Description The event was covered in the local press . One of the articles published in the newspaper „Fr\u00e4nkischer Tag“ (25.06.2013) by journalist Beate Dahinten titled „Treatment tombstones in the Jewish cemetery “ (Grabpflege auf dem j\u00fcdischen Friedhof) and translated :
\n“ Memory of the ancestors of Jacob Hecht very important to him . Many times he visited the Jewish cemetery on Ermershausen . Especially this time he came to the area Hassberge ) ) to see the renovation, the tombstones , he initiated.
\n“ My father never talked about it,“ Hecht said , referring to the history of his family. Only after the death of his father , who came from the village ( Maroldsweisach ) , started us deal with especially with the Internet. He even wrote a book about „Eight generations of the Hecht family .“
\nYaacov Hecht was the first time in Germany 25 years ago delegations of the Government of Israel , and later visit Germany privately with family members. He has good relations with the mayor ( Maroldsweisachs ) Former Ottomar Welz . And of course with Cordula Kappner investigated a lot about the history of Jews in the area including the Hecht family . Hecht came time to visit with his son Joel and his grandchildren Daniel and Roy . Daniel adolescent , it was the first visit he found it exciting .
\nRegular visits Regelm\u00e4\u00dfige Besuche ) ) Hecht grandfather came to visit the graves of their ancestors in the cemetery every two or three years , although he did not recognize them . Or perhaps because , it says a lot about him that he is not forgotten and understandable , so that six tombstones of the carefully restored Hecht.
\nYaacov Hecht grandfather almost 78, the tester along with Andreas Vogt and mayor William Schneider addresses the tombstones . Andreas Vogt talks about the challenges he had this job . From using special tools , as worn tombstones filled with many layers of moss required sensitivity to the work done without the use of chemicals.<\/p>\n
Would have to disclose the letters and decorations and to ensure the existence flawless . Hmsftz Vogt agreed with Hecht . Tombstones should not eventually show news too, so gravestones remain as they were only the addition of the necessary repairs .
\nBuried in the cemetery , among other things Hecht ’s grandfather and great-grandfather Aaron. Both were traders . The family lived on the street percentage of men ( ( Heutigen Herrenstra\u00dfe No. 30 . Village restored them C“hhctim underwear „(“ untere Hecht „). Yaacov Hecht was born in Berlin in 1935 , his father teacher who acquired his education at the Jewish W\u00fcrzburg ( W\u00fcrzburg ) . Conclusion of his studies was a teacher at a Jewish school in Mainz ( Mainz ) then moved to Berlin as a teacher and at the outbreak of the Holocaust ( Pogrom ) family lives Palestine ( Pal\u00e4stina ) .
\nWhile the others could not escape from the Nazis : The grandparents on the mother of Jacob Hecht , who came from Mainz , were jailed in 1942 in the ghetto and taken away two years later to Auschwitz . Therefore, visited Jacob Hecht and his family also Theresienstadt concentration camp .
\nHecht family from Jerusalem came especially to see the restored tombstones in the cemetery at Ermershausen . Although the visit was short , Hecht says , but he was “ very important to me “ (F\u00fcr mich ist das sehr wichtig „“) „.
\nFor example an article published on 24.06.2013 in the newspaper „ERSCHIENEN IN DER NEUEN PRESSE COBURG“:<\/p>\n
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