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Testimony of Menachem Mendel Maringer, born in Brussels, Belgium, 1931, regarding his experiences while hidden by Catholic families in villages and in a monastery in Belgium

Testimony

Testimony of Menachem Mendel Maringer, born in Brussels, Belgium, 1931, regarding his experiences while hidden by Catholic families in villages and in a monastery in Belgium Orthodox, religious family; his family's unsuccessful attempts to make aliya to Eretz Israel, 1930s. Outbreak of the war; German occupation of Belgium, 1940; escape to the south of France; life in hiding; return to Belgium; anti-Jewish restrictions; move to a village in Belgium with his sister, with help from the underground; fostered by Catholic families in villages; life in hiding in a monastery; detention of his parents;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Letters sent by members of the Broder family in Antwerp to members of the Broder family in Jerusalem, 1938-1940

Letters sent by members of the Broder family in Antwerp to members of the Broder family in Jerusalem, 1938-1940 Difficult economic situation in Belgium; shortage of work places; displays of antisemitism due to the arrival of Jewish refugees from Germany. Also in the file: - Red Cross letters sent in December 1940; - Letter sent by Rabbi Moshe Ostrovsky to the Aliya Department of the Jewish Agency regarding the members of the Broder family from Belgium.

File Number : 756

Type of Material : Letter

Language : Hebrew, Yiddish

Notebooks and articles regarding the persecution of the Jews and the undergrounds in Belgium during the German occupation, 1947-1981

Notebooks and articles regarding the persecution of the Jews and the undergrounds in Belgium during the German occupation, 1947-1981 - Notebook of Maxime Steinberg titled, "The Jews of Belgium Honoring their Heroes and Rescuers, 1940-1945", Chapters regarding: - The Final Solution (pp. 9-21); - Rescue of Jews and the Jewish Rescue Committee, [known as] Comite de Defense des Juifs (CDJ),(pp. 22-45); - Jewish underground fighters from Belgium who were killed (pp. 46-61); - Statistical data regarding the extermination of Belgian Jews by the Germans (p. 62); - A map noting the number of Jewish...

File Number : 42

Type of Material : Maps, Booklet(s), Article

Language : Hebrew, French

Benjamin Sagalowitz Archive: Special conferences regarding antisemitism in Europe, organized by the European division of the WJC (World Jewish Congress) in Brussels, March 1960, and in London, August 1962 In the file: Pp. 1-6: Survey of fascist and extreme Right organizations in Europe, including names of the organizations in various countries, activists, contacts, newspapers and publications, 25 March 1960; Pp. 7-10: Organizational program of the WJC European office in preparation for the special conference in Brussels, March 1960, and the agenda of a special session to be held one day after the...

File Number : 154

Type of Material : Survey Report

Language : English, German

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Testimony

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew