Goor
The earliest surviving reports of Jews at Goor date to the first
half of the fourteenth century. No other mention of Jews occurs
until the seventeenth century when a number of Jews received
permission to reside to Goor. By the eighteenth century, several
Jewish families were living in Goor and in the nearby village of
Markelo. By 1720, the Jews of Goor had established a cemetery of
their own, located on the Borghoek, a place close to the Enterseweg
and just behind houses fronting on the Molenstraat. The presence of
Jews at Goor led to repeated conflicts between the local and
provincial authorities, the latter seeking to limit settlement of
Jews in the region of Twente.
The Jewish population of Goor reached its apogee early in the
nineteenth century. The community was poor. Although it did not
maintain a Jewish school, the Goor community did manage to employ a
teacher to provide religious instruction to its children. In 1821,
the Jewish community at Goor was fused with those at Diepenheim and
Markelo to form a Ringsynagoge or regional community. The
Jewish cemetery in Markelo - the 'Jodenkerkhof
Stokkumeresch' - fell into disuse by the middle of the
nineteenth century.
A synagogue was opened on the Malmberg (the present-day
Schoolstraat) in Goor sometime prior to 1870. The synagogue was
replaced with a new building in 1902. The Jewish community at Goor
maintained a burial society, a society providing shelter to
immigrants, and a fellowship for strengthening Jewish identity.
Jewish contributions to local economic life included the town's
first school for weaving, established by the Lavino brothers, and
the NV Twentsche Stoombleekerij (Steam Bleaching Works), a
factory owned by Godfried Salomonson.
A number of Jewish refugees settled in Goor during the 1930's. In
July, 1941, in the second year of the German occupation of the
Netherlands during World War II, members of the Dutch
collaborationist NSB party murdered a woman during an attack on
Jewish residents at Goor. During the course of the war, the
majority of the Jews of Goor were deported and murdered; the rest
managed to survive the war in hiding. The synagogue was damaged
during a bombardment in 1945 and was demolished soon after the war
ended. The Jewish community at Goor was officially dissolved in
1948 and administratively assigned to that at Enschede. The Jewish cemetery at
Goor was declared a national monument in 1970. It contains a
memorial stone for in memory of local Jews murdered during the
Second World War. The Jewish cemeteries at Goor and Markelo are
currently maintained by the local authorities.
Jewish population in Goor and surroundings:
| 1748 | 13 |
| 1809 | 238 |
| 1840 | 117 |
| 1869 | 93 |
| 1899 | 144 |
| 1930 | 47 |
Collectie en mediatheek
Fotoalbum
Twee losbladige fotoalbums met 148 kleurenfoto's van joodse
begraafplaatsen in Nederland, jaren '80.
Collectie > Fotos > 40006664
Overzichtsfoto
1930 (ca.)
Foto; exterieur van de synagoge in Goor, circa 1930.
Collectie > Fotos > 40006300
Dossier
Dossiers (158) van de Commissie voor Oorlogsschade mbt 155 joodse
gemeentes (Amsterdam en mediene), 1945-1950.
Collectie > Documenten > 00005954
meer treffers in Collectie > Documenten
Verslag van de handelingen der Permanente Commissie tot de Alg. Zaken van het N.I...
1909
Vierde en laatste deel van het jaarverslag van de Permanente Commissie.
Collectie > Joodse pers > 20065915
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Ilana Goor : Hybrids
2006
Ilana Goor : Hybrids.
Collectie > Literatuur > 12016180
The Jewish Officials of Willemsoord and Veenhuizen, 1818-1890
2001
The Jewish Officials of Willemsoord and Veenhuizen, 1818-1890.
Collectie > Literatuur > 12008898
