Elburg
The first Jews to settle in Elburg arrived in approximately
1700. Most were from Germany and Bohemia. By the middle of the
eighteenth century, a Jewish trader who also worked as a butcher
had risen to manage the local lending bank. By 1813, almost twenty
Jewish families resided in Elburg. The majority of the community's
breadwinners were traders but few or none were well-off.
During the first 150 years of Jewish
life in Elburg, synagogue services and religious instruction were
held in a private home. At the outset of the nineteenth century, a
conflict lead to a schism within the community. The community was
reunited by mid-century and, in 1855, built a new synagogue at a
site accessible through a passageway in the Jufferenstraat. The
community's cemetery was located in De Wandelingen, the present-day
Oostwal. Although the oldest surviving gravestone in the cemetery
dates from 1768, it is likely that the cemetery was already in use
well before then.
In addition to its religious school, the Elburg community also
maintained a torah study fellowship and a women's society for the
maintenance of the interior of the synagogue.
The Jewish population of Elburg
declined slowly over the second half of the nineteenth century and
fell at an even faster rate during the first third of the
twentieth, in part due to the poor state of the local economy. By
1938, only a few dozen Jews still remained in Elburg and religious
life had practically ceased.
During World War II, half of the Jews of Elburg were deported and
murdered in Nazi death camps. The other half managed to live out
the war in hiding.
In 1947, the Elburg community was officially merged into that of
Apeldoorn. The
Elburg synagogue came through the war undamaged and was used as a
cultural center until recently. In 2004, a plan was developed to
convert the building into a Jewish museum. The opening is scheduled
for September, 2005.
A plaque in memory of the murdered Jews of Elburg was installed on
the wall of the local Jewish cemetery in 1985. In 1990, the
cemetery was placed on the national list of protected national
monuments. In 2002 volunteers from Elburg joined members of the
Stichting Boete en Verzoening (Foundation for Penance and
Reconciliation) from the nearby town of Lelystad in a major clean
up of the cemetery. Ongoing maintenance of the cemetery is provided
by the local municipality.
In 2004 the initiative to open a Jewish museum in
Elburgs' former synagogue started. Definite plans were
presented in February 2006. The Stichting Synagoge
Elburg (Foundation Elburg Synagogue) is since June 2007
the official owner of the bulding. The museum opens in
June 2008.
Jewish population of Elburg:
| 1809 | 75 |
| 1840 | 81 |
| 1869 | 116 |
| 1899 | 104 |
| 1930 | 34 |
Collectie en mediatheek
Fotoalbum
Twee losbladige fotoalbums met 148 kleurenfoto's van joodse
begraafplaatsen in Nederland, jaren '80.
Collectie > Fotos > 40006664
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Dossier
Dossiers (158) van de Commissie voor Oorlogsschade mbt 155 joodse
gemeentes (Amsterdam en mediene), 1945-1950.
Collectie > Documenten > 00005954
Persoonsbewijs
1941-10-20
Persoonsbewijs tnv Aaron de Lange, met J en sperr-stempel, 1941.
Collectie > Documenten > 00006507
Besturen zitten bij elkaar
1985-07-04
Mannen zitten in drie rijen synagogebanken; vlnr: achter: hr. Wolff, Wim Polak;
mid. L. Katz (voorz. joodse gem.); J. Schaefer (loco-burgemeester); J. Elburg (makelaar ...
Collectie > Museumstukken > 02514
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[Binnenland] : Elburg 5615-5665.
1905
Verslag van de feestelijkheden rond de viering van
het vijftigjarig bestaan van de synagoge.
Collectie > Joodse pers > 20000985
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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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Nova : Hollandsche Schouwburg
Reportage over de Hollandsche Schouwburg aan de vooravond van de opening van de
permanente educatieve tentoonstelling en de heringerichte gedenkruimte.
Collectie > Audiovisueel > 40000642
