Rhenen
Jews settled in Rhenen during the second half of the 17th
century. Between 1663 and 1782, Jews operated the local lending
bank. The Jewish population of Rhenen grew over the course of the
18th century; however, it is no longer known whether there was an
organized Jewish community or synagogue in the town at the
time.
In
1821, the Jewish community at Rhenen was designated as a
Bijkerk or local community within the district of the
Ringsynagoge or regional Jewish community at Veenendaal.
Beginning in 1847, the Jews of Rhenen gathered for prayer in a
private home on the Grutterstraat. Shortly after 1847, a synagogue
was consecrated in the very same street. According to an
inscription on its façade, the building was restored in 1867. For
most of the nineteenth century, the Jews of Rhenen did not have the
cemetery of their own but buried their dead in the Jewish cemetery
at Wageningen. In 1891, the Rhenen
community established a cemetery on the Domineesberg near the
present-day Korenbloemstraat. Jews living in nearby Lienden also
buried their dead at the cemetery.
Due to its declining membership, the independent Jewish community
at Rhenen was dissolved in 1916 and merged into the Jewish
community at Wageningen. Under the German occupation of the
Netherlands during the Second World War, most of the Jews still
residing in Rhenen were deported and murdered.
Jewish population of Rhenen and surroundings:
| 1809 | 48 |
| 1840 | 45 |
| 1869 | 23 |
| 1899 | 29 |
| 1930 | 14 |
Collectie en mediatheek
Fotoalbum
Twee losbladige fotoalbums met 148 kleurenfoto's van joodse
begraafplaatsen in Nederland, jaren '80.
Collectie > Fotos > 40006664
Overzichtsfoto
1976
Foto van de eerste steen boven de ingang vd huissynagoge, dd 1867 te Rhenen, 1976.
Collectie > Fotos > 40003451
De joodse gemeente van Rhenen, een herinnering
1976
De joodse gemeente van Rhenen, een herinnering.
Collectie > Literatuur > 11000410
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[Binnenland] : Vereeniging tot bevordering der belangen van het Jodendom.
Verslag van de jaarvergadering van de "Vereniging tot
Bevordering der Belangen van het Jodendom".
Collectie > Joodse pers > 20062475
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Mijn Grebbeberg : oorlogsherinneringen van Cor Crum
2008
Cor Crum (72) woonde als kind met zijn ouders Lambertha en Klaas Crum aan de voet
van de Grebbeberg in Rhenen in de Cuneralaan. Zijn ouders hadden van 1942 tot ...
Collectie > Audiovisueel > 40001971
