Leopold Flam was born in Antwerp on 16 March 1912 as the son of Herman Flam (b. in Lublin, Poland) and Mala Weitz (b. in Chelm, Russia). Leopold obtained Belgian nationality and studied social sciences, history, philosophy and physics at the university of Ghent. He started his career as a school teacher in Antwerp in 1939. Leopold married Julia Isbutsky (b. 03/10/1912 in Antwerp). Their son Plato Erasmus ...

Otto L. Plaut, like his father Maximillian Plaut, was a doctor. He practiced in Leipzig, Germany before the outbreak of the war. Otto and his wife Johanna Plaut (née Löwenstein) raised three children: Renate (b. 1930) and twins Andrew and Martin (b. 1937). Dr. Otto Plaut filmed his family in their home city of Leipzig and on various holidays from 1931 to 1937, and after the war in Massillon, Ohio. ...

Reel 10: (1945) Leaving Belgium by train through France; Paris; Army Hdqts. St. James Cemetery in Fougeres, where the QM buried troops. Sign reads "Entrance: US Military Cemetery, Pas de Visiteurs après 17 heures" [No visitors after 5pm]. Other signs point to "American Dead Only" and "Enemy Dead." American soldiers visit the cemetery. Pan, rows of white crosses. Three men stand at a grave covered with ...

This collection includes thousands of notes written by Isaac Prins, a large quantity of newspaper clippings and a lot of material on Dutch and Belgian Jews, topics in which Prins was very interested. One will find documents such as newspaper clippings, reports of activities, correspondence, notes, manuscripts and publications concerning the Jews in Belgium from the 16th century onwards, although most ...

Digital copy available as collection KD_00502 at Kazerne Dossin.

Given the personal data contained in the fonds, access to it is subject to the authorisation of the General Archivist and the signature of a research declaration in which the researcher undertakes to comply with the provisions of the Privacy Act. Archives less than 30 years old are closed and may not be consulted. The list of the files concerned is provided in the inventory.

This collection consists of 4,058 documents confiscated by the Front de l’Indépendance (Independent Front) at the offices of the Association of Jews in Belgium (AJB) – “Aide Spéciale Malines” [Special Assistance Mechelen department], after the liberation. The documents can be divided in five sections : - Correspondence of the AJB : between the leading committee and local committees, between local committees, ...

Digital copy available as collection KD_00010 at Kazerne Dossin

Josef Safar (born in 1888) and his wife Riwka (Regina) Berkowicz (born in 1895) had ten children: Malka, Dov (Bernard), Szmuel, Roza, Fani (Frantiska), Wolf Hersch, Schlomo, Ester, David and Frieda. The family lived in Sinovir in the Czechoslovakian countryside (today Synevyr in Ukraine), and was very religious. Father Josef ran a small farm and transported goods over the Carpathian mountains. In May ...

Elisabeth alias Liesje Andriesse was born on 5 July 1908 in Vlissingen, the Netherlands, as the eldest child of Julius Andriesse (born on 30 June 1875 in Vlissingen) and Ella van der Wijk (born on 19 June 1879 in Assen, the Netherlands). Elisabeth had a younger brother called Louis alias Lou Andriesse who was born on 5 March 1913. Elisabeth's father Julius owned the Central Clothing Warehouse [Centraal ...