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Country: Belgium

  1. Fonds AIVG.

    Ce fonds contient les statuts de l’AIVG ; les rapports d’activités de l’association (1945-1961) ; des PV, de la correspondance, des rapports, des documents préparatoires et des listes de présence des Assemblées Générales (1946-1961) ; les PV des réunions du CA (1945-1962) ; des publications, des articles et brochures produites par l’AIVG, des pièces relatives aux relations avec d’autres institutions (1946-1970) ; des documents comptables, des rapports financiers, des pièces relatives à la gestion et au patrimoine immobilier de l’association (1947-1961) ; des dossiers relatifs à la gestion d...

  3. Fonds Grand rabbin Wiener.

    Ce fonds contient notamment la correspondance du Grand Rabbin Wiener [boîtes 7.51]. Celle-ci est classée par ordre alphabétique des correspondants, ce sont généralement des particuliers ou des sociétés s’adressant au Grand Rabbin pour lui demander son aide et conseils. Ce courrier révèle divers pans des communautés juives et soucis de migrants ayant des proches en Belgique, ou d’entreprises connaissant des difficultés financières, s’adressant au rabbin dans l’espoir d’obtenir une aide matérielle, des contacts ou des recommandations. La crise économique des années 1930 transparaît clairement...

  4. Fonds Œuvres sociales communautaires.

    Ce fonds comprend des dossiers relatifs à la Cuisine populaire, La Ramée, les prisons et œuvres y relatives, l’Orphelinat israélite, les Maisons de retraite, la Villa Johanna, le Comité d’entente des œuvres, l’œuvre de secours aux pauvres honteux, la Centrale, la Société des Secours Efficaces, la Société des Mères Israélites, la Société Israélite d’Inhumation, Linat Hatzedek (Secours Mutuel de nuit). On y trouve notamment de la correspondance, des listes de personnes en difficulté, des listes des donateurs, les statuts des sociétés, comptes, bilans, reconnaissance de dettes, comptes-rendus ...

  5. Administration de la Sûreté Publique. Service de la Police des Étrangers. Dossiers individuels ouverts entre 1835 et 1912 (nos 1 – 999.999).

    La Police des Étrangers ouvrait un dossier individuel pour chaque étranger entrant sur le territoire. Les dossiers sont numérotés selon l’ordre qui leur fut attribué au moment de leur ouverture. Ces dossiers se composaient généralement comme suit : une déclaration d’inscription dans une commune, mentionnant la situation familiale, professionnelle et la période durant laquelle l’étranger souhaitait rester en Belgique ; les déménagements et changement de résidence ; les actes de l’État civil, dont des actes de mariages, de naissances et de décès ; on trouve peu de photographies au 19e siècle ...

  6. Administration de la Sûreté Publique. Service de la Police des Étrangers. Dossiers individuels ouverts entre 1913 et 1930 (nos 1.000.000 – 1.668.399).

    La Police des Étrangers ouvrait un dossier individuel pour chaque étranger entrant sur le territoire. Ces dossiers se composent généralement comme suit : une déclaration d’inscription dans une commune, mentionnant la situation familiale, professionnelle et période durant laquelle l’étranger souhaitait rester en Belgique ; les déménagements et changements de résidence ; les actes de l’État civil, dont des actes de mariages, de naissances et de décès ; une ou plusieurs photographies de l’étranger ; une fiche de signalement décrivant la forme du visage, la morphologie, la couleur des yeux, des...

  7. Goffaux-Indekeu family. Collection

    This collections consists of: two lists containing the names of Jewish and non-Jewish persons rescued by Florent Goffaux and Hélène Indekeu ; declarations regarding the rescue of André Paradis, Antoine Gosselin, Heinz Basch and Henri Drouin (with photos) ; a declaration regarding the death of Jean Lekime ; a statement signed by Salomon Muller ; an honorary certificate issued by the Union des Anciens Détenus et Rescapés de la Caserne Dossin de Malines to Florent Goffaux, and a note regarding Hélène Indekeu’s certificate ; two medals given to Florent Goffaux and Hélène Indekeu by the Union de...

  8. Marion Finkels-Kreith. Collection

    This collection consists of: the little suitcase Marion carried her books in when going to Jewish school in Hamburg ; three pages from Marion's photo album from Cuba ; five war-time photos of Marion Finkels in Havana, Cuba ; two excerpts from Marion's diary ; an interview with Judy Kreith regarding the story of her mother Marion Finkels-Kreith ; a post-war photo of Marion and the suitcase she took with her to Cuba ; a post-war photo of Judy Kreith with Michel Fischler, son of Marion's friend from Cuba Bram Fischler ; "The Quiz Box", a story written by Marion Finkels post-war regarding her l...

  9. Manes Klinger. Collection

    This collection contains documents regarding Manes alias Martin Klinger's life in Germany, his work for copyright agencies including Auteursbureau ALMO, Independant Management Entity, attestations from employers, correspondence, his passport, documents regarding his service in the German army during the First World War, family photos and two medals awarded to Manes Klinger.

