“For every individual human being is already a world that is born with them and dies with them, under every gravestone lies a world history…”
(Heinrich Heine, Reisebilder)
The founding members of the Friends of the Jewish Cemetery Berlin-Weissensee regard the Jewish Cemetery in Berlin-Weissensee, the largest surviving Jewish cemetery in Europe, as a great document of cultural history, a cultural heritage worthy of preservation, a monument to Judaism, and a memorial to history.
The Board of the Friends:
- Chairman: Dr. Hermann Simon
- Vice Chairman: Reinhard Männe
- Treasurer: Fiona Laudamus
- Secretary: Anja Pick
- Assessor: Dr. Jörg Kuhn