be-002157-kd 00591
has or had subject: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/vocabularies/ehri-terms/204
has or had holder: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/institutions/be-002157
has end date: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/dates/1957-12-31
has or had subject: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/vocabularies/ehri-terms/519
has or had some members with language: heb
type: RecordSet
location of copies: Digital copy available as collection KD_00591 at Kazerne Dossin
has or had some members with language: deu
has or had some members with language: nld
publication note: For more information regarding the escape of the Aronsfrau family from Transport XX: MICHIELS Marc & VAN DEN WIJNGAERT Mark, Het XXste Transport naar Auschwitz. De ongelijke strijd op leven en dood, Antwerpen, 2012 ; STEINBERG Maxime, L'Etoile et le Fusil. La Traque des Juifs, 1942–1944, vol. 2, Bruxelles, 1987.
has beginning date: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/dates/1867-01-01
conditions of access: Contact Kazerne Dossin Documentation Centre: archives@kazernedossin.eu
record resource extent: 128 digitised images (43 photos, 31 documents and 2 precious prints)
archival history: Simone Goossens saved photographs and documents for the Aronsfrau family during the war. After her death her grandson Mathieu Magnée moved into her house. He found the items and kept them safe until he kindly donated the originals to Kazerne Dossin in 2020.
has record set type: Collection
accruals: No further accruals are to be expected
biographical history: Leon Aronsfrau is born on 8 December 1887 in Bochnia, Poland, as the son of Syna Aronsfrau and Eleonore Landau. During the First World War he serves in the Austro-Hungarian army. On 3 November 1919 he marries Eva Hollander in Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany. Eva was born on 28 July 1893 in Radomysl, Poland, as the daughter of Norbert and Regina Hollander. The couple migrates to Germany where their three children are born: Leonore on 8 September 1920 in Dresden, Norbert on 24 December 1921 and Siegbert alias Cina on 12 June 1923, both in Essen. Father Leon earns a living as a merchant. From 1927, he travels regularly to Belgium on business and visits his emigrated family there. In December 1930 Leon Aronsfrau moves to Belgium, where he works as a representative for La Gaine, a manufacturer of underwear. On 6 October 1931, his wife Eva Hollander and their three children also migrate. The family settles in Brussels and moves several times until they settle at 47 Rue Jourdan in Saint-Gilles. From 1932 Leon works as a representative in clothing for his brother Mozes Aronsfrau's company, and in 1933 he starts his own business manufacturing children's and baby articles. The Aronsfrau family is well-to-do. Leonore, Norbert and Siegbert study. From 1939 Leonore and Norbert are also members of the Comité de Vigilance des Intellectuels Antifascistes. That same year grandmother Regina Hollander flees from Nazi Germany to Belgium. Leon and Eva take her in. When Nazi Germany invades Belgium in May 1940, the Aronsfrau family still lives in Rue Jourdan. During the next two years, they obey the anti-Jewish decrees. At the end of 1940, the family members register in the municipal Jewish Register. In 1941, the “Jood-Juif” stamp is put on their identity cards. Norbert Aronsfrau is forced to leave the Université Libre de Bruxelles (Free University of Brussels) where he studies medicine. Presumably Leon also has to close his flourishing business and the family members wear the yellow star. Af…
conditions of use: Contact Kazerne Dossin Documentation Centre: archives@kazernedossin.eu
results or resulted from: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/units/be-002157-kd_00591/acquisitions/1
physical characteristics and technical requirements: The prayer books in the collection are in mediocre condition.
identifier: KD_00591
scope and content: This collection consists of: photos of the Aronsfrau-Hollander family, including photos of siblings Leonore, Norbert and Siegbert Aronsfrau as children and adults, photos of parents Leon Aronsfrau and Eva Hollander, photos taken during family vacations, a photo of Leon Aronsfrau during his military service and a photo of Norbert Aronsfrau with his rescuer Simone Goossens ; documents regarding the Aronsfrau-Hollander family, including Siegbert Aronsfrau’s fake ID, a letter sent to Siegbert Aronsfrau while detained at the Dossin barracks from his rescuer Simone Goossens, a post-war letter from Lucy Van Malderghem containing a postcard sent to her by Leonore Aronsfrau while Leonore was detained at the Dossin barracks, post-war letters from family members in the USA and Latin-America regarding the fate of the Aronsfrau family in Belgium during the war, documents regarding the recognition of Siegbert Aronsfrau as a political prisoner, post-war documents regarding the possible migration of Norbert and Siegbert Aronsfrau to the United States post-war documents from the Ministry of Reconstruction regarding the fate of Eva Hollander ; two pre-war prayer books.
has or had some members with language: fra
title: Aronsfrau-Hollander family. Collection