Collection of the Jewish community of Pekela, the Netherlands, 1940-1942

Collection of the Jewish community of Pekela, the Netherlands, 1940-1942
 
 Protocols of meetings of the members of the Nederlands-Israëlitische Gemeente (Netherlands Jewish community) in Pekela in the Groningen province of the Netherlands, 1940-1942; the protocols, from the archive of the Jewish community in Pekela, include in most part reports regarding the financial administration of the community, and only in individual cases is there mention of anti-Jewish measures by the Nazi rulers; registration of the protocols ceased in late 1942, following the large Razzia (round-up) on the night of 11-12/12/1942, in which many of the members of the community were captured and deported; in notes written by the secretary of the community on 31/12/1942, he writes that the Jewish community of Pekela has ceased in effect to exist, being that most of the members of the community were deported.