A Jewish couple settled in Noordwolde in 1750. A few more
families arrived during the second half of the eighteenth century
and founded an organized Jewish community. In 1770, the community
established a cemetery, located on the Schapendrift,. A synagogue
was opened on the Hoofdstraat-West sometime prior to 1786.
The Jews of Noordwolde were mostly retailers and vendors. The
Noordwolde Jewish community maintained close contacts with the
communities at nearby Gorredijk and Steenwijk. At
the start of the nineteenth century, the economic situation of the
community was so bad that it was unable to pay its taxes. In 1861,
the community attempted unsuccessfully to raise money to build a
new synagogue. As the century progressed, membership in the
community declined to the point that it was merged into the Jewish
community at Heerenveen. The synagoge was sold
in 1876 and razed in 1880.
Only three gravestones still stand at the Jewish cemetery in
Noordwolde. The cemetery was maintained until recently by the
It Fryske Gea (the provincial ecological organization The
Frisian Scenery). In 2003, ownership of the cemetery was
transferred to the NIK, the central Jewish consistory of the
Netherlands. To mark the occasion, a monument in memory of Jews
from the municipality of Stellingwerf (of which Noordwolde is part)
murdered during the Second World War was unveiled in the
cemetery.
Jewish population of Noordwolde:
| 1809 | 66 |
| 1840 | 36 |
| 1869 | 41 |
| 1899 | 14 |
| 1930 | 17 |
Dossier
Dossiers (158) van de Commissie voor Oorlogsschade mbt 155 joodse
gemeentes (Amsterdam en mediene), 1945-1950.
Collectie > Documenten > 00005954
De aanhouder wint. Eigen verhaal voor Hans en Willy. Onderduik '42-45
1942-1945
Verhaal dat Willem M. Meijer schreef voor zijn elders ondergedoken kinderen, door
hemzelf geillustreerd. Hij heeft dit verhaal in episoden naar hen toegestuurd, ...
Collectie > Documenten > 00013625
Alfabetisch register op de collectie Brilleman van de begraafplaatsen der Nederlands...
1991
Alfabetisch register op de collectie Brilleman van de begraafplaatsen der Nederlands
Israelietische Gemeenten in de Mediene Friesland = index graveyards Friesland ...
Collectie > Literatuur > 11508649
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Vergadering van de Centrale Commissie tot de Alg. Zaken van het Ned. Isr....
Eerste deel van het verslag van een vergadering van de Centrale Commissie tot de
Alg. Zaken van het Ned. Isr. Kerkgenootschap die plaatshad in de vergaderzaal aan ...
Collectie > Joodse pers > 20065733