 2000, used 1800
LUGANO-NARANCO/TI:
- Jewish cemetery: In use since 1918, capacity 540, used 466
LENGNAU: see ENDINGEN
LUZZERN/LU:
- I: In use since May 1, 1887, capacity and used 366
- II: In use since May 6, 1943, capacity 689, used 369
ST.GALLEN/SG:
VEVEY/VD:
ZURICH/ZH: (ICZ)
- Unt. Friesenberg (ICZ)
- Oberer Friesenberg (IRG)
- Steinkluppenweg, In use since 1899-1968, capacity & used: 200
- Pfaffhausen-Wedstr., In use since Nov.26, 1939, no more information
- AGUDAS(OR CHADASCH) used since: 1982, 270 graves, used 31
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