Gennep
The independent Jewish community of Gennep was established
during the 1850's. Jews had lived in Gennep during the seventeenth
and eighteenth centuries but their numbers were so small that they
were included amongst the Jewish community of nearby Sittard. Even after
the community was granted independent status, the Jewish population
of Gennep remained small.
In 1864, the Gennep community purchased a building on the
Kerkstraat (today the Torenstraat) for use as a synagogue. The
synagogue was consecrated ten years later. The community's
cemetery, located on the present-day Davidlaan, was officially
established in 1842 but contains gravestones from as early as
1794.
The
synagogue council of the Gennep community consisted of two members.
Jewish education for the children of the community was provided by
a teacher from nearby Cuijk. Voluntary organizations maintained by the
Gennep community included a society for collection of funds for the
synagogue and a women's society that cared for the sick and dying
and for the upkeep of the embroidery of the synagogue.
During the 1930's, an influx of refugees from Germany led to a
rise in the Jewish population of Gennep. During the war, half the
Jews of Gennep were murdered in Nazi death camps. The fates of the
others are not known. The synagogue was damaged by wartime
bombardment and later razed. A cloister now stands on its site. The
Gennep community was officially disbanded in 1947 and added to the
jurisdiction of the Jewish community of Venlo. The cemetery is maintained by the
municipality of Gennep.
Jewish population of Gennep:
| 1809 | 15 |
| 1840 | 26 |
| 1869 | 31 |
| 1899 | 28 |
| 1930 | 20 |
Collectie en mediatheek
Fotoalbum
Twee losbladige fotoalbums met 148 kleurenfoto's van joodse
begraafplaatsen in Nederland, jaren '80.
Collectie > Fotos > 40006664
Dossier
Dossiers (158) van de Commissie voor Oorlogsschade mbt 155 joodse
gemeentes (Amsterdam en mediene), 1945-1950.
Collectie > Documenten > 00005954
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European Judaism
1966
Donkerblauw fond met zwarte cirkel waarin een blauw
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Collectie > Museumstukken > 02025
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Collectie > Joodse pers > 20061610
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De synagoge van Maastricht en de synagogen elders in Limburg
1967
De synagoge van Maastricht en de synagogen elders in Limburg.
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