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In 1927, the town of Bamberg put up
20 memorial plaques on the war cemetry, which forms a part of
the "Hauptfriedhof". On these plaques, the names of the fallen
soldiers from Bamberg are engraved, grouped in military units.
In the complex, that has been turned after 1945 into a memorial
for the dead of the two World Wars, the following Jewish
soldiers are listed under the different units:
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RESERVE u. LANDWEHR INF. RGTR. :
GRÜNEBAUM FELD.UNT.ARZT 7. R.R. 25.7.16
KRONACHER GOTTFR. 8. L.I.R. 20.11.15
ROTSCHILD KARL 5. R.I.R. 17.5.15
LANDST. INF. ERSATZ BATAILLONE :
DANZIGER ALF. GFR. 2. R. 16.8.18
FELDARTILLERIE :
BERNET EUGEN 5. R.R 12.4.17
EHRLICH FRITZ 2. R. 13.2.16
RINDSBERG ALB. 11. R. 13.4.18
NICHTBAYRISCHE INFANT. RGTR. :
BAUM EDM. 222. I.R. 25.6.15
BRIEF JOS. 30. O.I.R. 8.3.15
BRIEF LEON 30. O.I.R. 10.3.1915
LOEWI SIEGFRIED 30. I.R. 19.9.16
ROSENBLÜTH PAUL 203. R.I.R. 2.5.1916
SILBERMANN PAUL 118. 1.9.15
VERSCHIED. WAFFENGATTUNGEN u. NACHTRÄGE :
BERNET KARL GFR. S.MESSTR.116 8.12.17
K.B.
5. INFANTERIE REGIMENT :
BERNSTEIN HANS GFR. 20.8.14
BÖHM KURT GFR. 15.9.16
KLESTADT OTTO 13.10.15
KOHN EMIL UFFZ. 22.11.14
LEDERER JOS. 13.12.15
LIEBERMANN LUDW. 11.10.17
MASSMANN ERNST FREIW. 21.7.15
SILBERMANN JOS. 15.12.14
STEINBERGER HEIN. UFFZ. 25.10.14
K.B.
4. RESERVE. INFANT. RGT. :
DANTOWITZ DAN. UFFZ. 27.2.17
WALTER HEINR. 7.4.16
WOLF MAXIMILIAN 3.9.14
K.B.
9. INFANTERIE REGIMENT :
GRAUSMANN DAV. 8.6.17
KRAFT ERNST GFR. 14.8.16
K.B.
14. INFANTERIE REGIMENT :
BAUM ALBERT 31.8.18
K.B. 17. INFANTERIE REGIMENT :
WOLF RICH. 23.4.17
K.B.
22. INFANTERIE REGIMENT :
DESSAUER SIEGF. 3.8.16
WEISMANN SAL. 21.7.15
K.B.
27. INFANTERIE REGIMENT :
BAMBERGER LEO GFR. 20.10.16
FUSSARTILLERIE :
OBERNDOERFER LEO UFFZ. 2.F.R. 14.9.16
TRAIN u. KRAFTFAHRER :
WERNER DR. ERNST LT.F.K.486 8.8.15 |
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On the Jewish cemetery
of Bamberg, which is situated next to the
"Hauptfriedhof", you will find a huge memorial for
the fallen soldiers, put up by the congregation in
the Tahara-house. Below the inscription:
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DIE
ISRAELITISCHE KULTUSGEMEINDE BAMBERG IN DANKBARER
ERINNERUNG IHREN IM WELTKRIEGE 1914 – 18 FÜRS
VATERLAND GEFALLENEN SÖHNEN:
(The
Jewish congregation of Bamberg, in grateful memory
of their sons, who died in action for their country,
in the World War of 1914-18) - the names of the
fallen soldiers are listed:
LEO BAMBERGER
GOTTFR. KRONACHER
ALBERT BAUM
JOSEF LEDERER
EDMUND BAUM
LUDW. LIEBERMANN
EUGEN BERNET
SIEGFRIED LOEWI
KARL BERNET
ERNST MASSMANN
KURT BÖHM
LEO OBERNDOERFER
JOSEF BRIEF
ALBERT RINDSBERG
MORITZ BRIEF
PAUL ROSENBLÜTH
SIEGFR. DESSAUER
KARL ROTHSCHILD
ALFRED DANZIGER
JOSEF SILBERMANN
DANIEL DANTOWITZ
PAUL SILBERMANN
FRITZ EHRLICH
HEINR.STEINBERGER
KURT.D.GRAUSMANN
MANFRED STRAUSS
MARTIN GRÜNEBAUM
HEINRICH WALTER
HUGO KAUFMANN
SALO WEISMANN
OTTO KLESTADT
DR.ERNST WERNER
EMIL KOHN
RICHARD WOLF
ERNST KRAFT
MAX WOLF
HANS BERNSTEIN
RICH. GOLDSCHMIDT
MAX RAU |
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On the cemetery, in front of the Tahara-hall, there
are several military graves, with the following
inscriptions:
KARL BERNET geb. 19. Dez. 1895 ge(s)t. 8. Dez. 1917
für(s) Vaterland
(In a wreath of oak-leaf, below an Iron Cross):
Hugo Kaufmann
Offiziersstellvertreter 1.März 1877 30. Oktober 1917
DR. JUR. ERNST WERNER RECHTSANWALT
LEUTNANT DER LANDWEHR 10. JULI 1887 9. AUGUST 1917
(below that military symbols)
Eugen Bernet geb. 17.März 1896
gef. 12. April 1917 in Frankreich |
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(Below military symbols in
metal, you find the following inscription - in metal
letters, fixed to the gravestone)
IN . TREVER . PFLICHTERFVELLUNG STARB . DEN . TOD
. FVERS . VATERLAND GOTTFRIED . KRONACHER GEB . 7 .
