Dirk Proost permitted Kazerne Dossin to archive 1 booklet and 4 cards in this collection. He found them on a house in Lange Van Ruusbroecstraat in Antwerp hidden on the upper floor between the ceiling and the plank floor above. It is possible that this house was used as a hiding place by the Pieprz-Szron family before their escape.
Lazar Pieprz, born on 20 July 1911, and Lea Szron, born on 3 February 1914, were a Polish couple living in Antwerp, Belgium. They got married in Antwerp on 24 March 1937. Lazar worked in Antwerp as a diamond cleaver. On 14 November 1938, Lea gave birth to their son named Amnon Pieprz. During the Second World War, this Jewish family followed the anti-Jewish measures until they decided to flee the country in the second half of 1942 and managed to cross the the Swiss border. All three survived the war in Switzerland.
Digital copy available as collection KD_00978 at Kazerne Dossin Research Centre
Kazerne Dossin Research Centre
Physically stored at Kazerne Dossin.
No further accruals are to be expected.
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15 digitised images (1 booklet and 4 cards)
This collection contains one wedding booklet of Lazar Pieprz and Lea Szron, and four membership cards of Antwerp diamond federations.
Pieprz-Szron family. Collection