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Country: Belgium

  1. 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...

  2. Kichka-Gruska family. Collection

    This collection contains: a pre-war photo of siblings Henri, Bertha and Nicha Kichka with their friends Maximilien (Max) and Sara Skala at the beach ; a pre-war photo of Josek (Joseph) Kichka and Chana Gruska (also Gruszka) with their children Henri, Bertha and Nicha Kichka walking down a street ; a pre-war photo of three Jewish girls (Mathilde Bein, Sara Skala and Nicha Kichka) wearing the yellow star of David while posing in a park in Forest, Brussels, 1942 ; a post-war drawing by Henri Kichka, commemorating all Jews and Roma deported from the Dossin barracks during the war.

  3. Index cards of the Möbelaktion (Räumung) in Antwerp. Collection

    This collection contains 2,913 index cards which refer to the Möbelaktion (Räumung), the spoliation of Jewish homes, in Antwerp. Each index card contains the address of a plundered home, the name of the Jewish resident, the date of the clearance and a file number referring to a more comprehensive file, which no longer exists today.

  4. Dora Turksma. Collection

    This collection contains: two photos of Dora Turksma as a child, including a photo of her with her mother Klara Schilt at the beach; the ‘Volksmisboek en Vesperale’ (catholic prayer book) Dora Turksma received when being baptised as a hidden child in 1944; several dozen post-war prayer cards and devotional cards tucked away in the bible, signed by nuns and pupils at the boarding schools Dora attended; an interview with Dora Turksma in which she talks about her childhood in Antwerp, daily life at Morpheusstraat where she and her mother lived, moving around during the first years of the war, ...

  5. Madeleine Level-Sulzberger. Collection

    This collection contains a parcel request form filled out at the SS-Sammellager Mecheln (Dossin barracks) by detainee Madeleine Level, married Sulzberger. On 24 July 1944, Madeleine requested a package from Marie-José Smets and Geneviève Hankar. Since it was only allowed to write one address, Madeleine combined both names in one line in order to reach both of them. Madeleine requested to send multiple items of clothing for a man and a woman (presumably for herself and her husband Max Raymond Sulzberger) and some alimentary products. Madeleine and her husband were deported from Mechelen to A...

  6. Karny-Chamech family. Collection

    This collection contains: pre-war photos of the Karny-Chamech family from Liège ; a group photo of the Comité de l'Union Sioniste de Liège, 1928 ; pre-war photos of Léa Karny, her future husband Stanislas Gol and her future brother-in-law Samson Ajzenberg while in medical school ; war-time photos of Léa Karny and husband Stanislas Gol in Portugal ; photos of Stanislas Gol, husband of Léa Karny, while serving in the Brigade Piron ; war-time photos of Jean Gol, son of Léa Karny and Stanislas Gol ; post-war photos of meetings of the Brigade Piron ; military documents of Stanislas Gol and Samso...

  7. Gemeiner-Lewy family. Collection

    This collection contains: the wedding booklet of Moise Josef alias Joske Gemeiner and Rosa Lewy, 1933 ; three fake ID cards issued to Rosa Lewy during the war under the false names Virginie Stevens (Antwerp), Coleta Avezals (Schoten) and Anna Opdebeeck (Antwerp) ; card for a beneficiary of the status of political prisoner issued to Salomon Gemeiner as beneficiary of his father Moise Josef Gemeiner, 1951 ; five pre-war and wartime photos, including a photo of the pelt shop run by Moise Josef Gemeiner at Provinciestraat 143 in Antwerp, a photo of Rosa Lewy and her rescuer misses Vandoren and ...

  8. Birencwaig-Cyngler family. Collection

    This collection contains nine pre-war photos of the Birencwaig-Cyngler family : group photos of Abe Birencwaig and Zysla Cyngler with their children, a photo of oldest daughter Esther Birencwaig with fiancee Jean Cyngler and a photo of Abe Birencwaig and his parents.

  9. 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...

  10. Goldfischer-Wyszegrodzka family. Collection

    This collection contains a Polish passport issued to Marjem Wyszegrodzka in 1937. Marjem Wyszegrodzka, born on 20 August 1908 in Łęczyca, Poland, moved to Belgium and married Leibisch Goldfischer. She had been in Belgium since 22 August 1927, working at a clothing shop in Brussels. On 7 October 1942, both Marjem and Leibisch were registered at the Dossin Barracks for deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau on Transport XIII, which departed on 10 October 1942. Upon arrival, Marjem did not survive the deportation. Her husband, Leibisch, was selected for forced labour and survived the war, being rep...

  11. Dierickx-Tallieu family. Collection

    This collection contains a photo of Paula Tallieu, a biography of Paula Tallieu by her son Michel Dierickx and two post-war certificates granted by Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder and by General of the Army Dwight Eisenhower to Paula Tallieu for her aid to allied airmen during the Second World War.

