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  1. Jacques Czapnik. Collection

    This collection contains : two wartime letters from Jacques Czapnik, held captive in an internment camp in Poitiers, France, to his parents Chaim and Jochweta Czapnik-Rozencwaig living in Mons, Belgium, describing living conditions in the camp and announcing Jacques’ departure for Drancy, France ; a fragment of a wartime postcard from Jacques Czapnik, held captive in an internment camp in Poitiers, France, to his parents Chaim and Jochweta Czapnik-Rozencwaig living in Mons, Belgium.

  2. Lajzerowicz-Goldstein family. Collection

    This collection contains : a studio portrait of siblings Malka and Cecilia Lajzerowicz, ca. 1938 ; a wedding photo of Israel Szaja Lajzerowicz and his second wife Chaja Goldstein, 1942.

  3. Théodore Kornblum. Collection

    This collection includes a video testimony recorded in Knokke-Heist on 18 September 2024, conducted by Veerle Vanden Daelen and Jarno Maertens of Kazerne Dossin, in which Kornblum recounts his experiences of survival and hiding during the Holocaust. Accompanying this are several photographs that trace his family history, including prewar images of his parents, Salomon Kornblum and Rywka Szwarcfuter, on their wedding day, and early images of their family with baby Théodore, as well as a personal photograph of Salomon flexing his muscles before the war and a photo of Théodore and his brother ...

  4. Leiser-Kanner family. Collection

    This collection contains: two letters sent by Aron Leiser in Krosno, Poland, to his brother Pinkas alias Paul Leiser (also Lesser) in New York, United States of America, 1941 ; nine postcards sent by Hersch and Henny Leiser-Kanner (also Leizer-Kanner) and their son Mojzes alias Maurice Leiser in Liège, Belgium, to their son and brother Pinkas alias Paul Leiser in New York, United States of America, 1941 ; a photo of Pinkas alias Paul Leiser in his American army uniform, 1945.

  5. Hirsch-Zugman family. Collection

    This collection contains: a pre-war photo of Leopold alias Leon and Czipa Hirsch-Zugman walking down a street ; a photo of Leopold alias Leon and Czipa Hirsch-Zugman with their eldest child Charles in the Antwerp city park, 1939 ; a photo of Leopold alias Leon and Czipa Hirsch-Zugman with their eldest children Charles and Rita in Luchon, France, 1940 ; a post-war photo of siblings Charles, Helene and Rita Hirsch ; a photo of a memorial stone for the deported and murdered members of the Zugman family, as placed in the Elah vally in Israel (Memorial to the Deportation of Jews from France) ; a...

  6. Reig-Landskroner family. Collection

    This collection contains : pre-war studio portraits of Berta Landskroner ; wartime photos of the religious and the municipal wedding of Leib (Leon) Reig and Berta Landskroner, 1942 ; a photocopy of the civil marriage certificate of Leib (Leon) Reig and Berta Landskroner ; a torn star of David, worn by Leib (Leon) Reig, 1942 ; a photocopy of a certificate indicating that Holocaust survivor Berta Landskroner is entitled to medical care ; a photocopy of a certificate certifying that Berta Landskroner, repatriated from Ravensbruck, had presented herself at the office of the Jewish community in ...

  7. Hugo Neirinckx. Collection

    This collection contains: a publication on Belgian banned books, banned authors and banned publishers entitled “Tegen ophitsing en wanorde. Lijst der aan den verkoop onttrokken en verboden boeken in België - Contre l'excitation à la haine et au désordre. Liste des ouvrages retirés de la circulation et interdits en Belgique" [Against incitement and disorder. List of books withdrawn from sale and banned in Belgium], created as a tool for book professionals in Belgium in September 1941 ; the post-war publication “Zwart Vlaanderen II” on Flemish Activism and collaboration (Germinal series, 13 (...

  8. Stein-Sasserath family. Collection

    This collection contains : a pre-war photo of Alexandre and Lucienne Stein-Sasserath and their children Jeannine and Robert Stein at the beach, ca. 1938 ; a letter sent to Mrs. Renard, in which the anonymous author describes the rumours circulating about the raid on Belgian Jews (Aktion Iltis), the actions undertaken by the author to save Jews that night, and the author’s inability to rescue a specific family which was being taken away upon the author’s arrival at their address (presumably referencing to the Stein-Sasserath family), 1943 ; a postcard addressed to Lucienne Deberghes, written...

  9. Micheline Wierzchowski. Collection

    This collection contains: wartime photos of cousins Micheline Wierzchowski and Anna Lewkowicz during their time in hiding with Jean and Julia De Bast-Dechef ; wartime photos of members of the extended De Bast-Dechef family ; post-war photos taken during visits by Micheline Wierzchowski to her rescuers Jean and Julia De Bast-Dechef and Julia’s second husband Jojo Vermeulen ; a card with New Year's greetings written by Micheline Wierzchowski.

