Miscellaneous photos collected to create the Jewish Museum of Deportation and Resistance. Collection
Extent and Medium
500 digitised images (photos)
Creator(s)
- Jewish Museum of Deportation and Resistance, predecessor of Kazerne Dossin
Scope and Content
This collection consists of work copies of miscellaneous photos on the Holocaust in general and the Belgian case in particular, stored in dozens of institutes worldwide. The copies were entrusted to the Jewish Museum of Deportation and Resistance in 1994-1996, in order to create its permanent exhibition.
Accruals
No further accruals are to be expected
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
The photos in this collection are work copies. Kazerne Dossin cannot provide copies of these materials to third parties.
Finding Aids
Item descriptions were drafted by dr. Laurence Schram.
Existence and Location of Originals
Multiple institutes, including: USHMM, Washington DC; Yad Vashem, Jerusalem; Jewish Museum of Belgium, Brussels; Service for War Victims, Brussels; Mémorial de la Shoah, Paris; Cegesoma, Brussels; private collections.
Existence and Location of Copies
This collection consists of work copies of original photos stored at other institutes.
Fotoverzameling.
Extent and Medium
3875 stukken (4405 digitale beelden).
Creator(s)
- Kazerne Dossin – Memoriaal, Museum en Documentatiecentrum over Holocaust en Mensenrechten
Scope and Content
Deze collectie is samengesteld uit zowel origineel als gedigitaliseerd fotomateriaal. De foto’s zijn afkomstig uit zowel de eigen verzameling, privéverzamelingen als collecties van andere instellingen.
Finding Aids
Er zijn gedetailleerde toegangen voorhanden; opzoekingen gebeuren echter best in samenwerking met de archivarissen.
Process Info
The EHRI project, in cooperation with the National Archives of Belgium, selected Holocaust-relevant archival descriptions from the finding aid G. DESMET & P. FALEK-ALHADEFF, P.-A. TALLIER (dir.), Bronnen voor de geschiedenis van de Joden en het Jodendom in België (19de-20ste eeuw) - Sources pour l'histoire des populations juives et du judaïsme en Belgique (19e-20e siècles), Brussel, Algemeen Rijksarchief, 2015. Please note that this guide focuses on Belgium-related archival materials in the respective descriptions. The guide was co-funded by Belspo - Belgian Science Policy Office and Yerusha project.
Gertjan Desmet