Jewish War Graves General Cemetery Maastricht

At the Jewish part of the General Cemetery in Maastricht are many Memorials for those who were murdered in the Concentration Camps in Germany and Poland in World War ll.

Marcelle Antoinette de Vries, born 21-04-1906 in Maastricht - murdered 31-08-1942 in Auschwitz, was 36 years old and is commemorated on her Mother's grave in Maastricht.

Caroline Foyer and their children Richard, Rosa, Victor and their families who died in concentration camps are remembered at the grave of her husband Samuel Egger in Maastricht.

Léon Wesly, born 06-04-1939 in Maastricht - murdered 11-02-1944 in Auschwitz, was only 4 years old and is commemorated on the family grave in Maastricht. (see also "Stumbling Stones")

Lilli Wijngaard-Süskind, born 11-05-1888 in Königswinter - murdered together with her twin sister Meta 03-08-1943 in Auschwitz, and is commemorated on the grave of her husband, Emile Wijngaard. (see also "Stumbling Stones")

At the Jewish part of the General Cemetery in Maastricht are a number of graves of victims of the Second World War.

Bernhard Krieg, Secretary (Jewish Council), deceased at Maastricht, 23-09-1945, 36 years
Martha Cohen-van Baaren, deceased 22-06-1945 at Maastricht, 35 years.
Henri Barend Polak, Corp. "Princess Irene brigade", Mine clearer Service, died 03-03-1945, Vlodrop, 20 years old.
Samuel Hollander, died as a returnee on 04/07/1945 at Maastricht, he was only 6 years old.
Leonard Alexander Levy, deceased 23-11-1945 at Vaals, 47 years.
Julia Hamburger-Waterman, gassed in Auschwitz, March 6, 1944
Auguste Goldschmidt-Seliger, deceased in Sobibor, 23 July 1943

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Source

• Text: Peter Clermonts
• Photos: Peter Clermonts (1, 2, 3, 4), Sander Janssen (5)
• Oorlogsgraven Stichting