Bredevoort
There is evidence that Jews resided in Bredevoort and nearby Aalten during the first
half of the seventeenth century. Later, in about 1700, a Jewish dry
goods merchant settled in Bredevoort and set up a synagogue in a
room in the house of a fellow Jew. In 1714, the synagogue was moved
to a building of its own and came to be frequented by Jews from
Aalten and Lichtenvoorde as well as those from Bredevoort. A
textbook preserved from 1747 serves as evidence that Jewish
religious lessons were held in Bredevoort during the eighteenth
century.
In 1821, the Jews of Bredevoort were officially
declared members of the Jewish community of the town of Winterswijk but,
by 1830, they had been recognized as constituting an independent
community of their own. By the 1860's, the synagogue was restored
and re-consecrated. Soon thereafter, the Jewish population of
Bredevoort began to decline. By the end of nineteenth century,
attendance at the synagogue was no longer sufficient for prayers to
be held regularly. By 1900, the Bredevoort community lost its
independent status and was absorbed into the Jewish community of
Aalten. The synagogue remained in use until the First World War and
was converted into a private home in 1920. The building, located at
Vismarkt 9, is now a protected monument.
Of the two Jewish cemeteries that served the Bredevoort community,
only the larger one, located on the Prins Mauritsstraat, remains.
The smaller cemetery, located behind the Hozenstraat, has been
cleared.
Jewish population of Bredevoort:
| 1809 | 37 |
| 1840 | ca. 30 |
Collectie en mediatheek
Dossier
Dossiers (158) van de Commissie voor Oorlogsschade mbt 155 joodse
gemeentes (Amsterdam en mediene), 1945-1950.
Collectie > Documenten > 00005954
Overzichtsfoto
1984
Voormalige huissynagoge te Bredevoort, 1984.
Collectie > Fotos > 40002734
Buitengewone Zitting der Centrale Commissie op Donderdag 7 Maart 1881.
1881
Verslag van een buitengewone vergadering van de Centrale Commissie over de vraag
van de gemeente te Arnhem de zetel van de ressortale opperrabbijn in Arnhem in ...
Collectie > Joodse pers > 20026393
meer treffers in Collectie > Joodse pers
Joods leven in Aalten en Bredevoort
1984
Joods leven in Aalten en Bredevoort.
Collectie > Literatuur > 11000137
