Blokzijl
The first Jews to settle in Blokzijl arrived during the third
quarter of the eighteenth century. Their numbers included a butcher
and his family. Few Jews moved to Blokzijl prior to the
introduction of full civil equality under Napoleonic rule in 1796
but, in the years thereafter, their numbers increased.
In 1771, the Jews of Blokzijl
purchased ground for a cemetery on the Slingerpad. Beginning in
1791, the community held synagogue services in a private home.
Following the resolution of a number of internal conflicts in 1828,
the community purchased a building on the Zuiderstraat offering
sufficient room for a synagogue, religious school, meeting room,
and ritual bath.
Most of the Jews of Blokzijl worked as traders or butchers. The
community maintained a single voluntary organization, a women's
charitable society.
Early in the nineteenth century, the Blokzijl community was fused
with that of the nearby town of Vollenhove. The community reached
its apogee around 1870 and its numbers declined continuously
thereafter. In 1885, local Jewish education was discontinued and
from then on the Jewish children of Blokzijl received their
religious education in the nearby town of Zwartsluis.
By the 1920's, the Blokzijl community had virtually ceased to
exist. Its collapsing synagogue building was sold in 1925 and razed
one year later. All the Jews that remained in Blokzijl were
deported murdered during the Second World War.
The Jewish community of Blokzijl was
formally abolished in 1947 and added to the jurisdiction of the
Jewish community of Zwolle. The cemetery has been
maintained by the municipality of Blokzijl since 1949. In 1999, the
cemetery was restored with private funding and a memorial was added
in memory of the fourteen Jews of Blokzijl and Vollenhove murdered
by the Germans.
Vollenhove
Jews arrived in the town of Vollenhove at the same time as in
Blokzijl. From 1775 on, they had their own cemetery behind the
Havesathe Old-Plattenburg mansion. In 1783, they received
authorization to hold religious services in a home on the
Kerkplaatze. In 1809, a gift from King Louis Napoleon enabled the
community to construct its own synagogue which, however, was rarely
used. Following the establishment of a centralized Dutch Jewish
community structure early in the nineteenth century, the Vollenhove
community was merged into that of Blokzijl.
Wanneperveen
For a short time beginning in the 1820's, an independent
Jewish community existed in the village of Wanneperveen.
Jewish population of Blokzijl, Vollenhove, Wanneperveen, and
surroundings:
| 1748 | 1 gezin |
| 1797 | 35 |
| 1809 | 93 |
| 1840 | 93 |
| 1869 | 115 |
| 1899 | 38 |
| 1930 | 9 |
Collectie en mediatheek
Dossier
Dossiers (158) van de Commissie voor Oorlogsschade mbt 155 joodse
gemeentes (Amsterdam en mediene), 1945-1950.
Collectie > Documenten > 00005954
Prentbriefkaart
1942 (ca.)
Prentbriefkaart van het Werkkamp "Beenderribben" bij Blokzijl, circa 1942.
Collectie > Fotos > 40006403
meer treffers in Collectie > Fotos
De joodse gemeenten in de kop van Overijssel
1981
De joodse gemeenten in de kop van Overijssel.
Collectie > Literatuur > 11500270
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[Ingezonden Stukken.] : [brief]
1904
De heer Culp uit Sneek verontschuldigt zich bij de heer SM Gokkes dat hij vergeten
was het kerkbestuur van de Isr. gemeente in Blokzijl op de hoogte te stellen ...
Collectie > Joodse pers > 20000355
