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  1. Pieprz-Szron family. Collection

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

  2. 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).

  3. 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...

  4. 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 ...

  5. 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...

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

  8. 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...

  9. 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...

  10. 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...

  11. 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 ...

  12. 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 ...

  13. 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.

  14. 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...

  15. 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.

  16. 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.

  17. 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.

  18. 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.

  19. 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.

  20. 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.