be-002157-kd 00125
history: Lajzer Finkielsztejn kindly permitted the Jewish Museum of Deportation and Resistance, predecessor of Kazerne Dossin, to digitise a selection of family photographs and documents in 2010.
has or had subject: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/vocabularies/ehri-terms/1226
type: RecordSet
has or had subject: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/vocabularies/ehri-terms/1095
accruals: No further accruals are to be expected
has end date: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/dates/1999-12-31
has or had holder: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/institutions/be-002157
history: Aron Lejbus Finkielsztejn was born on 14 November 1889 in Przedborz, Poland. On 5 November 1923 he married Cerka Finkielsztejn, born on 16 June 1896 in Przedborz. Oldest son Lajzer alias Leon had been born on 20 January 1923 in Lodz, Poland, after their religious marriage. Cerka gave birth to three more children before the family migrated to Belgium in 1929: Mayer alias Max (born on 7 March 1924 in Lodz), Szmul (born on 9 September 1925 in Lodz) and Marja (born on 2 October 1927 in Lodz). Upon arrival in Belgium, father Aron Finkielsztejn found a job as a miner in Marcinelle, Charleroi. Cerka, pregnant at the time of migration, gave birth to youngest child David in Gilly, Charleroi, on 11 April 1929. The Finkielsztejn children adapted well to life in Belgium and joined the socialist Zionist Dror youth movement. In the mid-1930s Aron and Cerka became street vendors in Charleroi. When their work permit was revoked, the family moved to Rue Vlogaert 24 in Saint-Gilles, Brussels. Aron found work as a shoemaker and the Finkielsztejn boys joined the local Dror branch. Oldest son Lajzer became a tailor apprentice. When Nazi-Germany invaded Belgium on 10 May 1940, the Finkielsztejn family fled to France. After being arrested in Boulogne, they were forced to return to Brussels. Regular life resumed but was quickly restricted by means of anti-Jewish measures. On 20 July 1941 Lajzer, Mayer and Szmul Finkielsztejn moved to Charleroi to work in a factory, hoping to avoid forced labour imposed by the Nazis. The three brothers were nonetheless claimed by the German Organisation Todt and were sent to France on 26 July 1942, where they were split up and worked in different labour camps. However, all three managed to escape. Lajzer, Mayer and Szmul were reunited in Brussels in October 1942. They then learned that their parents and sister had been summoned to the SS-Sammellager Mecheln. Aron Finkielsztejn, Cerka Finkielsztejn and their daughter Marja had received an Arbeitseinsatzbefeh…
location of copies: Digital copy available as collection KD_00125 at Kazerne Dossin
has beginning date: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/dates/1922-01-01
related material: An interview with Lajzer alias Leon Finkielsztejn is part of the Johannes Blum collection (KD_00016).
has or had subject: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/vocabularies/ehri-terms/673
has or had subject: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/vocabularies/ehri-terms/800
record resource extent: 41 digitised images (35 photos and 3 documents)
physical characterisitics and technical requirements: Digitally stored at Kazerne Dossin
conditions of access: Contact Kazerne Dossin Documentation Centre: archives@kazernedossin.eu
has record set type: Collection
location of originals: Finkielsztejn family, Private collection
has or had some members with language: fra
identifier: KD_00125
title: Finkielsztejn-Finkielsztejn family. Collection
has or had subject: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/vocabularies/ehri-terms/519
results or resulted from: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/units/be-002157-kd_00125/acquisitions/1
has or had subject: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/vocabularies/ehri-terms/868
scope and content: This collection contains: pre-war photos of Lajzer Finkielsztejn, his brother Mayer and their friends as members of the socialist Zionist youth movement Dror ; post-war photos of Lajzer Finkielsztejn’s comrades from the Partisans Armés, the Belgian Army of Partisans ; post-war photos of Lajzer Finkielsztejn at medal ceremonies and commemorations ; Lajzer Finkielsztejn’s membership card of the Belgian Army of Partisans, his Carte des états de services de guerre du combatant, 1940-1945, and his political prisoner’s ID.
has or had subject: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/vocabularies/ehri-terms/904
conditions of use: Contact Kazerne Dossin Documentation Centre: archives@kazernedossin.eu