A group of Prussian Jews settled in Vaals at the beginning of
the 19th century. Beginning in 1821, the Jews of Vaals were members
of the Jewish community at Eijsden. In 1827, the Vaals Jews
were recognized as comprising an independent community. In 1862,
the Vaals community lost its independent status and was once again
merged into the community at Eijsden. The Jews of Vaals reassigned
to the community at Gulpen in about 1900. In 1935,
the Gulpen community was renamed Gulpen-Vaals and the seat of the
community moved to Vaals.
In the middle of the 19th century Jews in Vaals gathered for prayer
and a private home. From the second half of the nineteenth century
until the late 1930s, religious services were held in a synagogue
established a private home on the Von Clermontplein in Vaals.
The Jewish population of Vaals rose during the 1930s. All the Jews
of Vaals were deported and murdered during the Second World War.
Jewish life was not reestablished in Vaals after the war. The local
Jewish cemetery, opened in about 1900 and located near the
Tentstraat, is maintained by the local authorities.
Jewish population of Vaals:
| 1809 | 16 |
| 1840 | 30 |
| 1869 | 29 |
| 1899 | 15 |
| 1930 | 18 |
Dossier
Dossiers (158) van de Commissie voor Oorlogsschade mbt 155 joodse
gemeentes (Amsterdam en mediene), 1945-1950.
Collectie > Documenten > 00005954
Verslag van de handelingen der Permanente Commissie tot de Alg. Zaken van het Ned. Isr....
Tweede deel en slot van het jaarverslag van de Permanente Commissie
over de periode juni 1907 tot juni 1908.
Collectie > Joodse pers > 20063726
Van Lehman Zaudy (Gompertz. von Wesel) tot Zedachie Wesly : de registers van...
1996
Van Lehman Zaudy (Gompertz. von Wesel) tot Zedachie Wesly : de registers van
naamsaanneming en naamsbehoud met betrekking tot de joden in Limburg tijdens de ...
Collectie > Literatuur > 12008422
Orde van den dienst ter gelegenheid van de kerkelijke herdenking van de veertig-jarige...
s.a.
Orde van den dienst ter gelegenheid van de kerkelijke herdenking van de
veertig-jarige regeering van hare majesteit Wilhelmina, koningin der Nederlanden ...
Collectie > Literatuur > 11502651
Ich glaub es ist Krieg
Documentaire over Zuid-Limburg (Vaals, Heerlen en
Maastricht) tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog.
Collectie > Audiovisueel > 40000502