[Public manifastation of gratitude to the Belgium nation]
Extent and Medium
1 electronic resource (17 pages)
Creator(s)
- Comité de coordination des organisations juives de Belgique
- Comite Israelite des Refugies Victimes des Lois Raciales
- American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee
- International Refugee Organization
Scope and Content
The file contains several information about a public manifastation to show respect to the Belgium nation. There was a huge festivity to thank the Belgium nation for there generosity and the help regarding the Jewish population. Queen Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Belgium honored this ceremony, alongside with Cardinal Jozef-Ernest van Roey, Family members of the Van Cauweleart and Chaim Perelman. Also representatives of the Belgium Government were invited by the Jewish Relief organisations. Further important representatives from several nations and from all over the wold showed their respect to the Belgium Gevernment. A big thank-you went to the Belgium Restistance who tried everything to stop the braun power of Hitler. Issac Kubovisky, who was the representative of the Jewish relief organisations and Gerhart M. Riegner, who was the secretary-general of the World Jewish Congress hold some speeches and honored the nation for their help. They choosed to do it in May because in May the Germans occupied Belgium and also in May there was the defeat of the Germans in Belgium. The ceremony finished with the 3. symphony „Eroica“ of Bethooven.
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Electronic text and image data. Jerusalem : Yad Vashem 2015
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People
- Riegner, Gerhart, 1911-2001
- Perelman, Chaïm, 1912-1984
- Van Cauwelaert family
- Roey, Joseph Ernest van, 1874-1961
- Elisabeth, Queen, consort of Albert I, King of the Belgians, 1876-1965
Subjects
- Jewish refugees--Europe, Western--History--20th century
- Belgium--Emigration and immigration
- International relief--Belgium--20th century.
- Jews--Belgium--History
- Belgium--History--German occupation, 1940-1945
- World War, 1939-1945--Belgium