Weesp
Jews residing in
Weesp established a synagogue in a private home on the Korte
Middenstraat in 1774. By 1840, the building was on the point of
collapse and the Jewish population of Weesp had grown. As a result,
the community decided to construct a new synagogue. A fund-raising
campaign enabled the community to purchase a site at the corner of
the Nieuwstraat and Hanensteeg. The new synagogue built at the site
was consecrated in 1840. The Weesp community buried its dead at the
cemetery of the Amsterdam Ashkenazic community in Muiderberg.
The Jewish community at Weesp was governed by a council consisting
of five members. Two of the members were responsible for aid to the
poor and one for raising and dispersing funds in support of the
Jewish community in Eretz Israel. Voluntary organizations within
the Weesp community included a burial society, a society for the
upkeep of the synagogue, and a number of cultural and youth
organizations. The Weesp community also maintained a Jewish school,
located on the Nieuwstraat near the Groteplein. Several community
members were active in local affairs; a few rose to serve on the
town council.
In February 1941, during the World War
II German occupation of the Netherlands, members of the general
population of Weesp participated in the nationwide strike
protesting the deportation of Jews. By the end of 1941, all Jews
had been expelled from Weesp. The majority were murdered in Nazi
death camps. Although the synagogue was plundered during the war
its Holy Ark survived the war undamaged.
The Jewish community at Weesp was administratively dissolved in
1947 and the locale placed under the jurisdiction of the Jewish
community at Bussum. During the postwar years, the former
synagogue was used as a garage. In 1984, a plaque in memory of the
vanished Jewish community of Weesp was affixed to the exterior of
the building. The building was restored in 1986 and afterwards
housed the offices of the local employment bureau. An adjacent
building contains the offices of the local chapter of the Dutch
Overlegorgaan Joden en Christenen (Council of Christians
and Jews).
Muiden
Several Jewish families settled in nearby Muiden during the last
decades of the 18th century. Over the course of the 19th and
early-20th centuries, the Jewish population of Muiden remained
small. The Jews of Muiden were deported and murdered during the
Second World War.
Jewish population of Weesp and surroundings:
| 1809 | 141 |
| 1840 | 153 |
| 1869 | 186 |
| 1899 | 101 |
| 1930 | 49 |
Collectie en mediatheek
Seder Chanoekat Beth HaTefilah LeKehil Jisraeel Be'ier Weesp
1841
Orde van dienst bij de inwijding van de synagoge in Weesp, 1841.
Collectie > Documenten > 00009812
Dossier
Dossiers (158) van de Commissie voor Oorlogsschade mbt 155 joodse
gemeentes (Amsterdam en mediene), 1945-1950.
Collectie > Documenten > 00005954
Gezicht het Weesper, Muyder, en Naarder Veer buyten de Weesper Poort ´t Amsterdam
1720 (ca.)
Gezicht op een groot huis met bijgebouwen aan het water buiten de Weesper Poort.
De veren van Weesp, Muiden en Naarden zijn aangemeerd, er zijn goedgeklede mensen ...
Collectie > Museumstukken > 07250
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Groepsfoto
1903-04-23
Groepsportret ter gelegenheid van het "dubbel-huwelijk" van David Elion met Abigail
R. de Miranda en Salomon Elion met Rebecca R. de Miranda, 1903.
Collectie > Fotos > 40001011
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[Binnenland] : Amsterdam
Vermelding van benoemingen met betrekking tot de Ned. Isr. schoolbesturen.
Collectie > Joodse pers > 20031385
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Joodse elfstedenroute : een toeristische tocht langs joods cultureel erfgoed in Noord...
2002
Joodse elfstedenroute : een toeristische tocht langs joods cultureel erfgoed in
Noord-Holland = a Jewish heritage tour past eleven different towns and villages ...
Collectie > Literatuur > 12009354
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[opnamen t.b.v. film "de Verdwenen Mediene"]
2002
Ruw materiaal voor de film "de Verdwenen Mediene". Gesprek met Barend
Cohen (1910-2002); opnamen van Weesp anno 2002.
Collectie > Audiovisueel > 40001901
[opnamen t.b.v. film "de Verdwenen Mediene"]
2002
Ruw materiaal voor de film "de Verdwenen Mediene". Opnamen gemaakt in bejaardenhuis
Beth Joles, Haifa, Israel. Gesprekken met Bettie Cohen en Miep Wonder.
Collectie > Audiovisueel > 40001900
