The Jewish community at Grijpskerk was not officially recognized
until the relatively late date of 1879. A synagogue, located on the
Molenstraat, was inaugurated the very same year. Prior to then, the
community had prayed in the front room of a house on the
Molenstraat. A the time, this improvised synagogue was referred in
the dialect of the region as 'de jeudnkoamer' (the Jews'
room). A street in Grijpskerk named Lageweg was referred to by
locals as 'Jeudnbreestraat' (Jews' High Street). In 1881,
Jewish community at Grijpskerk was granted the use of a separate
section of the local public non-sectarian cemetery, located on the
Oosterkade near the Poel.
During the late nineteenth century, Grijpskerk was home to four
Jewish butchers. Other Jews in the village engaged in trade and
small-scale manufacturing.
Almost all the Jews at Grijpskerk were deported and murdered under
the German occupation of the Netherlands during the Second World
War. The interior of the synagogue was destroyed during the war and
the building never served its original function again. The Jewish
community at Grijpskerk was officially dissolved in 1948 and
administratively merged into the district of the community at Groningen. The
Jewish section of the non-sectarian cemetery now contains a
monument in memory of local Jews murdered by the Germans during the
war. The Jewish section of the cemetery currently is maintained by
the local municipal authorities.
Jewish population of Grijpskerk and surroundings:
| 1809 | 15 |
| 1840 | 41 |
| 1869 | 52 |
| 1899 | 35 |
| 1930 | 19 |
Dossier
Dossiers (158) van de Commissie voor Oorlogsschade mbt 155 joodse
gemeentes (Amsterdam en mediene), 1945-1950.
Collectie > Documenten > 00005954
Dossier
1941-1960
Persoonlijke documenten (24) van JJH Elbers, zijn echtgenote Elli Aldegonda Gans
en haar eerste echtgenoot Abraham Denneboom; documentatie betreffende de familie ...
Collectie > Documenten > 00012144
Zitting der Centrale Commissie op Woensdag 18 Juni 1879.
Verslag van een vergadering van de Centrale Commissie.
Collectie > Joodse pers > 20029840
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Klein en groot zijn daar gelijk : de Joodse begraafplaatsen in de provincie Groningen
2009
Klein en groot zijn daar gelijk : de Joodse begraafplaatsen in de provincie Groningen.
Collectie > Literatuur > 12015341