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Jean-Paul Denis was born on 12 July 1942. He settled in Jette and became a teacher at the local Collège Saint-Pierre, while devoting his free time to historical research. Among other books, Jean-Paul Denis published "Jette, 1940-1944: Faits de résistance dans la commune et à l'Institut Saint-Pierre" in 2007. Jean-Paul Denis passed away on 19 November 2018.

Kelman Charles Mincberg was born in Kozienice, Poland, on 30 January 1903. During the Second World War he lived in Nice, France. On 24 July 1942 Kelman obtained a diplomatic service passport in Vichy, France, issued to him by the Republic of Liberia, represented by Baron O. de Bogaerde, Minister Plenipotentiary. Thanks to this document Kelman was able to travel safely to Spain and Portugal.

Digital copy available as collection KD_00590 at Kazerne Dossin

Yad Vashem and the USHMM (RG-65.024/2014.13)

Maggy Jacqueline Baum was born in Verviers on 22 August 1931. Her father, Szaja Chaskel (Salomon) Baum, was a Polish merchant who dealt in knitted goods. Her mother, Alta Perla Chojnowski, was a housewife. Maurice Baum, brother of Szaja Chaskel Baum, also lived in Verviers. Their sister Gittel Baum and her family lived nearby in the village Dison. During the Second World War, Maggy Jacqueline Baum ...

Matus Kugel was born in Minsk, Belarus, on 4 September 1873. In 1902 he married Chaja Rubin in Bialystok, Poland. During the Second World War the couple lived in Nice, France. On 18 June 1942 Matus obtained a diplomatic service passport in Vichy, France, issued to him by the Republic of Liberia, represented by Baron O. de Bogaerde, Minister Plenipotentiary. Thanks to this document Matus and Chaja were ...

Jacques (Jacob) Celnik (also Zelnik) was born in Lublin, Poland, on 28 March 1893. He became a hatter and fled Poland during the First World War. Jacques Celnik was arrested in Germany and spent time in a detainment camp before reaching Liège, Belgium, in January 1917. On 1st December 1920, Jacques Celnik married the seamstress Frania Miliband, who was born in Warsaw, Poland, on 15 October 1893. She ...

Bella Swiatlowski was born in Forest, Brussels, on 26 April 1938 as the daughter of leather worker Berek Swiatlowski (b. 22/02/1905 in Plawno, Poland) and his wife Pesa Koronczyk (b. 14/01/1913 in Warsaw, Poland). Bella’s parents were arrested on 12 September 1942 at the Brussels-Midi train station. Bella was subsequently rescued by neighbours and placed in hiding in Anderlecht. Neither Berek Swiatlowski ...

Marcel Bracke was born in Antwerp on 9 October 1919. In May 1940 he fought as a soldier in the Belgian army during the invasion of the country by Nazi-Germany. After the general demobilization, Marcel Bracke returned to live with his parents and younger brother at Verlatstraat 43 in Antwerp. To avoid deportation to Germany as a forced labourer, he took a job with the city of Antwerp. As an electrician ...

Josef Dawid Blitz was born in Nowy Sacz, Poland, on 18 December 1925. The Blitz family migrated to Belgium in May 1929 and settled in Berchem (district of Antwerp). In 1930 they moved to Antwerp, where Josef's sister Debora was born in 1931. Josef Blitz, his mother Frimeta Hollander, his older sister Lieba Blitz and his younger sister Debora Blitz were arrested during the fourth anti-Jewish raid in ...

Dany Wajnman was born on 17 January 1904 in Zloczew, Poland, as the daughter of Berek Wajnman and Eidel Schlamkowitz. Dany married Polish hairdresser Abraham Lipczyc, born in Zloczew on 16 June 1906. They emigrated to Belgium in 1928 and settled in Antwerp where their son Simon was born on 14 August 1929. At the outbreak of war, Dora, her husband and son lived at Rolwagenstraat 19. During the occupation ...