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Europe’s Oldest Jewish Cemetery
By Linda Tancs
Surviving Hitler’s Third Reich, Europe’s oldest Jewish cemetery is in Worms, Germany. The earliest graves date back to the 11th century, with inscriptions from 1058. The Jewish community thrived in medieval times; one of the best known rabbis and poets of the age, Rabbi Meir of Rothenburg, is buried there. Along with other medieval Jewish sites in Worms, Speyer and Mainz, the cemetery is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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