Overview
- Description
- Contains selected papers of Marcel Henri Jaspar. Includes minutes of meetings of the Ministry of Public Health regarding the evacuation of the civilian population, correspondence and diplomatic notes. Includes reports on German atrocities and correspondence with Jews as well as officials from others countries during the war and after-war period.
- Date
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inclusive:
1940-1980
- Collection Creator
- Marcel Henri Jaspar
- Biography
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Marcel Henri Jaspar (1901-1982 ) was a doctor in law and liberal member of parliament (1932-1944) in the Brussels district, Belgian politician and minister. Jaspar was a minister of transportation (1936-1937) and health (1939-1940). Marcel-Henri Jaspar left his colleagues, who remained in Vichy France, in the summer of 1940 to go to London and form a government in exile. He declared a pro-British government on July 5, 1940. Marcel-Henri Jaspar was the youngest of the ministers of the Belgian government in exile. After the war he pursued a diplomatic career, he became Belgian ambassador in Prague, Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro, Stockholm and Paris.
- Reference
- Inventory: Wellens, R. Inventaire des papiers de Marcel-Henri Jaspar, député, ministre et ambassadeur de la Belgique. Brussels (Série: Inventaires 226), 1982. See inventory numbers 875, 1609,1979-1985, 2078, 2083 and 2098.
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Minutes. Correspondence.
- Extent
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448 digital images : JPEG ; 2.83 GB.
1 microfilm reel (digitized) ; 35 mm.
- System of Arrangement
- Arrangement is thematic.
Rights & Restrictions
- 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
- Archival fair use only. No publication on Internet or equivalent without express permission of source archive. Third parties are on notice (and the Museum must make reasonable efforts to notify them) that they are under the same obligation, and also that they must obtain written consent of the source archive before using copies for commercial purposes and are liable to payment of license fees to source archive in such case. See contractual .
- Copyright Holder
- Archives générales du Royaume (Belgium)
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- World War, 1939-1945--Belgium. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Belgium. Jews--Persecutions--Belgium.
- Geographic Name
- Belgium--Politics and government--1918-1945.
- Personal Name
- Jaspar, Marcel-Henri, 1901-1982.
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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Archives générales du Royaume (Belgium)
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Source of acquisition is the Archives générales du Royaume (Belgium), records created and collected by Marcel Henri Jaspar.The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received this collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s International Archives Project in Jan. 2011.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 17:51:09
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