Established in 1856, about 1,200 tomb stones preserved (ul. Slężna 113). In the cemetery we find the tombs of the following outstanding Jews: Leopold Auerbach (1828- 1897), professor of biology- logy and histology of the Wrocław University; Gustav Born (1851-1900), professor of anatomy, Max Born's father; Max Born was a professor of theoretical physics and Nobel prize winner in 1954; Marcus Brann (1849- 1920, professor of history at the Jewish Theological- logical Seminary and the Wrocław University, author of the first concise history of the Jewish people from biblical times to the 19th century; Salomon Wilhelm Freund (1831-1915), a lawyer and deputy to the German parliament (Reichstag); Ferdinand Lassale (1825-1864), founder and ideologist of the first workers' party in Germany and author of the so-called lassalism, a reformist orientation in the German socialist movement; Heinrich Toeplitz (1822-1891 ), merchant and burgher of the city of Warsaw, founder of the Commercial Bank and Warsaw Society of Suger Factories, a friend and sponsor of Stanisław Moniuszko; Clara Sachs (1862-1921 ), a painter.
My view of the cemetery
First impresions of Henryka Nawara
Following impresions of Henryka Nawara (detailes)
Pictures sended by Ray Cregier