Selected papers of Marcel Nyns

Identifier
irn43025
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2011.35
  • RG-65.018M
Dates
1 Jan 1914 - 31 Dec 1959
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • French
  • Flemish
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn43025

Extent and Medium

13,288 digital images, JPEG

25 microfilm reels (digitized), 35 mm

Creator(s)

  • Marcel Nyns
  • Comité des secrétaires généraux

Biographical History

Marcel Nyns was the Secretary-General in 1944, and one of the politicians who formed a provisional or “replacement” government in Belgium during the German occupation of 1940-1944.

Archival History

Archives générales du Royaume (Belgium)

Acquisition

Source of acquisition is the Archives générales du Royaume (Belgium), records created and collected by Marcel Nyns during German occupation.The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received this collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s International Archives Project in Jan. 2011.

Scope and Content

Contains selected papers of Marcel Nyns and the Secretaires Generaux (Committee of Secretary-generals), the highest representation of the Belgian administration under German occupation. This department was responsible for education, including the implementation of excluding Jews from the educational system under German occupation. Records include correspondence, minutes, and reports relating to the faith of the Jews living in occupied Belgium, especially concerning their education.

System of Arrangement

Arrangement is thematic. Organization of main files: File 91: Records focusing on Jews, civil servants, particularly education for Jews, 1940-1942; File 113: Records relating to collaboration, purification, punishment, monitoring ( press clippings), 1944-1950; File 127: records concerning education for Jews, 1942.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Archives générales du Royaume (Belgium)

People

  • Nyns, Marcel.

Subjects

  • Education--Political aspects--Belgium--History--20th century.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Belgium.
  • Jews--Persecutions--Belgium.
  • Executive departments.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Belgium.
  • Belgium--Politics and government--1918-1945.
  • France

Genre

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.

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