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.
Restoration of the former synagogue on the Deken van
Miertstraat was finished in 2002. 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. The
former synagogy now houses a lunchroom.
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 > 00005954
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Toramantel
1916
rood fluwelen mantel, hoogduits model, met opschrift binnen twee banderollen.
Collectie > Museumstukken > B0697
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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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Tegen de verdrukking in : joden in oostelijk Noord-Brabant, 1796-1910
1990
Tegen de verdrukking in : joden in oostelijk Noord-Brabant, 1796-1910.
Collectie > Literatuur > 11508444
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[interview met Clara Hartog-Koppens]
2000
Interview met Clara Hartog-Koppens, geboren 12 augustus 1923.
Collectie > Audiovisueel > 40001831
