Weesp in Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands — Northwestern Europe

Weesp Jewish Deportation Memorial

Photographed By Andrew Ruppenstein, July 23, 2022

1. Weesp Jewish Deportation Memorial Marker

Inscription. Click to hear the inscription.

Dit was de plaats waar zij de eeuwige en elkaar ontmoetten.

tot ze so maar weg waren
29 april 1942

voormalige synagoge 1840-1942

(English translation:)

This was the place where they met the eternal and each other.

Until they were gone…April 29, 1942

Former synagogue 1840-1942

Erected 1984.

Topics and series. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Churches & Religion • War, World II. In addition, it is included in the The Holocaust series list. A significant historical date for this entry is April 29, 1942.

Location. 52° 18.485′ N, 5° 2.497′ E. Marker is in Weesp, Noord-Holland (North Holland), in Amsterdam. Memorial is at the intersection of Hanensteeg and Nieuwstraat, on the left when traveling west on Hanensteeg. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: Nieuwstraat 3, Weesp, Noord-Holland 1381 CJ, Netherlands. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 6 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Stadhuis / City Hall (about 150 meters away, measured in a direct line); Fort aan de Ossenmarkt (approx. 0.3

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kilometers away); Bastion de Nieuwe Achtkant (approx. half a kilometer away); Soldaat en Geschut / Soldiers and Artillery (approx. half a kilometer away); Annie Romein (approx. 5.1 kilometers away); Harriët Freezer (approx. 5.2 kilometers away); Nana Yaa Adu-Ampoma (approx. 5.2 kilometers away); Efua Sutherland (approx. 5.2 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Weesp.

Also see . . . The Synagogue in Weesp and Masorti Almere-Weesp (Masorti Almere-Weesp). A history of the synagogue. It is worth noting that the history of the synagogue did not end with the deportation - since 2003 the building has again been put into use as a synagogue.

On the deportation and its aftermath: On 29 April 1942, all the Jews in Weesp were ordered to relocate to Amsterdam to await transport to Westerbork, the Dutch transit camp to the extermination camps. Mr. Bouhuijs, headmaster of a local primary school, was the only person in town to raise his voice against the deportation and as a result he lost his job...After the war ended in 1945, only six people from the
Photographed By Andrew Ruppenstein, July 23, 2022

2. Weesp Jewish Deportation Memorial - wide view, looking west on Hanensteeg
Weesp Jewish community survived. They returned to Weesp briefly but settled elsewhere. The Jewish congregation was nonexistent and the synagogue stood idle.

(Submitted on January 27, 2023.)

Weesp Jewish Deportation Memorial - wider view image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Andrew Ruppenstein, July 23, 2022

3. Weesp Jewish Deportation Memorial - wider view

Credits. This page was last revised on December 31, 2023. It was originally submitted on January 27, 2023, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 76 times since then and 12 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on January 27, 2023, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.