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Holding Institution: Kazerne Dossin: Memoriaal, Museum en Onderzoekscentrum over Holocaust en Mensenrechten / Kazerne Dossin: Mémorial, Musée et Centre de Recherche sur la Shoah et les Droits Humains

  1. 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.

  2. Szpiro family. Collection

    This collection contains : 8 photos of Regina Szpiro and her school friend Victoire Ponjaert, taken during school outings or at a swimming pond, and 1 photo of of Regina Szpiro’s deceased mother Golda Awerbuch ; 8 letters from Regina Szpiro, her youngest sister Lea Szpiro and family member Femmy Pels (?) to Victoire Ponjaert, recounting daily life in Brussels.

  3. Meisel-Goldstein family. Collection

    This collection consists of: photos of Leon Meisel, his wife Rachel Goldstein and their children Catherine alias Katja and Philippe Meisel who were all deported and murdered ; a photo of family friend Florence Ciparisse who tried to rescue Philippe Meisel ; a photo of Sacha Goldstein, cousin of Rachel Goldstein, who visited Namur in the 1960s to look for traces of his deported relatives ; a business card of one of the Meisel-Goldstein family friends who assisted Sacha Goldstein in his search ; three letters from Sacha Goldstein to the Ciparisse sisters commemorating the deportation of his r...

  4. Research by Florence Matteazzi on the role of clergy from the Liège diocese in hiding Jews. Collection

    This collection consists of 82 files created by Florence Matteazzi while researching clergymen in the Liège diocese and their attitude towards helping Jews during the Holocaust. These files include: administrative files with correspondence with private and public archives or archival holders and witnesses, index cards with biographical notes and draft elements of the final dissertation ; bibliographical files with photocopies of literature on oral history, the psychological analyses of testimonies by hidden children, the position of the catholic church during the Second World War, conversio...

  5. 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...

  6. Liwszyc-Jagolkowska family. Collection

    This collection contains: two pieces of yellow cloth containing each three Belgian stars of David which were never cut from the fabric or worn ; two letters sent by relatives to Rachel Carolina Liwszyc while she was in hiding as Lina Pasqual ; a report on the history of the Liwszyc- Jagolkowska family written during the procedure to recognize rescuer Jeanne Periphanos as Righteous among the Nations ; the diploma of Righteous issued to Jeanne Periphanos in 2007 ; a letter signed by Yad Vashem confirming that the title of Righteous among the Nations was issued to Jeanne Periphanos ; a photo o...

  7. Steiner-Kunstler family. Collection

    This collection contains 13 photos of the Steiner-Kunstler family, including a picture taken during a vacation at the beach, a wedding photo of Kornelia (Nelly) Steiner, a photo of the employees of a carpenter's workshop in Hungary, a photo of the Hungarian violinist "Tibi", and several studio portraits of the Steiner children and grandchildren.

  8. Stern-Lachs family. Collection

    This collection contains: 14 photos of Mayer Stern, his wife Flora Lachs and their children Norbert and Beatrice alias Beate Stern ; a certificate of naturalisation issued to Beate Stern by the United States government in 1953 ; newspaper clipping regarding a music prize won by piano prodigy Norbert Stern at the Brussels conservatory before the war.

  9. Transportlisten. Collection

    The Transportlisten series consists of two parts : KD_00013_01 : The first part contains the carbon doubles of the original lists of all transports (Jews, Roma and Sinti) from the SS-Sammellager Mecheln (Dossin barracks) to Auschwitz-Birkenau, Buchenwald, Ravensbrück, Vittel and Bergen-Belsen. Each sheet contains the names of 10 to 20 deportees on a specific transport, their place and date of birth, their profession and their nationality. In some cases the date of arrival at the Dossin barracks is mentioned in the top left corner of the page. The handwritten notes were added by the Director...

  10. Hans Rosenblatt. Collection

    This collection contains: a digital copy of the Rosenblatt-Ginsberg family photo album, including photos of Hans Rosenblatt, his parents Adolf Rosenblatt and Lea Ginsberg, his uncle Samuel Rosenblatt and his adoptive parents David Dorn and Hanna alias Fanny Dorn taken before, during and after the war ; Samuel Rosenblatt’s American immigrant identification card from 1939 ; an album with handwritten messages of friends of Lea Ginsberg which she took with her when she migrated from Poland to Vienna to marry Adolf Rosenblatt ; postcards received by Lea Ginsberg in France in 1941 from her family...

