52°4′N 7°0′E, in Kreis Borken, NW Nordrhein-Westfalen, near the Dutch border. Jewish population: 110 (in 1895), 72 (in 1933). Jewish history.
- Encyclopedia of Jewish Life (2001), pp. 21-22: "Ahaus".
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- Aachen
Title: Juden in Aachen
Author: Manfred Berganzand Annelie Kreutz
Publication Date: 1988
Publisher: Gesellschaft fuer Christlich-Juedische Zusammenarbeit
Comments: at Princeton Univ. library, call no. DS 135 G4 A22 B54Title: Die Juden in Aachen; historische Uebersicht
Author: Otto Dresemann
Publication Date: 1887
Comments: at Leo Baeck Institute, call no. DS 135 G4 A22 D7Title: Zur Geschichte der Juden in der Aachener Gegend
Author: Emil Pauls
Publication Date: 1918
Comments: at Leo Baeck Institute, call no. DS 135 G4 A22 P34
CEMETERY: 48683 North Rhine-Westphalia (Gerz) photo source. On the road to Wessumer. Used 1820 - 1941, oldest grave stone 1844. 58 gravestones. The area was then called Windmühlentor. On the 741 acre estate, 58 are gravestones with some still legible inscriptions are visible. The oldest is from 1844, the most recent 1937. In 1940 two funerals took place, but no gravestones were set. Date: 1820 to 1941. photo of new gate to cemetery. Study of cemetery by Nathanja Hüttenmeister, Jewish Cemetery Ahaus, Duisburg 2010, ISBN 978-3-9807566-6-2, 16 euros. .
Digital Edition: Jewish cemetery Ahaus (1844-1937 / 57 inscriptions)
- History in Westphalia-Lippe 1987 , p.29
- History in Handbook 2008 , pp. 15