Zevenaar
Jews lived in Zevenaar from the 1630s onward. In 1640, local
Jews established a cemetery just outside of the Bleeckse Poort. At
the time, local Jews worked as butchers and dealers in hay.
An
organized Jewish community did not emerge in Zevenaar until the
19th century. In earlier times, Jews at Zevenaar prayed in nearby
Didam. In 1833, the Zevenaar community opened a synagogue of its
own located in the Grietsestraat. From 1861 until 1891, the
Zevenaar community buried its dead in the section of the public
cemetery on the J. Perkstraat. In 1891, the community purchased
ground for new cemetery on the Arnhemseweg.
The Zevenaar community was governed by a board that also
administered aid to the poor. Local voluntary organizations
included a burial society, a fellowship for the study of Torah, a
society for the maintenance of the synagogue, a women's society,
and a youth organization. A Jewish school was opened in Zevenaar in
1875. During the 19th century, local Jews continued to work as
traders, butchers, and dealers in animal feed.
The Jewish population of Zevenaar fell into decline at the outset
of the 20th century. During the 1930s, a number of Jewish refugees
from Germany arrived in Zevenaar; a local committee assisted them
in finding homes in other locales.
Under the German occupation of the Netherlands during World War II
more than half of the Jews of Zevenaar were deported, first to the
transit camps at Westerbork and Vught and then to Nazi death camps
where they were murdered. The balance managed to survive the war in
hiding. The synagogue at Zevenaar was severely damaged by American
bombardment in 1945 and was razed soon after the war. The
synagogue's Torah scrolls and ceremonial objects had been hidden in
Amsterdam prior to the bombardment.
The Jewish community of Zevenaar was dissolved in 1947 and
incorporated into that of Arnhem. The Torah scrolls and
ceremonial objects that had come through the war were transferred
to the Arnhem synagogue. A monument to local Jews murdered during
the Second World War was installed at the entrance to Zevenaar's
town hall in 1990. The two Jewish cemeteries are maintained by the
municipality.
Didam
Jews settled in Didam during the 18th century. By 1800, the
community had grown to comprise approximately 30 members. A small
synagogue was established in a house in the Weemstraat (the
present-day Hoofdstraat) in 1770. The building was razed in 1900. A
Jewish cemetery, known at the time to locals as the 'Joode
Kerckhof' (Jew Cemetery), existed in Didam during the
mid-18th-century; its exact location, however, is no longer
certain. In 1999, a monument in memory of the vanished Jewish
community of Didam was unveiled at the site of former
synagogue.
Jewish population in Zevenaar:
| 1716 | 10 |
| 1809 | 31 |
| 1840 | 117 |
| 1869 | 113 |
| 1899 | 106 |
| 1930 | 75 |
Collectie en mediatheek
Dossier
Dossiers (158) van de Commissie voor Oorlogsschade mbt 155 joodse
gemeentes (Amsterdam en mediene), 1945-1950.
Collectie > Documenten > 00005954
Toraschild
1923
Hoogst waarschijnlijk gaat het hier om een geschenk van Bertha Gans-Sander, de weduwe
van David Gans, woonachtig in Zevenaar. Een van hun kinderen, Levie (= Leopold ...
Collectie > Museumstukken > B0738
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
meer treffers in Collectie > Literatuur
[Binnenlandse berichten (2)] : Breda
1908
Verslag van een vergadering van de bond "Tisjbie" met het doel een afdeling op te
richten in Breda./ De heer SI Deen is benoemd tot godsdienstleraar./ De heer L ...
Collectie > Joodse pers > 20000500
