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Documentation regarding the Jews of Belgium and underground activity in Belgium during the period of the German occupation, 1942-1964

Documentation regarding the Jews of Belgium and underground activity in Belgium during the period of the German occupation, 1942-1964 - Survey report titled, "Regarding the Situation of the Jews of Belgium" from the book, "Telling the Story of the Atrocities", it is not clear when and by whom it was written (pp. 1-3); - Letter written by Yvonne Nevejan, the General Director of Oeuvre Nationale de l'Enfance (ONE - National Children's Society) regarding the activity of B. M. Nijkerk on behalf of the Jews of Belgium, especially in the financial realm, and that thanks to his activity hundreds of Jews were...

File Number : 46.1

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Survey Report, Letter, Survey, Newspaper

Language : French, Dutch

Review report regarding the Comite de Defense des Juifs (CDJ - Committee for the Defense of Jews), legal documentation regarding the request by Leopold Flam for recognition as an underground fighter and a report regarding the camps in Dannes and the Dannes area, 1948-1953 - Review of the history of the CDJ in which administration members are mentioned (for the Hainaut district, Max Katz, Bakowski, Broder and Boiarski are mentioned, in the Liege district, Wolf, Steynbeg, Pailloucq and Barbaret are mentioned, in the Antwerp district, Flam, Istinne and Casterman are mentioned); activity of the CDJ; assessment...

File Number : 77

Type of Material : Reports, Newspaper, Legal Documentation, Official Documentation, Map

Language : French, Dutch

Lists of Jewish children who were rescued by the Comite de Defense des Juifs (CDJ - Committee for the Defense of Jews), 1940-1944

Lists of Jewish children who were rescued by the Comite de Defense des Juifs (CDJ - Committee for the Defense of Jews), 1940-1944 The lists appear in two notepads containing the family name, first name and in some cases, with additional comments such as: the parents were captured, birth date and the name and address of the person concealing the child.

File Number : 15.1

Type of Material : List of Names

Language : French

List of names of Jewish children who were hidden by the Jeunesse Ouvrière Chrétienne (JOC - Young Christian Workers) and a list of names of the Comite de Defense des Juifs (CDJ - Committee for the Defense of Jews) in Belgium, 1944 - List of names of 53 Jewish children hidden by the JOC, compiled by the priest Capart, and published by the Department of Health and Family in Belgium, 15 September 1944; the list is in alphabetical order containing the child's underground name, real birth name, date of arrival and for some, date of departure, and the number of days the child spent in the hiding place (pp....

File Number : 7

Type of Material : List of Names

Language : French

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

To be translated

File Number : 5063

Type of Material : Testimony, Newspaper Clippings

Language : French

Documentation regarding the activity of the Association des Juifs de Belgique (AJB - Jewish Belgian Association), the Comite de Defense des Juifs (CDJ - Committee for the Defense of Jews) and the Poalei Zion Party, and a report regarding the activity of various German personalities in the German administration in Belgium, 1946-1967 - Correspondence between Roger D. Katz, President of the Federation Nationale des Anciens Combattants et Resistants Juifs de Belgique (FNACRJB - National Association of Jewish War Veterans and Underground Fighters in Belgium) and President of the Belgian Yad Vashem Committee with...

File Number : 9

Type of Material : Testimony, Letter, Official Documentation

Language : French, English

Documentation regarding the activities of Poalei Zion in Belgium and copies of the organizaiton's flyer "Unzer Vort", 1942-1945

Documentation regarding the activities of Poalei Zion in Belgium and copies of the organizaiton's flyer "Unzer Vort", 1942-1945 - Report written by A. Werber regarding the activities of Poalei Zion and its institutions, Brussels, 30 June 1945 (pp. 1-9); - Estimated monthly budget recorded by A. Werber, undated (p. 10); - Two handbills from Poalei Zion to the Jewish community in Belgium and the members of the Poalei Zion organization calling for the right to freely make aliya to Eretz Israel (pp. 11-12); - Copies of the newspaper "Unzer Vort": Edition No. 5 (33), 13 October 1944 (pp. 13-22); Edition...

File Number : 7

Type of Material : Official Documentation, List of Names

Language : French, German, Yiddish

Biographies of Jewish underground members in Belgium, 1940-1945

Biographies of Jewish underground members in Belgium, 1940-1945 - Biographies, in two volumes, of 264 Jewish underground members including information relating to their fate, the time and place of their capture, their underground activities and indicating medals and Badges of Honor awarded to them after the war (pp. 3-310); - Copy of a postcard sent by Mala Zimetbauem from Birkenau (p. 2); - Declaration by Baron Adrien van den Branden de Reeth in Brussels stating that the Baron supervised underground groups that were established by the Comite d'Aide au Juifs (CDJ - Committee for the Defense of Jews)...

File Number : 6

Type of Material : Report, Letter, Official Documentation, Lists, Survey

Language : French

Letters sent by Sem Makowski from Charleroi to Bominger, 06 April 1971, and to Kleinman, undated

Letters sent by Sem Makowski from Charleroi to Bominger, 06 April 1971, and to Kleinman, undated - Letter sent by Sem Makowski from Charleroi to Bominger, 06 April 1971, expressing scathing criticism of his book, "Les Justes" ("The Righteous") that is dedicated to the Righteous Among the Nations (RANs); astonishment on Makowski's part regarding the large number of historical inaccuracies in a book that was published under the auspices of Yad Vashem and for which Abba Eban wrote the introduction (pp. 1-2); - Letter sent by Sem Makowski from Charleroi to Kleinman protesting his claim of having been the...

File Number : 52

Type of Material : Letter, Memoirs

Language : French, Yiddish

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