be-002157-kd 00705
type: RecordSet
archival history: In 1996 the Nationale Maatschappij der Belgische Spoorwegen - Société nationale des chemins de fer belges (NMBS-SNCB) [National Railway Company of Belgium] kindly provided the Jewish Museum of Deportation and Resistance (JMDR), predecessor of Kazerne Dossin, with reproductions of two photos of a freight car (A001067 and A001068). On 21 March 2007, a photo of a third-class passenger wagon (P003379) was added to the collection. The latter was also used for the national exhibition at the Belgian pavilion at Auschwitz State Museum and for its exhibition catalogue, both created by the JMDR.
location of originals: National Railway Company of Belgium (NMBS-SNCB)
publication note: WOUTERS Nico, Bezet bedrijf. De oorlogsgeschiedenis van de NMBS, Tielt, 2023.
accruals: No further accruals are to be expected.
conditions of access: Contact Kazerne Dossin Research Centre: archives@kazernedossin.eu
conditions of use: National Railway Company of Belgium (NMBS-SNCB)
has or had holder: be-002157
has record set type: Collection
identifier: KD_00705
record resource extent: 3 digitised images (3 photos)
results or resulted from: 1
scope and content: This collection contains : a pre-war photo of a third-class passenger wagon of the NMBS-SNCB, of the same type used for the deportations of Jews from the SS-Sammellager Mecheln (Dossin barracks) to Auschwitz-Birkenau from 4 August 1942 until 15 January 1943 (transports I to XIX) ; two post-war photos of a NMBS-SNCB freight car of the same type used for the deportations of Jews from the SS-Sammellager Mecheln (Dossin barracks) to Auschwitz-Birkenau from 19 April 1943 until 31 July 1944 (transport XX to transport XXVI).
title: Photos of railway cars and wagons. Collection