The Museum’s Collections document the fate of Holocaust victims, survivors, rescuers, liberators, and others through artifacts, documents, photos, films, books, personal stories, and more. Search below to view digital records and find material that you can access at our library and at the Shapell Center.
Oral History | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.1212 | RG Number: RG-50.477.1212
Date:
interview: 1985 March 05
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Antwerp (Belgium)…
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… apartment building and moved to Antwerp, Belgium when Hitler came to power; Leon attended Hebrew School and public school to become a tailor; Had a business…
…Julius Beer was born on June 16, 1922 in Hamburg, Germany to Salka and Robert Beer. He had a sister, Hella Beer. The family moved to Antwerp, Belgium…
Oral History | Accession Number: 2015.250.14 | RG Number: RG-50.882.0014
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Sabina Callwood (née Wagschal), born in Antwerp, Belgium in 1936, describes her father, who was taken away in 1942 by the Gestapo; her mother staying…
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…Sabina Callwood Virtual Book Sabina Callwood was born in Antwerp, Belgium in 1936. Her father was taken away in 1942 by the Gestapo and her mother…
Belgisch Staatsblad Belgian Official Gazette, January 8, 1950
… pogrom of November 9-10, 1938. Three days later Norbert, Auguste, and Siegfried left Germany. They settled in Antwerp, Belgium, along with Leopold, Israel…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.554 | RG Number: RG-50.477.0554
Date:
interview: 1990 October 18 interview: 1990 November 15 interview: 1991 February 21 interview: 1991 June 20
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…The interviews describe Mr. Garcia's childhood and family life in Amsterdam, Holland, the family's move to Antwerp, Belgium during the 1930s, and…
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… learned French in Antwerp in school. was allowed to smoke cigarettes when was fifteen years old. My father had allowed me to start smoking and we had seen…
…Joseph Peretz was born to Gittel and Mozes Peretz in Antwerp, Belgium in 1921. He attended public school and completed a three year apprenticeship…
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…: Colleen Benoit, March 2016 Biographical note Joseph Peretz was born to Gittel and Mozes Peretz in Antwerp, Belgium in 1921. He attended public school…
… the German invasion of Belgium, Eva and Erna fled to France but were forced to return to Antwerp. Erna’s husband, Benjamin Riemer, disappeared in a…
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… the German invasion of Belgium, Eva and Erna fled to France but were forced to return to Antwerp. Erna’s husband, Benjamin Riemer, disappeared in a…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1272.173 | RG Number: RG-50.120.0173
Date:
interview: 1993 May 23
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… refugees from Dusseldorf to Antwerp, Belgium; the camp in Antwerp; being taken by truck to Marseille, France; being taken by boat to Palestine; and returning…
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… spelling or accuracy. 2.25 He was sent by the Jewish Brigade to bring groups of refugees from Dusseldorf to Antwerp. Somebody alerted the British army and…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1993.A.0088.32 | RG Number: RG-50.002.0032
Date:
interview: 1989 March 08
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…, England from Antwerp, Belgium; his move to the United States with his father in 1939; his parents' marriage of convenience; his mother's and his siblings…
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…,310 I was born in Brussels, Belgium. 9 00:00:40,310 --> 00:00:44,527 And I came here in September of 1939. 10 00:00:44,527 --> 00:00:46,610 When the war…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1991.A.0117.3 | RG Number: RG-50.044.0003
Date:
interview: 1989 January 13
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… school and going to a Jewish school; Kristallnacht in 1938 and the destruction of the synagogue; going with his brothers to Antwerp, Belgium in December…
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… French authorities were not lenient on German refugees. The relative told them to return to Belgium, where they would be safer. They returned to Antwerp…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1272.292 | RG Number: RG-50.120.0292
Date:
interview: 1996 October 10
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… hospital and her sister’s death; traveling to Hildesheim, Germany and Antwerp, Belgium; being quarantined in ʻAtlit; immigrating to Palestine; and not…
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… sister had died that night. 6:24:46 Rachel was freed, and went to Antwerp. 6:27:13 Rachel and a group of friends received a “group certificate” to…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1272.217 | RG Number: RG-50.120.0217
Date:
interview: 1995 August 25
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…, Belgium in 1938; his internment in a refugee camp in between Brussels and Antwerp, in Mechelen, Belgium, for fifteen months; learning agriculture in…
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…-Democratic party until it was banned in 1933. Then, he was active in the Zionist movement until 1938, when he fled Austria. He lived in Belgium until 1946…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1285.42 | RG Number: RG-50.149.0042
Date:
interview: 1985 December
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… illegally in December 1938; living in a hostel in Antwerp, Belgium; moving to a children’s camp in Brussels, Belgium; playing cello in adult camp orchestra…
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… they asked us where we are going. And we knew some addresses in Belgium. I had an address in Antwerp of a friend of another friend, whom this friend has…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1997.A.0441.35 | RG Number: RG-50.462.0035
Date:
interview: 1987 February 19 interview: 1987 March 19 interview: 1987 March 26
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…; antisemitic acts he experienced in school; the Anschluss and his family’s flight to Breda, Belgium; attending a Jewish school in Antwerp, Belgium; receiving…
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… correspond from Belgium, from Antwerp to France, although it was all, because we were not in the occupied zone yet. NL: You were in Vichy... HF: Vichy France…
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