Winsum
Jews first settled in Winsum late in the 18th century. An
organized Jewish community at Winsum was officially recognized in
1821 at the time of the establishment of a Netherlands-wide Jewish
communal structure. The Winsum community grew in numbers between
1825 and 1875 but membership began to shrink thereafter. In 1878,
the community built a new synagogue located on the Nieuwstraat in
the adjacent village Obergum, in the present day being part of
Winsum.
During
its early years, the Winsum community buried its dead at the Jewish
cemetery in Groningen. The community established a cemetery of its
own, located on the Munsterweg in Winsumermeeden, in 1867. A Jewish
cemetery was established in nearby Warffum during the second half
of the 19th century.
During the early 20th century, out-migration of Jews from Winsum to
industrialized locales caused community ranks to fall even further.
By 1934, Jewish population of Winsum had fallen to such a low point
that the synagogue was sold.
Almost all of the Jews of Winsum were deported and murdered during
the World War II German occupation of the Netherlands. The Winsum
community was officially dissolved in 1948 and the locale placed
within the jurisdiction of the Jewish community at Groningen. The
former synagogue is now used as a meeting hall.
The Jewish cemetery was restored in 1999 and is maintained the
local authorities. A statue in memory of the Jews of Warffum was
unveiled in the B.H. Broekemastraat in 1977. In 1995, a plaque
inscribed with the names of Winsum Jews deported and murdered
during the war was affixed to a monument on the Regnerus
Praedestinusstraat commemorating the 1945 liberation of the
Netherlands. A memorial stone was placed in nearby Eenrum in 1997.
In 2002, in nearby Bedum, a memorial plaque was affixed to the
Jodenhuis (Jews' house), the onetime home of the two Jewish
residents of the locale murdered during the Second World War.
A home originally built for the Winsum Jew Abraham Markus, now
comprises part of the open air museum in Warffum and presently
houses a Jewish butcher's shop and a small Jewish Museum.
Jewish population of Winsum and surroundings:
| 1809 | 64 |
| 1840 | 129 |
| 1869 | 152 |
| 1899 | 141 |
| 1930 | 52 |
Collectie en mediatheek
Fotoalbum
Twee losbladige fotoalbums met 148 kleurenfoto's van joodse
begraafplaatsen in Nederland, jaren '80.
Collectie > Fotos > 40006664
Overzichtsfoto
1984
Voormalige synagoge te Winsum, 1984.
Collectie > Fotos > 40002763
Dossier
Dossiers (158) van de Commissie voor Oorlogsschade mbt 155 joodse
gemeentes (Amsterdam en mediene), 1945-1950.
Collectie > Documenten > 00005954
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[geen titel]
1913
titel, [geen titel]. bron, Nieuw Isr. Weekblad, vol. 48(1913), nr. 40, p. 5=6.
materiaal, bericht. trefwoorden, Usquert ritueel slachter Hal, .. ...
Collectie > Joodse pers > 20000221
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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
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Winsum 1940-1945
2005
Deze DVD en CD-Rom zijn ter gelegenheid van de 60-jarige herdenking van de bevrijding
van Nederland uitgebracht. De Stichting Herdenking 4 mei Winsum nam het initiatief ...
Collectie > Audiovisueel > 40001597
