Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Two attached medals: one medal of the Order of Leopold, the highest military order of Belgium, granted for extreme bravery in combat or for meritorious service of immense benefit to the Belgian nation, with purple ribbon; one medal for civil resistance, issued in 1951 to recognized members of the civilian resistance, with green, red, and black ribbon.
- Date
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commemoration:
1940-1945
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Noémi Perelman Mattis
Physical Details
- Classification
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Awards
- Category
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Medals
- Object Type
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Medals, Belgian (lcsh)
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The medal was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2006 by Dr. Noémi Perelman Mattis.
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- 2023-08-31 14:56:50
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Also in Fela and Chaim Perelman collection
The collections consists of medals, correspondence, documents, memoirs, newspaper clippings, publications, and videocassettes relating to the experiences of Drs. Fela and Chaim Perelman, before, during, and after the war in Belgium where they were active in the Jewish underground and then in the care of refugees and postwar emigration to Palestine, and later ardent supporters of Hebrew University in Jerusalem. The collection also includes oral history interviews with Fela Perelman, which were conducted by Jean-Philippe Schreiber between 1984 and 1989.
Date: 1920-2001
Fela and Chaim Perelman papers
Document
The Fela and Chaim Perelman papers consists of photographs, correspondence, biographical materials, personal narratives, published works, and printed materials, documenting the work of Drs. Fela and Chaim Perelman on behalf of the resistance during World War II, aiding refugees after the war, and in support of the state of Israel as well as their intellectual work in the fields of history and philosophy of law and argument.
Commemorative key in case
Object
Honorary key in a wooden case presented to Fela Perelman on March 3, 1980 in honor of her work for the cause of Israel and the Jewish people. The key was presented by Dr. Avraham Avi-Hai of Keren Hayessod, and the box includes a short congratulatory note.
Belgian Resistance medal award to a member of the Jewish underground
Object
Belgian Resistance medal, 1940-1945, with black, green, and red ribbon, awarded in 1946 to all members of the armed resistance and members of the intelligence service who operated in occupied areas
Belgian Resistance medal with pin awarded to a member of the Jewish underground
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Belgian Resistance medal, 1940-1945, with black, green, and red ribbon, awarded in 1946 to all members of the armed resistance and members of the intelligence service who operated in occupied areas
Belgian war medal awarded to a member of the Jewish underground
Object
One Belgian commemorative medal of the war, issued in 1946 to all who served in the Belgian armed forces from 1940-1945, with yellow, white, and black ribbon.
Belgian Nationalist Movement medal with ribbon awarded to a member of the Jewish underground
Object
Medal issued to those who were members of the wartime Belgian Nationalist Movement (BNB/MNB), with white, black, yellow, and red ribbon
Belgian medal awarded to a Jewish couple for their work in the resistance
Object
One medal, inscribed and presented to Mr. and Mme. Chaim Perelman “pour le mérite dans le travail clandestin le secours mutuel reconnaissant 1940-1944”
Honorary award bestowed on a Jewish couple for their work in the Belgian Jewish resistance
Object
Medal in a presentation box awarded by the Free University of Brussels for resistance activity to Chaim and Fela Perelman.
Plaque honoring a Belgian Jewish woman for her support of a US university
Object
Plaque awarded by the President’s Club of the University of Maryland to Fela Perelman for her outstanding contributions to their ongoing programs.
Two medals with container honoring two Belgian women for their rescue work
Object
Medal cannister containing two medals issued to Mme Jean Capart and Mme Jean Snoeck by Les Enfants Juif for their resistance work, and preserved by Drs. Fela and Chaim Perelman.
Two medals with container honoring two Belgians for their rescue work
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Medal cannister containing two medals issued to Melle Nelly Huberti and Mr. Paul Coremans by Les Enfants Juif for their resistance work, and preserved by Drs. Fela and Chaim Perelman.
Book, De La Justice
Object
L'Express [Newspaper]
Object
Oral history interviews with Fela Perelman
Oral History
