Dedemsvaart
The Jewish community of Dedemsvaart was officially recognized in
1836.
The oldest surviving document pertaining to the Jews of Dedemsvaart
dates to 1835 and pertains to the rental of a space for use as a
synagogue. By 1854, a synagogue existed somewhere to the south of
Dedemsvaart proper. In 1856, the Dedemsvaart community built a
synagogue of its own on the Markt in the center of the town. The
synagogue remained in use until the German occupation of the
Netherlands during the Second World War. Jewish communal
institutions in Dedemsvaart included a religious school and a
women's society for the provision and maintenance of synagogue
accoutrements. The oldest Jewish cemetery in Dedemsvaart dates from
1844. From 1883 on, the community buried its dead in a separate
Jewish section at the municipal cemetery.
During the Second World War almost the entire Jewish population of
Dedemsvaart was deported and murdered. Only a few members of the
community managed to survive the war in hiding. A number of Jewish
patients passed the war in the nearby psychiatric institute
Rijksasiel Veldzicht.
The Jewish community of Dedemsvaart was dissolved in 1947 and
administratively merged into that of the city of Zwolle. The
Dedemsvaart synagogue was used as a workplace during the war. The
building passed into private ownership in 1987 and, despite
attempts to save it, was razed in 1988. A Star of David inscribed
in the pavement marks the site of the vanished synagogue.
The Jewish section of the municipal cemetery was declared a
national monument in 2003. It is now maintained by the local
authorities. An inscribed stone commemorates the lost Jewish
community of Dedemsvaart.
Jewish population of Dedemvaart and surroundings:
| 1809 | - |
| 1840 | 35 |
| 1869 | 73 |
| 1899 | 75 |
| 1930 | 47 |
Collectie en mediatheek
Dossier
Dossiers (158) van de Commissie voor Oorlogsschade mbt 155 joodse
gemeentes (Amsterdam en mediene), 1945-1950.
Collectie > Documenten > 00005954
Fotoalbum
1930 (ca.)
Fotoalbum van de familie C. Sanders uit Coevorden, circa 1930.
Collectie > Fotos > 40001331
Overzichtsfoto
1985
Voormalige synagoge te Dedemsvaart, 1985.
Collectie > Fotos > 40002843
[geen titel]
1913
titel, [geen titel]. bron, Nieuw Isr. Weekblad, vol. 49(1913), nr. 4, p. 5. materiaal,
bericht. trefwoorden, Dedemsvaart voorzanger Denneboom ...
Collectie > Joodse pers > 20000627
