Jewish graveyard, Vechta
Facts and practical information
The Jewish Cemetery Vechta is a historic Jewish cemetery in the Lower Saxon district town of Vechta. It is the only Jewish cemetery in the county of Vechta.
The cemetery, where 26 gravestones are located, is situated at the Visbeker Damm. The cemetery was probably established in the 18th century, it was first mentioned in 1809/10 on a map entry as "Juden-Kirchhof". The first recorded burial took place in 1835, the last in 1936. The oldest preserved gravestone dates from 1837.
On the occasion of the November pogroms in 1938 it was vandalized; gravestones were overturned and the hedge was destroyed.
In 1948, the cemetery was restored by order of the military government. Women from the prison in Vechta were also used for this.
In 1952 the cemetery was handed over to the Jewish Trust Corporation. In 1960, it passed to the Landesverband der Jüdischen Gemeinden von Niedersachsen, which still looks after it today.
Vechta
Lower Saxony