Salomon Ringer was born on 7 October 1917 in Antwerp. His parents - Chaskel Ringer (born on 15 August 1886 in Krakow, Poland) and Zipora Kalfuss (born on 30 May 1883 in Bochnia, Poland) - were married religiously in Krakow. Salomon’s three eldest siblings were all born in Podgorze, Poland: Israel on 23 December 1907, Chana on 24 April 1909, and Sara on 19 Augustus 1910. In December 1910, Salomon’s ...

Fernande Krol was born on 31 October 1928 in Etterbeek, Belgium, as the daughter of Abe Krol (born on 30 March 1896 in Radom, Poland) and Ryfka Goldschmidt (born 29 May 1901 in Radom). Fernande had two older sisters: Sara Necha Krol, born on 3 May 1920 in Radom, and Chana Anna Krol born on 6 November 1923 in Radom. At the end of 1940, Fernande’s eldest sister Sara Necha Krol married Polish tailor Isidore ...

Taube alias Tauba Nussbaum, commonly known as Thérèse, was born in Siedlec, Poland, on 30 January 1896 as the daughter of Isaac Nussbaum and Esther Rosenman. Tauba’s family emigrated from Russia to Belgium in 1906, and first lived at Vandenpeereboomstraat 34 in Borgerhout, but then changed addresses frequently before fleeing to London, the United Kingdom, upon the outbreak the First World War. Upon ...

In 1756, Empress Maria Theresa of Austria commissioned the construction of the barracks to accommodate Austrian soldiers. Between 1781 and 1940, the barracks played a pure military role, which was met in various ways. Until 1914, the building served as depot for the regiments of Grenadiers, Riflemen and Third Rifles Guards. Later it became a weapon depot and from 1918, an auxiliary depot of the 7th ...

The collection contains: four pre-war photos of Hinda (Henriette) Gelernter including a picture taken at the Université Libre de Bruxelles or ULB (Free University of Brussels) where she studied; a page from Hinda (Henriette) Gelernter's admission papers for the University of Warsaw; a student admission card for the bacteriology course at the faculty of medicine at the Université Libre de Bruxelles ...

Aron Lejzer Goldberg was born on 26 February 1904 in Prostyn, Poland. He became a tailor. In August 1924, Aron emigrated to Belgium where he settled in Anderlecht. On 27 July 1929 he married the Polish seamstress Chana Laja Kaufman, who had been born in Zyrardow, Poland, on 1 February 1906, and who had emigrated to Belgium in 1927. Their son Abraham (Albert) had been born in Brussels on 13 February ...

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This collection contains : a pre-war portrait of the deported Hena Jama and a pre-war portrait of her deported son Jules Pilzer (also Pilcer).

Simon Lewkowicz was born in Raczki, Poland, in 1896 as the son of Emmanuel Lewkowicz and Chaja Sadkowski. He became a tailor. In 1918 he married Chana Guittel Bot in Raczna, Poland. Chana had been born on 14 January 1895 in Przedborz, Poland. Their eldest child, a daughter named Chaja Frymeta alias Claire, was born in Przedborz on 10 February 1919. Simon and Chana then relocated to Paris, France, where ...

This collection contains: a group photo of the members of Jewish sports club Maccabi Antwerp, posing in uniform at the occasion of the second anniversary of the club’s foundation, 1922 ; a studio portrait of the Stellman-Rubin family, ca. 1922 ; three telegrams exchanged via the British Red Cross between Herbert Stellman in London, United Kingdom, and his parents Heinrich alias Henri and Lea Stellman-Rubin ...

Félicie Gruszow was born on 29 December 1931 in Antwerp as the only child of Feiwel Gruszow (born on 15 March 1901 in Dombrowa, Poland) and his wife Ilse Oppenheimer (born on 25 January 1906 in Neufreistett, Germany). Feiwel provided for his family as a diamond worker, while Ilse took care of their daughter. The family first lived at Lange Leemstraat in Antwerp, but moved to Kreeftstraat before the ...

Georgius Simon alias Georges Censer was born in Borgerhout, Belgium, on 13 August 1909 as the son of Polish diamond merchant Simche alias Simon Censer and his wife Paulina Mayer who had settled in Belgium in 1903 and 1906 respectively. During the First World War, Georges and his parents fled to Scheveningen in the Netherlands. Georges’ younger brother Samuel Censer was born in The Hague, the Netherlands, ...

This collection contains a letter thrown out of deportation transport XXII A by Ernestine alias Esther Lupu and three pre-war photos of Bella, Arlette and Ernestine (Esther) Lupu and their mother Adela Sigal.

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The Territorial Photographic Collection contains photographs of Jewish life in more than 65 different countries. There is a series concerning Belgium, totalling 57 folders. Folders “Belgium 1940-1944 photo Antwerp I”, “Belgium 1940-1944 photo Antwerp II”, “Belgium 1940-1944 photo Antwerp III” and “Belgium 1940-1944 photo Antwerp IV” contain portraits of people wearing the yellow star. In folders “Belgium ...

Hersch Leiser (also Leizer) was born in Jasliska, Poland, on 1 February 1876. He became a clothing fabric merchant. On 18 July 1896, Hersch married Henny Kanner, who had been born in Strzyzow, Poland, on 17 September 1871. The couple had six sons, all born in Jasliska: Samuel alias Szmul (on 14 December 1899), Aron (in 1903), Isak Wolf alias Icik (on 1 October 1904), Abraham (on 12 October 1907), Pinkas ...

Martha Roscam was born in Antwerp on 31 May 1897. In 1940, she lived at Dolfijnstraat 33 in Antwerp. She and her husband Georges Hicguet were divorced, but Martha lived together with her three sons - Roger (born in 1923), Georges (born c. 1928) and Eddy (born c. 1933) - and her elderly mother. In the course of 1943, Martha took in Jewish siblings Josef and Suron Frymeta Piepsz, Suron’s husband Icek ...

This collection contains : pre-war studio portraits of Berta Landskroner ; wartime photos of the religious and the municipal wedding of Leib (Leon) Reig and Berta Landskroner, 1942 ; a photocopy of the civil marriage certificate of Leib (Leon) Reig and Berta Landskroner ; a torn star of David, worn by Leib (Leon) Reig, 1942 ; a photocopy of a certificate indicating that Holocaust survivor Berta Landskroner ...

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Sender alias Alexander Haber was born on 2 September 1890 in Zabno, Poland, as the son of Salomon Haber and Giesela Blitz. Sender became a diamond merchant and immigrated to Belgium in June 1923. He settled at Ramstraat 10 in Antwerp. However, soon afterwards, he emigrated to Austria. On 3 January 1926, Sender officially married Frimet or Frimah alias Frida Low in Vienna. Frimet had been born on 11 ...

This collection contains : a label from a can filled with the carrier of the poisonous gas Zyklon-B used in the Auschwitz-Birkenau gas chambers ; a cap which was part of a uniform worn by an unidentified concentration camp inmate ; four objects from Auschwitz-Birkenau and Treblinka, related to the mass murder of Jews and other prisoners at both camps, recuperated by Icek Chil alias Jacques Raffeld ...