Overview
- Description
- Contains a 21-page photocopy of a translation of a July 31, 1945, memoir by Sister Marie-Aurelie, Mother Superior of the Convent of the Sisters of the Very Holy Savior, in Brussels, Belgium. In the memoir Sister Marie-Aurelie describes how her convent cared for Jewish girls and hid them from the Gestapo during the German occupation of Belgium in World War II.
- Date
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1945 July 31
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Personal narratives.
- Extent
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1 folder
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
- Conditions on Use
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Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Jewish children in the Holocaust--Belgium--Brussels. Hidden children (Holocaust)--Belgium--Brussels. World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue--Belgium--Brussels. World War, 1939-1945--Religious aspects--Catholic Church. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
- Personal Name
- Marie-Aurelie, Sister.
- Corporate Name
- Germany. Gestapo
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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Archives of the Commune of Anderlecht
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- From the Archives of the Commune of Anderlecht, Belgium. Lorraine Lasko donated a copy of the English translation of Sr. Marie-Aurelie's memoir to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives in Sept. 1994.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-08-25 08:12:48
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn504162
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