  10. Fischler-Fischler family. Collection

    This collection contains : a letter from Chenke alias Anna Fischler in Berchem to her husband Wolf Fischler, held prisoner by the Nazis at an unknown location (perhaps Begijnenstraat prison) in Antwerp, 1942 ; a postcard from Wolf and Chenke alias Anna Fischler-Fischler, interned in Chalon, France, to Chenke's sister Alina Fischler (married Strassberg) in Mérignac, regarding Wolf and Anna’s children who were in hiding in France, 1942.

  11. Lagrené family. Collection

    This collection contains : a post-war portrait of Roma deportee Antoine alias Anton Lagrené, the Auschwitz tattoo number visible on his arm, 2006 ; a post-war portrait of Roma deportee Josephine Lagrené, the Auschwitz tattoo number visible on her arm, 2006.

  12. Post-war publications with wartime anti-Nazi cartoons. Collection

    This collection contains : the compilation box “La Guerre et l'Occupation vues par Oscar Liedel”, consisting of 32 unbound pages with 30 reproductions of anti-Nazi cartoons created during the war by Oscar Liedel, whose watercolour drawings bear witness to the various stages of the war, from the invasion of Belgium on 10 May 1940 to the Ardennes offensive on 22 December 1944 ; the compilation box “Vier jaar onder den hiel…” consisting of 25 unbound pages with 24 captioned cartoons by Jean Dratz, illustrating the various stages of the war, from the invasion of Belgium on 10 May 1940 to the fi...

  13. Rosenberg-Keller family. Collection

    This collection contains 5 (reprints of) photographs showing the Rosenberg-Keller family before and during the Second World War: Josef Rosenberg, Charlotte Keller, André Rosenberg, Robert Rosenberg and Lili Rosenberg.

  14. Arnold Adell. Collection

    This collection contains : a post-war photo of Arnold Adell and two friends among whom Roma musician Bilo Adel, 1950 ; a certificate granting reduced public transport fare to Arnold Adell, 1973.

  15. Tauba Nussbaum. Collection

    This collection contains: a Belgian identity card stamped ‘Jood-Juif’, issued by the Liège municipality to Tauba Nussbaum in 1940 ; a certificate of Belgian nationality issued to Tauba Nussbaum by the Liège civil service in 1942.

  16. Bacman-Eckmann family. Collection

    This collection contains: pre-war photos of Sara Eckmann and her brothers Michael alias Max and Isaak alias Isidore ; pre-war photos of Sara's parents Wolf Eckmann and Ida Friedman ; pre-war photos of Abram Bacman ; pre-war photos of Abram’s parents David Bacman and Claire Gelfand ; photos of the post-war religious marriage of Abram Bacman and Sara Eckmann ; post-war photos of the extended Bacman-Eckmann family, including Abraham and Sara's children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren ; photos of Abraham and Sara Bacman-Eckmann with Lotte alias Lottie Katscher whom they befriended during...

  17. Mieczyslaw Tannenbaum. Collection

    This collection contains : a photocopy of a certificate issued post-war by American president Dwight D. Eisenhower to Mieczyslaw Tannenbaum, for helping allied soldiers escape to Spain via the Comet Network ; a photocopy of a certificate issued post-war by the British Air Chief Marshal to Mieczyslaw Tannenbaum, for helping British soldiers, sailors and airmen to escape to Spain via the Comet Network.

  18. Adolphe Littmann-Lemaître. Collection

    This collection includes a variety of identity documents, both authentic and forged, that were issued to Adolphe Littmann under his real name and his alias André Lemaître. These include identity cards as a commerce dealer, a civilian employee of the U.S. Armed Forces, and as a member of the French Resistance. Of significance are the false identity cards used by both Littmann and his wife, Hélène Stir, during the war, as well as an earlier identity document for Littmann's father, Aleksander Littmann, from 1933. In addition to identity papers, the collection contains various certificates and ...

  19. Helfgott-Pschetiska family. Collection

    This collection contains: a photocopy of a newspaper article on the death of Jozef Ber Helfgott in 1930 ; two M. Hohner brand harmonicas from the 1930s, played by Eliezer Helfgott and Israel alias Simon Helfgott ; a certificate of primary education awarded to Eliezer Helfgott, 1933 ; a pre-war photograph of Isaak and Bacia Helfgott-Faszczak, ca. 1938 ; identity certificate issued to Israel Helfgott as a soldier in the Belgian army after the surrender on 28 May 1940 ; part of Israel alias Simon Helfgott's wartime identity card and the purse in which this document was preserved by his mother ...

  20. Jozef Weitman. Collection

    This collection includes a photograph of Abraham Manaster as a young man, along with records related to his establishment of a Jewish orphanage in the Generaal Drubbelstraat, Berchem, in 1946. These include an inauguration programme from the orphanage's and a letter from the mayor of Antwerp granting permission for its creation. Official recognitions of Manaster’s wartime activities are also present. A 1960 brevet acknowledges his status as a political prisoner during the Nazi occupation, and certificates from Salomon Lachmann and Ida Sterno attest to his role in hiding Jewish children. The...