be-002157-kd 00724
type: RecordSet
location of originals: Rabinovitsj-Lewkowicz family, Private collection
related material: The photos of Rachel and Izak alias Maurice Lewkowicz, which are part of this collection, were 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: 1939-01-01
has end date: 1942-12-31
has or had holder: be-002157
has or had some members with language: fra
has or had subject: 519
has record set type: Collection
history: Simon Lewkowicz was born in Raczki, Poland, in 1896 as the son of Emmanuel Lewkowicz and Chaja Sadkowski. He became a tailor. In 1918 he married Chana Guittel Bot in Raczna, Poland. Chana had been born on 14 January 1895 in Przedborz, Poland. Their eldest child, a daughter named Chaja Frymeta alias Claire, was born in Przedborz on 10 February 1919. Simon and Chana then relocated to Paris, France, where a second daughter named Henriette Berthe alias Betty was born on 2 June 1926. In June 1929, the family emigrated to Belgium, settling at Rue de l’Economie 6 in Brussels where Simon’s parents were also living. Simon and his father Emmanuel subsequently started a tailoring business together. In Brussels, Chana gave birth to her two youngest children: a son named Izak Maurice who was born on 14 July 1929, and a third daughter named Rachel who was born on 13 September 1931. Shortly after Rachel’s birth, the family moved to Rue Gheude 52 in Anderlecht, and, in 1937, to Rue du Compas 1a. A few weeks before the invasion of Belgium by Nazi-Germany, eldest daughter Chaja Frymeta Lewkowicz married Abraham Rabinovitsj (born on 27 May 1914 in Antwerp, Belgium). Since Abraham held Belgian nationality, Chaja Frymeta now also became a Belgian citizen. Upon the invasion, Simon, Chana and their children were forced to obey the anti-Jewish decrees. They registered in the municipal Jewish register in early January 1941, after which eldest daughter Chaja Frymeta and her husband Abraham Rabinovitsj moved out of the Lewkowicz-Bot family home and relocated to Avenue Clemenceau 75 in Anderlecht. In late July 1942, Simon, Chana and their son Izak Maurice received an Arbeitseinsatzbefehl, a letter ordering them to report for labour. Simon Lewkowicz was registered at the SS-Sammellager Mecheln (Dossin barracks) on 1 August 1942. He was in the company of his youngest daughter Rachel who had not received a convocation. The next day, on 2 August 1942, Chana Guittel Bot joined her husband and daugh…
history: On 28 November 1996, Chaja Frymeta Lewkowicz-Rabinovitsj, eldest daughter of Simon and Chana Guittel Lewkowicz-Bot, kindly donated a photocopy of a postcard to the Jewish Museum of Deportation and Resistance, predecessor of Kazerne Dossin. On 18 August 1997, she added a reproduction of a photo to this collection.
identifier: KD_00724
record resource extent: 2 digitised images (1 document and 1 photo)
results or resulted from: 1
scope and content: This collection contains : a photo of Simon and Chana Guittel Lewkowicz-Bot and their children Henriette Berthe alias Betty, Izak Maurice and Rachel at the beach, ca. 1939 ; a photocopy of a postcard written by Rachel Lewkowicz while held at the SS-Sammellager Mechelen and sent to her older sister Henriette Berthe alias Betty Lewkowicz in Brussels, on behalf of Rachel herself, their parents Simon and Chana Guittel Lewkowicz-Bot, and their brother Izak Maurice Lewkowicz, 1942.
title: Lewkowicz-Bot family. Collection