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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.

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CEMETERY: 48683 North Rhine-Westphalia (Gerz) Jewish Cemetery 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

Parent Category: GERMANY