  10. Cuba's Forgotten Jewels. Collection

    This collection contains: the uncut version of the interview of Marion Finkels-Kreith by Beret Strong, 2013 ; the uncut version of the interview of Felicia Rosshandler by Judy Kreith, 2015 ; the transcript of both interviews ; the published memoires of Felicia Rosshandler ; an interview with Judy Kreith and Robin Truesdale on the film’s creation process conducted by Kazerne Dossin, 2019 ; an administrative file on the organisation of the screening at UGC Antwerp, 27 January 2019 ; a research report on the wartime and post-war migration of Jews from Antwerp by dr. Veerle Vanden Daelen conduc...

  11. "Mijn oorlogsarchief" - Salomon-Vieyra family. Collection

    The collection is divided into six folders. KD_00104_0001 : This file contains documents from 1940 regarding the Salomon family flight to France, including the diary of father Hyman Salomon as a soldier during the Battle of Belgium and a give way allowing members of the Salomon family to cross the border into France. KD_00104_0002 : This file contains documents from 1940-1944 regarding the anti-Jewish measures in Belgium and the hiding and deportation of Salomon family members, including documents regarding the family business, family trees, letters from Salomon and Blits family members in ...

  12. Itzkowic-Goldberg family. Collection

    This collection contains: a pre-war photo of Salomon Itzkowic posing with friends in a car ; one postcard and four letters sent by Esther Goldberg and her children Achim Itzkowic, Berthold Siegmund Itzkowic and Arthur Itzkowic in Antwerp to their husband and father Salomon Itzkowic in the Saint-Cyprien and Argelès-sur-Mer internment camps in France (August to December 1940) ; Salomon Itzkowic's certificate of registration in the United Kingdom, 1946 ; a post-war statement by Salomon Itzkowic on his family history.

  13. Paul Morgenstein. Collection

    This collection consists of a pre-war and two post-war photos of Paul Morgenstein as well as his audiovisual testimony. In this interview Paul Morgenstein talks about: his pre-war life in Antwerp, Belgium ; the family fleeing to De Panne, Dunkirk and Calais in 1940 ; Paul's journey to the United Kingdom and his life during the bombardments in 1940-1942 ; his journey to Canada and later on to Cuba in 1942 ; his life in Cuba as a member of the diamond industry and the Jewish Antwerpian enclave in Havana in 1942-1947 ; his migration to New York, United States, in 1947.

  14. Mandler-Handl family. Collection

    This collection contains : a leather tool bag and a red adjustable wrench, brought by Fritz Mandler from Vienna to Belgium in 1938 and used by him while detained at the Dossin barracks where he was appointed head of the Hofarbeiter (Jewish maintenance workers) in 1943 ; fifteen photos, including a pre-war photo of Fritz Mandler participating in a motorcycle race in Austria, a photo of Fritz Mandler handling heavy machinery at the Marneffe refugee centre, photos of Heinz alias Henri Mandler with the Dehaen family which hid him in Courcelles, a photo of Fritz Mandler taken during a visit to h...

  15. Nat Neujean. Collection.

    Pictures of the artist Nat Neujean while sculpting ; some of Nat Neujean's early works of art (statues and bronze sculptures); pictures of family members and friends of Nat Neujean, some of whom were members of the armed resistance.

  16. Albert and Robert Gomperts. Collection

    Letter sent by brothers Albert and Robert (Bob) Gompers to their uncle and aunt Jules and Jet Boas in Canada after the brothers had been able to flee from Belgium to Great-Britain during the German invasion. The letter contains information regarding family members left behind in Belgium and the Netherlands during the first weeks of May 1940.

  17. Steinhardt-Safier family. Collection

    The Steinhardt-Safier family collection contains 28 photos showing the prewar Steinhardt and Safier family life : pictures taken on boat rides during vacations, wedding photos taken at a synagogue in Berlin, baby pictures of Harry Henri Steinhardt, family parties and Passover celebrations, and the Safier family at their bakery in Berlin. The collection also contains a post-war letter from the Belgian Ministry of Public Affairs confirming the deportation of the Steinhardt-Safier family and two family trees clarifying the ties between the Steinhardt and Safier families.

  18. Benedikt Felsen and Regina Degen. Collection

    This collection contains seven photos : one photo of Louis Paulissen and his father Jozef Paulissen in the courtyard of their farm in As, the province of Limburg ; six photos of Benedikt Felsen and Regina Degen posing with members of the Paulissen family while staying at their farm in 1941.

  19. Luttinger-Ohrwaschel family. Collection

    This collection contains five pre-war photos of Cilli Ohrwaschel, her children Lea and Max Singer, and Cilli's second husband Wolfgang Luttinger.

  20. Weisz-Sztajnberg family. Collection

    This collection contains: documents regarding the service of Josef Weisz in the Czechoslovakian Army while in the United Kingdom during the Second World War ; correspondence (telegrams and postcards) from and to relatives in Belgium ; the diary of Blima alias Betty Sztajnberg who fled from Antwerp to the United Kingdom in 1940 with her mother and sister ; five photos, including pictures of Josef Weisz while serving in the Czechoslovakian army and pre-war photos of social and professional gatherings