Stedum en Loppersum
Reports dating to the seventeenth century and the first half of
the eighteenth century point to the occasional presence of Jews in
and around the villages of Stedum and Loppersum at the time. The
first Jewish families to actually settle in Stedum and Loppersum
did not do so until sometime after 1750. Two of the newly arrived
Jews worked as butchers.
Despite their not having obtained official permission, local Jews
gathered for prayer in a private home in Middelstum. At the outset
of the nineteenth century the local authorities granted permission
for Jews to pray in a private home in Stedum.
The local Jewish community, which also included Jews living in the
villages surrounding Uithuizen, enjoyed independent status until
1821. From 1821 until 1830 Stedum and Loppersum were made part of
the regional community (Ringsynagoge) of Appingedam;
however they still maintained their own independent directorate. In
1830, the Jews of Stedum and Loppersum were again recognized as
comprising an independent local community (Bijkerk).
The
location of the private home at which the Jews of Stedum and
Loppersum prayed during the mid-nineteenth century is no longer
known. From the 1890s on, a building on the road to Bedum served
the community as its synagogue. The Jews of Stedum and Loppersum
provided their children with Jewish education from the community's
inception until sometime early in the twentieth century.
Prior to 1863, the community buried its dead at the Jewish cemetery
in Appingedam. Thereafter, the community leased a plot of land at
the corner of the Molenweg and De Schepperij in Loppersum to serve
as its cemetery. This cemetery remained in use until 1886, when a
portion of the public cemetery on the Tuinbouwstraat was assigned
to the Jewish community.
During the late nineteenth century most breadwinners in the
community worked in the meat industry and the livestock trade;
others were retailers and a few worked as tailors, drapers, and
seamstresses.
In 1906, local Jews established the society Help Elkaar
(Help One Another).
During the first third of the twentieth century the community
became so small that synagogue services were held only on the High
Holidays and on other special occasions. Despite this, new
regulations for the Jewish community were introduced in 1922 and
the synagogue was restored in 1925.
Under the German occupation of the Netherlands during World War II
practically the entire Jewish population of Stedum and Loppersum
was deported and murdered. The community was dissolved in 1948 and
Stedum and Loppersum placed within the administrative district of
the Jewish community of Groningen. The synagogue building
was sold and set to other uses. The inscription that was set into
the façade of the synagogue during the 1925 restoration was removed
and attached to the tower of the Reformed church in Stedum. The
Jewish cemetery is maintained by the local authorities.
Jewish population of Stedum and Loppersum and
surroundings:
| 1809 | 27 |
| 1840 | 50 |
| 1869 | 58 |
| 1899 | 62 |
| 1930 | 29 |
Collectie en mediatheek
Dossier
Dossiers (158) van de Commissie voor Oorlogsschade mbt 155 joodse
gemeentes (Amsterdam en mediene), 1945-1950.
Collectie > Documenten > 00005954
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
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Verslag van de Handelingen der Permanente Commissie van Juni 1902 tot Juni 1903.
Jaarverslag van de Permanente Commissie, met oa vermelding van
de in dat jaar toegelaten godsdienstonderwijzers.
Collectie > Joodse pers > 20053576
