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Münster District
CoesfeldOlfenJewish Cemetery 1860–1945
DiscoverPlaces to seeGermanyNorth Rhine-Westphalia
Münster District
CoesfeldOlfenJewish Cemetery 1860–1945
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Jewish Cemetery 1860–1945
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Thorsten
May 11, 2022
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The Jewish Cemetery Olfen is located in the Olfen district of the town of Olfen in the Coesfeld district in North Rhine-Westphalia. No tombstones have survived in the cemetery, which was occupied before 1843-1939.
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Babsi
June 9, 2023
Hiking
The cemetery was sold between 1939 and 1943 and used for agriculture. According to Gertrud Althoff, some tombstones are said to have been there after 1945. Today the burial ground is a green space. It was renovated in 1970 and a memorial stone was erected.
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PeterH65 (a.k.a. "Waldorf")
August 24, 2024
Hiking
"... The former cemetery area is now marked by a stele, as there are no other gravestones left here. The memorial block commemorates all Jewish victims who died violently during the Nazi era..."
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