  12. Turfkruijer-Meljado family. Collection

    This collection contains: a pre-war extract from the civil registry of the Dutch city Rotterdam regarding the birth of Marcus alias Marc Turfkruijer ; pre-war photos of Marcus alias Marc Turfkruijer and his wife Rebecca alias Bertha Meljado, including their wedding photo ; pre-war photos of their son Salomon Turfkruijer as a baby, a toddler and a child, including two class photos ; a Belgian yellow star of David worn by Salomon Turfkruijer ; wartime photos of the rescuers of the Turfkruijer-Meljado family (name unknown) ; post-war photos of Rebecca alias Bertha Meljado and of Salomon Turfkr...

  13. Comité de la Colonie Turque en Belgique. Collection

    This collection contains : two copies of a letter from 1943 written by the Comité de la Colonie Turque en Belgique [Committee of the Turkish Community in Belgium] in which the committee asks its more affluent members for donations to support its destitute members ; a file containing nine documents with regards to the activities of the Comité de la Colonie Turque en Belgique in 1943, including reports of meetings with members of the Sicherheitspolizei-Sicherheitsdienst to obtain protective papers for Turkish Jews in Belgium, and reports of the committee’s contacts with Turkish Jews held at t...

  14. Gruszow-Oppenheimer family. Collection

    This collection contains a bowler hat worn by Louis Bloch, father of donor Jean Bloch, as well as documents and photos regarding the Gruszow-Oppenheimer family, including family documents (work permits, passports, a wedding booklet, etc.) of Feiwel Gruszow and his wife Ilse Oppenheimer, letters sent by Feiwel Gruszow and Ilse Oppenheimer after their arrest to their hidden daughter Félicie Gruszow, a ready-to-wear yellow star and photos of the Gruszow-Oppenheimer family taken before the war.

  15. Aronsfrau-Hollander family. Collection

    This collection consists of: photos of the Aronsfrau-Hollander family, including photos of siblings Leonore, Norbert and Siegbert Aronsfrau as children and adults, photos of parents Leon Aronsfrau and Eva Hollander, photos taken during family vacations, a photo of Leon Aronsfrau during his military service and a photo of Norbert Aronsfrau with his rescuer Simone Goossens ; documents regarding the Aronsfrau-Hollander family, including Siegbert Aronsfrau’s fake ID, a letter sent to Siegbert Aronsfrau while detained at the Dossin barracks from his rescuer Simone Goossens, a post-war letter fro...

  16. Research by Nico Hamme on the Chateau de Bassines and the children hidden there. Collection

    This collection contains research files, compiled by Nico Hamme who, as a child, was hidden at the Chateau de Bassines near Havelange, Namur. Every file revolves around a child who was also hidden at the chateau or around one of the rescuers there. The files contain testimonies of the child or rescuer, correspondence between them and Nico Hamme, and in some cases photocopies of photos. This collection is only accessible at the Kazerne Dossin documentation center after a substantiated request.

  17. Gross-Limonik family. Collection

    This collection contains: a written testimony drafted by Rosette Gross-Becker entitled "Tu n'as pas souffert (You did not suffer)" on the history of the Gross-Limonik family in Belgium before, during and after the Holocaust; one audio-visual testimony of Rosette Gross-Becker and one audio-visual testimony of Denise Gross-Feibusch and Monique Gross-Banne, in which they address the life of their family before the war, the anti-Jewish decrees in Belgium, the deportation of their father Baruch alias Bernard Gross to northern France as a slave labourer for organization Todt, the hiding of their ...

  18. Mona Verhage. Collection

    The box contains buttons with which Jewish hidden child Norbert Vos played while in hiding in 1942-1944 at the home of the donor’s parents Raymond and Julia Verhage-Leenknecht in Kortrijk.

  19. Van Beylen-Beirnaert family. Collection

    This collection contains : the poetry album of Frieda Beirnaert with drawings created by her Jewish classmates Rosa Seewald and Miriam (Maria) Hauser in 1942, as well as autographs of several British soldiers who signed the album after Liberation ; a table cloth given by a Jewish family to concierge misses Huyskens for safekeeping during the war, who presented it to Frieda Beirnaert as a wedding gift in 1949 ; a post-war newspaper clipping regarding the city of Antwerp and the persecution of its Jewish population ; a book entitled “Antwerpen”, which was owned by Frieda’s uncle Marcel Beirna...

  20. Research by Marc Michiels on Transport XX. Collection

    This collection consists of two intertwined sections : (1) documents and photos regarding the annual commemoration of the attack against Transport XX in Boortmeerbeek, including the ceremonial administration and delivered speeches ; (2) research materials – largely copies of documents, testimonies and research articles – collected by Marc Michiels in preparation for his book on Transport XX. This collection is only accessible at the Kazerne Dossin documentation centre.