Photo series Liberation of Antwerp, donation by Kenis family. Collection
Extent and Medium
96 digitised images (69 photos)
Creator(s)
- Mister Goossens, owner of a chocolate shop at Gemeentestraat in Antwerp
Scope and Content
The topics of the 69 photos in this collection include : Wehrmacht soldiers in Antwerp ; parades of collaborating organisations such as youth movements (Nationaal-Socialistisch Jeugd Vlaanderen (NSJV), Hitler Youth…) ; the evacuation of German troops on 3 and 4 September 1944, using all types of transportation ; victims of the bombardment on Mortsel-Oude God arriving in Antwerp ; arrival of members of the Belgian resistance and allied troops in Gemeentestraat ; the pillage of shops and the destruction of street signs ; the forced transfer of captured Belgian collaborators and German soldiers to the Antwerp Zoo ; the hanging of a doll resembling Hitler ; photos of mister H. Goossens' chocolate shop before and after the V1 bombardment. Mister Goossens added comments to 31 photos.
Accruals
No further accruals are to be expected.
Subjects
- Reconstruction
- Nazi apparatus
- Collaboration
- Civil resistance
- Armed resistance
Places
- Antwerp