The area covers an area of over 250,000 m2. The Israeli religious community has taken over the maintenance of the cemetery.
The impressive excursion into another world begins right at the cemetery gate number 1. You can move on the main paths or use the paths off the beaten track, in any case you should bring a lot of time. Various styles are represented in the countless graves, from the simplest graves to monumental family crypts. Some of the symbols indicate the profession of the deceased, e.g. the "blessing hands" of a man from the clergy. Common to all graves are the deeply touching grave inscriptions! Terrible, so many terrible fates... There are hardly any descendants, who could look after the graves. Many died in concentration camps or were able to escape just in time. The few visitors to the old Jewish cemetery place small gray stones on the grave instead of flowers, an old Jewish custom.
It is just as touching and somehow comforting to see how nature reclaims the graves, how overgrown they are, many gravestones have fallen over. The conservation association is trying to limit the overgrowth. And amidst all that past suffering, a herd of deer, rabbits, and other animals thrive and present a peaceful picture.
Since it is forbidden in Judaism to change or relocate burial sites or even to leave them open, this area will probably remain in place for as long as possible. Burials hardly ever take place here anymore, but there is also a new Jewish cemetery at the central cemetery.