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Memoirs of Charles Mahler, born in Antwerp, Belgium, regarding his experiences as a child being hidden by Belgian families in Begijnendijk, Ramsel and Ourodenberg, 1942-1945

Memoirs of Charles Mahler, born in Antwerp, Belgium, regarding his experiences as a child being hidden by Belgian families in Begijnendijk, Ramsel and Ourodenberg, 1942-1945 Names of families who hid Charles Mahler's family: - The Steurs family in Begijnendijk; - The Wijnants family in Ramsel; - The Vermunicht family in Ourodenberg.

File Number : 8340

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : English

Testimony of Herbert Stelman, born in Antwerp, Belgium, 1922, regarding his experiences in the Belgium Army in London and with the British Army in Brussels and the Netherlands

Testimony

Testimony of Herbert Stelman, born in Antwerp, Belgium, 1922, regarding his experiences in the Belgium Army in London and with the British Army in Brussels and the Netherlands Life before the war; his father was a diamond dealer who was born in Poland; attends a non-Jewish school. Outbreak of war; escape attempt of the family to France; joins the Belgium Reserve Army; move to the French border; move to England; life with his uncle in London; work polishing diamonds; enlists in a Belgian division in the British Army, December 1941; sniper training in the commandos; guarding the British coast; active combat...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : English

Testimony of Arie Abrahamson, born in Topolcany, Czechoslovakia, 1904, regarding his experiences in Bratislava, Antwerp, as a Belgian Army soldier in Oostende, Saint Cyprien and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Arie Abrahamson, born in Topolcany, Czechoslovakia, 1904, regarding his experiences in Bratislava, Antwerp, as a Belgian Army soldier in Oostende, Saint Cyprien and other places Life before the war; his father is a composer; life in Antwerp including jewelry making studies; life in Paris including work; life in Bratislava including work making jewelry. Escape to Antwerp, 1939; smuggling his wife and children into Antwerp; enlists in the Belgian Army; life as a Belgian Army soldier in Oostende; German occupation, May 1940; accusation of being a traitor and deportation to France with Jewish...

File Number : 6558

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : English

Testimony

Testimony of David Isboutsky, born in Antwerp, Belgium, 1920, regarding his experiences in the Belgian Army, in German captivity in La Panne, the Jewish Scouts organization in France, in Spain, Cuba and as a fighter in Normandy Life before the war; activities in the Bnei Akiva movement. Draft into the Belgian Army, 1939; taken to German captivity in La Panne; release from captivity, 11 June 1940; return to Antwerp; attitude of the Flemish toward the Jews; anti-Jewish decrees; escape to the south of France, late 1940; activities in the Jewish Scouts movement; escape to Spain, 1941; move to Cuba; enlists in...

File Number : 5133

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Postcards sent by Hersch Langer in Lisbon to his wife Bertha (Isbutsky) Langer in England, 1941-1942; postcard from Israel and Scheina Isbutsky to their children in the United States, 1941; personal documentation belonging to the Langer family from the years they were in Antwerp and England Postcards: - Three postcards sent by Hersch Langer in Lisbon to his wife Bertha (Isbutsky) Langer in Surbiton, England, December 1941-January 1942; - Postcard sent by Israel and Scheina Isbutsky in Antwerp to their children in New York, 12 February 1941. Other documentation: - Family book containing the marriage...

File Number : 3235

Type of Material : Personal Documents, Questionnaire, Postcard, Article(s), List(s), Text(s)

Language : French, English, Dutch, German

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Testimony

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew