be-002157-kd 00760
type: RecordSet
archival history: On 14 October 2024, Fabienne van Dam, granddaughter of Salomon van Dam, donated the original documents and the original newspaper article in this collection to Kazerne Dossin. She also simultaneously gave Kazerne Dossin permission to digitise the photographs that are part of this collection. All the pieces came from the estate of Fabienne's father Hadelin van Dam, son of Salomon alias Edmond van Dam.
biographical history: Salomon alias Edmond van Dam was born on 22 July 1883 in Antwerp, Belgium, as one of eight children of the Dutch-Jewish couple Hijman Isaac van Dam and Sara Andriessen. Salomon studied to become a dentist and obtained his diploma in 1901. On 24 May 1933, Salomon van Dam married the non-Jewish Yvonne Flamme, who had been born in Woluwé-Saint-Lambert, Belgium, on 2 October 1904. The couple first lived at Charlottalei 66 in Antwerp, and later moved to Belgiëlei 171. On 24 July 1936, Yvonne gave birth to a baby boy named Hadelin van Dam. The van Dam-Flamme family was well-to-do. As of 1937 they lived at Quinten Matsijslei 47 where Salomon also ran his own dental practice. As of 1938, Salomon employed dental technician Marcel Quittner, a Jewish refugee from Vienna, Austria. Upon the invasion of Belgium by Nazi-Germany on 10 May 1940, the van Dam-Flamme family fled to France. Salomon, Yvonne and Hadelin reached Bordeaux, but then returned to Antwerp, where Salomon was soon subjected to anti-Jewish measures installed by the occupying authorities. He was, for example, forced to register himself in the municipal Jewish register of Antwerp on 20 December 1940. In March 1941 the van Dam-Flamme family moved to Grand Rue 1 in Blaton, Belgium, near the French border. The Antwerp municipality considered this house to be their second residence. In Blaton, Salomon continued to practice dentistry. He also commuted to Antwerp to continue to treat his patients. In May 1942 a new anti-Jewish decree diminished the number of Jewish health professionals. Salomon van Dam was one of the few Jewish dentists that was allowed to continue their business, although he could only treat Jewish patients from then on. Salomon also received permission to continue to use the tram in Antwerp and he officially received an exemption to wear the yellow Star of David. Nonetheless, Salomon van Dam was arrested during one of his work visits to Antwerp since he was not staying at his official address in Antwerp…
location of originals: Photographs: Fabienne van Dam, Private collection, Israel
publication note: VAN DAM Hadelin, Souvenirs de la guerre à Blaton et ailleurs, s.l., 2007. [self-published publication; copy available in Kazerne Dossin reading room]
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: 1901-01-01
has end date: 2005-12-31
has or had holder: be-002157
has or had some members with language: nld
has or had some members with language: fra
has or had some members with language: deu
has or had subject: 112
has or had subject: 338
has record set type: Collection
identifier: KD_00760
record resource extent: 75 digitised images (43 documents, 1 press clipping, 6 photos and 1 written testimony)
results or resulted from: 1
scope and content: This collection includes: the diploma of dentist issued to Salomon alias Edmond van Dam, 1901 ; the marriage booklet of Salomon van Dam and Yvonne Flamme, 1933 ; identity cards issued to Salomon van Dam and to Yvonne Flamme by the Borgerhout municipality, 1935 ; a wing (with photograph) of an identity card issued to Yvonne Flamme by the Blaton municipality, 1941 ; three photos of Hadelin van Dam taken in Blaton, 1941-1942 ; documents concerning the car in the possession of Salomon van Dam, 1940 ; attestation concerning the exercise of the profession of dentist by Salomon van Dam, 1942 ; correspondence concerning the seizure of the home of Salomon and Yvonne van Dam-Flamme by the Wehrmacht, 1942 ; inventories describing the household effects of Salomon and Yvonne van Dam-Flamme, 1942 ; certificate concerning exemption to wear the yellow Star of David issued to Salomon van Dam, 1942 ; certificate concerning permission to use the tram issued to Salomon van Dam, 1942 ; certificate concerning an administrative offence of misappropriation of a house, 1943 ; two cheques for payment of house rent issued by Salomon van Dam, 1944 ; a photo of the van Dam-Flamme family at the house where they hid in Schaerbeek, 1944 ; documents relating to the exchange of French Francs received by Salomon and Yvonne van Dam-Flamme upon the forced sale of their furniture in 1942, 1946-1949 ; a post-war photo of Yvonne Flamme standing next to the family car ; a newspaper article on the establishment of an international committee to compensate victims of Nazism, [1960] ; documents relating to compensation for household goods and damages suffered requested by Yvonne Flamme, widow of Salomon van Dam, 1960-1961 ; portrait photograph of Salomon van Dam ; a testimony on the war in Blaton, written by Josée Turpin from Blaton, acquaintance of het van Dam-Flamme family, 2005.
title: Salomon van Dam. Collection