Dwingeloo
A few Jews resided in Dwingeloo as early as 1750. By the start of the nineteenth century, during the Napoleonic occupation of the Netherlands, an organized and officially recognized Jewish community was in place. Of the roughly ten families that comprised the community, approximately fifty percent were destitute. During the nineteenth century, the Dwingeloo community also included the Jews of the nearby town of Beilen and the village of Ruinen.
In 1821, the Jewish central consistory
(NIK) designated Dwingeloo as a local community
(Bijkerk) within the district (Ring) of the town
of Hoogeveen.
Prior to 1835, the Dwingeloo community held religious services in
a room in a local inn. After 1835, the community set up a synagogue
in a building that also housed a smith. This synagogue was
renovated in 1846 and remained in use until 1923 when the building
was destroyed by fire. No synagogue was established to replace it.
From 1830 on, the Dwingeloo community had a cemetery of its own,
located in the Dwingelerzand (also called the Dwingeler Duinen). A
burial society was the only communal organization the community
maintained.
The Jews of Dwingeloo lived in close proximity
to one another and played no important role in the life of the
town. Dwingeloo's Jewish population reached its apogee in about
1870. From the beginning of the twentieth century until the eve of
the Second World War, membership in the community steadily
declined.
During the Second World War almost all the Jews of Dwingeloo were
deported and by the Germans and murdered in Nazi death camps.
The Jewish community of Dwingeloo was officially dissolved and
merged into the Hoogeveen community in 1950. The cemetery is
maintained by local authorities. The authorities attempted to gain
National Monument status for the cemetery but their request was
denied.
In 2004, a parokhet stolen from the Dwingeloo synagogue
during the war was unexpectedly recovered. The parokhet is now in
the collection of the Jewish Historical Museum Amsterdam.
Jewish population of Dwingeloo and surroundings:
| 1809 | 84 |
| 1840 | 63 |
| 1869 | 75 |
| 1899 | 47 |
| 1930 | 21 |
Collectie en mediatheek
Dossier
Dossiers (158) van de Commissie voor Oorlogsschade mbt 155 joodse
gemeentes (Amsterdam en mediene), 1945-1950.
Collectie > Documenten > 00005954
Fragment
1939
Ronde voorhang-applicatie met hebreeuws opschrift aan de bovenzijde met
accolademotieven versierd. Aan de onderzijde lijkt het geheel te steunen op een ...
Collectie > Museumstukken > 06727
Spiegel van parochet
1897
Ingelijste zwarte spiegel van een voorhang in de vorm van een wapenschild. Op fond
van zwart fluweel hebreeuwse tekst geborduurd met gouddraad. Geheel afgebiesd ...
Collectie > Museumstukken > 09241
Overzichtsfoto
1923
Foto van de afgebrande synagoge Dwingelo, augustus 1923.
Collectie > Fotos > 40009889
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Benoemingen [van leden van de schoolcommissies.]
1874
Vermelding van degenen die zijn benoemd tot van lid van een schoolcommissie.
Collectie > Joodse pers > 20022098
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Gegevens over joodse inwoners in Drente
1999
Gegevens over joodse inwoners in Drente.
Collectie > Literatuur > 12016779
