DISTRICT: Augsburg.

LOCATION OF CEMETERY: Amidst a built-up area in the immediate vicinity of the junction Kohlbergstrasse (A) and Waldstrasse "Am jüdischen Friedhof".

IN USE: From 1774 until 1942.

NUMBER OF GRAVESTONES: 403. Oldest datable gravestone 1796.

DOCUMENTATION:

• General photographs of gravestones and cemetery views (April 2008) by Hubert Joachim.
• History and cemetery photograph in Netzwerk Historische Synagogenorte in Bayrisch-Schwaben and click on named location..

PUBLICATIONS:

• In Schwierz - refer to Sources below.
• Michael Trüger: Der jüdische Friedhof in Fischach, publ. Der Landesverband der Israelitischen. Kultusgemeinden in Bayern. 11. Jahrgang Nr. 74 in October 1997 page 23.

NOTES:

• Desecrations of this cemetery took place in 1928 (twice),1932 and 1935.
• The cemetery still contains a large mortuary also housing a hearse.
• A solid stone wall with a metal gate hung between two stone pillars surrounds the cemetery, which also has a memorial stone in honour and in memory of the victims of racial persecution 1933-1945. The cemetery is very well maintained.

SOURCE: Alemannia Judaica and Schwierz, page 256 (LBI).

(Researched and translated from German September 2009)