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  1. Silberberg-Litmanowicz family. Collection

    This collection is highlighted by a prisoner uniform from Auschwitz, stitched together by Benjamin Silberberg, a survivor of the camp, from original fabric swatches sourced from various Auschwitz camp uniforms collected during the liberation of the camp. Notably, one of these swatches bears the prisoner number 133427, belonging to Chil Icek alias Jacques Raffeld, a deportee from the Dossin barracks who endured internment at Auschwitz and Jaworzno before being repatriated to Belgium in 1945. Also included in the collection are three prints of Benjamin Silberberg's prisoner number, 178678. Ad...

  2. Fridland-Frydland family. Collection

    This collection contains one video-interview by Arnold Fridland and two photos showing the family and rescuers of Arnold Fridland. The people shown are Zysla (Cécile) Blajwas, boyfriend of Suzanne Blajwas, Ruchla (Rachelle) Blajwas, Suzanne Blajwas, Tauba Frydland, Arnold Fridland, Catherine Frydland and Arthur Langerman. The rescuers of Arnold Fridland shown are Edmond and Emilia Houyoux-Sevrin.

  3. Rochman-Malberg family. Collection

    This collection contains: pre-war photos of Syma Tema Malberg and her children Chaim Rochman, Szaja alias Charles Rochman, Ruchla Rochman and Bernard Rochman ; pre-war photos of Chaim Rochman, his wife Brajna Mejerzon, their son Joseph Abraham Rochman and other relatives ; pre-war photos of Szaja alias Charles Rochman with comrades such as Emile Lovenvirth and Aba Arhimovici ; two pre-war albums with photos of Szaja alias Charles Rochman and his wife Laja (also Loli or Liliane) Celmanska, including holiday pictures and photos taken during outings with fiends ; pre-war photos of Laja Celmans...

  4. 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...

  5. Wiznitzer Family. Collection

    This collection contains: one photo of Beate Wiznitzer, who was the mother of Andy Popperwell, her brother Josef Wiznitzer, and their parents Mendel and Rachel Wiznitzer; one photo of Mendel Wiznitzer in his soldier uniform in the top left with his comrades in the Austro-Hungarian army during the First World War; one passport of Beate Wiznitzer with which she was able to enter the United Kingdom at the end of December 1938; and an envelope in which Beate's last letter to her father Mendel was returned to her in 1942.

  6. Moszkowicz-Herszman family. Collection

    This collection contains four photos, which portray the following persons: Fajga Moszkowicz, Salomon Herszman, Helene Herszman, Siegfried Herszman and Henriette Herszman. There is also the first Polish passport issued to Helene Herszman in 1948.

  7. Hauser-Ingber family. Collection

    This collection contains eleven photos of members of the Hauser and Ingber families. A first photo shows Melanie Ingber in 1920, who married Pinkus (Paul) Barber. A next one shows Rene Reinhold in 1936, son of Charlotte Ingber and Salomon Reinhold. Charlotte Ingber with son Sylvain Reinhold is visible in the third photo from 1938. On the fourth photo from 1944 Salomon Reinhold, husband of Charlotte Ingber, can be seen. The fifth photo portrays Charlotte Ingber herself in 1926. Jacob/Jukiel Ingber and Regina Neubauer, parents of Charlotte and Melanie, can be seen on the next one from 1909. T...

  8. 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...

  9. Eli Ringer. Collection

    This collection contains one hundred and thirty-three photographs containing the Ringer family, David Stein, Malvine Babad and others, three birth certificates, one Paraguayan passport for Salomon Ringer, one identity card, travel pass and shopping booklet of the UNRRA Jeanne d'Arc Refugee Centre, forty-two letters concerning the return from the UNRRA Jeanne d'Arc Refugee Centre, one letter from the Swiss Embassy about release from Internierungslager Laufen, one letter from the Paraguayan Consulate about release from lager Bergen-Belsen, three letters about the internment in Tittmoning, one...

