The Weißensee Cemetery is a Jewish cemetery located in the neighborhood of Weißensee in Berlin, Germany. It is the second largest Jewish cemetery in Europe. The cemetery covers approximately 42 ha and contains approximately 115,000 graves. It was dedicated in 1880.
Entrance building.
Example of Neoclassical mausoleums which run round the edge of the cemetery
September 1988
A Jewish cemetery is a cemetery where Jews are buried in keeping with Jewish tradition. Cemeteries are referred to in several different ways in Hebrew, including beit kevarot, beit almin or beit olam [haba],, the beit chayyim and beit shalom.
Jewish graves, Israel
Tombstones in Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery, Jerusalem
Façade of the Jewish Cemetery of Coro, Venezuela
Jewish cemetery at Kasteelwal in Buren, The Netherlands