Yad Vashem Collections - Documents

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Testimonies before the military court in Brussels regarding the conduct of the Association des Juifs de Belgique (AJB - Jewish Belgian Association) and protocols from the organization's executive meetings, 1942-1946 - Testimony of Chaim Perelman, a professor at the University of Brussels, at the trial of the AJB directors including Ullmann and Benedictus, 19 November 1946: Misconduct of the AJB from the time of its establishment, on November 1941-September 1942; activity of the AJB from then was limited to lobbying with the German authorities on behalf of the Jews and to social work (pp. 1-16); -...

File Number : 53

Type of Material : Reports, Testimony, Legal Documentation

Language : French

Documentation regarding underground activity to rescue Belgian Jews during the German occupation and the support provided survivors following the war, 1938-1984

Documentation regarding underground activity to rescue Belgian Jews during the German occupation and the support provided survivors following the war, 1938-1984 - Letter sent by Arye Leon Kubovy from Jerusalem to Roger D. Katz in Brussels, expressing his regrets for not being able to employ a historian to document the history of the Jews of Belgium during the German occupation, 1966 (p. 1); - Letter sent by Roger D. Katz, Chairman of the Federation Nationale des Anciens Combattants et Resistants Juifs de Belgique (FNACRJB - National Association of Jewish War Veterans and Underground Fighters in Belgium)...

File Number : 51

Type of Material : Booklet(s), Letter, Poem/song, Official Documentation, Biography

Language : Polish, French, English

Documentation regarding the commemoration of the underground fighters in Belgium during the German occupation, 1971-1979

Documentation regarding the commemoration of the underground fighters in Belgium during the German occupation, 1971-1979 - A speech in Yiddish by Jakub Gutfreund on the occasion of the dedication ceremony of a grove in memory of the Belgian partisan commander - Shmuel Nejszaten, of blessed memory, his father Joseph Nejszaten, his mother and his brother-in-law, the underground fighter, Hersh Michel Landau (p. 1-4); - Invitation by the Jewish National Fund (JNF - Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael) in Jerusalem, sent on 07 October 1971, for a dedication ceremony of a grove that was planted in memory of Szmul...

File Number : 50

Type of Material : Ceremonies, Speech

Language : French, Yiddish

Documentation containing testimonies and documents regarding the Comite de Defense des Juifs (CDJ - Committee for the Rescue of Jews) in Belgium compiled by Rene de Lathouwer, 1947-1951, and appendices, 1942-1968 - Review report from Rene de Lathouwer: Introduction (pp. 5-6); diagram of the CDJ building (p. 7); first steps towards the Final Solution; establishment of the Association des Juifs en Belgique (AJB - Belgian Jews Association); Razzias [round-ups]; undergrounds; the CDJ and its departments (intelligence and propaganda, finances, children, help for the elderly, help for partisans, forged...

File Number : 46

Type of Material : Article(s), List(s), Text(s), Survey Report, Newspaper Clippings, Official Documentation, Lists, Letter, Reports, Personal Documents

Language : French

Documentation regarding the Jews of Belgium during the German occupation and following it, 1941-1966

Documentation regarding the Jews of Belgium during the German occupation and following it, 1941-1966 - Application by the Union de la Resistance Juive (Jewish Resistance Union) to join the Organisation Juive de Combat (OJC - Jewish Combat Organization) (p.1); - Form from the Consistoire Central des Israelites de France et d'Algerie (Central Consistory of French and Algerian Jews) in Paris that was meant to record the details regarding the fighters who fought during the years, 1939-1940 and 1914-1918 (p. 2); - Informant's letter sent from Brussels regarding the employment of Jews in trade in the market...

File Number : 35

Type of Material : Statistical Data, Report, Letter, Official Documentation

Language : Polish, French, German, Yiddish

Documentation regarding the underground activities of Jozef Sterngold in Belgium, 1941-1985

Documentation regarding the underground activities of Jozef Sterngold in Belgium, 1941-1985 - Letter sent by Lucien Steinberg from Paris to Jozef Sterngold, 07 August 1970, expressing admiration for Sterngold and giving thanks for his testimony, (p. 19); - Letters sent by Dr. Kermish, Director of the Yad Vashem Archives, to Jozef Sterngold, 17 March and 20 April 1970, thanking Sterngold for the documents and the testimony he gave at Yad Vashem (pp. 20-21); - Documentation regarding "Theatraal" the musical documentary broadcast on Belgian radio in three parts, on January 1973, in which Sterngold took...

File Number : 10

Type of Material : Lists, Official Documentation, Statistical Data, Article, Biography

Language : French, Dutch, German, Yiddish