be-002157-kd 00363
publication note: A copy of Anna Grunfeld-Landau's memoires is available at the Kazerne Dossin research centre: NEVO Nuphar, Overleven om te overleveren: De belofte van een klein meisje in de oorlog, Antwerpen, 2019. [unpublished manuscript]
has or had some members with language: heb
has or had subject: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/vocabularies/ehri-terms/556
accruals: Further documents and photos will be added upon permission granted by Anna Grunfeld-Landau.
location of copies: KD_00363
conditions of use: Contact Kazerne Dossin Documentation Centre: archives@kazernedossin.eu
scope and content: This collection contains an audio testimony of Anna Grunfeld-Landau ; a postcard sent by Anna's brother David Landau from the Monowitz camp to their parents in Belgium in 1944 ; two pre-war work permits of Jacob Landau ; two documents certifying the internment of Jacob Landau and Lea Blitzer at the Dossin barracks ; two magazine articles on hidden children and hiding in Lasne, Belgium ; seven pre-war photos of the Landau siblings, including a class photo taken at the Jesode Hatora school ; a war-time photo of Anna Landau at the Lasne children's home ; a post-war photo of Anna Landau.
has or had subject: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/vocabularies/ehri-terms/904
has or had some members with language: nld
title: Landau-Blitzer family. Collection
has or had subject: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/vocabularies/ehri-terms/496
conditions of access: Contact Kazerne Dossin Documentation Centre: archives@kazernedossin.eu
biographical history: Jacob Landau was born in Jadachy, Poland, in 1898 and became a diamond trader. In 1922 he married Leah Blitzer, whom was born in Zareby, Poland, in 1898. Leah gave birth to two sons before the family migrated : David, born in 1923, and Noé, born in 1924. Jacob Landau arrived in Belgium in December 1924. His wife and sons followed in February 1926. The Landau-Blitzer family settled in Borgerhout, Antwerp, where three more children were born : Hertog in 1927, Regina in 1930 and Anna in 1936, on the day of her oldest brother David's Bar Mitzvah. The parents were religious and the children were raised accordingly. In May 1940, the Landau-Blitzer family, including the parents of father Jacob Landau, fled to France. Upon their return to Belgium, they tried to rebuild their lives. David had started to work in the diamond trade and Noé – who studied at Yeshiva Ets Chaim - began smuggling to provide for the family, while the three youngest children still went to school. In July 1942, David and Noé Landau received a convocation for forced labour (Arbeitseinsatzbefehl). Although David went into hiding with an aunt in Brussels, not willing to obey, Noé presented himself at the Dossin barracks. He did not survive deportation via transport III to Auschwitz-Birkenau on 15 August 1942. David would be arrested in Brussels in February 1943 and deported from the Dossin barracks via Transport XX on 19 April 1943. He presumably perished in March 1944 in Monowitz. In the night of 29 on 30 August 1942, a second big anti-Jewish raid was organised in the Jewish quarters of Antwerp. The police also entered the house of the Landau-Blitzer family upon which father Jacob Landau started screaming so loud that he bled from the mouth. This scene allowed Jacob and his wife to remain at home. Next-door neighbour Cyriel, a grocery store owner, had come over to see what was going on and pretended that Anna Landau was his own daughter so she would not be arrested. However, he also helped to look for He…
type: RecordSet
has or had holder: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/institutions/be-002157
location of originals: Anna Grunfeld-Landau, Private collection, Antwerp
identifier: KD_00363
archival history: After the death of her father Jacob Landau, Anna Grunfeld-Landau found a sealed envelope containing documents regarding her family history. Out of respect she did not open the package until 2010. Inside she discovered a photo of her siblings and several documents referring to the fate of her family during the Holocaust. Anna Grunfeld-Landau met dr. Veerle Vanden Daelen, deputy director and curator of Kazerne Dossin, on 16 November 2016 during a ceremony celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Hidden Child Association in Belgium. She subsequently allowed Kazerne Dossin to digitise some of the documents and published interviews she owns. Anna Grunfeld-Landau was also interviewed by dr. Vanden Daelen on 30 November 2016.
has or had subject: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/vocabularies/ehri-terms/112
date: pre-war-1998
has or had some members with language: deu
results or resulted from: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/units/be-002157-kd_00363/acquisitions/1
has record set type: Collection
physical characteristics and technical requirements: Digitally stored at Kazerne Dossin
has or had subject: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/vocabularies/ehri-terms/598
record resource extent: 46 digitised images (1 audiointerview, 5 historical documents, 9 photographs and 2 magazine articles)
has or had subject: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/vocabularies/ehri-terms/519