Putte, a small village that is partly in Holland and partly in Belgium, approximately 30 km north of Antwerp. The Dutch part of Putte is located in the province of North-Brabant in The Netherlands. The burials were mainly from Antwerp because the Jewish cemeteries in Belgium are not eternal. Coming from Antwerp, the cemeteries are the right side of the main road to Holland. Source: Paul Verjans on JewishGen Digest. Contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. in Antwerp. He is secretary of the Frechie Stichting (Foundation), one of the Chewre Kedishas in charge of Putte. He may supply details as he has a database from the burial book of the cemetery of the Frechie Foundation. Nearly 1800 Jews buried here, who lived in Antwerp and surroundings, were mainly of Dutch descent. Source: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Frechie Foundation Cemetery: named after the founder Henri Frechie. Since 1910, mainly Dutch Jews (about 1800) from Antwerp, Ashkenasic and Sephardic, are buried or reburied on this cemetery. In the cemetery of the Frechie Foundation are located a park for Brussels and a park for the Sephardic community in Antwerp. Information: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
We have digitized the burial site of Frechie Stichting at Putte. (Note: Coordinator requested that the index be donated to the JOWBR. They cite privacy concerns for not donating the database. For additional information about burial listing, contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) [January 2014]
Mahsike Hadas: Located behind Frechie Foundation, burials date since 1910. The Mahsike Hadas is the secnd Jewish cemeter in Antwerp and the most religious. JOWBR burial listings.
Shomre Hadas Cemetery: The greatest Jewish cemetery in Antwerp, founded about 1920, many are reburied there from an old cemetery in Antwerp (Kiel).