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Transcript of testimony of Betty Rosler, born in Antwerp in 1930, about her experiences in Belgium in the Holocaust

Transcript of testimony of Betty Rosler, born in Antwerp in 1930, about her experiences in Belgium in the Holocaust Childhood in Antwerp—escapes to France when war erupts in 1940 and returns to Antwerp; anti-Jewish measures; reports about persecution and murder of relatives in Poland; confiscation of father's business; father arrested; rest of family shelters in hideouts (witness and brother in one location, mother in another); mother and children move to the Ardennes region with help from the Belgian resistance; live in Dinant; fear of informers; obtain false papers and move to Arbre; stay in Arbbre; help...

File Number : 12698

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Dutch

Documentation of Samuel Bunim and Zahava Bunim from Molenbeek-Saint-Jean and the Mechelen camp, 1943, etc.

- form for request of receipt of parcel, Mechelen camp, 1943, in the name of J. Dembinski; the request was sent to Zahava Bunim in Brussels; - ID card of Samuel Bunim, born in 1928 in Laeken, a suburb of Brussels, issued in Molbeek-Saint-Jean in 1943 and stamped with the word "Juif". Also in the file: - questionnaire filled in by Samuel Bunim, 1945, for purpose of immigration to Eretz Israel. Training at the Rattendael castle near Brussels. A member of Po'ale Tsiyyon Left. Immigration to Eretz Israel in 1945; - Mr. Stein's membership card in the Hehaluts association in Sokółka; - pre-war postcards...

File Number : 103

Type of Material : Postcard, Memoirs, Questionnaire, Document, Membership Cards, Identity Card

Language : Yiddish / Latin Characters, Hebrew, French, Dutch, German, Yiddish

Memoirs of Supra Wekstein regarding her family's experiences in Seraing, in hiding in Liège and Seraing, and in a children's home in Anderlecht after the war

Memoirs of Supra Wekstein regarding her family's experiences in Seraing, in hiding in Liège and Seraing, and in a children's home in Anderlecht after the war - Memoirs of Supra (Cyprienne, Tsépré) Wekstein, born in Seraing on 25 September 1932, regarding her family's experiences during the Holocaust (her false name during the war was Suzanne). Written in Braine-l'Alleud, Belgium in November-December 2019: Her parents: Abram Sacher Wekstein, born in Lelów in 1898/1899 (emigrated from Duisbourg Germany to Belgium in 1924) and Ita (Burgman), born in Działoszyn in 1903 (emigrated from Częstochowa to Belgium in...

File Number : 11465

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : French

Memoirs of Azriel Siegfried Genachowski, born in 1936 in Antwerp, and documentation pertaining to the Genachowski and Rabinovitsch families

Memoirs of Azriel Siegfried Genachowski, born in 1936 in Antwerp, and documentation pertaining to the Genachowski and Rabinovitsch families - documentation pertaining to the Genachowski and Rabinovitsch families and additional relatives: -- transcribed testimony and memoirs of Azriel Siegfried Genachowski, born in 1936 in Antwerp, about his family's experiences in the Holocaust, and presentation (son of Symon and Dina Genachowski); -- documentation from Odessa, Paris, Latvia, and Belgium, 1927–1942; -- segments of list of Jews deported to the Malines camp on February 26, 1943, and to Auschwit in Transport...

File Number : 11451

Type of Material : Testimony, כתובה, Article(s), List(s), Text(s), Passport, Vouchers, Memoirs, Genealogy, Personal Records, Marriage Certificate, Letter, Excerpt(s), Speech, Official Documentation, Personal Documents

Language : French, English, Russian, Dutch, Aramaic

Documentation associated with Eugene Glück, who emigrated from Romania to Belgium in 1928, with information about his experiences in the Holocaust, his son's rescue, and the fate of his wife, Sara Stauber, who perished

- questionnaires from the Antwerp police, 1928 and 1930, with personal details about Engen Glück, born in 1911 in Marosheviz, who emigrated from Romania to Belgium in October 1928; - marriage certificate of Eugen Glück and Sara Stauber, who wed in Antwerp on March 29, 1938; - Jodenregister (registration cards) of Jews, issued for Eugen Glück and Sara Stauber in Antwerp on December 19, 1940, noting their years of arrival in Belgium (1928 and 1938). Their son Maurice, born on October 9, 1939, is registered on Eugen Glück's card. - certification from the nonresident police (Vreemdelingenpolitie) in Antwerp, May...

