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Country: Belgium

  1. Boekman-Van der Horst family. Collection

    This collection contains : two forged IDs of Berthe (Elisabeth) Van der Horst, issued under her fake name Berthe Humbert ; three statements signed by fellow resistance fighters regarding the activities of Emmanuel Boekman as a forger and a member of the civil resistance ; the official deed recognizing Emmanuel Boekman as a civil resistance fighter in 1951 ; a statement by the municipality of Nijlen, confirming that Henri Alexander Boekman did wear the yellow star.

  2. Borisewitz family. Collection

    This collection consists of the following files: KD_00577_0001 : Belgian passport used by Robert Borisewitz for fleeing to Brazil in 1940 KD_00577_0002: documents regarding the military career of pilot Oscar Borisewitz ; correspondence between brothers Oscar and Robert Borisewitz ; documents regarding the death of Oscar Borisewitz in Rabat, Morocco, in July 1942 ; photos of the headstone and aviator monument with Oscar Borisewitz’s name ; documents regarding the repatriation of Oscar’s body to Belgium after the war KD_00577_0003: the charter granting pilot Oscar Borisewitz the title of chev...

  3. Bornstein family. Collection

    This collection contains six photographs, showing members of the Bornstein family: Franciska Bornstein, Abraham Kampf, Albert (Avraham) Gunzburg, Arthur (Aaron) Kampf, Lora / Sara Bornstein, Rezi Bornstein, Herman Bornstein, Samu Weinstein, Betty / Basha Schachner, Samuel Bornstein, Eta Kampf-Stieglitz, Harry Stieglitz and Avraham Stieglitz.

  4. Borowski-Wajuryk family. Collection

    This collection contains eight photos including a pre-war photo of Zima Herman Borowski with friends Eva Kupferstein and Malvine Reisenfeld, a pre-war photo of Nathalie Borowski's friend Pinkus (Paul) Fremder, a war-time photo of Zima Herman Borowski wearing the yellow Star of David, a photo from Nathalie Borowski's cheder (Hebrew and religious school) in Seraing when celebrating Hanukah in 1941, a wartime photo of Zima Herman Borowski wearing a priest's clothes while in hiding at a Jesuit monastery, and three post-war photos of the leftist Zionist youth movement Dror in Seraing and Liège.

  5. Breda family

    This collection contains: a postcard sent by Fanni Breda (sometimes Brada), held at the Theresienstadt ghetto, to her children, via Adele Truhlar, living in Brno, Czechoslovakia, in which Fanni mentions her stay in the hospital and the receipt of a parcel, 1944 ; a letter (author unknown) written in the Theresienstadt ghetto on the back of an Empfangsbestätigung [acknowledgement of receipt], 1945 ; certificate signed by the "Gendarme Sonderabteilung - Theresienstadt" confirming that Ada [Adele] Truhlar had sufficient means to travel and was thus allowed to leave Terezin, 1945 ; three Einlie...

  6. Brigitte Jacobsberg. Collection

    This collection consists of: Brigitte Jacobsberg's ID used during the Kindertransport from Germany to Belgium in 1938, her false and her real Belgian ID, a public transport ID under her false name Brigitte Leclerq, certificates regarding Brigitte's employment at the Wezembeek-Oppem children's home under supervision of the Association of Jews in Belgium in 1942-1944, post-war certificates regarding Brigitte's conduct during the war, and a biography.

  7. Brunner-Hollander family. Collection

    This collection contains: pre-war photos of Menasche alias Maximilian Brunner, his wife Esther Hollander, their children Dora and Henri Brunner, and the extended Brunner family ; wartime photos of the Brunner family while in hiding at Genval with the Balzat family ; a photo of Menasche alias Maximilian Brunner being reunited with his wife Esther Hollander and their son Henri at the Royal Circus in Brussels in 1945 ; war-time Red Cross membership card and ID card of Rosa Brunner ; advertisement stamp of Pension Brunner located in Heide ; Menasche alias Maximilian Brunner's Hungarian military...

  8. Bureau des Domaines de Charleroi. Office des Séquestres.

    Ce fonds contient notamment des listes d’étrangers des communes de la région de Charleroi, parmi lesquels des apatrides mentionnés comme Juifs. Il s’agit de listes des personnes inscrites aux registres des étrangers de la commune, ayant fait l’objet d’enquêtes, communiquées par le commissaire de police au receveur de l’enregistrement et des domaines, remplissant la mission confiée à l’Office des séquestres, en application de l’article 4 de l’arrêté-loi du 23 août 1944. Ces listes font mention de l’identité de la personne, de son domicile, de sa nationalité, de sa profession et du résultat d...

