Vlaardingen
A
number of Jews had settled in Vlaardingen prior to the outset of
the 19th century. The Jewish population of the town grew as the
century progressed. Beginning in 1862, a synagogue was established
in a room on the Havenstraat. In the very same year, the heads of
eleven Jewish households in the town petitioned the King of the
Netherlands to grant permission for and the establishment of the
Jewish community in the town. The king granted permission thus
enabling the community to provide Jewish education to its children
and to establish a Jewish cemetery in ground of on the
Schiedamseweg. Not long after, many of the town's Jews moved to
other locales and, by the 1880s, the local Jewish population set
into decline.
During the 1890s, arrival of a new way of a Jewish residents and
Vlaardingen led to the inauguration of a new synagogue, located in
the Zomerstraat, in 1896. The synagogue remained in use until 1906.
In the period around the turn of the 20th century the community
employed a religious teacher of its own. While the community did
not have formal board or counsel, leadership was provided by
members of its burial society. A youth organization was established
in Vlaardingen in 1899.
As the 20th century progressed, the Jewish population of
Vlaardingen declined once again. Drop in community membership led
to the suspension of synagogue services. The Jewish community at
Vlaardingen was disbanded in 1920 and merged into the Jewish
community of Rotterdam. Since
1938, the town's Jewish cemetery has comprised part of a public
park.
During the World War II German occupation of the Netherlands most
of the few Jews still living in Vlaardingen were deported and
murdered. A few local Jews managed to survive the war by finding
hiding places in the town; they were joined by approximately 50
Jews from elsewhere in the Netherlands.
Today, the remains of the town's former Jewish cemetery are the
only reminder of the vanished Jewish community at
Vlaardingen.
Jewish population of Vlaardingen:
| 1809 | 10 |
| 1840 | 10 |
| 1869 | 48 |
| 1899 | 63 |
| 1930 | 13 |
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Straatje in Vlaardingen
1910-1940
Gezicht in een straatje met twee menselijke figuren.
Collectie > Museumstukken > 02848
Oude Jonkerstraat
1910-1940
Gezicht in een straatje met afgebroken pand in Vlaardingen.
Collectie > Museumstukken > 02849
Waardebepaling
1942-1943
Doorslagen van 'Wertschaetzungen' (241), gedaan door diverse onroerendgoed-taxateurs,
in opdracht van de Niederländische Grundstücksverwaltung, van onroerend goed ...
Collectie > Documenten > 00012779
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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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Een Israelitische gemeente in Vlaardingen
1980
Een Israelitische gemeente in Vlaardingen.
Collectie > Literatuur > 11000036
