Hasselt
In 1563, two Jewish doctors and their families were granted
permission to reside in Hasselt, despite a royal decree of 1546
barring Jews from the Spanish Netherlands. Their sojourn was brief,
they left Hasselt in 1570. There is evidence that a Jew was
involved in a trial in Hasselt in the mid-seventeenth century. In
1720, the city fathers of Hasselt, in the hope of stimulating
trade, offered Portuguese Jews the right of residence but none
reacted. Soon after, however, a number of Ashkenazic Jews settled
in Hasselt. From 1670 - 1700, a Jew was leaseholder of the local
lending bank.
In 1774, the town council provided the Jews of Hasselt with a plot
of land outside the Veenepoort on which to bury their dead. In
1825, following the destruction of the cemetery by a flood, a new
cemetery was established behind the Van Stolkpark on the Bolwerk.
In 1802, a synagogue was consecrated in the Ridderstraat.
The
Jewish community of Hasselt was poor. In 1813, most breadwinners
worked as slaughterers or traders. Between 1820 en 1835, the
economic situation of the Hasselt community was so bad that it lost
its independence. A brief improvement of the situation during the
late 1830's enabled the community to renovate its synagogue. In
1853, the community lost its independence once again but regained
it anew twenty years later. The Hasselt community remained small
until its demise in the Second World War. The community maintained
two voluntary organizations: a burial society and a women's society
for the upkeep of the synagogue.
Most of the Jews of Hasselt were deported and murdered during the
war. A small number managed to survive in hiding. The synagogue was
destroyed together with its contents, including ceremonial objects
and Torah scrolls. The Hasselt community was officially dissolved
and administratively merged with that of Zwolle in 1947. The cemetery is
now maintained by the local authorities. A Hebrew inscription on a
local war monument memorializes the murdered Jews of Hasselt.
Jewish population of Hasselt:
| 1795 | 47 |
| 1809 | 42 |
| 1840 | 40 |
| 1869 | 36 |
| 1899 | 35 |
| 1930 | 7 |
Collectie en mediatheek
DE GROOTE DOORBRAAK IN DEN MUUR OF STEENEN BEER, BIJ HET JODEN KERKHOF BUITEN HASSELT,...
1725 (ca.)
Dijkdoorbraak met woeste watermassa waarin drenkelingen en voorbij drijvend huisraad
te zien is. Langs de kant op de voorgrond staan volwassenen en kinderen hulpeloos ...
Collectie > Museumstukken > 07419
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
1942
Simon van Hasselt en dochter, met jodensterren, op de Vismarkt in Groningen, 1942.
Collectie > Fotos > 40000202
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[Binnenlandse berichten (2)]: 's Gravenhage
1902
Verslag van drie vergaderingen : de heer JH Kann werd herkozen tot lid van de Centrale
Commissie./ Vergadering van het synagogaal ressort 's Gravenhage./ Laatste ...
Collectie > Joodse pers > 20050938
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De joodse gemeenten in de kop van Overijssel
1981
De joodse gemeenten in de kop van Overijssel.
Collectie > Literatuur > 11500270
