Machsike Hadass Jewish Cemetery of Antwerp
Also known as Joodse begraafplaats Machsike Hadass
Putte, Woensdrecht Municipality, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
About
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- This cemetery is marked as private and may not be accessible.
- www.machsike-hadass.be/chevra-kadischa
- [email protected]
- 03.233.55.67
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Office Address
Jacob Jacobsstraat 22, 2018 Antwerp, Belgium - Cemetery ID:
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Burial search also available on the cemetery's official site.
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From the official website:
Bais Hachaim Machsike Hadass in Putte
When the Kehile was founded in 1892, a special ‘Chelka' was purchased in the Antwerp municipal cemetery in Kiel (today the Kielpark in Hoboken).
Not that much space was needed as most members were young and some anyway chose to be buried in Amsterdam.
However, there was a plan to institute a new law as Belgium is a very closely inhabited country (maybe the most closely inhabited in the world), allowing only a certain maximum of years for a cemetery to stay (between 30 and 100 years), and then be ploughed over and used for new burials…
Connections were used and R' Yakov Eisenman z"l, one of the founding members of the Kehila, even met with the minister of justice at the time, but to no avail.
In the year 1907 the Kehila acquired ground next to the Frechie-cemetery in Putte.
Credit goes to Dr. Wolf, who was then president of the Kehila, and arranged the purchase of the ground.
The first Kever was bought in that year, 1907, by R' Shloime Zalmen ben R' Binyomin Turkis z"l who was actually buried in 1911, 112 years ago.
Ten years later the Beis Hachaim in Kiel was closed and after the war the Kevorim of Machsike Hadass were transferred to Putte.
During the war the Nazi's y"s didn't allow any burials in Putte, so Niftorim, often victims of the Nazi's y"s themselves, were buried in the Jewish section of the Schoonselhof in town. After the war these Niftorim were mostly transferred to Putte as well.
More ground was bought to expand the Bais Hachaim.
Lately a list of all the Kevorim has been attached next to the entrance, to enable visitors to find their loved ones.
From the official website:
Bais Hachaim Machsike Hadass in Putte
When the Kehile was founded in 1892, a special ‘Chelka' was purchased in the Antwerp municipal cemetery in Kiel (today the Kielpark in Hoboken).
Not that much space was needed as most members were young and some anyway chose to be buried in Amsterdam.
However, there was a plan to institute a new law as Belgium is a very closely inhabited country (maybe the most closely inhabited in the world), allowing only a certain maximum of years for a cemetery to stay (between 30 and 100 years), and then be ploughed over and used for new burials…
Connections were used and R' Yakov Eisenman z"l, one of the founding members of the Kehila, even met with the minister of justice at the time, but to no avail.
In the year 1907 the Kehila acquired ground next to the Frechie-cemetery in Putte.
Credit goes to Dr. Wolf, who was then president of the Kehila, and arranged the purchase of the ground.
The first Kever was bought in that year, 1907, by R' Shloime Zalmen ben R' Binyomin Turkis z"l who was actually buried in 1911, 112 years ago.
Ten years later the Beis Hachaim in Kiel was closed and after the war the Kevorim of Machsike Hadass were transferred to Putte.
During the war the Nazi's y"s didn't allow any burials in Putte, so Niftorim, often victims of the Nazi's y"s themselves, were buried in the Jewish section of the Schoonselhof in town. After the war these Niftorim were mostly transferred to Putte as well.
More ground was bought to expand the Bais Hachaim.
Lately a list of all the Kevorim has been attached next to the entrance, to enable visitors to find their loved ones.
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- Added: 17 Feb 2007
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2207301
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