be-002157-kd 00992
type: RecordSet
archival history: On 22 October 2023, David Wasserman permitted Kazerne Dossin to digitally archive 6 photographs in this collection.
biographical history: The Bornstein family consisted of different family members living in Antwerp, Belgium. Herman / Herschel Bornstein, the eldest, was born on 10 December 1890 in Ladomirova, Czechoslovakia. He came to Belgium in 1928, where he started work as a poulterer opening a kosher poultry shop. Herman Bornstein was married to Betty / Basha Schachner, born on 17 January 1896 also in in Ladomirova. They lived together in Belgium at Van der Meydenstraat 44 and later at Apollostraat 31 in Antwerp. Together Herman Bornstein and Betty Schachner had five children: Franciska / Fanny, born on 3 June 1915, Berta, born on 8 February 1919, Samuel, born on 18 August 1921, Rezi, born on 13 June 1924, and Lora / Sara, born on 9 April 1928. In 1936, Franciska Bornstein married fur worker Abraham Kampf, born on 6 May 1910 in Sczucin, Poland. They lived together at Duivelshofstraat 10. Together they had a son named Arthur / Aaron Kampf, born on 23 September 1927 in Antwerp. On 14 August 1942, Abraham Kampf was sent from Antwerp to Organisation Todt labour camps Boulogne Saint-Martin and Isques in Northern France to work on the Atlantikwall for the firms Hermecke and also Leonhard Hanbuch & Sohne. On 29 October 1942 he and other forced labourers were put on deportation lists and transported by train to Mechelen from where this Transport XVII continued on 31 October 1942 towards Auschwitz-Birkenau where he received the number 72610 on his arm. On 2 January 1943 he was murdered in Auschwitz. By the time Abraham Kampf was deported, Franciska Bornstein was already deported too. On the night of 28-29 August 1942 she was arrested during the second raid in Antwerp, after which she was brought to the Dossin barracks. Subsequently on 1 September 1942, Franciska Bornstein was deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau with Transport VII. While on the train, Franciska was able to throw a postcard to her sister Berta writing “Do everything but do not keep the children”. In 1937, Berta Bornstein married fur worker and di…
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date: 1936-postwar
has or had holder: be-002157
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has record set type: Collection
identifier: KD_00992
record resource extent: 6 digitised images (6 photos)
results or resulted from: 1
scope and content: This collection contains six photographs, showing members of the Bornstein family: Franciska Bornstein, Abraham Kampf, Albert (Avraham) Gunzburg, Arthur (Aaron) Kampf, Lora / Sara Bornstein, Rezi Bornstein, Herman Bornstein, Samu Weinstein, Betty / Basha Schachner, Samuel Bornstein, Eta Kampf-Stieglitz, Harry Stieglitz and Avraham Stieglitz.
title: Bornstein family. Collection