Jewish cemetery in Salzburg, Jewish cemetery in Aigen district, Salzburg, Austria.
The Jewish cemetery in Salzburg lies off the right bank of the Salzach in the Aigen-Glas district, on a plot acquired in 1893 by the burial society Chewra Kadischa. The grounds hold gravestones and a memorial with two tablets listing the family names of about 80 children stillborn in Salzburg's DP camps between 1945 and 1949. A 1993 monument records those buried before 1939 whose stones were destroyed.
This cemetery was founded in 1893 and suffered severe damage under Nazi rule when 68 of its 100 original gravestones were removed and sold. The destruction reflects the persecution of the local Jewish community during that era.
The grounds display names of those buried before 1939 on memorial plaques and honor children from post-war displaced persons camps. These inscriptions tell stories of the local Jewish community's history and losses.
Visits require advance registration with the Jewish Community Association of Salzburg to arrange guided visits. Contacting them beforehand ensures proper access to this protected site.
Among the graves are those of Albert Pollak, who in 1867 received the first right of residence granted to a Jew in Salzburg in over 350 years, and Marko Feingold, a Shoah survivor and president of the Israelitische Kultusgemeinde, who died in 2019 at 106. The glass manufacturer Ignaz Glaser and the future researcher Robert Jungk are also buried here.
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