The Jewish cemetery in Kamperlings near Oedter Straße, today on Breslauer Straße at the corner of Grünkesweg, houses 94 gravestones from the period between 1845 and 1944. The gravestones of …

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August 9, 2021

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It is very unusual that the Jewish cemetery takes over the burial sites from another one that has been abandoned, because in Judaism, burial sites are quite different from what we know from our German cemeteries, where the grave is "bought" for 20 to 30 years and then expires - in the truest sense of the Word as "resting places for eternity".
Incidentally, gentlemen are asked to wear a hat when entering a Jewish cemetery as a sign of respect for “our older brothers in the faith” (quote from Pope John Paul II).

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Branch channel – Uda Castle Tower (Oedt) loop from Anrath

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Uda Castle Tower (Oedt) – St. Peter Chapel (Kempen) loop from Vennheide

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Location: Kempen, Viersen, Regierungsbezirk Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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Jewish Cemetery Kempen

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Uda Castle Tower (Oedt) – Branch channel loop from Kempen (Niederrhein)

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