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Language of Description: English
Country: Belgium

  1. Rosan-Jwawy family. Collection

    This collection contains : a studio portrait of Najm Wolf Rosan ; a photo of Najm Wolf Rosan, his children Max and Rachel Rosan, and a family friend riding a horse in a park.

  2. Weinreb-Weinreb family. Collection

    This collection contains: a pre-war studio portrait of Majer and Rosa Weinreb-Weinreb ; the wartime foreigners’ identity cards of Rosa and Scheindla Weinreb, 1942 ; wartime certificates confirming that Majer and Rosa Weinreb-Weinreb and their children Scheindla and Jacob Weinreb were members of the Association of Jews in Belgium, 1942 ; an envelope used to store the documents of Rosa and Scheindla Weinreb in the camp administration of the SS-Sammellager Mecheln (Dossin barracks), 1943 ; the displaced person registration record of Scheindla Weinreb, 1945 ; an administrative birth certificate...

  3. Paula Weinrib-Shayevitz. Collection

    This collection contains: an identity card photograph of Joseph Seiderman, ca. 1935 ; an identity card photograph of David Fajerstejn, ca. 1938 ; a photograph of siblings David and Abraham Icek Fajerstejn walking down a street, 1942.

  4. Spira-Steinhaus family. Collection

    This collection contains post-war photocopies of the front of the wartime identity cards issued to Michael Spira and Sara Steinhaus.

  5. De Vleeshouwer-Obbels family. Collection

    This collection contains : a commemorative pin with the inscription “62596 – Ravensbruck”, issued post-war to political prisoner Leonie Obbels, former inmate of Ravensbrück ; a studio portrait of Eva Berkovic, daughter of Irene Rozett, who received help from Jan and Leonie De Vleeshouwer-Obbels during the occupation of Belgium by Nazi-Germany.

  6. Jacques Czapnik. Collection

    This collection contains : two wartime letters from Jacques Czapnik, held captive in an internment camp in Poitiers, France, to his parents Chaim and Jochweta Czapnik-Rozencwaig living in Mons, Belgium, describing living conditions in the camp and announcing Jacques’ departure for Drancy, France ; a fragment of a wartime postcard from Jacques Czapnik, held captive in an internment camp in Poitiers, France, to his parents Chaim and Jochweta Czapnik-Rozencwaig living in Mons, Belgium.

  7. Rozenberg-Lipszyc family. Collection

    This collection contains 4 photographs showing the Rozenberg-Lipszyc family (Tauba Rela Rozenberg, Nuchem Lipszyc and François Lipszyc/Hollants), 1 medal for fighting in the Spanish resistance, 5 identity papers of François Lipszyc/Hollants and a lot of correspondence concerning the recognition of Nuchem and Tauba Rela as resistance fighters through testimony by Felix Vinikas, as political prisoners, on confirmation of their deaths, on reparations, and on the adoption of the orphan François Lipszyc into the Hollants-Lievens family.

  8. Aaron Joseph Luks. Collection

    This collection contains: a postcard from Fernand, a neighbour and/or friend of the Luks-Wellner family in Antwerp, to Aaron Joseph alias Jos Luks in Switzerland, informing him about the ‘sudden disappearance’ of his ‘friends’, meaning Jos’ father Juda alias Isidore Luks, his mother Tauba alias Tonia Wellner and his youngest brother Marcel Salomon Luks, 1942 ; a letter from the Belgian Red Cross formally informing brothers Aaron Joseph alias Jos Luks and Michel Henri Luks in Switzerland about the arrest and deportation of their parents and youngest brother, 1944.

  9. Micheline Wierzchowski. Collection

    This collection contains: wartime photos of cousins Micheline Wierzchowski and Anna Lewkowicz during their time in hiding with Jean and Julia De Bast-Dechef ; wartime photos of members of the extended De Bast-Dechef family ; post-war photos taken during visits by Micheline Wierzchowski to her rescuers Jean and Julia De Bast-Dechef and Julia’s second husband Jojo Vermeulen ; a card with New Year's greetings written by Micheline Wierzchowski.

  10. Isy Angel. Collection

    This collection contains: a grey and blue striped camp uniform (jacket and pants) from camp Auschwitz-Birkenau and a photo portrait of Isy (Isaac) Angel taken shortly after his repatriation.

  11. Mozes (Maurice) Fink. Collection

    This collection contains: one videotaped testimony by Mozes (Maurice) Fink, in which are also shown 24 photos of him, his family and others as well as one letter written to Mr. Fink.

