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Language of Description: English
Language of Description: French
Country: Belgium

  1. Collection Publications et bibliothèque.

    Ce fonds contient l’intégrale des publications de la CILB, dont son périodique Shofar. La CILB dispose d’une bibliothèque publique comprenant de nombreux ouvrages sur la pensée juive, l’histoire juive, la littérature ayant trait au judaïsme, mais aussi de la littérature en yiddish, des publications portant sur l’État d’Israël, le judaïsme libéral, la liturgie et la littérature rabbinique, la Shoah et l’antisémitisme. On y trouvera également des revues communautaires belges et internationales.

  2. 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...

  3. Comité Hommage aux sauveurs - Comité Huldebetoon aan de redders. Collection

    This collection consists of fourteen files dedicated to different aspects of the organisation of a tribute to Belgian rescuers organised by the Comité Hommage aux sauveurs - Comité Huldebetoon aan de redders [Tribute to the rescuers Committee] at Forest National in Brussels on 12 October 1980. These files contain: circulars and newspaper clippings concerning the objectives and financial support of the committee’s umbrella organisation, the Comité d'Hommage des Juifs de Belgique à leurs Héros et Sauveurs (1940-1945) - Huldecomité van de Joden van België aan hun Helden en Redders (1940-1945) ...

  4. Commemorative medal awarded to Fernande De Smet. Collection

    An honorary commemorative medal for distinctive services to the Jewish people of Belgium awarded to Fernande De Smet on 12 October 1980 by the Comité Hommage aux sauveurs - Comité Huldebetoon aan de redders, subsection of the Comité d’Hommage des Juifs de Belgique à leurs Héros et Sauveurs (1940-1945) - Huldecomité van de Joden van België aan hun Helden en Redders (1940-1945) for Fernande’s envolvement in the hiding and rescue of six Jewish children at Fernande’s orphanage, the ‘Sweet Consolation for the Deprived’ institution (Instituut Troost der Bedrukten), in Geraardsbergen. The group of...

  5. Commission belge Pour l’Étude des Problèmes d’Après-Guerre.

    Ce fonds contient de la correspondance, des notes et des rapports portant sur diverses questions propres à la période d’après-guerre, mais aussi des documents traitant de la guerre, de l’administration allemande en Belgique, des problèmes de ravitaillements et de la politique extérieure de notre pays. Dans la série correspondance générale, on notera les dossiers n°28 : Ivtcher, n°30 : Kirschen, le n°427 : Gottschalk, note sur le chômage ; dans la série documents secrets on notera le n°1058 : travail forcé et déportations, n°1090 : déportations, n°1107 : la nazification des jeunes, n°1201 : ...

  6. Commune de Habay-la-Neuve. Versement 2010.

    Il s’agit des archives ayant trait au fonctionnement et aux activités de la commune de Habay-la-Neuve. Les numéros suivants sont intéressants pour notre recherche : n°746 : Juifs (1941-1942) ; n°777 : Courrier émanant du Standortkommandant demandant au bourgmestre de lui faire savoir si des Juifs venus du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg ont immigré dans la commune depuis le 19 septembre 1940, minute d’un courrier répondant négativement à cette demande (26/27 septembre 1940) ; n°779 : Registre des Juifs (1940-1942) ; n°785 : Courrier émanant de l’instituteur communal en chef informant le Collège é...

  7. Comptabilité.

    Ce fonds comprend principalement des pièces comptables, des factures, des arrêtés, des bilans, des comptes, des fiches de paie du personnel, des frais de fonctionnement de l’Association Communauté et de la SIAI, des extraits de banque, des livres journaux, des traces des dons et donations des membres, des reçus de donations faites en espèces. On notera aussi des dossiers relatifs à la restauration du bâtiment et de sa toiture.

  8. Corrections by former members to the manuscript by René De Lathouwer on the history of the Jewish Defense Committee. Collection

    Corrections and additions to the manuscript "Témoignages et documents" (Testimonies and documents) written by René De Lathouwer, on the history of the Jewish Defence Committee (Comité de Défense des Juifs), a resistance and hiding network in Belgium, by four leading members of the JDC : Yvonne Jospa (Hawa Groisman), Maurice Heiber, his wife Estera Fajersztejn and Maurice Bolle.

