Israëlitic Old Man’s and Women’s home
Since the middle of the 19th century there was a Jewish retirement home in Gouda. In 1841 the Jewish Poor Administration started renting a house in Groenendaal, for the time being for three people.In 1848 they moved into their own house on Turfmarkt. Because there were more and more requests from outside Gouda for this 'Israelite Poorhouse', a larger house on Turfmarkt was bought in 1855; this is where the 'Israelite Old Men's and Women's Home' was established.In 1893, another larger building at the Oosthaven – current numbering 31 – was purchased. On June 5, 1894, the house was opened and occupied by thirteen residents. It was given the name 'Central Israelite Old Men's and Women's House for the Netherlands and the Colonies'.
Metaheerhouse
The metaheer house (1899) was built in the back of the garden. In this, in Hebrew: Bet Tohorah, House of Purification, the deceased were ritually washed before burial.
Central Home
In 1917 the home was given a new wing, while the interior was completely modernized in 1932. It could then accommodate about fifty elderly people and was called 'Central Home for Israelites in the Netherlands', or CeTIN for short.
The end
On Friday 9 April 1943 the residents and staff were deported to Westerbork. With the exception of the director, they were killed a short time later in the Sobibor extermination camp in Poland.
At the laying of the Stolpersteine in front of the former Jewish retirement home, Peter Luzac was present on behalf of the Permanent Committee (board) of the Dutch-Israelite Denomination. The preparations for the placement were made by first-year MBO students Stedelijk Groen of Wellant College in Gouda. Memorial stones have also been laid in other places in Gouda. With the support of private individuals, companies and the municipality of Gouda, a Stolperstein was placed within two years for more than half of the 326 deported and murdered Gouda Jews. Almost seventy years later, with the 56 Stolpersteine in the sidewalk, the deportation of the residents of the Jewish retirement home has become visible to everyone in the city of Gouda.
Translated from the source: website NIK - 56 Stolpersteine voor één adres.