Heusden

A surviving document from 1443 reports the theft of property from a Jew residing in Heusden. There are no further reports of the presence of Jews in Heusden until the eighteenth century.

Uitnodiging voor een bal ter gelegenheid van de inwijsing van de synagoge in Heusden

Invitation for the ball celebrating the consecration of the synagogue in Heusden

By 1838, the Jews of Heusden comprised an independent community. At first, they held religious services in a private home. A synagogue was not consecrated until 1870. During the second half of the nineteenth century, the community maintained a Jewish school attended at any one time by roughly a dozen students.

The community buried its dead at a cemetery located in the settlement of Heesbeen, off the Grotestraat along the path below the dike alongside the Bergse Maas river. The Heusden community maintained its independence until 1927 when it was officially dissolved and administratively merged into the community of 's-Hertogenbosch.

The cemetery is currently cared for by the municipal authorities of Heusden.

The Jewish population of Heusden and surroundings:

The size of the Jewish community over time

1809

34

1840

39

1869

64

1899

27

1930

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