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Selected records of the Consistoire Central Israélite de Belgique, Brussels

Document | Digitized | Accession Number: 2009.227 | RG Number: RG-65.016M

Overview

Description: Records concern the Jewish communities of Brussels, Antwerp, Liege, and other Belgian cities. It contains correspondence among Jewish organizations during the German occupation, as well as documents concerning pre- and postwar Jewish and refugee organizations, synagogue records, and materials related to antisemitism.
Date: inclusive: 1870-1970
Collection Creator: Consistoire Central Israélite de Belgique

Physical Details

Language: French Flemish
Genre/Form: Correspondence. Circulars.
Extent: 46,036 digital images : JPEG ; 114 GB.
10 microfilm reels (digitized) ; 16 mm.
System of Arrangement: Arrangement is thematic.

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Conditions on Access: This material can only be accessed in a Museum reading room or other on-campus viewing stations. No other access restrictions apply to this material.
Conditions on Use: Written permission required from the source archives.
Copyright Holder: Consistoire Central Israélite de Belgique

Keywords & Subjects

Topical Term: Jews--Belgium. Jews--Belgium--History--19th century. Jews--Belgium--History--20th century. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Belgium. World War, 1939-1945--Belgium. Belgium--History--German occupation, 1940-1945. Jewish communities (ushmm)
Geographic Name: Brussels (Belgium) Antwerp (Belgium) Liège (Belgium) Belgium

Administrative Notes

Holder of Originals: Consistoire Central Israélite de Belgique
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: Source of acquisition is the Consistoire Central Israélite de Belgique, Brussels. Some records were taken by the Nazis and captured from them by the Soviets; the Russian Federation subsequently restituted some of them. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the collection via the United States Holocaust Museum International Archives Project in November 2009.

Record last modified:: 2023-06-09 16:19:15
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