An independent Jewish community was established at Zuidlaren in
1883. In 1884, a synagogue was opened in the Zuiderstraat. A Jewish
cemetery was established on the Wolferdinge, at the foot of the
prehistoric burial mounds just outside Zuidlaren.
Jews living in Zuidlaren worked in commerce, and in education, and
as butchers. Due to a fall in membership, the Zuidlaren community
was dissolved in 1925. The locales of Zuidlaren, Anlo and Vries
were then merged into the Jewish community at Assen; nearby Eelde was merged
into the Jewish community at Groningen.
During the World War II German occupation of the Netherlands,
almost all of the Jews still living in Zuidlaren were deported and
subsequently murdered. Only a very few managed to survive the war
in hiding.
The former synagogue building at Zuidlaren was set to other uses in
the years following the war. Het Comité Joods Erfgoed
Zuidlaren (The Committee for the Jewish Legacy of Zuidlaren)
has worked for the restoration of both the former synagogue and the
Jewish cemetery. A plaque in memory of the murdered Jews of
Zuidlaren was affixed to the wall of the former synagogue in
2000.
The building was purchased in 2005 by the Stichting Oude
Drentse Kerken (Foundation for the Historic Churches of
Drenthe) which transferred ownership to the Vereniging
Behoud Synagoge Zuidlaren (Association for the Preservation of
the Zuidlaren Synagogue) once restoration was completed in
2007. In December 2007 the building was consecrated as a
house of prayer for the Liberal Jewish community of the
North-Netherlands, Beth haTsafon. The synagogue now also
houses cultural events and is open to visitors.
The restoration of the cemetery was completed in 2002. The cemetery
currently is maintained by the local authorities.
Jewish population in Zuidlaren and surroundings:
| 1809 | 27 |
| 1840 | 23 |
| 1869 | 69 |
| 1899 | 82 |
| 1930 | 25 |
Dossier
Dossiers (158) van de Commissie voor Oorlogsschade mbt 155 joodse
gemeentes (Amsterdam en mediene), 1945-1950.
Collectie > Documenten > 00005954
Overzichtsfoto
1985
Gedenksteen in de synagoge te Zuidlaren, 1985.
Collectie > Fotos > 40002831
Overzichtsfoto
1984
Voormalige synagoge te Zuidlaren, 1984.
Collectie > Fotos > 40002761
Zitting der Centr. Commissie, gehouden op Maandag 25 Juni jl.
1883
Verslag van de vergadering van de Centrale Commissie. Onder meer overleg
over de schoolsubsidies en te stichten gemeenten.
Collectie > Joodse pers > 20032208
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9 december 2007 - 5de dag Chanoeka 5768 - herinwijding Synagoge Zuidlaren (Drenthe)
2008
9 december 2007 - 5de dag Chanoeka 5768 - herinwijding Synagoge Zuidlaren (Drenthe).
Collectie > Literatuur > 12013518
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Misjpoge dl.4
Een bezoek aan de vereniging "Oude Draaidozen" uit Hattem, die fragmenten laat zien
uit een huwelijksfilm van de familie Gerzon uit 1946. Denise Citroen laat fragmenten ...
Collectie > Audiovisueel > 40001795