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Language of Description: English
Country: Belgium

  1. Fernande Krol. Collection

    This collection contains: a photo of Fernande Krol and her friend Rachel Nusbaum walking along Boulevard Anspach in Brussels, wearing the yellow star of David on their clothes, 1942 ; a false identity card issued to Fernande Van Hout, the name used by Fernande Krol while in hiding, 1942.

  2. Finder-Schwarz family. Collection

    This collection contains 1 photograph of Gerda Schwarz, married to Henri Finder, from the 1930's. Gerda Schwarz was deported from the Dossin Barracks with Transport XIV.

  3. Mieczyslaw Tannenbaum. Collection

    This collection contains : a photocopy of a certificate issued post-war by American president Dwight D. Eisenhower to Mieczyslaw Tannenbaum, for helping allied soldiers escape to Spain via the Comet Network ; a photocopy of a certificate issued post-war by the British Air Chief Marshal to Mieczyslaw Tannenbaum, for helping British soldiers, sailors and airmen to escape to Spain via the Comet Network.

  4. Jozef Weitman. Collection

    This collection includes a photograph of Abraham Manaster as a young man, along with records related to his establishment of a Jewish orphanage in the Generaal Drubbelstraat, Berchem, in 1946. These include an inauguration programme from the orphanage's and a letter from the mayor of Antwerp granting permission for its creation. Official recognitions of Manaster’s wartime activities are also present. A 1960 brevet acknowledges his status as a political prisoner during the Nazi occupation, and certificates from Salomon Lachmann and Ida Sterno attest to his role in hiding Jewish children. The...

  5. Théodore Kornblum. Collection

    This collection includes a video testimony recorded in Knokke-Heist on 18 September 2024, conducted by Veerle Vanden Daelen and Jarno Maertens of Kazerne Dossin, in which Kornblum recounts his experiences of survival and hiding during the Holocaust. Accompanying this are several photographs that trace his family history, including prewar images of his parents, Salomon Kornblum and Rywka Szwarcfuter, on their wedding day, and early images of their family with baby Théodore, as well as a personal photograph of Salomon flexing his muscles before the war and a photo of Théodore and his brother ...

  6. Banknotes from Poland and the Lodz ghetto. Collection

    This collection contains : five wartime banknotes (50 Pfennig, 1, 10, 20 et 50 Mark) used as currency in the Lodz ghetto ; three banknotes (10 et 50 Groszy, 1 Piast) used as subsidiary means of payment in Poland after the war.

  7. Hirsch-Zugman family. Collection

    This collection contains: a pre-war photo of Leopold alias Leon and Czipa Hirsch-Zugman walking down a street ; a photo of Leopold alias Leon and Czipa Hirsch-Zugman with their eldest child Charles in the Antwerp city park, 1939 ; a photo of Leopold alias Leon and Czipa Hirsch-Zugman with their eldest children Charles and Rita in Luchon, France, 1940 ; a post-war photo of siblings Charles, Helene and Rita Hirsch ; a photo of a memorial stone for the deported and murdered members of the Zugman family, as placed in the Elah vally in Israel (Memorial to the Deportation of Jews from France) ; a...

  8. Kuchler-Wajswol family. Collection

    This collection contains: six pre-war and wartime photos of members of the Wajswol family, including Chaskiel (Chaskel) and Dobra Wajswol-Eisenbuch, their children Sura, Szymon, Malka (Mirjam), Moszek and Icek Wajswol, and their daughter-in-law Frieda Wurzel ; two pre-war membership cards of NV Vrije Diamanthandel [Free Diamond Trade] issued to Chaskiel Wajswol ; a pre-war Belgian work permit issued to Rajzla Wajswol ; a 1941 wedding photo of Alfred Kuchler and Malka Wajswol ; three postcards and a telegram sent upon Liberation by Malka (Mirjam) Wajswol in Switzerland to her husband Alfred ...

  9. Pieprz-Szron family. Collection

    This collection contains one wedding booklet of Lazar Pieprz and Lea Szron, and four membership cards of Antwerp diamond federations.

  10. Pilcer-Jama family. Collection

    This collection contains : a pre-war portrait of the deported Hena Jama and a pre-war portrait of her deported son Jules Pilzer (also Pilcer).

  11. Samuel Perl. Collection

    This collection contains Samuel Perl's original wartime diary, providing a detailed account of his experiences from 1940 to 1944. This diary has been transcribed and includes a foreword by Etienne Wils. Additionally, there is a statement by Samuel Perl explaining his motivation to document his experiences due to Holocaust deniers, and a transcription of a sound recording made by Samuel Perl in 2003. Photographs and personal memorabilia form a significant part of the collection. Among these items is a Yellow Star of David fabricated for Jews in Belgium during the Second World War. The collec...

