Archive of the Diamond collection

Identifier
irn37364
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2009.96
  • RG-65.015M
Dates
1 Jan 1935 - 31 Dec 1946
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • French
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn37364

Extent and Medium

233,916 digital images, JPEG

53 microfilm reels (digitized), 16 mm

3 microfilm reels (digitized), 35 mm

Archival History

Archives générales du Royaume (Belgium)

Acquisition

Source of acquisition is the Belgian National Archives.The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the collection from the Belgian National Archives via the United States Holocaust Museum International Archives Project in June 2009.

Scope and Content

This collection concerns the diamond trade in Belgium between 1935 and 1946. The collection traces the looting of Jewish diamond traders, organized and centralized through the so-called Devisenschütz-Kommando, which ultimately expropriated property worth an estimated 72 million Belgian francs. The collection is organized into personal and subject files.

System of Arrangement

Divided into two parts: Personal (roughly a third of the collection), and subject-related files.

Subjects

  • Antwerp (Belgium)
  • Diamond industry and trade--Belgium--History--20th century.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Belgium--Antwerp.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Economic aspects--Belgium.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Destruction and pillage--Belgium.
  • Belgium--History--German occupation, 1940-1945.
  • Jews--Belgium--Antwerp.

Genre

  • Document
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.

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