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Weißensee Jewish Cemetery

Berlin's Jewish community founded this cemetery in 1880, when the one on Schönhauser Allee had run out of space. It is in the Weißensee district and is the largest surviving Jewish cemetery in Europe, with more than 100,000 graves beneath tall trees. It was designed by the architect Hugo Licht, and its plots are organised into 120 sections. Those buried here include the painter Lesser Ury, the composer Louis Lewandowski, Oscar Tietz, founder of a department store chain, and the publishers Samuel Fischer and Rudolf Mosse. Near the main entrance there is a monument to the Shoah, and inside are an urn field for people who died in concentration camps and a monument to the Jewish soldiers who fell in the First World War. During the Nazi period some Jews hid in the mausoleums, and others living in hiding were buried here in secret. In the 1970s it was declared a cultural and historical monument.

Things to do at Weißensee Jewish Cemetery: 4 missions

• Find the grave of Lesser Ury or Louis LewandowskiUse the map to find the grave of the painter Lesser Ury or that of the composer Louis Lewandowski, among the most visited.
• Walk past the family mausoleumsStroll along the paths between the mausoleums along the walls of the grounds and compare the plainest with the most ornate.
• Visit the urn field for the victimsFind the urn field dedicated to people who died in concentration camps and the monument to the Jewish soldiers who fell in the First World War.
• Pause at the Shoah monument at the entranceBefore heading into the cemetery, find the Shoah monument near the main entrance and read it slowly.

Near Weißensee Jewish Cemetery

Source: Turismo oficial - visitBerlin