According to legend, a Jewish lender lived in Diepenheim
sometime during the middle of the fourteenth century. It is
possible that he was murdered during the anti-Jewish persecutions
that followed an outbreak of plague in 1348. There is mention of
Jews having lived in Diepenheim during the seventeenth century, but
it is certain that a number of Jewish families indeed resided there
by the eighteenth century.
By the outset of the nineteenth century, Diepenheim had its own
organized Jewish community, most of the members of which lived in
poverty. As the century progressed the economic situation of the
Jews of Diepenheim improved. With the implementation of a central
consistory for the Jews of the Netherlands in 1821, the Diepenheim
community lost its independence and was placed under the aegis of
the community of the nearby town of Goor. By 1855, religious services were held in a
synagogue in Goor. The cemetery on the Hazendammerweg in Diepenheim
dates to 1857. The Diepenheim community regained its independence
in 1859 but surrendered it for good in 1877 when the community was
again merged into that of Goor.
The Jewish cemetery at Diepenheim has been declared a national
monument and is now maintained by the municipality.
Jewish population of Diepenheim:
| 1809 | 26 |
| 1840 | 25 |
| 1869 | 35 |
| 1899 | 11 |
| 1930 | 8 |
Dossier
Dossiers (158) van de Commissie voor Oorlogsschade mbt 155 joodse
gemeentes (Amsterdam en mediene), 1945-1950.
Collectie > Documenten > 00005954
Foto
1830-09-15
Foto van een certificaat ter nagedachtenis aan het huwelijk
van S. de Haas en LA Muller, 1830.
Collectie > Documenten > 00009274
Burgerlijke Stand [ .. ]
1897
Opgave van huwelijken, bevallingen en sterfgevallen in de Port. Isr. en Ned. Isr.
gemeente te Amsterdam van donderdag 6 mei tot donderdag 13 mei 1897.
Collectie > Joodse pers > 20043218