Records of the Union of Sephardic Congregations.

Identifier

USA / ASF / AR-3

Language of Description

English

Alt. Identifiers

AR-3

Level of Description

Fonds

Source

EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

ca. 3 l.m.

Creator(s)

Union of Sephardic Congregations

Scope and Content

Box 3 contains a file entitled “Belgium, 1945”. It contains correspondence (1946), i.a. with Jacques Abolafia, concerning requests for aid to the Sephardic community of Antwerp. The folder also contains a picture of the severely damaged Sephardic synagogue in Antwerp.

Finding Aids

A comprehensive finding aid can be found on http://findingaids.cjh.org/?pID=92148 .

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

charity
reconstruction
Sephardic Jews

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.