  9. Correspondance générale. Archives vivantes de la CIB.

    Ce fonds comprend les dossiers en cours de la CIB. On y trouvera des dossiers relatifs aux mariages organisés, aux bar mitzvot, fêtes juives, aux cérémonies religieuses, aux restaurations, aux repas shabbatiques, des dossiers thématiques divers dont les cérémonies organisées à la CIB dans le cadre de donation de livres de la Torah (sefer Torah), des dossiers relatifs aux émissions télévisées, à la cérémonie de commémoration de la Nuit de Cristal, au dîner avec Monseigneur Danneels organisé à la synagogue, ou encore à l’organisation de bat mitzvot de l’école Ganenou organisées à la CIB.

  10. Course notes and publications from professors affiliated with the IEJ

    • Notes de cours et publications des professeurs de l'IEJ

    This fond regroups course notes, syllabi, publications and documents related to all forms of education displayed at the center. Those files are arranged according to the name of the professors.

  11. 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...

  12. David Michel Speyer. Collection

    This collection contains 2 photographs showing David Michel Speyer posing for a portrait in 1916 and David Michel Speyer with his wife Marie Rosalie Kerremans and their two daughters Simonne Anna Eugènie Speyer and Eugenie Clémentine Speyer on the beach in 1927.

  13. David Pelc. Collection

    This collection contains a photo of David Pelc, two yellow stars bought but never worn by David Pelc, two pre-war and three post-war photos of Sonia Hailstone (alias Aimée Cuypers and Sonia Anoutchin), four forms sent by David Pelc and his cousin Jacob Peltz to Sonia's address, and the envelope in which Sonia kept the documents.

  14. De Ceulaer-Margulies family. Collection

    This collection consists of two photos of the four De Ceulaer-Margulies family members, posing in group in their living room and in the garden.

  15. De Metz family. Collection

    This collection contains a pre-war photo of the complete De Metz family, a photo of middle son Henri De Metz wearing the yellow badge in 1942 and a request for food and clothes sent by the De Metz family members detained at the Dossin barracks to their son and brother Benjamin De Metz in Antwerp.

  16. De Waele-Godschalk family. Collection

    This collection contains original documents, digital copies of photographs and documents, an audio recording and a book regarding the Godschalk-Tokkie family, including: 25 pre-war and 2 post-war photos of family members, marriage certificates, residence and work permits, vaccination certificates, an audio file commemorating Judith Godschalk, a death notice of Sara Tokkie, documents regarding the release of Elisabeth Godschalk from the SS-Sammellager Mecheln (Dossin barracks), a copy of Samuel Godschalk’s death certificate, post-war documents regarding Elisabeth Godschalk’s estate and war d...

  17. Deed of sale with stipulation of non-Jewish decent. Collection

    Digitised copy of a notarial deed stipulating the sale of a plot of land to the Jolémont family, including a remark that a possible Jewish descent was verified and dismissed.

  18. Diary of dr. Alfons Van Orshoven. Collection

    This collection consists of three elements. First is a diary by Alfons Van Orshoven which he noted at Bergen-Belsen itself during his volunteering work, the first entry dating from 24 May 1945 and the last from 4 August 1945. Within the diary, there are some numbered pages which, however, remain unwritten. Among the things and people mentioned inside is friend and fellow year-old Prof. Jozef Vandepitte (called "Pitten") who was one of the other doctors that came to Bergen-Belsen together with Alfons. Second, there is a notebook in which are written the disease symptoms and treatment of pati...

  19. 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.

  20. Diplomatic service passport issued by the Republic of Liberia to Kelman Charles Mincberg. Collection

    A diplomatic service passport issued by the Republic of Liberia, represented by Baron O. de Bogaerde, Minister Plenipotentiary, to Kelman Charles Mincberg, granting him diplomatic immunity and allowing them to travel to Spain and Portugal.