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Memoirs of Rachel Iskoviez, born in Brussels, Belgium, 1931, regarding her experiences in southern France, Rivesaltes, in an OSE children's home and in a monastery using a false identity

Memoirs of Rachel Iskoviez, born in Brussels, Belgium, 1931, regarding her experiences in southern France, Rivesaltes, in an OSE children's home and in a monastery using a false identity The German occupation; escape of the family to southern France; life in the home of local non-Jews; German occupation; deportation of Jews to the Rivesaltes camp; unsuccessful attempt to escape from the camp by her father; his transfer to the Gurs camp; entrusting of Rachel to the Œuvre de Secours aux Enfants (OSE-Organization to Save the Children) organization and her transfer to a children's home with her brother, Danny;...

File Number : 8633

Type of Material : Memoirs, Personal Records

Language : Hebrew, French

Personal documentation regarding the Mussler family, 1940-1945

Personal documentation regarding the Mussler family, 1940-1945 - Letter written by Selde Mussler in Strzyzow, Poland, 1940s; - Membership card for the Zionist Organization in France, belonging to Jacques Mussler, born in Antwerp, Belgium, 1924; - Membership card for the Hanoar Hatzioni movement in France, issued in Paris, 04 February 1945; - Letter in Yiddish sent to Moshe and Klara (Mussler?); - Letter written by Sara to Klara; - Diploma of Jacques Mussler, from Gaillac College, for the 1940-1941 academic year; - Application by Jacques Mussler to receive an identity card, 1941; -...

File Number : 2159

Type of Material : Document, Document, Letter

Language : French, German, Yiddish

Personal documentation from 1941-1946 belonging to Ida Ruth Löwenthal, born in Antwerp, Belgium, 1926

Personal documentation from 1941-1946 belonging to Ida Ruth Löwenthal, born in Antwerp, Belgium, 1926 - Identity card for a foreigner, belonging to Ida Ruth Löwenthal, issued 24 November 1941; - Document given by the mayor of Antwerp as a character reference, 03 July 1945; - Character reference certificate belonging to Ida Ruth Löwenthal, issued 23 March 1946; - Confirmation regarding her Belgian citizenship issued to Ida Ruth Löwenthal, December 1945; - Belgian identity card belonging to Ida Ruth Löwenthal, born 08 November 1926; - Questionnaire in Yiddish, 1948; - Immigrant's certificate...

File Number : 736

Type of Material : Document, Documents

Language : Hebrew, Dutch

Postcards sent to Gardyn family members in Brussels by their family members in Warsaw, 1941 and personal documentation of the Gardyn and Wahrmann families during the war, including forged documents

Postcards sent to Gardyn family members in Brussels by their family members in Warsaw, 1941 and personal documentation of the Gardyn and Wahrmann families during the war, including forged documents Gardyn family in Brussels: Postcards: - Postcard sent by Perla Gardyn from Warsaw to her family in Brussels, 04/11/1941; - Postcard sent by Ceska and Szmelek Najsztein (the children of Haya Najsztein, the sister of Ita Gitla Gardyn) to their family members in Brussels, 29/04/1941; Documentation regarding the Gardyn family: - Declaration by the Succulus company in Montauban regarding their...

File Number : 1913

Type of Material : Personal Documents, Postcard, Certification, Official Documentation

Language : Polish, French, Dutch, German

Diary written by Ahuva Luba Solodovnik's sister in Antwerp, Slonim, and Warsaw, 1926-1931, and Ahuva's Polish passport using the false identity of Luba Jakimowska with which she made aliya to Eretz Israel, in 1933 - The first name of the diary's author is not known; the author is apparently an educated woman; the diary is written in Yiddish, French and Hebrew; Included in the diary: - Poems and translations into Hebrew of classic Russian poetry - Pushkin, "Wise Oleg's Song" and Nekrasov, "Listening to the Horrors of War", written in Slonim and Kaunas, 1920-1921; - Reflections regarding the Jews of...

File Number : 8501

Type of Material : Poems/songs, Diary, Passport

Language : Hebrew, Polish, French, Russian, Yiddish

Documentation regarding the Cykiert family from Liege who perished in the Holocaust, and regarding the children Willy and Ginette Bok who were deported to Malines camp and liberated by the underground, 1942-2007 - Death certificates; police, municipal and archival permits; selections of listings of the deported; legal declarations; legal testimonies regarding the fate of the Cykiert family; compensation eligibility certificates received by Charlotte Lemoine as the wife of a political prisoner who perished; newspaper clippings; - Request form for the search for Salomon Cykiert, filled out in 1944; -...

File Number : 87

Type of Material : Certification, Article(s), List(s), Text(s), Newspaper Clippings, Personal Records, Investigation Report, Postcard, Legal Documentation, Death Certificate

Language : Polish, French, English

Confirmation by the Office for Health and Family Affairs in Brussels regarding the draft of Benjamin Laufmann to labor in the "Micka" company, 06-10/1942, and lists of Jews from Antwerp who labored in the "Micka" company, 1942 Document from the Office for Health and Family Affairs in Brussels confirming that Benjamin Laufmann was drafted to labor in the "Micka" company in the north of France, 06-10/1942, and that his wife is entitled to receive compensation; the document includes lists of Jews from Antwerp who labored in the "Micka" company, 1942; Benjamin Laufmann, born in Radauti, Romania, 01/05/1902,...

File Number : 1410

Type of Material : Certification, List of Workers

Language : French, German

Memoirs of Nathalie Borowski, born in Seraing, Belgium, 1926, regarding her experiences in Seraing, the Toulouse area and while using a false name in Jemeppe and Louette-Saint-Pierre

Memoirs of Nathalie Borowski, born in Seraing, Belgium, 1926, regarding her experiences in Seraing, the Toulouse area and while using a false name in Jemeppe and Louette-Saint-Pierre German occupation, and escape from Belgium to France with her family, May 1940; life in the Toulouse area; escape to Belgium, June 1941; life in Seraing; activities in the Dror movement; life in Jemeppe while using the false name Nicole Boulanger, August 1942; life in Louette-Saint-Pierre while using her false name, until September 1944.

File Number : 8400

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : French

Newspaper clippings regarding the story of Stephanie Degulne, the Righteous Among the Nations, who hid three Jewish children in her home in Mont Saint Guibert during the war; memoirs of Silvain Gilbert, one of the children hidden in her home Names of the children who survived because of Stephanie Degulne, known as "Aunt Fanny": - Silvain Gilbert, formerly "Silver"; - His sister, Toni Silver; - Annie Klainer. In the file there is also a photograph of Mathias, Gilbert and Toni's grandfather, who perished in Belzec, 1942.

File Number : 8317

Type of Material : Newspaper Clippings, Memoirs, Photograph

Language : French, English

Memoirs of Barukh Rozenberg, regarding his experiences in Antwerp, his escape via France to Cuba with his family and his emigration to New York

Memoirs of Barukh Rozenberg, regarding his experiences in Antwerp, his escape via France to Cuba with his family and his emigration to New York Life in Belgium including an attempt to escape from Belgium to France, May 1940; life in Antwerp until 1941; escape via France to Cuba with his family; emigration to New York with his family; burial of Barukh Rozenberg and his wife Ester in the Netanya area; Note: translation of the memoirs from Yiddish to English, by his son Shmuel Shoshan.

File Number : 8286

Type of Material : Photograph, Memoirs

Language : English

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