It is important when a family member passes away (regardless of whether the death occurs in hospital or at home) that the cemetery management is informed immediately.
Cemetery management
During office hours: +43/1/767 62 52
Out of office hours: +43/676/844 512 451 Mr Mordechai Hammer (24 hrs)
In the event of death occurring on the Sabbath or on a Jewish holiday,
please send a text message or WhatsApp message to the above number.
Please don't forget to give the exact name of the deceased and the place of death.
Chevra Kadischa
Tel. 533 31 77 or 533 00 42
EMERGENCY NUMBER: Tel. 369 85 26
Consultation times for the Chevra Kadischa
every Wednesday 2-6 p.m.: 0664 / 207 69 30
If the death occurred in hospital, it is important to ask the doctor on duty immediately not to carry out an autopsy and to say that collection of the deceased's body will be arranged by members of the Jewish Community.
If the death occurred at home, the Medical Examiner must be informed immediately. Before the Medical Examiner arrives, obtain from the doctor who attended the death the document called a "treatment certificate" (“Behandlungsschein”). Only then can the deceased's body be released immediately and transferred to our cemetery.
Central Medical Examiner
Tel. +43/1 79 775 / 87890 (24/7, every day of the year)