Raalte
The Jewish community at Raalte arose early in the 18th century
but did not achieve independent status until 1838. Prior to then,
the Jews of this small rural settlement belonged to the Jewish
community at nearby Deventer.
A
Jewish cemetery was opened on the Oude Molenweg in Raalte in 1830.
A synagogue was founded in 1838 but its location is no longer
known. A second synagogue, located on the Stationstraat, was
inaugurated in 1889.
At the outset of the twentieth century, the governing council of
the Raalte community consisted of two members. During the 1930s,
five Jewish refugees fleeing German settled in Raalte.
Between September 1942 in January 1944, under the German occupation
of the Netherlands during the Second World War, most of the Jews in
Raalte were deported to Nazi death camps in Poland and murdered.
Only a few managed to survive the war in hiding. The synagogue was
plundered in 1943 and afterward was used as a storage place. The
whereabouts of the Torah scrolls and other appurtenances of the
synagogue remain unknown. The archives of the Raalte community were
stolen by the Nazi SS.
In 1947, the Jewish community at Raalte was formally dissolved and
placed within the jurisdiction of the Jewish community at Deventer.
The synagogue was sold soon after the war. The building now serves
as a church of the Vrije Katholieken (Liberal Catholic
Chrurch). A plaque mounted on the wall of former synagogue in 1985
commemorates the deported and murdered Jews of the town. The local
Jewish cemetery is maintained by the municipal authorities; forty
of its gravestones were restored in the summer of 2000 by the Beth
Chaim Foundation of nearby Meppel.
Jewish population of Raalte:
| 1748 | 11 |
| 1809 | 3 |
| 1840 | 30 |
| 1869 | 52 |
| 1899 | 65 |
| 1930 | 46 |
Collectie en mediatheek
Herinneringsblad
1906
Typografie in kader van gestileerde bloemvormen waaronder vier kolommen
van negen rijen met in elk vakje een handtekening.
Collectie > Museumstukken > 08739
meer treffers in Collectie > Museumstukken
Pamflet
1919
Pamflet met uitnodiging deel te nemen aan een grote protestvergadering
tegen de pogroms in Polen en Galicie, 1919.
Collectie > Documenten > 00009865
meer treffers in Collectie > Documenten
1855-1885
1885-02-18
Drieluik met familiefoto's van de familie Simons gemaakt ter gelegenheid van het
30-jarig huwelijk van Mozes Simons en Kaatje de Sterke, 1885.
Collectie > Fotos > 40000626
meer treffers in Collectie > Fotos
[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
meer treffers in Collectie > Joodse pers
Een vooraanstaande joodse familie
1985
Een vooraanstaande joodse familie.
Collectie > Literatuur > 11000221
