Beth Haim cemetery

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Address
Kerkstraat 10, 1191 JB
City
Ouderkerk aan de Amstel
Country
Netherlands
Latitude
52.29564020
Longitude
4.90290600

Beth Haim was the Portu­guese-Israelite cemetery in Ouderkerk aan de Amstel. The grounds of Beth Haim cemetery were purchased in 1614 (Hagoort, 2005). This still extant cemetery is about a two-hour walk from Amsterdam. Documentary evidence for the presence of members of the Espinosa family in Amsterdam is contained in the burial registers of Beth Haim preserved in the Amsterdam archives. Many people who were in close contact with Spinoza and/or his family were buried there, for example his father, Michael d'Espinosa, and his mother, Hanna Deborah d'Espinosa.

Tombstone Michael

Tombstone on the grave of Spinoza's father Michael at the cemetery of the Portuguese Jewish community, Beth Haim.

Grave Hanna

The grave of Spinoza's mother Hanna Deborah d’Espinosa at the cemetery of the Portuguese Jewish community, Beth Haim.

Trekschuit bij Portugees Joodse begraafplaats Beth Haim te Ouderkerk, Romeyn de Hooghe, 1670 - 1690

Trekschuit bij Portugees Joodse begraafplaats Beth Haim te Ouderkerk, Romeyn de Hooghe, 1670 - 1690. Rijksmuseum, inv. no. RP-P-AO-1920-493

Rouwende mensen op de Portugees-Joodse begraafplaats Beth Haim te Ouderkerk, Romeyn de Hooghe, 1670 - 1690. Rijksmuseum, inv. no. RP-P-AO-1920-438.

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