be-002157-kd 00583
has beginning date: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/dates/1885-01-01
has or had subject: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/vocabularies/ehri-terms/726
title: Andriesse-van der Wijk family. Collection
history: Elisabeth alias Liesje Andriesse was born on 5 July 1908 in Vlissingen, the Netherlands, as the eldest child of Julius Andriesse (born on 30 June 1875 in Vlissingen) and Ella van der Wijk (born on 19 June 1879 in Assen, the Netherlands). Elisabeth had a younger brother called Louis alias Lou Andriesse who was born on 5 March 1913. Elisabeth's father Julius owned the Central Clothing Warehouse [Centraal Kledingmagazijn] in Vlissingen where all kinds of textiles and clothes were made and sold. The Andriesse family was well-to-do and followed Jewish traditions, but was not very religious. In 1923, Elisabeth moved from Vlissingen to Belgium with her parents and brother. There, father Julius became inspector of the depots of margarine factory Van den Bergh Ltd (later Unilever), which was owned by Simon van den Bergh, a cousin of Julius’ mother. The Andriesse family first lived in Ghent before settling, in October 1928, in Villa Ella, located at Woudlaan in Wilrijk, where they became part of the Antwerp bourgeoisie. Elisabeth’s brother Lou attended classes at the Antwerp Lyceum and then became a sales representative for the Van den Bergh butter empire. Through a friend, Elisabeth was introduced to Abraham Pinkas alias Pinkus Spira, a Jewish diamond worker born on 21 May 1903 in Krakow, Poland. Although Pinkas was born a Polish citizen, the Polish government had taken away his nationality in 1930 when Pinkas refused to perform his military service in Poland. Elisabeth and Pinkas married at Antwerp city hall on 3 May 1931 and celebrated their religious wedding at the synagogue at Bouwmeesterstraat in Antwerp on 26 May 1931. As a result of her marriage to Pinkas, Elisabeth lost her Dutch nationality and also became stateless. Elisabeth and Pinkas settled at Gitschotellei 272. Elisabeth's parents and brother subsequently moved from Wilrijk to Gitschotellei to live closer to Elisabeth. On 6 September 1937, Elisabeth and Pinkas’ only child was born, a son named Jean who was aff…
has or had some members with language: nld
has or had subject: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/vocabularies/ehri-terms/112
type: RecordSet
has or had subject: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/vocabularies/ehri-terms/800
conditions of access: Contact Kazerne Dossin Research Centre: archives@kazernedossin.eu
has end date: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/dates/1999-12-31
has or had some members with language: fra
has or had holder: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/institutions/be-002157
history: The photos and documents in this collection were created by various members of the extended Andriesse-van der Wijk family. After Liberation Louis alias Lou Andriesse collected the documents and photos and kept them safe as a tribute to his murdered sister Elisabeth Andriesse and to all their other relatives. Upon Lou’s passing in 1999 the items were saved by his widow Paule Renard-Marneffe and by her daughter and son-in-law Walter and Martine De Schampheleire-Marneffe. In 2019 the family kindly permitted Kazerne Dossin to digitise the items from the collection which directly referred to Lou’s deported sister Elisabeth Andriesse. A copy of these images was made available to Ingrid Vander Veken, the author working on a book on Elisabeth's story, which was published in March 2023. On 29 October 2023 the Marneffe family kindly donated all original items regarding the Andriesse-van der Wijk family to Kazerne Dossin.
conditions of use: Contact Kazerne Dossin Research Centre: archives@kazernedossin.eu
has record set type: Collection
has or had subject: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/vocabularies/ehri-terms/304
record resource extent: XXX digitised images (155 photos, 2 photo albums, 274 documents and 2 objects)
has or had some members with language: heb
results or resulted from: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/units/be-002157-kd_00583/acquisitions/1
publication note: VANDER VEKEN Ingrid, Verloren, Antwerpen, 2023.
accruals: No further accruals are to be expected.
has or had subject: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/vocabularies/ehri-terms/519
related material: The photo of Jean Spira, which is part of this collection, was also added to the Give them a Face (France) portrait collection (KD_00350).
identifier: KD_00583
has or had subject: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/vocabularies/ehri-terms/203
scope and content: KD_00583_0001 : Documents and photographs created by the Andriesse and van der Wijk family members before the war in the Netherlands, including documents regarding the religious upbringing of Julius Andriesse, two poetry albums owned by Ella van der Wijk, school diploma’s and certificates of Ella van der Wijk, a party programme for the silver jubilee of Louis van der Wijk and Henriette Walbaum, a photo and glass negative depicting Ella van der Wijk as a young woman, the wedding booklet of Julius Andriesse and Ella van der Wijk, a photo album and loose photos of Julius and Ella Andriesse-van der Wijk and their children Elisabeth alias Liesje and Louis alias Lou, as well as photos of other relatives such as Adele Andriesse (married Hijman), photos and documents regarding Julius Andriesse’s clothing business, an album with scrapbook pictures belonging to Elisabeth alias Liesje Andriesse, a Dutch nationality certificate issued to Elisabeth alias Liesje Andriesse and documents regarding the Van den Bergh margarine manufacturing business. KD_00583_0002 : Documents and photographs created by the Andriesse-van der Wijk family before the war in Belgium, including a photo album, loose photographs of the family members (alone or in group), as well as wedding photos of Elisabeth alias Liesje Andriesse and Pinkas alias Pinkus Spira and photos of their son Jean alias Johnny, photos of the Andriesse family home (villa Ella) in Wilrijk, a Belgian residence permit, a Belgian work permit, financial documents, documents regarding the wedding of Elisabeth alias Liesje Andriesse and Pinkas alias Pinkus Spira, a poem written on the occasion of the 30th wedding anniversary of Julius and Ella Andriesse-van der Wijk, a postcard from Louis alias Lou Andriesse to his sister Elisabeth alias Liesje Andriesse sent when he was on holiday in Rigi-Kulm. KD_00583_0003 : Documents and photographs created by the Andriesse and van der Wijk family members during the war, including 141 letters, postcards…
has or had some members with language: eng