Anna Levendel family collection

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Anna Levendel papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn39854
- English
- folder oversize folder 1 1
- Updated 7 months ago
Documents and photographs illustrating the experiences of the Levendel family during Nazi occupation in Belgium. Included are false identity cards for Herman and Gizela, birth certificate for their daughter Anna, correspondence from relatives in Romania and photographs of Anna, her older siblings, Zvi and Lea, their parents and extended family in Belgium and Romania. Also included are two photographs of rescuers Max Migeotte, Fanard and Lila who aided the family, at times hiding the children.
Two unused Star of David badges with a J issued to a Jewish family
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn39855
- English
- overall: Height: 6.875 inches (17.463 cm) | Width: 3.800 inches (9.652 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Star of David badges distributed to Herman and Gizela Levendel in Belgium in June 1942, but never cut out and used. Nazi Germany occupied Belgium in May 1940 and immediately enacted anti-Jewish laws. As the persecution of the Jews increased, the Levendel family was forced to go into hiding, often moving from region to region, assisted by the underground resistance. Herman and Gizela were able to obtain false identification cards, but their 3 children had to remain hidden. Anna, b. 1933, and Lea, b. 1931, were able to stay together during this period, but their brother, Zvi, b. 1929, sometim...