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
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inclusive:
1870-1970
- Collection Creator
- Consistoire Central Israélite de Belgique
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Correspondence. Circulars.
- Extent
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46,036 digital images : JPEG ; 114 GB.
10 microfilm reels (digitized) ; 16 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
- 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
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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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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn38275
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