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  1. Koen Pyl. Collection

    This collection contains two small paintings which have been signed by a certain H. Hofbauer. One painting contains a pear, the other one contains cherries. Also in this collection is the wedding book of Petrus Pyl.

  2. Ingrid De Varez. Collection

    This collection contains two letters, two resistance cards and two photos. First is a witness statement signed by members of two families who were hidden by Mr. Van Immerseel: Nathan Sommer recte Binik, Cynria Friedlander recto Dijm, Elias (Echaz) Chaim Lipszyc, Dora Dirdak, Jules Lipszyc and Toby Lipszyc. Second is a letter notifying Maria Van Der Meeren that her court order against Ms. Goffa, wife of VNV-member Armand Leclercq, has been reversed to protect the VNV and not disadvantage any family members of its members. The two present resistance cards belonged to Mr. Van Immerseel and to ...

  3. Henri Oerlemans. Collection

    This collection contains ten paint containers, a paint brush, a book on world history and a sticker book which belonged to Sylvain Honigwachs, a chess board and chess pieces which belonged to Mala (Malka) Zimetbaum and two statues (named Sylvain and Myriam) created by Henri Oerlemans. After winning a number of prizes and exhibiting his art work in several different places, Henri decided to stay a free artist. Thus inspired by his heart and his emotions, sculptures such as Myriam and Sylvain were born, both Jewish friends of his. She was a skinny, fragile, sweet girl. Henri pictured her as h...

  4. Sylvain Paul Zucker. Collection

    This collection contains : a red Nazi armband with swastika as worn by members of the NSDAP ; a Nazi insignia depicting a sword on a swastika surrounded by a laurel wreath, worn by athletes of the Reich ; a Nazi insignia depicting an eagle above a swastika ; an allied military identifification card issued to Sylvain Paul Zucker, a Jewish soldier from Belgium who joined the Brigade Piron in England ; a military driver’s licence issued to Jewish allied soldier Sylvain Paul Zucker.

  5. Kentone Radio company and Jewish employee Jacques Zussmann. Collection

    The collection comprises various documents primarily related to the professional activities and wartime experiences of individuals and businesses during World War II in the Belgian occupation period. The items in this collection shed light on the complex interplay between work, coercion, and survival during this tumultuous period. Of particular significance is a postcard written by Jacques Zussman on October 10, 1942, addressed to his employer Albert Kennis. This poignant artifact was composed by Zussman while en route to Auschwitz aboard Transport XII from the Dossin Barracks. Additionally...

  6. Chaim (Max) Flaksbaum. Collection

    This collection contains a card to Tony Samuel's great uncle, Harry Karet (1906-1999), sent by Chaim (Max) Flaksbaum. The card conveys Jewish New Year's greetings. "I am blessing you and your family with G'mar Chatimah Tovah (literal translation: 'a good final sealing') - said at Yom Kippur, referring to the Book of Life) May God give you a year of life, blessing and success, wealth and honor," the message (in Hebrew) says. In 1938, 14 September marked the Jewish New Year. However, Yom Kippur occurred on 5 October. This card's message may be a little late in some ways, but there may be good...

  7. Weissblum-Wachspress family

    This collection contains: a wartime photo of spouses David Weissblum and Giza Wachspress ; a wartime photo of Giza Wachspress ; a wartime photo of Giza Wachspress and her son Simon Weissblum ; two wartime photos of Simon Weissblum as a baby and as a toddler ; a wartime photo of Simon Weissblum with his rescuer misses Ecran-Petri ; two post-war photos of the Weissblum-Wachspress family.

  8. Kosterich family. Collection

    This collection contains four pictures portraying members of the Kosterich family, including: Max Kosterich, Hedwig Goldschmidt, Walter Joseph Kosterich, Manfred Kosterich, Oskar Kosterich and Hans Kosterich.

  9. Lobe-Moens family. Collection

    This collection contains one German lineage dossier concerning the Jewish Daniel Lobe and the non-Jewish Bertha Moens which confirms the Mischeche-status of Daniel Lobe.

  10. Apsel-Szulchan family. Collection

    This collection contains the following documents: a Jewish calendar for the year 1942-1943 ; six Polish Zloty bank notes ; a letter regarding the delivery of a uniform to a member of a the Flemish SS ; a photocopy of an Ausweis exempting Moses Pinkas alias Maurice Apsel, his wife Fanni Szulchan, their children Paula and Renée Apsel, and Fanni’s mother Chaja Richter from the anti-Jewish decrees as their names occurred on a list with candidates for the German-Palestinian exchange ; a press clipping regarding the post-war trial of the gang of Lucie Delchambre who had denounced Jews during the ...

  11. Schwarz family. Collection

    The collection comprises a diverse array of materials, prominently featuring a selection of photographs that document the lives of key individuals, including Emile Schwarz, Fritz Birenzweig, Edith Schwarz, Liz Knaepen, Joseph Knaepen, Elizabeth Knaepen, Remi Knaepen, Louis Knaepen, Jozef Knaepen, Leon Knaepen, Jules Horowitz, Camille Knaepen, Clement Knaepen, Fina Knaepen, Annette Schwarz, Toni Birenzweig, Herman Schwarz, Philippe Schwarz, and Katia Schwarz. In addition to the photographic documentation, the collection encompasses a painting depicting the hidden residence, a significant pin...

