Hoogezand-Sappemeer
The first Jews to settle in Hoogezand arrived at the outset of
the eighteenth century. For more than one hundred years thereafter,
they prayed in a private residence. Not until 1810 did they convert
a house located in the Kalkwijk into a synagogue. In 1854, the Jews
of Hoogezand constructed a new building, located north of the
Winschoterdiep, having sufficient space for a synagogue, meeting
hall, school, and an apartment for the school's teacher.
The
official administration of the Hoogezand community included a
synagogue council and a council for aid to the poor. Voluntary
organizations included a women's society and a burial society.
During the early twentieth century, the community also maintained a
youth society.
In its early years, the Hoogezand community buried its dead at Appingedam and
at Veendam.
From 1836 on (from 1790 according to some sources), the community
utilized a cemetery of its own on the Knijpslaan in Kolham (now
part of the municipality of Slochteren).
Most of the Jews of Hoogezand worked as butchers, livestock
dealers, street vendors, and other sorts of traders. Little is
known about their economic position. One of the major figures in
the struggle to improve the position of women in the Netherlands,
Dr. Aletta Jacobs (1854-1929), was a Jew born in Sappemeer near
Hoogezand.
In 1907, the name of the Hoogezand community was changed to
Hoogezand-Sappemeer. In 1922, the Jewish community of Noordbroek and Zuidbroek was
incorporated into that of Hoogezand-Sappemeer. In 1931, management
of the Hoogezand-Sappemeer community was taken over by the Jewish
community at Groningen for a period of two
years.
Most of the Jews of Hoogezand-Sappemeer were deported and murdered
under the German occupation of the Netherlands during the Second
World War; however, a small number managed to survive the war in
hiding. During the war, the Hoogezand synagogue was used by the
members of the Dutch collaborationist NSB party as a storage place
for flammable materials. Although the synagogue's Torah scrolls and
ceremonial objects had been hidden in Groningen and Amsterdam
beforehand, some of the interior furnishings of the synagogue were
stolen and the rest vandalized.
The synagogue building was sold immediately following the war and
was razed soon after. The Jewish community of Hoogezand-Sappemeer
was officially disbanded in 1948 and administratively placed under
the jurisdiction of the Groningen community. A monument at the
Hoogezand railway station preserves the memory of the Jews who were
deported to their deaths via that site. Jewish cemeteries in the
vicinity are now maintained by the local authorities of
Hoogezand-Sappemeer and of Slochteren.
Jewish population of Hoogezand-Sappemeer and surroundings:
| 1809 | 125 |
| 1840 | 237 |
| 1869 | 316 |
| 1899 | 270 |
| 1930 | 222 |
Collectie en mediatheek
Dossier
Dossiers (158) van de Commissie voor Oorlogsschade mbt 155 joodse
gemeentes (Amsterdam en mediene), 1945-1950.
Collectie > Documenten > 00005954
Mizrach
1845
Mizrach; hebreeuwse teksten en decoraties (kronen, bomen des levens en een opengerolde
torarol), versierd met goudverf. Iets boven het midden is een gravure op ...
Collectie > Museumstukken > 06464
Overzichtsfoto
1929-11-24
De synagoge van Hoogezand-Sappemeer gefotografeerd ter
gelegenheid van het 75-jarig bestaan, 1929.
Collectie > Fotos > 40006317
Centrale Commissie tot de Algemeene Zaken van het Ned. Isr. Kerkgenootschap.
Eerste deel van het verslag van een vergadering van de Centrale Commissie.
Collectie > Joodse pers > 20061545
meer treffers in Collectie > Joodse pers
De joodse gemeenschappen in Hoogezand-Sappemeer, Slochteren, Noord- en Zuidbroek en...
2001
De joodse gemeenschappen in Hoogezand-Sappemeer, Slochteren, Noord-
en Zuidbroek en omliggende dorpen 1724-1950.
Collectie > Literatuur > 12009071
De verdwenen mediene : het joodse leven in de provincie voor de Tweede Wereldoorlog
2003
Documentaire over het vooroorlogse dagelijkse joodse leven in diverse
Nederlandse provincies, de mediene. Met unieke archiefbeelden.
Collectie > Audiovisueel > 40001518
