- Summary
- "When the Nazis raided a Belgian orphanage on October 30, 1942, it was unthinkable that the arrested Jewish children, soon to be deported, would still be alive more than 78 years later. They lost their parents and siblings to the death camps, but when it was time for these orphans to be deported, fate intervened. In early 2021, they finally reunited and told their story. Just 13 of the 39 Jewish children of the Antwerp orphanage Meisjeshuis survived the Second World War. While all Jewish children above the age of five were sent from the children's home to the gas chambers in Auschwitz, almost all Jewish children below the age of five avoided their fate. 10 of the Jewish children were rescued and hospitalized under false pretenses. They went into hiding among the dying patients, but even in the hospital the Nazis found and arrested many of them. In this book, the author and the surviving orphans finally uncover a history that remained hidden for almost 80 years. Other Jewish orphans, all connected to Belgium and who survived in all kinds of ways, also tell their story. This book contains a total of more than 50 testimonies."--page 4 of cover.
- Format
- Book
- Published
- [Place of publication not identified] : Independently published, [2021]
©2021
- Locale
- Belgium
Belgique
- Contents
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Part 1: The life of a Jewish child in pre-war Belgium
Part 2: Children's home the Meisjeshuis, Antwerp
Part 3: Jewish orphans in broader Belgian context.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Heinsman, Reinier, 1996- editor.
English, Shelley, writer of preface.
- Notes
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Includes bibliographical references.
Part 1: The life of a Jewish child in pre-war Belgium -- Part 2: Children's home the Meisjeshuis, Antwerp -- Part 3: Jewish orphans in broader Belgian context.
