Barneveld
A mid-eighteenth century report mentions a butcher as the first
Jewish inhabitant of Barneveld. By1853, the community had grown to
the point that received independent status as a Bijkerk or
local community falling under the auspices of the regional
synagogue at Nijmegen.
In
1855, the Barneveld community completed and inaugurated its first
synagogue, located on the Catharinastraat, the present-day Jan van
Schaffelaerstraat. Construction of the synagogue was financed by
contributions from Jews in other communities. The interior
furnishings were from the former Italian Synagogue in Nijkerk. Land
for cemetery on the Kallenbroekerweg, adjacent to the public
cemetery of Barneveld, was purchased by the community in 1858. The
Barneveld community never reached sufficient size to be able to
offer Jewish education.
During the nineteenth century, the Jews of Barneveld worked as
butchers and slaughterers, as dealers in textiles, and as bankers
and lenders. By the twentieth century, the Jewish population of
Barneveld had declined radically and, in 1910, the community lost
its independent status. In 1922, the synagogue was closed and sold
to the municipal government. Today, what is left of the building is
used as commercial and storage space.
Of the ten Jews who resided in Barneveld at the outset of the
Second World War, four managed to survive the war in hiding and six
were deported and murdered.
Beginning in 1942, seven hundred so-called "privileged" Dutch Jews,
intellectuals and artists mostly, were detained near Barneveld at
Castle De Schaffelaar and at a private estate, De Biezen. In
September of 1943, the seven hundred were sent to the Dutch
concentration camp at Westerbork and from there were deported to
Theresienstadt, where several dozen of the group perished. In
February of 1945, a number of the group had the good fortune to be
sent to Switzerland as part of an exchange of prisoners. In 1987, a
monument in memory of the "Barneveld Group" by the Dutch Jewish
artist Ralph Prins was installed at the entrance road to Castle De
Schaffelaar.
The Jewish community of Barneveld was formally dissolved in 1947.
The cemetery is now owned by the Amersfoort community but is
maintained by the city of Barneveld. The cemetery's headstones were
restored in 2000.
Jewish population of Barneveld:
| 1809 | 25 |
| 1840 | 25 |
| 1869 | 29 |
| 1899 | 9 |
| 1930 | 3 |
Collectie en mediatheek
Portret van man met bril en pleister
1943-1944
Portretkop van oudere man, en profil nl, met bril en gaasje met vert. pleistertje
lv oog op l. slaap. Midden op hoofd rechtopstaand haar, rest kalend. Deel achterhoofd ...
Collectie > Museumstukken > 01064
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Dossier
Dossiers (158) van de Commissie voor Oorlogsschade mbt 155 joodse
gemeentes (Amsterdam en mediene), 1945-1950.
Collectie > Documenten > 00005954
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Overzichtsfoto
1976
Foto's (2) van de joodse begraafplaats in Barneveld, 1976.
Collectie > Fotos > 40011078
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Joodse oorlogsmonumenten in de provincie Gelderland : alsmede algemene...
2005
Joodse oorlogsmonumenten in de provincie Gelderland : alsmede algemene
oorlogsmonumenten waarop joodse namen voorkomen.
Collectie > Literatuur > 12013463
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[Binnenland] : Centrale Commissie.
1906
Informatie over de voorstellen die zullen worden behandeld
in de vergadering van de Centrale Commissie.
Collectie > Joodse pers > 20059512
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Een gelukkige tijd
1998
Documentaire van Paul Cohen en Oeke Hoogendijk over de geschiedenis van de zogenaamde
Barneveldgroep ; een groep van circa 700 joden die eind 1942, begin 1943 werd ...
Collectie > Audiovisueel > 40001093
