be-002157-kd 00708
type: RecordSet
archival history: On 16 April 1997, Abraham Charles Rozental kindly donated an original photograph (P001650) and a reproduction of a photograph (P001652) to the Jewish Museum of Deportation and Resistance, predecessor of Kazerne Dossin.
biographical history: Abraham Charles Rozental was born on 19 June 1931 in Brussels as the son of the Polish merchant Heneck Rozental (born on 1 July 1876 in Radomsk, Poland) and his wife Pessa Choch (born on 13 June 1895 in Warsaw, Poland). Abraham’s parents had emigrated from Poland to Belgium in 1930, and had settled in Brussels. During the war, the Rozental-Choch family lived at Rue Emile Feron 67 in Saint-Gilles. Abraham’s parents were forced to obey the anti-Jewish decrees. They registered in the municipal Jewish register at the end of 1940 and became members of the Association of Jews in Belgium in Spring 1942. Abraham Charles Rozenthal was housed in various institutions run by the Association of Jews in Belgium, such as the Aische-en-Refail children’s home, and survived the war, as did his parents Heneck and Pessa Rozental-Choch. Several of their friends, including the Gerszman-Rutmanowicz family, were deported. In Summer 1942 Izrael Gerszman (born on 4 December 1900 in Warsaw), was sent to Northern France to work on the Atlantic Wall as a slave labourer for the German construction company Organisation Todt. Izrael was deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau via transport XVI on 31 October 1942 and was murdered. Izrael’s wife Ruchla Rutmanowicz (born on 4 May 1911 in Wierzbnik, Poland), and their daughter, Marie Gerszman (born on 1 October 1933 in Berchem-Sainte-Agathe, Belgium), were deported from the SS-Sammellager Mecheln (Dossin barracks) to Auschwitz-Birkenau via Transport VIII on 8 September 1942 and were also killed.
location of originals: P001652: Abraham Charles Rozental, Private collectio
related material: The photo of Marie Gerszman, which is part of this collection, was also added to the"Give them a Fac" portrait collection (KD_00017).
accruals: No further accruals are to be expected.
conditions of access: Contact Kazerne Dossin Research Centre: archives@kazernedossin.eu
conditions of use: Contact Kazerne Dossin Research Centre: archives@kazernedossin.eu
has beginning date: 1934-01-01
has end date: 1939-12-31
has or had holder: be-002157
has or had subject: 519
has record set type: Collection
identifier: KD_00708
record resource extent: 2 digitised images (2 photos)
results or resulted from: 1
scope and content: This collection contains : a pre-war studio portrait of Marie Gerszman ; a group photo of Izrael and Ruchla Gerszman-Rutmanowicz, their daughter Marie Gerszman, and Pessa Choch and her son Abraham Charles Rozental.
title: Abraham Charles Rozental. Collection