File Number : 100

Type of Material : Personal Documents, Record of Murdered Persons, Questionnaire, Personal Records, Declaration

Language : French, English, Dutch, German

Memoirs of Joe Aybes, formerly Ajbeszyc, born in Anderlecht, regarding his experiences in Belgium, France and Switzerland during World War II

Memoirs of Joe Aybes, formerly Ajbeszyc, born in Anderlecht, regarding his experiences in Belgium, France and Switzerland during World War II - memoirs of Joe Aybes (formerly Ajbeszyc) born in Anderlecht on 26 January 1927, regarding his family's experiences in the Holocaust: -his parents: Chaskiel Benjamin Ajbeszyc and Régine (Rivka) Helszajn, born in Varsovie in 1899 and 1903, (emigration to Belgium in the 1920s); residence in Anderlecht; his father’s occupation: watchmaker and shop owner; move of Chaskiel to Guayaquil, Ecuador in 1936 due to financial difficulties; return to Belgium in 1938 and move to...

File Number : 11220

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : French

Memoirs of Sophie Zalzberg (maiden name: Levinson) regarding her experiences in Brussels under a false identity, and documentation concerning the Levinson family from Brussels

Memoirs of Sophie Zalzberg (maiden name: Levinson) regarding her experiences in Brussels under a false identity, and documentation concerning the Levinson family from Brussels Memoirs of Sophie (Levinson) Zalzberg, born in Brussels on 3 February 1928, regarding her family's experiences in the Holocaust: - Her parents: Gutman Levinson, born in Lithuania and Raizla (Rosa) (maiden name: Lanzet), born in Kraków; residence in Brussels; Sophie's joining Gordonia - Maccabi Hatzair in 1938; the Exode: move of Sophie and her mother to the Normandy region in France, wanderings and return to Brussels; Gutman's move to...

File Number : 11197

Type of Material : Memoirs, Form, Birth Certificate, Certification

Language : Hebrew, French, Dutch

Memoirs of a woman Holocaust survivor born in 1928 in Charleroi, about being hidden in Charleroi area and in a convent in Ath; deportation of her parents and brothers, Moïse Micha and Alex, to the Malines camp in March 1943 and to Auschwitz in Transport B22 on September 20, 1943 Memoirs of a woman Holocaust survivor, written by Christophe Cordier of Brussels on the basis of a talk with the survivor, who was a childhood friend of his grandmother, Lucienne Rucquoy. The talk took place in Paris, the survivor’s place of residence, in 2009. The survivor wished to remain anonymous. The survivor’s father: Moïse...

File Number : 10639

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : French

Letters to Mendel and Eva Toder in Antwerp, in hiding in Esneux, Belgium, in Brussels, and in Israel, 1942–1987; letters and documentation relating to the Toder, Gleicher, and Reinhold families from Poland and Belgium Letters and postcards related to the Toder and Gleicher families: original, several translated into Hebrew: - fragment of postcard with postal stamp from Perpignan, France, 1941; - postcard from Jehezkiel Chaskel Gleicher, Brussels, to his wife Gustek or Golda Agusta Gleicher née Reinhold, sister of Eva Toder in Antwerp, September 1, 142; - bank draft sent to Eva Toder née Reinhold in...

File Number : 3949

Type of Material : Personal Documents, Letter, Passport, Newspaper Clippings, Postcard, Article(s), List(s), Text(s), Document, Personal Records, Note, Birth Certificate, Telegram, Envelope, Marriage Certificate, Certification, החלטה, Sentence, Declaration, Application, Identity Card

Language : Spanish, Hebrew, Polish, French, English, Dutch, German, Yiddish, Aramaic

Testimony of Olga (Goldshtein) Katz, born in Antwerp, Belgium, 1933, regarding her experiences in Antwerp and in hiding in a convent in Heverlee using a false identity

Testimony

Testimony of Olga (Goldshtein) Katz, born in Antwerp, Belgium, 1933, regarding her experiences in Antwerp and in hiding in a convent in Heverlee using a false identity Her parents were born in Czechoslovakia; her grandfathers' work as ritual slaughterers in Czechoslovakia; boycotts against Jews [Jewish establishments]; Yellow Badge; transfer to a sanatorium due to a lung disease; Deportation of the family to Auschwitz; in hiding in the Convent of Misericorde nunnery in Heverlee; change of her last name to Dupont; life [in the convent]; searches by Gestapo men; liberation; Life with her relative Martin...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : English

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