  10. Research by Jean-Paul Denis on the municipality of Jette. Collection

    This collection consists of four folders containing copies of historical documents on the persecution of the Jewish community and on the resistance in Jette. The documents include copies of items from the municipal archives of Jette, the Jewish Museum of Belgium, the Archives Service for War Victims, the State Archives of Belgium and Kazerne Dossin as well as information obtained by Jean-Paul Denis from family members of resistance fighters.

  11. Sosna-Trzcinka family. Collection

    This collection contains: eleven pre-war photos of the Sosna-Trzcinka family, including group photos, photos taken during outings in Liège and photos taken while on vacation ; two pre-war work permits issued to Raca alias Rosa Sosna, 1938-1939 ; a war-time postcard sent to Marie Louise Dufour which was the false identity of Raca alias Rosa Sosna while in hiding, 1943 ; a post-war postcard to Raca alias Rosa Sosna from Henry and Jacques (unidentified), 1945 ; a search request concerning Tobias Sosna filled out by Raca alias Rosa Sosna and sent to the Belgian Red Cross, 1944 ; four forms sign...

  12. Estera Laja Rozenberg. Collection

    This collection contains two group pictures of Estera Laja alias Ida Rozenberg and her friends of the Zionist youth movement Gordonia during field trips.

  13. 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...

  14. Rosine De Dijn research archive. Collection

    This collection contains the research files and 172 books accumulated by Rosine De Dijn in preparation of six books on various topics related to the Second World War. The research files for ‘De vlucht van Yudka Kalman, 1941-1950’ (KD_00633_01) include five sets of photographic materials, copies concerning the German Landsmannschafte in Donau-Schwaben and across Europe, and files on Carpathian Ukraine, on researched persons and on Belgium's refugee policy. The research files for ‘Zeg Nooit Dat Je Rachmil Heet. Een Joodse Jongen Overleeft De Oorlog In Een Vlaams Gezin’ (KD_00633_02) include p...

  15. Jenny Birnbaum. Collection

    This collection contains: a portrait photo of Jenny Birnbaum, 1944 ; an order from the Kreiskommandantur in Nivelles to misses Lemarchand in Genval to present herself at their office regarding her foster child Jenny Birnbaum, 1944 ; two drawings created by Jenny Birnbaum in Auschwitz, 1944 ; a letter written by Jenny Birnbaum to her family after her liberation at Kaufering Lager XI, 1945 ; a telegram sent by Jenny Birnbaum to the Lemarchand family in Genval announcing her repatriation, 1945 ; an allied expeditionary force displaced person index card issued to Jenny Birnbaum, 1945 ; a little...

  16. 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 ...

  17. Samuel Dreese. Collection

    This collection contains a studio portrait of Samuel alias Tonny Decker, which was given by Tonny to his fiancée Rosette Decker on 15 November 1940.

  18. Fullenbaum-Cukierman. Collection

    This collection contains: one photo of Edithe Fullenbaum-Cukierman on her wedding day with the couple who hid her during the war (Frans Roelands and Jeanne Franckaert) beside her, and one copy of a text publicly read by Edithe Cukierman which includes biographical details about her life during World War II.

  19. Madeleine Sulzberger. Package registration. Collection

    This collection contains a form that is a package registration from Kazerne Dossin in Mechelen. Madeleine Sulzberger requested a package from Marie-José Smets and Geneviève Hankar on July 24 1944. Since it was only allowed to write one address, both names are combined in order to reach both of them. Madeleine requested multiple clothing articles for a man and a woman (presumably for herself and her husband) and some alimentary products. Madeleine Sulzberger was registered as number 435 on transport XXVI and stayed in Kazerne Dossin in hall IV.

  20. Goldberg-Goldberg family. Collection

    This collection contains: pre-war and wartime pictures of Sarah Goldberg’s family, and a group photo of repatriated female Auschwitz survivors ; a testimony written post-war by Sarah Goldberg, documenting her experiences in the concentration camps ; documents regarding the wartime and post-war life of the family of Jacques Goldberg, future husband of Sarah Goldberg, in hiding as the Goffin family, including several fake Belgian IDs ; propaganda leaflets ; three worn yellow stars ; photocopy of a letter sent by Sarah Goldberg and her fiancée Henri Wajnberg after their arrest to Henri’s famil...