

The Jews of Leoben officially belonged to the Jewish community of Graz and the Graz community maintained the birth, marriage, and death records. Leoben had an autonomous Jewish community starting in 1894, but it continued to legally belong to Graz. This project also includes the Jews of Donawitz, Göss, Judendorf, and Leitendorf.
Leoben's Jewish cemetery was completely destroyed the night of November 9-10, 1938, including removal of all gravestones. A plaque at the gate of the former cemetery records the name of 57 people buried there. The Graz death and burial records include 64 Leoben burials and 5 probable burials without notation of the cemetery. This project will document these burials.
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