Coevorden
In 1647, a Jew was granted permission to settle in Coevorden and
operate the local lending bank. He received the right to pray in
his own house and was assigned a plot of land to serve as a burial
ground. The local bank remained in Jewish hands throughout the
seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
By 1760, almost a dozen Jewish families resided in Coevorden. In
1768, a community was organized. Synagogue services were held in a
private house on the Kerkstraat and the community buried its dead
in the grounds of the house.
Prior to the introduction of civil
equality to the Netherlands in 1796, the rights of the Jews of
Coevorden had been subject to periodic restrictions. Nevertheless,
Coevorden's Jewish population grew steadily throughout the second
half of the eighteenth century.
In 1840, a synagogue was constructed on the site of the house on
the Kerkstraat. The synagogue was renovated in 1879. Eventually,
the community established a religious school which also served
Jewish children from the nearby village of Dalen. The Coevorden
community also maintained societies for the study of Torah, fund
raising, and the provision of accoutrements for the synagogue, as
well as social, recreational, and theater clubs. Later, a Zionist
youth organization was established.
By the late-nineteenth century, the community had outgrown the
cemetery on the grounds of the Kerkstraat synagogue. In 1894, a new
cemetery was established adjacent to the public cemetery on the
Ballastweg.
Under the German occupation of the Netherlands during the Second World War, the Jews of Coevorden suffered the same measures as Jews elsewhere. In October, 1942 the majority were deported via the detention camp at Westerbork to Nazi death camps in eastern Europe. Only a few Jews from Coevorden survived the war.
In 1958, the Jewish community of Coevorden was officially
dissolved and merged into that of the town of Emmen.
Although a number of the Torah mantles belonging to the Coevorden
synagogue had been hidden in Amsterdam during the war, the majority
of the accoutrements of the synagogue vanished without trace. The
synagogue itself was sold soon after the war and was used for a
time by the Reformed Church. The building was restored in 1976 and
in the years since has housed the local music school. A plaque on
its wall serves as a memorial to the murdered Jews of
Coevorden.
The graves in the courtyard of the former synagogue have been
re-interred in the cemetery on the Ballastweg, which today is
maintained by the municipality. The Jews of nearby Dalen had
maintained their own cemetery during the eighteenth and nineteenth
centuries. Restoration of the Dalen cemetery began in 1997. In the
same year, a memorial stone with a plaque commemorating the
murdered Jews of Dalen was placed in the cemetery. In 2001, the
placement of a new fence to enclose the cemetery marked the
completion of restoration.
Jewish population of Coevorden and surroundings:
| 1763 | 8 gezinnen |
| 1768 | 13 gezinnen |
| 1809 | 211 |
| 1840 | 225 |
| 1869 | 398 |
| 1899 | 289 |
| 1930 | 226 |
Collectie en mediatheek
[Coevorden & van Praagh]
object, penning. titel, [Coevorden & van Praagh]. maker, onbekend. materiaal,
metaal & zilver. hoogte, 0.3. diepte, ø 3.5. collectie, Joods ...
Collectie > Museumstukken > 07707
Keppel
1976 (ca.)
Blauw velours keppel met gele binnenvoering. Bovenop een gele gestoffeerde nop en
de onderrand gedecoreerd met goudkleurig band. Keppel ter herinnering aan het ...
Collectie > Museumstukken > 09896
Dossier
Dossiers (158) van de Commissie voor Oorlogsschade mbt 155 joodse
gemeentes (Amsterdam en mediene), 1945-1950.
Collectie > Documenten > 00005954
meer treffers in Collectie > Documenten
Portretfoto
1911-1930
Fotoalbumbladen (3) met foto's van de familie Sanders, circa 1911-1930.
Collectie > Fotos > 40000623
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Advertentiën : [Familieberichten]
Namen voorkomend in de familieberichten in dit nummer.
Collectie > Joodse pers > 20045630
meer treffers in Collectie > Joodse pers
Gegevens over joodse inwoners in Drente
1999
Gegevens over joodse inwoners in Drente.
Collectie > Literatuur > 12016779
meer treffers in Collectie > Literatuur
[interview met Herman Izak Zilverberg]
2000
Interview met Herman Izak Zilverberg, geboren 5 februari 1920.
Collectie > Audiovisueel > 40001888
