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  1. Lagrené family. Collection

    This collection contains : a post-war portrait of Roma deportee Antoine alias Anton Lagrené, the Auschwitz tattoo number visible on his arm, 2006 ; a post-war portrait of Roma deportee Josephine Lagrené, the Auschwitz tattoo number visible on her arm, 2006.

  2. Gemeiner-Lewy family. Collection

    This collection contains: the wedding booklet of Moise Josef alias Joske Gemeiner and Rosa Lewy, 1933 ; three fake ID cards issued to Rosa Lewy during the war under the false names Virginie Stevens (Antwerp), Coleta Avezals (Schoten) and Anna Opdebeeck (Antwerp) ; card for a beneficiary of the status of political prisoner issued to Salomon Gemeiner as beneficiary of his father Moise Josef Gemeiner, 1951 ; five pre-war and wartime photos, including a photo of the pelt shop run by Moise Josef Gemeiner at Provinciestraat 143 in Antwerp, a photo of Rosa Lewy and her rescuer misses Vandoren and ...

  3. Berneman-Flam family. Collection

    This collection contains pre-war photos of the inhabitants of the town Kozienice, Poland ; post-war photos depicting Pinie Berneman's stay in a Suisse sanatorium in 1946 ; a book on the history of the Jewish community of Kozienice published in 1969 ; additions to the book by Pinie Berneman ; post-war newspaper clippings regarding the war in Poland ; audio-visual testimonies of Pinie Berneman and Chana Flam by the Steven Spielberg Foundation ; audio-visual testimony of Rosie Berneman by Kazerne Dossin.

  4. Fischler-Fischler family. Collection

    This collection contains : a letter from Chenke alias Anna Fischler in Berchem to her husband Wolf Fischler, held prisoner by the Nazis at an unknown location (perhaps Begijnenstraat prison) in Antwerp, 1942 ; a postcard from Wolf and Chenke alias Anna Fischler-Fischler, interned in Chalon, France, to Chenke's sister Alina Fischler (married Strassberg) in Mérignac, regarding Wolf and Anna’s children who were in hiding in France, 1942.

  5. Aronsfrau-Hollander family. Collection

    This collection consists of: photos of the Aronsfrau-Hollander family, including photos of siblings Leonore, Norbert and Siegbert Aronsfrau as children and adults, photos of parents Leon Aronsfrau and Eva Hollander, photos taken during family vacations, a photo of Leon Aronsfrau during his military service and a photo of Norbert Aronsfrau with his rescuer Simone Goossens ; documents regarding the Aronsfrau-Hollander family, including Siegbert Aronsfrau’s fake ID, a letter sent to Siegbert Aronsfrau while detained at the Dossin barracks from his rescuer Simone Goossens, a post-war letter fro...

  6. Elias Stainfeld. Collection

    This collection contains : three war-time letters from Charlotte Stainfeld to her brother Elias Stainfeld living in France ; documents and three letters with news about acquaintances written by Elias Stainfeld’s (unidentified) friend Blajwajs or Blejwas who was interned at the Le Vernet camp ; a post-war letter sent by survivor Elias Stainfeld from the Monowitz labour camp to the address of his deported sister Charlotte Stainfeld in Antwerp ; three post-war letters delivering the news of his sister and niece’s deportation to Elias Stainfeld ; a letter and a telegram involving Elias Stainfel...

  7. Zeliesnikas-Wagman family

    This collection contains: photos of Leib (also Leiba) alias Leon Zeliesnikas (also Zelieznikas), Rifka alias Regine Wagman and their daughter Marie Zeliesnikas ; photos of relatives such as Sara Wagman, Fajga Rajzel Wagman, her husband Szlama Gelbart and their son Karl alias Charles Gelbart, Ruchla Wagman and her son Maurice Hendlisz, Moise Wagman, and David and Nina Wagman (children of Ber Wagman) ; school pictures of Marie Zeliesnikas and her class mates ; pictures of Marie Zeliesnikas and her rescuers, including Mariette De Win ; a letter written by Leib Zeliesnikas and Rifka Wagman whil...

  8. Tadeusz Geisler. Collection

    The collection contains: cutlery (spoon, fork and knife) used by Tadeusz Geisler during his internment at the Sachsenhausen concentration camp ; two strips of fabric with a red triangle, the letter P and Tadeusz Geislers prisoner number at Sachsenhausen (90175) ; three patches of cloth depicting Polish and French flags ; three small pieces of bread, saved by Tadeusz Geisler during a death march in 1945 ; a prototype of a violin bridge - the Geisler-comb - developed by Thadé Geisler; a photocopy of the patent accorded to Thadé Geisler for his violin bridge in 1966 ; three post-war photos, in...

  9. Gantman-Fischer family. Collection

    This collection consists of: an invitation and a menu from the wedding of Adolphe Fischer and his bride Irene Fischer, pre-war shares of the Antwerp Diamond Circle, pre-war photos of the Gantman family including a photo of the graduation of Joseph Mendel alias Jos Gantman at the Koninklijk Atheneum in Antwerp, high school diplomas and documents regarding Jos Gantman’s education and his studies at the Université Libre de Bruxelles (Free University of Brussels), pre-war photos of the Fischer family including photos of First World War comrades of Adolphe Fischer and vacation photos taken in th...

