By early in the nineteenth century, several Jewish families
lived in Druten. By 1859, they had organized themselves into an
independent Jewish community. In 1860, the community consecrated a
synagogue located on the Nieuwstraat. A cemetery, located on the
Gelenberg in the village of Afferden had been in use since
1836.
In 1885, the Druten community celebrated the twenty-fifth
anniversary of its synagogue. Thereafter, the Jewish population of
Druten began to decline. In 1900, the community was absorbed into
that of Nijmegen.
The synagogue remained in use until 1906. The building was
subsequently put to other uses and was finally razed in 1977. The
cemetery was cleared away in 1961 and the remains of the dead
brought to the Jewish cemetery on the Kwakkenbergweg in Groesbeek.
In 2001, a plaque commemorating the Druten synagogue was unveiled
on the Waalbandijk.
Jewish population of Druten:
| 1809 | 4 |
| 1840 | 15 |
| 1869 | 57 |
| 1899 | 43 |
| 1930 | _ |
Druten
1900-1905
Gezicht op Druten.
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[Binnenland] : Druten
1903
De heer H. Leefsma uit Gorredijk is benoemd tot voorzanger en leraar.
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Kille Koudesj Druten : de joodse gemeente van Druten
1977
Kille Koudesj Druten : de joodse gemeente van Druten.
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