Zierikzee
Beginning late in the 18th century a small group
of Jews regularly gathered for prayer in a private home on the Oude
Haven in Zierikzee. A Jewish cemetery, located on the Grachtweg,
was established in Zierikzee in 1799.
An organized Jewish community arose in Zierikzee early in the 19th
century. In 1825, the community consecrated a synagogue, located on
the Meelstraat. The synagogue was refurbished in 1888 and continued
to be used as a house of prayer until 1920. Today, the building
serves as a private home; the only evidence of its original
function is its wind vane on its roof shaped in the form of a lion
holding a Star of David.
The Jewish community at Zierikzee was governed by a community
board. Voluntary organizations included a burial society. Most
local Jews were involved in trade or manufacturing. During the 19th
century the Jewish Salomonson family of Almelo established a
local cotton weaving factory in Zierikzee.
The Zierikzee community provided Jewish education to
the children of its members; however, declining enrollment led to
the closing of the school in 1860. By 1913, community membership
fallen to the point that religious services were held only on
holidays. The Jewish community at Zierikzee was administratively
merged into that at Middelburg in 1922.
During the World War II German occupation of the Netherlands,
practically all of the remaining Jews of Zierikzee were taken to
Amsterdam and from there deported to Nazi concentration camps in
Poland where they were murdered.
Today, there are some Jewish families living in Zierikzee. The
Jewish cemetery is maintained by the municipality. A column
dedicated to the memory of the deported and murdered Jews of
Zierikzee stands at the corner of the Grachtweg and Caustraat, not
far from the cemetery.
Jewish population in Zierikzee:
| 1809 | 31 |
| 1840 | 58 |
| 1869 | 51 |
| 1899 | 28 |
| 1930 | 25 |
Collectie en mediatheek
Parochet
1875
Rood fluwelen voorhang met hebreeuwse opschriften, Torakroon en in het midden een
door goudband afgezet motief van een vaandel met aan weerszijden afhangende kwasten ...
Collectie > Museumstukken > 02253
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
Portretfoto
1940-1944
Portretfoto's (3) van Clara Labzowski, ca. 1940-1944.
Collectie > Fotos > 40013009
meer treffers in Collectie > Fotos
De archieven van de Nederlandsche Israelietische Gemeenten te Goes en te Zierikzee
s.a.
De archieven van de Nederlandsche Israelietische Gemeenten te Goes en te Zierikzee.
Collectie > Literatuur > 11000011
Hier is verborgen ...
1983
Hier is verborgen ...
Collectie > Literatuur > 11000089
Verslag van de Handelingen der Permanente Commissie van Juni 1902 tot Juni 1903.
Jaarverslag van de Permanente Commissie, met oa vermelding van
de in dat jaar toegelaten godsdienstonderwijzers.
Collectie > Joodse pers > 20053576
