About a third of the cemetery’s original tombstones, dating from the 13th century to 1828, survived Nazi depredations; many still lean at crazy angles. Pick up the key at the Museum Judengasse ; you’ll be asked to leave ID as a deposit. Men are requested to wear a head covering.
The exterior of the cemetery’s western wall is known as the Wand der Namen because it is studded with row upon row of metal cubes bearing the names of 11,000 Frankfurt Jews who died in the Holocaust. Visitors often place pebbles atop the cubes to indicate, in accordance with Jewish tradition, that the deceased is still remembered.