  12. Schickler-Feig family. Collection

    This collection contains : a studio portrait of Max Schickler as a baby, 1936 ; two false identity cards used by Hani Feig (married Schickler) during the war, 1942-1943 ; a letter written by David Schickler while detained at the SS-Sammellager Mecheln (Dossin barracks), 1944.

  13. Wejnberg-Dymensztajn family. Collection

    This collection contains: a pre-war promotional card of the moving company owned by Nizel Wejnberg (also Weinberg) ; a newspaper article on the filming of a Jewish family in Antwerp's Somersstraat by a Nazi film crew, 1942 ; two postcards sent by Laja Dymensztajn and her son Joseph Wajnberg (also Wejnberg), held at the SS-Sammellager Mecheln (Dossin barracks) to their husband and father Nizel Wejnberg (also Weinberg) in Antwerp, 1942 ; a letter sent by Mr. Bruggeman in Antwerp to Bina Wejnberg, hidden in Ecaussinnes, regarding the sealing of the apartment of Bina’s parents and the ‘departur...

  14. M. Szuster. Collection

    This collection contains : five forged Belgian identity cards (false IDs) issued by the municipalities of Charleroi and Jumet to Juliette Dandois, Marie-Louise Timmermans, and Pierre Mertens, presumably Jews in hiding whose true identity remains unknown ; a work certificate issued by Hupin-Brichot confections to Leonard Bayet, temporarily protecting Bayet (which might be a false identity) against deportation.

  15. Georges Censer. Collection

    This collection contains: a framed diploma and Silver Laureate of Labour medal issued to Georges Censer for his contribution to the Belgian diamond industry as a master diamond clover, 1963 ; a framed diploma and Special Badge of Honour First Class for promoters of professional associations issued to Georges Censer for his contribution to the Belgian economy, 1974 ; a framed diploma and the Cross of Knight in the Order of King Leopold II issued to Georges Censer for his services to Belgium during the Second World War, 1978 ; thirteen post-war commemorative medals, including medals issued by...

  16. Hugo Neirinckx. Collection

    This collection contains: a publication on Belgian banned books, banned authors and banned publishers entitled “Tegen ophitsing en wanorde. Lijst der aan den verkoop onttrokken en verboden boeken in België - Contre l'excitation à la haine et au désordre. Liste des ouvrages retirés de la circulation et interdits en Belgique" [Against incitement and disorder. List of books withdrawn from sale and banned in Belgium], created as a tool for book professionals in Belgium in September 1941 ; the post-war publication “Zwart Vlaanderen II” on Flemish Activism and collaboration (Germinal series, 13 (...

  17. Veerle Vanden Daelen. Collection

    This collection contains a 1939 political map of Europe, reflecting the significant territorial changes that occurred following the German annexations of Austria, Czechoslovakia, and the invasion of Poland at the outset of World War II. The map, likely used in Belgian schools, illustrates the redrawn borders in Central and Eastern Europe, including the incorporation of Austria into the German Reich (Anschluss), the disintegration of Czechoslovakia, and the partitioning of Poland between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union under the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact. The map serves as a primary historic...

  18. Izbicki-Balzam family. Collection

    This collection contains : a pre-war photo of Jankiel (Jakob) and Cywya Izbicki-Balzam, ca. 1930 ; a postcard in Yiddish and German, written by Abram Przedborski on behalf of his wife Hanna Balzam and his sister-in-law Cywya Balzam in Dampremy, Belgium, to their parents in Krzepice, Poland, regarding money Hanna and Cywja sent over to help, 1942 ; a parcel request form filled out by Jankiel (Jakob) Izbicki while being held at the SS-Sammellager Mecheln (Dossin barracks), addressed to Marie Bertechants in Dampremy, 1942.

  19. Sara Weis-ova. Collection

    This collection contains two photographs showing Sara Weis-ova and young Gilbert Furcage outside in a park in Antwerp in 1941. Also in this collection is the book entitled "The mysterious Dossin Barracks in Mechlin - The Deportation Camp of the Jews" written by Jos, and a picture of the Dossin Barracks' front door used as the front cover of the aforementioned book.

  20. Van Beylen-Beirnaert family. Collection

    This collection contains : the poetry album of Frieda Beirnaert with drawings created by her Jewish classmates Rosa Seewald and Miriam (Maria) Hauser in 1942, as well as autographs of several British soldiers who signed the album after Liberation ; a table cloth given by a Jewish family to concierge misses Huyskens for safekeeping during the war, who presented it to Frieda Beirnaert as a wedding gift in 1949 ; a post-war newspaper clipping regarding the city of Antwerp and the persecution of its Jewish population ; a book entitled “Antwerpen”, which was owned by Frieda’s uncle Marcel Beirna...