Denekamp
The history of Jewish settlement in Denekamp dates to the early
eighteenth century. Sources mention a Jewish resident in
1720.
The Jews of Denekamp formed a single community
together with the Jews of Ootmarsum. With the introduction of a
central Dutch Jewish consistory 1821, the combined
Denekamp-Ootmarsum community was designated a Bijsynagoge
or local provincial community. The community's official synagogue
was located in Ootmarsum but religious services were also held in a
private home in Denekamp.
At first, the combined community buried its dead in a cemetery on
the Almelose Straatweg in Ootmarsum. Beginning in the
early-nineteenth century, the community used a cemetery in the
village of Denekamp at Grave Es (today De Knik). From 1890 until
1939, the dead were buried at a cemetery on the
Lattroperstraat.
Although the Jewish community of Denekamp grew throughout the
nineteenth century, it maintained neither ritual bath nor religious
school.
In 1906, the Denekamp community was administratively subsumed into
that of Oldenzaal. After the dissolution
of the Oldenzaal community in 1913, the Denekamp community finally
was recognized as independent. A synagogue was built the same
year.
During World War II almost all the Jews of Denekamp were murdered
in Nazi death camps. The Denekamp community's synagogue was razed
after the war. The Hebrew inscription from its façade was later
mounted on the façade of the nearby Catholic Mariakapel. In 1988, a
monument in memory of the Jewish community of Denekamp was unveiled
on the Vledderstraat at the site of the razed synagogue. The
remaining Jewish cemeteries are now maintained by the local
authorities.
Jewish population of Denekamp:
| 1748 | 21 |
| 1809 | 52 |
| 1869 | 63 |
| 1899 | 72 |
| 1930 | 54 |
Collectie en mediatheek
[Naamlijst Centraal Israelietisch Weeshuis Utrecht, stichters]
1913 (ca.)
Naamlijst in gouden letters op zwart bord; ingelijst in houten lijst met gedecoreerde
rand met bloemdecoraties in de hoeken en in het midden.
Collectie > Museumstukken > 06742-08
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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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Portretfoto
1935 (ca.)
Dubbelportret met Paul Denekamp en Elkan de Jong, circa 1935.
Collectie > Fotos > 40000780
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Advertentiën : [Familieberichten]
1895
Namen voorkomende in de familieberichten in dit nummer.
Collectie > Joodse pers > 20039584
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Gedenkboekje over de Joodse gemeenschap
2008
Gedenkboekje over de Joodse gemeenschap.
Collectie > Literatuur > 12014477
