Veghel
Several Jewish families settled in Veghel during the 18th
century despite the opposition of local authorities. The new
arrivals included a butcher who, according to records, lived in the
village as early as 1731. Most of the Jews who settled in Veghel
came to the village from nearby Nistelrode. During the second
quarter of the nineteenth centery, organized Jewish community was
established at Veghel by a number of Jews newly arrived from the
village of Dinther.
The
community at Veghel opened a synagogue of its own on the
Achterdijk, the present-day Deken van Miertstraat, in 1832. The
synagogue was restored in 1866 with the help of a subsidy from the
village council. The synagogue was renovated anew in 1930 and again
in 1938.
In 1886, as a Jewish population of Veghel approached its peak, a
Jewish school was built on the Bolkenplein. This same square housed
a kosher meat market. The school's teacher also served as the
community's cantor and ritual slaughterer. At the time, the
community was governed by a board consisting of three members. The
board also supervised religious education. Other community
officials included a treasurer for the collection and disbursement
of funds to the Jewish community in Eretz Israel. Voluntary
organizations included a burial society and a society for the
maintenance of the synagogue. The international Jewish relief
organization Alliance Israélite Universelle maintained a
branch in Veghel. The Jewish community of Veghel, together with
those of Sint Oedenrode and Uden, buried its
dead at the Jewish cemetery in Schijndel.
During the World War II German occupation of the Netherlands,
almost half the Jews of Veghel were deported and murdered. The
remainder escaped abroad or survived the war in hiding. A local
organization made it possible for approximately 20 Jewish children
to hide in the surroundings and escape deportation and death. Some
of the Torah scrolls and ceremonial objects from the Veghel
synagogue were taken to Amsterdam and hidden; the remainder was
robbed by the Germans. A few silver objects buried for safekeeping
in the garden of the synagogue also were recovered after the
war.
Of the 13 Jewish families living in Veghel prior to the war only
three returned afterward. The Jewish community at Veghel was
administratively dissolved in 1947 and the locale placed under the
jurisdiction of the Jewish community at Oss.
The building on the Deken van Miertstraat that once served as the
synagogue of the Veghel community was restored in 1999 and now
houses a shoe store. In 2003, a plaque inscribed with a biblical
passage (Isaiah 56:5) in memory of the murdered Jews of Veghel was
affixed to the wall of the building. A memorial stone at the Jewish
cemetery at Schijndel is inscribed with the names of Jews from the
surroundings murdered during the war.
Jewish population of Veghel and surroundings:
| 1809 | 22 |
| 1840 | 64 |
| 1869 | 59 |
| 1899 | 80 |
| 1930 | 31 |
Collectie en mediatheek
Dossier
Dossiers (158) van de Commissie voor Oorlogsschade mbt 155 joodse
gemeentes (Amsterdam en mediene), 1945-1950.
Collectie > Documenten > B0005954
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Sjnoderboek
1850-1900
object, sjnoderboek. makers, anoniem anoniem. materiaal, leer & bordpapier & perkament.
datering, 1850=1900 1850=1900. plaats, Veghel & Nederland Veghel & Nederland ...
Collectie > Museumstukken > 06550
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Overzichtsfoto
1935 (ca.)
Foto's (2) van interieur en exterieur synagoge Veghel, circa 1935.
Collectie > Fotos > 40000317
Overzichtsfoto
1925 (ca.)
Exterieur synagoge Veghel, circa 1925.
Collectie > Fotos > 40001231
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
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"Uit Veghel en andere verten" : de geschiedenis van de joodse gemeenten te Veghel, Uden...
1997
"Uit Veghel en andere verten" : de geschiedenis van de joodse gemeenten te Veghel,
Uden, Sint-Oedenrode en Schijndel (1818-1933) ; De "Alliance Israelite Universelle ...
Collectie > Literatuur > 12005940
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[interview met Clara Hartog-Koppens]
2000
Interview met Clara Hartog-Koppens, geboren 12 augustus 1923.
Collectie > Audiovisueel > 40001831
