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“It was not difficult for me to find the tombstone of my grandfather Philip,
my father's father. (...) The asymmetrical tombstone had sunken a bit into the ground.
It was a meteorite, a 'stone fallen from the sky',
a tale that had intrigued me in my childhood.” –
Kurt Rosendahl, b. 1920 Aachen, d. 2018 New York, in May 1992
at the grave of his grandfather Philipp Rosendahl in the Jewish cemetery in Aachen.
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The Jewish cemetery is an important testimony to the history of the city of Aachen and
is also – as the extensive research on the biographical network shows –
in an international historical context.
It comprises around 1,600 graves from the 19th and 20th centuries, some of which are well preserved.
Exactly 200 years ago, the first burial took place here.
The gravestone of this first burial is still preserved today.
This book, published on the occasion of the anniversary, contains a site plan as an insert,
in which the historical inventory of the gravesites is completely indexed.
As stone witnesses of the past, the gravestones give the names and dates of the buried
and invite us to ask further questions:
Who were the people buried here? Where did they come from? How did they live?
What was their life like? What fate shaped them and their family?
Accompanied by contributions on the history of the cemetery
and its design as well as on the history of the Jewish community,
this book traces more than 100 biographical life stories and sheds light on the social life of those buried here.
This is the first publication to comprehensively document the Aachen Jewish cemetery.
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An invitation to get to know an important place.
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An indispensable read for the preparation and follow-up of a visit to the Jewish cemetery on the Lütticher Strasse.
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A treasure trove for further research.
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