Boxmeer
It is not known exactly when Jews first settled in Boxmeer.
Obviously, Jews lived there prior to 1730, the year in which
governmental authorities expelled all Jewish residents from the
town. It was only by the mid-nineteenth century that a small Jewish
community again arose in Boxmeer. At first, the Jews of Boxmeer
belonged to the community of the town of Cuijk. It was not until
1858, that the Jewish community of Boxmeer received independent
status.
The Boxmeer
community's synagogue, located on the street formerly named
Manenbiest, was inaugurated in 1865. For centuries, Boxmeer Jews
had buried their dead in the Jewish cemetery at Vierlingsbeek. The
oldest remaining gravestone in the cemetery dates from 1784. The
community maintained a burial society and a voluntary organization
for the maintenance of the synagogue. The community also provided
Jewish education for its children. In 1930, the Jewish community of
the village of Vierlingsbeek was incorporated into that
of Boxmeer.
A slaughterhouse owned by the Jewish firm of Lion en De Wijze
contributed much to the growth and economic development of Boxmeer.
However, the economy of Boxmeer peaked early in the twentieth
century. Thereafter, the Jewish population of Boxmeer began to
decline. Nevertheless, in 1925, festivities were held in honor of
the sixtieth anniversary of the community's synagogue. During the
1930's, the arrival in Boxmeer of Jewish refugees from Germany led
to a doubling of the local Jewish population.
In
November, 1942, the Germans deported all Jews from Boxmeer. None of
them returned alive from the death camps. The synagogue was badly
damaged during the war and razed in 1944.
In 1947, the Jewish community of Boxmeer was officially merged
into that of Eindhoven. Since 1961, a commission chaired
by the mayor of Boxmeer has cared for the restoration and
maintenance of the local Jewish cemetery. In 1989, a plaque in
memory of the murdered Jews of Boxmeer was affixed to the wall of
the cemetery. In 1995, a memorial monument incorporating a piece of
the fence of the former synagogue was unveiled in the town.
Jewish population of Boxmeer and surroundings:
| 1809 | 31 |
| 1840 | 39 |
| 1869 | 53 |
| 1899 | 46 |
| 1930 | 32 |
Collectie en mediatheek
Stempel
object, stempel. materiaal, hout & metaal. hoogte, 8.0. breedte, 4.0. collectie,
Joods Historisch Museum, collectie Jaap van Velzen. trefwoorden, Boxmeer. jhm-nummer ...
Collectie > Museumstukken > 07665
Dossier
Dossiers (158) van de Commissie voor Oorlogsschade mbt 155 joodse
gemeentes (Amsterdam en mediene), 1945-1950.
Collectie > Documenten > B0005954
Gedicht ter gelegenheid van het Chanuka-Feest. Op de melodieuze wijze: Maoz Tsoer.
1900 (ca.)
Gedicht tgv. het Chanoeka-feest op de melodie van Maoz Tsoer, gemaakt
door godsdienstleraar H. Frank, Boxmeer ca. 1900.
Collectie > Documenten > 00013686
Van onzen Eindhovenschen Correspondent.
Verslag van een bijeenkomst met als doel de verkiezing van een opperrabbijn voor
het gecombineerde ressort Noord-Brabant-Limburg. Er waren drieendertig afgevaardigden ...
Collectie > Joodse pers > 20061610
meer treffers in Collectie > Joodse pers
Reglement der Nederlandsch Israelietische Gemeente te Boxmeer
1907
Reglement der Nederlandsch Israelietische Gemeente te Boxmeer.
Collectie > Literatuur > 12006541
