Life -filled Dutch Lord after 80 years of WWII

On 8 May, Europe appreciated the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe, the biggest war in the history of the continent. Millions of people died, including 6 million Jewish people, who were murdered by the Nazis and their colleagues in Holocost.Dutch Jews were among the most difficult hits. Three quarters of the Jewish population of the Netherlands ended at Aushwitz, Sobibor and other Nazi death camps.Eighty years later, some of the community’s shattered synagogues have been restored.

Amsterdam’s first Jewish Community:

Spain and Portugal’s separdic Jews were the first Jews to establish themselves in Amsterdam in the early 17th century, settling on the eastern bank of the fast expanded city.There were many traders. Amsterdam’s magnificent Portuguese synagogue is a permanent monument for his prosperity.Shortly thereafter, the poor Ashkenazi Jews of Eastern Europe began to settle near Ulenberg and Rapenberg in the island districts of Amsterdam. They mostly take out a living selling fish, clothes and domestic trinkets.Housing and health conditions were sudden, but trust and community relations were fierce.The synagogue line the roads. Of these, only the Uilenburger synagogue remains. In 1766, the Jewish district is built on a lane at the center of the district which is no longer present, it is now standing, hidden from the visually, behind a brick wall.

Uilenburger synagogue:

“This is a beautiful old synagogue, and we try to keep the spirit of the past alive as possible and also turn it into a place where people want to come in the 21st century,” The Syangog Foundation President Maurits Jan Wink told DW.According to historical documents, from the late 1940s of the 18th century to the 1940s, the local Jews gathered in large numbers in the Ulenberger synagogue – up to 600, according to historical documents. Services were held on the top floor; Men prayed in the main section, women on a balcony above.On the floor below, chickens were killed, poor people were fed and weddings celebrated.“It would have been packed,” Wink says. “But the entire area was packed. If you lived here, you lived with 10 people at 35 square meters. [377 square feet]And the bathroom was out. ,

A community destroyed:

When the exile of the Dutch Jews began in February 1942, some were more vulnerable than the Jews of Ulenburg and Rapenberg.“You needed money to hide,” Wink is called. “They did not have this. On average, 75 percent of the Jewish population in the Netherlands was killed; here it is 95 percent. Therefore, almost no one returned from this community.”Those who have made a comeback have helped restore the Uilenburger synagogue, converting it into a popular site for cadre food, local entrepreneurs, movie shoots, music recurrences and Jewish weddings.“People are always very curious, like what is behind this wall?” Wahida Afriat says, which helps to organize events in the synagogue. “What I often hear is that this place is like a hidden gem.”In April, music by two Dutch musicians who never returned from death camps, was performed here by Pianoist Imri Talgam.Rabbi’s son and a talented musician, pianoist and cellist, Menchem Asher was murdered in Aushwitz in July 1942. Leo Smit, compared to Strawinsky by critics, was murdered in Sobibor in April 1943.

Aradhanar on a dike:

A city in the south of the country, in the sladract, another small synonym is hidden in a plain vision. On a sunshine day in March, in the weekend of the Jewish Holiday Pramam, it opened its doors to visitors.A person named Henk told DW, “We were just walking and we looked at someone from the door, and my girlfriend said,” Okay let’s take a look, “. “I’m living here in a sladract, I think, 56 years, and this is the first time I am [have] Entered the building, “he said.From the outside, it is difficult to remember the Sladract’s synagogue. According to its owners, it is the same in the world that is built on a dike – a good place when the nearby Merved River floods.The first Jewish families of the sladract arrived around 1770. Subsequently, services were organized in homes. In 1845, in partnership with a nearby village of Gisendum, a small synagogue was built on the dike, which formed the border between the city and the village.

Energy of religious services

But the community was small. By 1920, the 10 men (a minai) required to keep services were unable to finish regular services, and the synagogue fell into chaos. Nevertheless, Jewish incidents continued until 1942, when exile began.The Jews of the sladract were badly victimized by the local Nazis and collaborating with the Dutch police.[1945तकआराधनालयकाइंटीरियरखंडहरमेंथा।इसकेबादकेवर्षोंमेंइसकाउपयोगएकबोरीनिर्माताएकग्रीनग्रोपरऔरएकबढ़ईद्वाराकियागयाथा।

जीवन का एक नया पट्टा:

1989 में, एक डाइक सुदृढीकरण कार्यक्रम के दौरान, नगरपालिका अधिकारियों ने फैसला किया कि अपमानजनक आराधनालय को जाना था। स्थानीय नागरिकों को सहमत किया गया और इमारत को खरीदने और बहाल करने के लिए एक नींव स्थापित की गई।लकड़ी की संरचना को 11 खंडों में नष्ट कर दिया गया और एक स्थानीय गोदाम में संग्रहीत किया गया। 2003 में, यह पुनर्मिलन किया गया था, जो कि डाइक पर अपनी मूल स्थिति से 80 मीटर पश्चिम में था।इस क्षेत्र में एक और आराधनालय से सामग्रियों का उपयोग करके भी इसे सुंदर रूप से नवीनीकृत किया गया था, जिनके यहूदी समुदाय को मिटा दिया गया था।

संगीत की घटनाएं और निर्देशित पर्यटन:

धार्मिक सेवाओं को फिर से स्थापित करना, हालांकि, एक और मामला था।“जब हमने शुरुआत की, तो हमारे पास महीने में एक बार एक सेवा होती थी,” स्लेड्रेच डाइक सिनेगॉग फाउंडेशन के अध्यक्ष रोनाल्ड किट्सज़ कहते हैं। “लेकिन कुछ परिवार एम्स्टर्डम गए, कुछ परिवार इज़राइल गए, और फिर अब पर्याप्त यहूदी लोग नहीं थे।”उनकी अनुपस्थिति में, फाउंडेशन के सदस्यों (उनमें से कोई भी यहूदी) ने स्लाइड्रेक्ट के पुराने यहूदी समुदाय से पवित्र वस्तुओं का संग्रह सहित, सभा के छोटे संग्रहालय के खुले घरों, संगीत कार्यक्रमों और निर्देशित पर्यटन की मेजबानी शुरू की।रोनाल्ड किट्सज़ कहते हैं, “यह सिर्फ एक मेनोराह नहीं है, या सिर्फ एक प्रार्थना पुस्तक, सिद्दुर, या सिर्फ एक लंबा है।” “ये वस्तुएं यहूदी लोगों से आईं, जिनके पूर्वज स्लेड्रेक्ट में रहते थे। और यह सुंदर बनाता है क्योंकि हर वस्तु की अपनी व्यक्तिगत कहानी होती है, और हमें उस पर गर्व है।”