  9. Calixte Vandevelde. Collection

    This collection contains: two photos of Calixte Vandevelde ; a number of items recuperated from the SS-Sammellager Mecheln (Dossin barracks) in the weeks following Liberation in September 1944, including two dice, a purse belonging to Jewish secretary Benita Hirschfeld, an empty parcel box imprinted “Brunita margarine”, a children’s book entitled “De speeldoos van Langelot”, a shoe with wooden sole and 37 tin buttons fabricated in the camp workshops, the pocket watch of the deported Leon Brener with a piece of cloth with a handwritten text in Yiddish tucked inside, the necklace with pendant...

  10. CCIB.

    Ce fonds contient de la correspondance; des procès-verbaux des réunions du CCIB; des rapports d’exercices annuels; des dossiers concernant le recrutement des rabbins, leur installation; des rapports d’oeuvres sociales et de bienfaisance (Villa Johanna, Société des Secours Efficaces, Mères Israélites, Orphelinat de Hirsch, Comité des Apprentis, Œuvre Centrale Israélite de Secours, Keren Kayemeth Leisrael, Mutuelle Israélite, Caisse Consistoriale de Bienfaisance, Maison de Retraite, Société israélite d’assistance antituberculeuse de l’agglomération bruxelloise, Cuisine Populaire Juive, Sociét...

  11. Celnik-Miliband family. Collection

    This collection contains six photos of Celnik-Miliband family members, including portraits of Jacques Celnik, his wife Frania Miliband and a group photo of the couple with relatives.

  12. Chaim (Max) Flaksbaum. Collection

    This collection contains a card to Tony Samuel's great uncle, Harry Karet (1906-1999), sent by Chaim (Max) Flaksbaum. The card conveys Jewish New Year's greetings. "I am blessing you and your family with G'mar Chatimah Tovah (literal translation: 'a good final sealing') - said at Yom Kippur, referring to the Book of Life) May God give you a year of life, blessing and success, wealth and honor," the message (in Hebrew) says. In 1938, 14 September marked the Jewish New Year. However, Yom Kippur occurred on 5 October. This card's message may be a little late in some ways, but there may be good...

  13. Chancellerie du Premier Ministre. Cabinet du Premier Ministre et Secrétariat du Conseil des ministres.

    Ce fonds contient des dossiers du Cabinet du Premier Ministre, de diverses Commissions et du Secrétariat du Conseil. Le chercheur y trouvera notamment les dossiers suivants : n°17 : Réparations allemandes aux victimes belges du nazisme ; n°50 : Commission interministérielle chargée d’étudier le problème des Réfugiés politiques en Belgique et personnes déplacées ; n°52 : Comité ministériel restreint pour la répartition des réparations allemandes aux victimes belges du nazisme ; n°185-195 : Victimes des deux Guerres.

  14. Charles Benedictus. Collection

    This collection contains: the birth certificate of Esther Benedictus (paternal grandmother of Charles Benedictus), 1840 ; a municipal certificate issued to Samson and Esther Benedictus (paternal grandparents of Charles Benedictus), 1868 ; the wedding booklet of Samson and Esther Benedictus, 1868 ; a Dutch passport issued to Esther Benedictus, 1918 ; pre-war promotional material for cigar factory Primus inter Pares, owned by the Benedictus family, including a deck of cards, a brochure and a catalogue ; a collage of the I. [Isaac] Benedictus - Primus inter Pares brand cigar bands ; a municipa...

  15. Charlotte Leitersdorf. Collection

    This collection consists of a painting created before the war by Charlotte Leitersdorf, showing a vase with a bouquet of flowers. Charlotte's initials are visible in the bottom left corner.

  16. Chemd-Baum family. Collection

    This collection contains six photos and two documents of Maurice Baum, of violonist Isaac Salomon Chamd and of the Chemd-Baum family.

  17. Chojnacki-Mozelsio family. Collection

    This collection consists of two photos : a portrait of Chana Chojnacki and a portrait of Joseph Mozelsio.

  18. Cipa Wajncwajg. Collection

    This collection consists of two postcards sent by Cipa Wajncwajg to her husband Moszek Klainer and their children Bernard and Annie, while interned at the Dossin barracks in September 1942.

  19. Circular regarding the exclusion of Jews from public office in Borgerhout. Collection

    This circular contains information regarding the exclusion of Jews from public office in the municipality of Borgerhout, Antwerp. The content is based on the German anti-Jewish decree of 28 October 1940.

  20. Class photos of girls attending the Institut Bosquet in Antwerp. Collection

    This collection consists of two class photos taken in May 1941 of the girls attending the fifth and sixth grade at the Institut Bosquet in Antwerp. Among these girls are donor Colette Gilles de Fontenailles-Van Dooren and her Jewish classmates Eugenie Chor (who did not survive deportation from the Dossin barracks to Auschwitz-Birkenau via transport XVII), Nini Berneman (who survived the war in hiding in the Belgian Ardennes), Renée Landau (who survived the war by fleeing to Switzerland) and an unidentified Jewish girl.