The plaque at the former synagogue (Plaquette voormalige Synagoge) in Bad Nieuweschans, serves as a poignant memorial to five Jewish fellow citizens who were tragically deported and lost their lives at the hands of the occupiers during the Second World War.
The names of these five victims are:
1. Aaltje Bargeboer
2. David Bargeboer
3. Mozes Bargeboer
4. Fieka Bargeboer-Leezer
5. Johanna Watermann-Löwenstein
David Bargeboer, residing on Hoofdstraat in Nieuweschans along with his wife Fieka and their two children, Aaltje and Mozes, all endured a harrowing fate. Father, mother, and daughter Aaltje met their tragic end on December 15, 1942, in Auschwitz. Young Mozes also lost his life, in Sobibor, on February 28, 1943.
The inscription on the plaque reads:
'DAVID BARGEBOER
8-01-1894 NIEUWESCHANS 15-12-1942 AUSCHWITZ
FIEKA BARGEBOER-LEEZER
10-11-1894 ONSTWEDDE 15-12-1942 AUSCHWITZ
AALTJE BARGEBOER
25-02-1923 NIEUWESCHANS 15-12-1942 AUSCHWITZ
MOZES BARGEBOER
06-11-1927 NIEUWESCHANS 28-02-1943 AUSCHWITZ
JOHANNA WATERMANN-LÖWESTEIN
05-07-1891 OBERNKIRCHEN 20-03-1943 SOBIBOR.'
Beneath this, a Hebrew inscription is placed with the translation:
'COMFORT, COMFORT MY PEOPLE.'
