Monnickendam
Official documents from the late-seventeenth century indicate
the presence of Jews in Monnickendam at the time. A Jewish
cemetery, located to the west of the Zuiderpoort on the town's
walls was established in 1677. In about 1720, Monnickendam, like
many other municipalities, attempted to attract Portuguese-Jewish
merchants to settle in the town. The attempt was not
successful.
A Jewish community was formally organized in Monnickendam in about
1787. During the late-eighteenth century, the economic situation in
Monnickendam was quite poor and, as a result, the community at
first could not afford to hire a religious teacher for its
children. A synagogue was consecrated in 1814 but was destroyed by
fire in 1894. A new synagogue was inaugurated the very same year.
The Monnickendam community was governed by a two-member
directorate, one member of which also served as treasurer for the
collection and disbursement of aid to the Jews of Palestine.
During
the first third of the twentieth century the Jewish population of
Monnickendam fell to the point that, from 1932 on, religious
services could only be held during the high holidays of Rosh
Hashanah and Yom Kippur. As a result, the Monnickendam community
made a long-term loan of its Torah rolls to the Jews of Zandvoort
and, later, of its Torah mantels and other appurtenances to the
Jews of Alkmaar.
Under the German occupation of the Netherlands during the Second
World War the remaining Jews of Monnickendam were forcibly removed
to Amsterdam from whence they were deported to Nazi death camps and
murdered. Only a few of the Jews of Monnickendam returned from the
camps alive or managed to escape deportation by going into
hiding.
The Jewish community of Monnickendam was administratively merged
into that of Amsterdam in 1950. The Monnickendam synagogue was sold
soon after the war; the building now houses a bar. A monument
opposite the Grote Kerk in Monnickendam is inscribed with the names
of local Jews murdered during the war. In 1947, a memorial stone
was emplaced in the façade of a building at Kerkstraat 12 in which
five Jews had hidden during the war. In 2002, the stone was
replaced with a new one during the course of a mass restoration of
building façades in Monnickendam. The Jewish cemetery at
Monnickendam is now maintained by the local authorities.
In 2005 a plaque, in memory of the deportation of
the Monnickendam Jews on May 2, 1942, was unveiled at
the Nieuwe Steeg near
the Noordeinde.
Jewish population of Monnickendam and surroundings:
| 1809 | 37 |
| 1840 | 54 |
| 1869 | 60 |
| 1899 | 62 |
| 1930 | 25 |
Collectie en mediatheek
Herinneringsblad
1906
Typografie in kader van gestileerde bloemvormen waaronder vier kolommen
van negen rijen met in elk vakje een handtekening.
Collectie > Museumstukken > 08739
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Dossier
Dossiers (158) van de Commissie voor Oorlogsschade mbt 155 joodse
gemeentes (Amsterdam en mediene), 1945-1950.
Collectie > Documenten > 00005954
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Overzichtsfoto
1982 (ca.)
Foto's (3) van grafstenen van Caroliena de Heer en Gabriel
Monnickendam op begraafplaats Schijndel, circa 1982.
Collectie > Fotos > 40003412
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[Binnenland] : Benoemingen
Benoemingen door de Permanente Commissie in diverse schoolbesturen.
Collectie > Joodse pers > 20031865
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Amsterdamse stadsgezichten uit de Collectie Meentwijck : donderdag 16 oktober 2003
2003
Amsterdamse stadsgezichten uit de Collectie Meentwijck : donderdag 16 oktober 2003.
Collectie > Literatuur > 12010264
