Gendringen
The earliest surviving evidence of a Jewish presence in
Gendringen are Jewish listed names in a clerical document from the
first half of the seventeenth century. By the close of the same
century, a Jewish financier had leased the local lending bank.
During the seventeenth century, a number of Jewish families settled
in Gendringen but the community remained small and mostly
poor.
By 1800, the Jews of Gendringen
held religious services in the home of the local cantor. In 1811, a
synagogue was opened on the Kromme Elleboog street. By 1840, a
cemetery had been founded outside the town on the present-day
Ulftseweg. At first, the Jewish community of Gendringen was
formally part of that of 's-Heerenberg but, in 1840, the
Gendringen community was designated an independent congregation
(Bijkerk). Within the community, two members of the synagogue
council also served as a council for delivering aid to the poor.
The community did not offer Jewish education. The Jewish community
of Gendringen ceased to exist long before the Second World War and
was officially dissolved in 1941.
Jewish population of Gendringen:
| 1809 | 49 |
| 1840 | 64 |
| 1869 | 56 |
| 1899 | 38 |
| 1930 | 13 |
Collectie en mediatheek
Dossier
Dossiers (158) van de Commissie voor Oorlogsschade mbt 155 joodse
gemeentes (Amsterdam en mediene), 1945-1950.
Collectie > Documenten > 00005954
Foto
1922
Foto van een krantenknipsel over het 75-jarig bestaan van de synagoge te
Kampen in 1922 met foto van het interieur van de synagoge.
Collectie > Fotos > 40007280
Overzichtsfoto
1927 (ca.)
Kosjere slager Spier met koe, Gendringen, circa 1927.
Collectie > Fotos > 40002180
Benoemingen.
1877
Benoemingen door de permanente commissie in de diverse Ned. Isr. schoolbesturen.
Collectie > Joodse pers > 20026823
meer treffers in Collectie > Joodse pers
Zonen en dochters van het oude volk
1983
Zonen en dochters van het oude volk.
Collectie > Literatuur > 11000818
