Nuremberg War Crimes Trial: Documents.
Extent and Medium
29 boxes.
Scope and Content
In this fonds we mostly find wartime documents regarding the planning and execution of the persecution of the Jews in Belgium. We firstly several files containing letters (and other documents) between German institutions on the subject of anti-Jewish legislation in Belgium, the deportations of Jews from Belgium, practical questions concerning the application of anti-Jewish legislation, … See files nr. 1655/501, 1655/716, 1655/1671, 1655/2096, 1655/2121, 1655/2211, 1655/2270 and 1655/2065. These files cover the years 1940-1944. Similar letters and telegrams between German administrations concerning spoliation of the Jewish population, ‘aryanization’, Möbelaktion, looted art can be found in files nr. 1655/1033, 1655/1107, 1655/1126, 1655/1129, 1655/1260 and 1655/1468. This material is dated 1940-1946. Lastly, we note file nr. 1655/779 which contains the sworn statement of W. Sydower (dated 1948) concerning his experiences in occupied Belgium as the Jewish partner in a ‘mixed marriage’.
Finding Aids
The fonds is described in the Wiener Library database, available online at http://www.wienerlibrary.co.uk/Search-document-collection.
Process Info
The EHRI project, in cooperation with the National Archives of Belgium, selected Holocaust-relevant archival descriptions from the finding aid G. DESMET & P. FALEK-ALHADEFF, P.-A. TALLIER (dir.), Bronnen voor de geschiedenis van de Joden en het Jodendom in België (19de-20ste eeuw) - Sources pour l'histoire des populations juives et du judaïsme en Belgique (19e-20e siècles), Brussel, Algemeen Rijksarchief, 2015. Please note that this guide focuses on Belgium-related archival materials in the respective descriptions.
Gertjan Desmet
This archival description was created in the framework of the cooperation between EHRI and the Yerusha project.
Subjects
- Möbelaktion
- deportations
- anti-Jewish measures
- spoliation
- Shoah
- prosecution of war criminals