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Weißensee Cemetery

Berlin, Germany

This sprawling Jewish cemetery is one of the largest in Europe. 

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Jewish Cemetery Berlin-Weißensee Angela M. Arnold (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Jewish Cemetery Berlin-Weißensee Angela M. Arnold (CC BY-SA 3.0)
The Holocaust Memorial at the entrance of the Weißensee Cemetery. Anagoria (Creative Commons)
The Holocaust Memorial at the entrance of the Weißensee Cemetery. OTFW, Berlin (Creative Commons)
Administration Building at Weißensee Cemetery. Gertrud K. (Creative Commons)
Halls of the Administration Building at Weißensee Cemetery. Gertrud K. (Creative Commons)
Monument to the Jewish German soldiers of World War I. Bodo Kubrak (Creative Commons)
Grave of Herbert Baum. OTFW, Berlin (Creative Commons)
Family graves of Dr. J. Lewinsohn and C. L. Netter. Z thomas (Creative Commons)
Grave of Rosalie and Dr. Adolf Ernst. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rosalie_Ernst2-Mutter_Erde_fec.jpg (Creative Commons)
Graves and mausoleums. Anagoria (Creative Commons)
Salinger-Daniel Family grave. Z thomas (Creative Commons)
Mecklenburg Family mausoleum. Z thomas (Creative Commons)
Ornate tomb in disrepair. Z thomas (Creative Commons)
A mausoleum in Weißensee Cemetery. Anagoria (Creative Commons)
A tree grows from the grave of Hermann Baum. Anagoria (Creative Commons)
Fischer Family grave. Z thomas (Creative Commons)
Straßmann Family grave. Z thomas (Creative Commons)
Alfred Cohn Family tomb. Z thomas (Creative Commons)
Borchardt Family grave. Z thomas (Creative Commons)
Asch Family grave. Anagoria (Creative Commons)
The Holocaust Memorial at the entrance of the Weißensee Cemetery. Gertrud K. (Creative Commons)
Grave of Rosalie and Dr. Adolf Ernst. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rosalie_Ernst2-Mutter_Erde_fec.jpg (Creative Commons)
Tombs and mausoleums. Anagoria (Creative Commons)
Lanes between graves at Weißensee Cemetery. Angela M. Arnold, Berlin (Creative Commons)
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The Jüdischer Friedhof Berlin-Weißensee, or just Weißensee Cemetery, lies behind tall walls near the heart of Berlin. Inside these walls it feels like a different place and time. The graves and monuments are being overtaken by plants, birds are singing, and nothing is to be heard of the city life. 

Know Before You Go

Bring your kippah. If not at the entrance there is the possibility to lend you a kippah. There is an entrance fee for the preservation of the cemetery.

cemeteries
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