Centraal Israëlitisch Weeshuis

The Jewish orphanage stands as a two-story brick building with a synagogue on the first floor and multiple residential spaces throughout the structure.

The facility opened in 1871 as a national orphanage for Jewish children aged six and above, providing care and education until their twenty-first birthday.

During World War II, the orphanage housed fifty regular residents and thirty German refugee children who fled after the Kristallnacht in 1938.

The front section of the building now houses the Salvation Army, while the rear portion, including the synagogue, belongs to the Liberal Jewish Foundation Merkaz.

Five memorial Stolpersteine stones mark the pavement outside, commemorating the orphanage residents who were deported to concentration camps in 1942.

Location: Utrecht

Architects: Albert Nijland

GPS coordinates: 52.08658,5.12672

Latest update: March 5, 2025 13:40