Being on the move outdoors in nature is very uplifting and refreshing. Being on the move as a refugee is very depressing: Leaving behind one's homeland, facing an insecure future. Trying to feel "at home" in new surroundings, that means living together with others and without prejudices. Mutual enrichment grows from variety and diversity.

That which unites us is humanity and human dignity – at the beginning and at the end of life – because we are in expectation of our last "homeland" – heaven.

Jewish Cemetery

The Jewish burial place in Hohenems has a 400 year history. It was established in 1617, when the first Jewish believers settled there. The Jewish Community perished during the National Socialist era, however the cemetery has remained intact up to the present day.

This burial place lies on the "Schwefelberg". 379 graves are still preserved. For those of Jewish faith the soil in a cemetery is the property of the deceased, and a burial site is alloted only once.