A
surviving document from 1443 reports the theft of property from a
Jew residing in Heusden. There are no further reports of the
presence of Jews in Heusden until the eighteenth century.
By 1838, the Jews of Heusden comprised an independent community. At
first, they held religious services in a private home. A synagogue
was not consecrated until 1870. During the second half of the
nineteenth century, the community maintained a Jewish school
attended at any one time by roughly a dozen students.
The community buried its dead at a cemetery located in the
settlement of Heesbeen, off the Grotestraat along the path below
the dike alongside the Bergse Maas river. The Heusden community
maintained its independence until 1927 when it was officially
dissolved and administratively merged into the community of
's-Hertogenbosch.
The cemetery is currently cared for by the municipal authorities
of Heusden.
Jewish population of Heusden (including the village of
Veen):
| 1809 | 34 |
| 1840 | 39 |
| 1869 | 64 |
| 1899 | 27 |
| 1930 | 2 |
Dossier
Dossiers (158) van de Commissie voor Oorlogsschade mbt 155 joodse
gemeentes (Amsterdam en mediene), 1945-1950.
Collectie > Documenten > B0005954
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Overzichtsfoto
1995
foto van de grafsteen van Sara de Winter (1828-1896)
op de joodse begraafplaats in Heusden, 1995.
Collectie > Fotos > 40011730
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Verborgen in Brabantse bodem : Joodse begraafplaatsen in Noord-Brabant
2002
Verborgen in Brabantse bodem : Joodse begraafplaatsen in Noord-Brabant.
Collectie > Literatuur > 12009668
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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 ...
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