IVNI . 1882 GEST . 20 . NOV . 1915
(Having died for his
country faithfully following the path of duty -
Gottfried Kronacher, born on the 7th of june 1882,
died on the 20th of november 1915) |
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(below military symbols)
FRITZ . EHRLICH KANONIER . B . F . ART . BATT . 893
GEB . 11 . MAI . 1884 GEST . 13 . FEBR . 1916 IN .
SEGDA . RUSSLAND |
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(below a spiked helmet
on top of the gravestone)
DEN
HELDENTOD FÜRS VATERLAND STARB UNSER UNVERGESSLICHER
GATTE u. VATER HERR HEINRICH WALTER GEB. 25. FEB. 1881
GEST. 14. APRIL 1916 IN FRANKREICH
(Having died a heroic
death for his country our unforgotten husband and father
Herr Heinrich Walter, born on the 25th of february 1881
died on the 14th of april 1916 in France) |
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On the gravestone ofJOSEF LEDERER GEB. 26.1.1884
nothing but the name and the date of birth remain.
On another military grave, only the name of
Bernet can be deciphered.
The gravestone of the Kahn family speaks for
itself:
Unser lb. Vater Herr Hesslein
Kohn, geb. 7. Nov. 1847, gest 4. Aug. 1922,
darunter
Pauline Kohn, geb. Strauss geb. 25. Sept. 1863,
gest. 1943 im K.Z., darunter
Gesegn. d. Andenk. u. lb. Bruders Emil geb. 8.
März 1893, gef. in d. Ypernschlacht 22. Nov. 1914,
beerdigt in Comines
(Our dear father Herr Hesslein Kohn, born on the
7th of november 1847, died on the 4th of august
1922, below that: Pauline Kohn, née Strauss, born on
the 25th of september 1863, died in a concentration
camp in 1943, below that: in sacred memory of our
beloved brother Emil, born on the 8th of march 1893,
who died in action in the battle of Ypern, on the
22nd of november 1914, buried at Comines)
On the gravestone forMoritz Steinberger geb.
24.5.1857 gest. 2.4.1936 below an Iron Cross,
his son is commemorated:
HEINRICH STEINBERGER GEB. 13.3.1891 GEF. 24.10.1914
The gravestone of Moritz and Fritz Grausmann has
the additional inscription:
Dem Andenken unseres teuren
Sohnes und Bruders KURT DAVID GRAUSMANN geb. 30.
Dez. 1889, gefallen 8. Juni 1917 bei Warneton,
bestattet in fremder Erde
(in memory of our beloved son and brother Kurt
David Grausmann, born on the 30th of december 1889,
died on the 8th of june 1917 near Warneton, layed to
rest in foreign soil)
On the base of the gravestone for Herrn Simon
Loewi, below an Iron Cross, you will find the
following inscription:
Siegfried Loewi geb. 6.3.1883
gef. 19.9.1916
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A further inscription from
the last century clearly shows, how proud the
Bavarian Jews were of their military ranks:
Dr. D. Bauer K.
Oberstabsarzt a.D. Inhaber des K. preuß.
Kronenordens des Armeedenkzeichens für 1866 u. der
Kriegsdenkmünze für 1870/71 geb. den 29. Oktober
1817, gest. den 28. November 1891
(Dr. D.Bauer, retired
medical officer, decorated with the Royal Prussian
"Kronenorden des Armeedenkzeichens" for 1866, and
the "Kriegsdenkmünze" for 1870/71, born on the 29th
of oktober 1817, died on the 28th of november 1891)
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