  10. Consistoire central israélite de Belgique - Centraal Israëlitisch Consistorie van België. Collection

    This collection contains: a long uniform coat or dress in grey and blue striped fabric, worn by an unidentified female inmate in an unidentified concentration camp ; uniform trousers in grey and blue striped fabric, with a red triangle on the right thigh, marked with a B in the center, and the inmate number 30049 shown on a rectangle of white fabric below the triangle, worn by an unidentified male inmate in an unidentified concentration camp ; uniform cap in blue and grey striped fabric, lined with grey fabric, worn by an unidentified male inmate in an unidentified concentration camp ; a wa...

  11. Immigration files of Jews, Roma and Sinti, compiled by the Belgian Public Safety Office and its successor, the Belgian Aliens Police (Vreemdelingenpolitie - Police des Étrangers). Collection

    This collection contains a selection of files compiled by the Belgian Aliens Police (Vreemdelingenpolitie - Police des Étrangers), relevant for research on the Holocaust in Belgium : the files of Jews, Roma and Sinti deported from the Dossin barracks, the files of Jews living in Belgium and deported from France, the files of Jewish armed resistance fighters, the files of Jewish members of hiding networks, the files of Jews detained at the Breendonk camp for political prisoners, and the files of Jews liberated at or released from the Dossin barracks. The information on the cover of each file...

  12. Flam-Isbutsky family. Collection

    The card consists of an original photo of Leopold Flam, his wife Julia Isbutsky and their son Plato Flam, in a cardboard envelope, with a handwritten thank you note on the cover.

  13. Reichman-Lipschitz family. Collection

    This collection contains: a pre-war class photograph of the Tachkemoni school ; pre-war wedding photos of the Reichman siblings and the Lipschitz siblings ; pre-war photos of the Reichman siblings and Lipschitz siblings with their spouses, children and friends ; a pre-war photo of Israel Lipschitz playing the violin ; wartime photos of Israel Lipschitz and his wife Rachel Mandel recta Kwadrat, including a photo of them wearing the yellow star ; a wartime photo of Jacob Marcovici, future husband of the donor, with the group of children he was hidden with ; wartime photos of Sam Lipschitz whi...

  14. Jablonowicz-Herszaft family. Collection

    This collection contains two photos of Frieda Herszaft, including one on which she poses with her twin sons Robert and Salomon Jablonowicz.

  15. Jette (Brussels). Documents regarding the implementation of anti-Jewish measures, selected from the municipal archives. Collection

    KD_00031_0001: Folder "Instructions pour Israelites", containing copies of several Verordnungsblatter, circular letters issued by the province and notes regarding the implementation of the anti-Jewish measures in Jette (Brussels). KD_00031_0002: Folder "Documents service interne", containing correspondence with federal authorities, circular letters, lists of Jews whom bought the yellow star (star of David), notes on Jewish children whom turned 15 regarding their registration in the municipal Jewish register, letters regarding the nationality of Jewish inhabitants of Jette, documents regardi...

  16. Patrick Verwerft. Collection

    This collection contains: documents of Michel Van West and his family, detained at the Dossin barracks and deported via Transport XXIV ; documents of René Basch, detained at and released from the Dossin barracks, and of his wife Elsa Verhoeven ; a statement on behalf of Max Kirschen confirming his release from the Dossin barracks ; Rose Goldine 's payment slip proving her membership of the Association of Jews in Belgium ; certificate exempting Charles Sternberg from wearing the yellow star ; order addressed to Laure Nejman-Reich to report to the Sipo-SD headquarters in Brussels ; one worn y...

  17. Safar-ova family. Collection

    This collection contains : an extract of the Czechoslovakian birth certificate of Frantiska (Fani) Safar-ova ; the pre-war Czechoslovakian passport used by Frantiska (Fani) Safar-ova to emigrate from Czechoslovakia to Belgium ; two wartime photos of the Jewish women, relocated from Antwerp to Limburg in February 1941, who were housed at the Terlaemen castle in Zolder, including Frantiska (Fani), Roza and Ruzena (Jeanne) Safar-ova ; a photo of the Terlaemen castle in Zolder, Limburg, were Jewish girls were housed from February 1941 onwards ; the false wartime identity card of Frantiska (Fani...

  18. Gross-Limonik family. Collection

    This collection contains: a written testimony drafted by Rosette Gross-Becker entitled "Tu n'as pas souffert (You did not suffer)" on the history of the Gross-Limonik family in Belgium before, during and after the Holocaust; one audio-visual testimony of Rosette Gross-Becker and one audio-visual testimony of Denise Gross-Feibusch and Monique Gross-Banne, in which they address the life of their family before the war, the anti-Jewish decrees in Belgium, the deportation of their father Baruch alias Bernard Gross to northern France as a slave labourer for organization Todt, the hiding of their ...

  19. Arnold Adell. Collection

    This collection contains : a post-war photo of Arnold Adell and two friends among whom Roma musician Bilo Adel, 1950 ; a certificate granting reduced public transport fare to Arnold Adell, 1973.

  20. Give Them a Face portrait collection. Collection

    This collection contains over 19,650 portraits of Roma, Sinti and Jewish men, women and children from Belgium and the north of France, whom have been deported from the SS-Sammellager Mecheln (Dossin barracks) to Auschwitz-Birkenau, Buchenwald, Ravensbrück, Bergen-Belsen and Vittel between August 1942 and July 1944.