  12. Szwergold-Elfenbein family. Collection

    This collection contains two false identity cards of Maurice Szwergold and 571 photographs of the Szwergold and Elfenbein-Matuzewitz families both pre-war and post-war. The photos show portraits, garden and park scenes as well as vacation photos at the beach and coast, in Israel, in the Ardennes, in Szwitzerland on weight gain camp and other places. The photos portray, among others: Marcelle Elfenbein, Joseph Elfenbein, Sarah Matuzewitz, Fanny Matuzewitz, Gilel Elfenbein, Gabriel Matuzewitz, Gitel Bleier, Maurice Szwergold, Aaron Szwergold, Cecile (Cyrla) Szwergold, Leah Goldman and Leon (E...

  13. Anna Teitelbaum. Collection

    This collection contains: copies of three photos taken in 1941 right before public parks in Antwerp became non-accessible for Jews, showing the girls attending fifth grade at the local primary school (Stedelijk Onderwijsgesticht voor meisjes nr. 1) at Lange Leemstraat in Antwerp, including Anna Teitelbaum, her best friend Eliane Russinger and their Jewish class mates Ruth Wenger (not deported), Eveline Kohn (deported), Annette Grossfeld (deported), Felicie Gruszow (not deported), Suzanne Spingarn (not deported) and Paulette Liliane Buschel (deported) ; a copy of three pages from Anna Teitel...

  14. Goldberg-Kardimann family. Collection

    This collection contains: a studio portrait of the deported Bernhard Goldberg reading a book ; a studio portrait of the deported Rosa Kardimann, married Goldberg ; a portrait of spouses Majer and Malka Goldberg-Goldberg.

  15. Reisdorf-Eskenazi family. Collection

    This collection contains: a demobilization and travel permit issued to lieutenant-medic Joseph Reisdorf after the Belgian surrender, 1940 ; photocopies of two photos of the friends of Habib alias Robert Eskenazi demanding his release from the Saint-Cyprien internment camp by holding a sign, 1940 ; a wartime ID issued to doctor Joseph Reisdorf by the Red Cross of Belgium, 1944 ; a post-war ID issued to Joseph Reisdorf by ‘Organisation sanitaire belge resistante – Belgische gezondheidsweerstandsorganisatie’ (OSBR) [Resilient Belgian health organization], 1944 ; a post-war ID issued to Joseph ...

  16. Woydislawski-Schwarz family. Collection

    This collection contains: ten parcel request forms sent by Dora Schwarz and her son Harald Woydislawski, detained at the SS-Sammellager Mecheln (Dossin barracks) in Summer 1943, to acquaintances asking them for food and clothes ; post-war correspondence between Dora’s brother Rudolf Schwarz and the Aide aux Israélites Victimes de la Guerre [Aid to Jewish War Victims, AIVG] regarding the acquisition of declarations of death for the deported Dora Schwarz and her son Harald Woydislawski; administrative declaration of death issued for the deported Dora Schwarz and her son Harald Woydislawski ; ...

  17. Golbert-Zagrai-Lazar family

    This collection contains: two pre-war ID photos of Sura Foder Lazar, a post-war membership ID of the national association of former prisoners of the Dannes labour camp issued to Georges Golbert-Zagrai, a post-war support card sold to fund the establishment of a memorial for the forced labourers and victims of the Dannes labour camp, a post-war certificate issued by the United Nations International Bureau of the Declaration of Deaths regarding the death of Sura Foder Lazar who had been deported from the Dossin barracks to Auschwitz-Birkenau via Transport VII and who had been murdered.

  18. Kutnowski-Kupferminc family. Collection

    This collection contains: one copy of the ruling of the Brussels Military Court of 5 December 1950 on Max Boden, one handwritten Hebrew letter, one written letter to “grandpa”, five extracts/attestations from the population registers of Anderlecht, Saint-Gilles and Brussels for Kutnowski and Kupferminc family members and two inscription certificates of Jankiel Kutnowski in both the population register of Schaarbeek and Charleroi, nine photos showing Aron Kupferminc, Anna Chana Kupferminc, Schlomo Kutnowski, Hersz Kutnowski and Jankiel Kutnowski, twelve attests of deportation or death concer...

  19. Silberman-Holzer family. Collection

    This collection contains: an audio-visual testimony by Myriam Silberman in which she recounts her life during the war, including the experiences of her father Efraim Silberman who was sent to a work camp in Northern France run by Organisation Todt and who escaped transport XVI taking him to Auschwitz-Birkenau, the help Myriam, her sister Anna alias Annie Silberman and their mother Euga alias Augusta Holzer received from their former housekeeper Marie in Antwerp and from Righteous amongst the Nations Charles Ollinger and Odon Dubois who hid the family in Mons under the false name “Steurs”, l...

  20. Files compiled by Renée Grabiner as a member of the Jewish community Indemnification Commission (Buysse Commission II)

    This collections contains: 0001 - Administrative documents regarding Renée Grabiner’s work for the Jewish community Indemnification Commission (Buysse Commission II) 0002 - Preparatory documents for the annual reports, 2002-2006 0003 - Preparatory documents for the final report, 2007 0004 - Dossiers per meeting (111 files) of the Jewish community Indemnification Commission (Buysse Commission II). Each file contains one or multiple of the following elements: the meeting invitation, the report of the previous meeting (including a summary of the decisions regarding the claims discussed both in...