  12. Herbert Stellman. Collection

    This collection contains: a group photo of the members of Jewish sports club Maccabi Antwerp, posing in uniform at the occasion of the second anniversary of the club’s foundation, 1922 ; a studio portrait of the Stellman-Rubin family, ca. 1922 ; three telegrams exchanged via the British Red Cross between Herbert Stellman in London, United Kingdom, and his parents Heinrich alias Henri and Lea Stellman-Rubin in Antwerp, 1941 ; two postcards sent by Lea Rubin-Stellman in Antwerp to her son Herbert Stellman in Lisbon, Portugal, and forwarded to London, thanking Herbert for the cans of sardines ...

  13. Houthalen municipality. Collection

    This collection contains: a letter from Jan Born, municipal clerk in Overpelt, to Lode Franssens, mayor of Houthalen-Helchteren, informing Franssens about the living conditions of Jewish forced labourers at the Op den Holven work camp in Overpelt in 1941, 1986 ; Photocopy made in 1986 of the pages of the Houthalen register of foreigners, containing information on Jewish inhabitants Herman and Marie Rottenberg- Kompa and their son Heinz, Hersz and Lea Leiner-Feit, Florimond De Pauw, and Chaja Penner ; A 1986 photocopy of a list of thirty-five female and underage foreigners (mainly Jews) that...

  14. Goldberg-Kaufman family. Collection

    This collection contains : a wartime portrait of Chana Laja Kaufman ; a wartime portrait of Aron Lejzer Goldberg ; a wartime photo of Chana Laja Kaufman and her two children, Abraham and Liliane (Lily) Goldberg ; a wartime photo of siblings Abraham and Lilane (Lily) Goldberg.

  15. Wajnacht-Jamajka family. Collection

    This collection contains: two studio portraits of Rachel Wajnacht, 1940 and 1943 ; a studio portrait of Sura Dwora Jamajka and her son Israel (also Izrael or Izraël) Wajnacht, ca. 1928.

  16. Stein-Sasserath family. Collection

    This collection contains : a pre-war photo of Alexandre and Lucienne Stein-Sasserath and their children Jeannine and Robert Stein at the beach, ca. 1938 ; a letter sent to Mrs. Renard, in which the anonymous author describes the rumours circulating about the raid on Belgian Jews (Aktion Iltis), the actions undertaken by the author to save Jews that night, and the author’s inability to rescue a specific family which was being taken away upon the author’s arrival at their address (presumably referencing to the Stein-Sasserath family), 1943 ; a postcard addressed to Lucienne Deberghes, written...

  17. Post-war publications with wartime anti-Nazi cartoons. Collection

    This collection contains : the compilation box “La Guerre et l'Occupation vues par Oscar Liedel”, consisting of 32 unbound pages with 30 reproductions of anti-Nazi cartoons created during the war by Oscar Liedel, whose watercolour drawings bear witness to the various stages of the war, from the invasion of Belgium on 10 May 1940 to the Ardennes offensive on 22 December 1944 ; the compilation box “Vier jaar onder den hiel…” consisting of 25 unbound pages with 24 captioned cartoons by Jean Dratz, illustrating the various stages of the war, from the invasion of Belgium on 10 May 1940 to the fi...

  18. Drielsma-Wolf family. Collection

    This collection contains: pre-war portraits and family photos of Hessel and Josephine alias Fien Drielsma-Wolf and their children René, Sophia Jeanne and Marschel alias Marcel Drielsma ; a postcard sent by Hessel and Josephine Drielsma-Wolf in Liège to their son-in-law and daughter Jean and Sophia Reydams-Drielsma in Zwartberg, regarding their grandson Robert Reydams who was staying with his grandparents in Liège, 1942 ; a postcard from Josephine Wolf, detained at the SS-Sammellager Mecheln (Dossin barracks), to Gaston Reydams, father of her son-in-law Jean Reydams, 1942 ; two letters and t...

  19. Reig-Landskroner family. Collection

    This collection contains : pre-war studio portraits of Berta Landskroner ; wartime photos of the religious and the municipal wedding of Leib (Leon) Reig and Berta Landskroner, 1942 ; a photocopy of the civil marriage certificate of Leib (Leon) Reig and Berta Landskroner ; a torn star of David, worn by Leib (Leon) Reig, 1942 ; a photocopy of a certificate indicating that Holocaust survivor Berta Landskroner is entitled to medical care ; a photocopy of a certificate certifying that Berta Landskroner, repatriated from Ravensbruck, had presented herself at the office of the Jewish community in ...

  20. Renunciation deed of undivided shares by non-Jewish co-owners. Collection

    This collection contains a notarial renunciation deed of undivided shares, dated 9 February 1943, in a co-owned property at 4 Van Hersteenstraat, Borgerhout (Antwerp), by non-Jewish co-owners Franciscus J.M. De Ridder and Andreas F.M. De Ridder. The deed includes an assumption of debt in favor of Eduard Goevaerts and Joseph Lemmens, both residing in Schelle. In the conclusion of the document it is explicitly stated that neither of the involved parties are subject to the regulation on Jews. This statement was a legal safeguard, ensuring compliance with occupation policies and protecting the ...