  11. 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.

  12. 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, ...

  13. Fishel-Black family. Collection

    This collection consists of: digitised copies of 9 letters sent by Mendel Fishel, Emily Black and their youngest son Leon Fishel in Antwerp to their oldest sons Maurice Bernard and Leonard Fishel in a civil internment camp, including one dated on the day Mendel and Emily reported at the Dossin barracks ; a family portrait of Mendel Fishel and Emily Black, with youngest son Leon ; portraits of Mendel Fishel and Leon Fishel ; Leon Fishel in the Maccabi football team outfit ; Leon Fishel and his soccer team of Maccabi Antwerp ; Leon Fishel wearing the yellow star ; a series of propaganda photo...

  14. Berneman-Flam family. Collection

    This collection contains pre-war photos of the inhabitants of the town Kozienice, Poland ; post-war photos depicting Pinie Berneman's stay in a Suisse sanatorium in 1946 ; a book on the history of the Jewish community of Kozienice published in 1969 ; additions to the book by Pinie Berneman ; post-war newspaper clippings regarding the war in Poland ; audio-visual testimonies of Pinie Berneman and Chana Flam by the Steven Spielberg Foundation ; audio-visual testimony of Rosie Berneman by Kazerne Dossin.

  15. Birenbaum-Flescher family. Collection

    This collection consists of a studio portrait of Salka Flescher and a casual portrait of siblings Jenny alias Schenja, Esther alias Erna and Joseph Birenbaum

  16. Regina Beer. Collection

    This collection consists of: pre-war items from Regine Beer’s years as a student, including a fraternity hat ; three pre-war family photo albums ; pre-war, wartime and post-war IDs and passes issued to Regine Beer ; documents from the denazification camp Recklinghausen ; letters sent and received by Regine Beer to and from her relatives (husbands, children, etc.) ; press clippings regarding relatives of Regine Beer ; documents regarding lectures given by Regine Beer (mainly at schools) ; two post-war photo albums dedicated to Regine Beer’s educational work ; publications on racial persecuti...

  17. Porcelain tableware set of Hester Raizmann-Rood. Collection

    This Davenport tableware set produced by Hollinshead & Kirkham in Tunstall, England, given to Hester Raizmann-Rood as a wedding gift, consists of twelve soup plates, twelve large plates, eleven dessert plates, one sauce dish, one platter for vegetables, one platter for meat, one soup tureen with lid and three vegetable bowls with lid.

  18. Awret-Spicker family. Collection

    This collection consists of: KD_00356_0001: Original items donated by Irene Spicker-Awret, including a war-time photo of her with friends, five oil paintings created by Irene during her internment at the Dossin barracks, a puppet and a drawing for the opera Carmen, both created by artist Leon (Lon) Landau while he was detained at the Dossin barracks. KD_00356_0002: Original items donated by Uziel Awret, son of Azriel Awret and Irene Spicker, including Irene’s war-time paint box and Azriel’s series of 37 post-war drawings on the Holocaust.

  19. Jules Fleischer. Collection

    This collection contains: pre-war and post-war photos of friends and relatives of Guyla alias Jules Fleischer, including photos of his wife Lenca David and their son Jozef Fleischer ; a pre-war photo of a wedding ; a pre-war photo of Jules Fleischer and his fellow diamond workers in their workshop ; a calendar to commemorate the yahrzeit of Jules Fleischer’s father Aladar Fleischer who passed away on 23 January 1941 ; post-war photos of Jules Fleischer showing a selection of diamonds to king Baudouin of Belgium, including a press cutting of the photo as published in De Nieuwe Gazet in 1969.

  20. Landau-Blitzer family. Collection

    This collection contains an audio testimony of Anna Grunfeld-Landau ; a postcard sent by Anna's brother David Landau from the Monowitz camp to their parents in Belgium in 1944 ; two pre-war work permits of Jacob Landau ; two documents certifying the internment of Jacob Landau and Lea Blitzer at the Dossin barracks ; two magazine articles on hidden children and hiding in Lasne, Belgium ; seven pre-war photos of the Landau siblings, including a class photo taken at the Jesode Hatora school ; a war-time photo of Anna Landau at the Lasne children's home ; a post-war photo of Anna Landau.