be-002157-kd 01002
type: RecordSet
archival history: On 7 November 2023 Philippe Golbert-Zagrai kindly permitted Kazerne Dossin to digitise several documents and photos from his family archive. Philippe had come to Kazerne Dossin that day to record the name of his great-grandmother Sura Foder Lazar for the Every Name Matters project.
biographical history: Georges Golbert-Zagrai was born in Orléans, France, on 24 November 1920 as the son of Israel alias Sroul Golbert-Zagrai (born in 1870 in Zhitomir, Russian empire) and Sura Foder Lazar (born in 1883 in Kansk, Russian empire). Georges’ parents had celebrated their wedding in Piotrkow, Russian empire, in 1903. Georges’ two eldest siblings were both born in Zhitomir: Beila in 1904 and Lea in 1906. Lea presumably did not survive infancy. Before the start of the First World War Georges’ family emigrated from Russia to France, where Georges’ mother Sura gave birth to three more children: Marie (born on 20 April 1913 in Paris), Samuel (born on 8 May 1915 in Paris) and Georges himself. On 15 May 1922 the Golbert-Zagrai family arrived in Antwerp where they settled at Somersstraat 10. They changed addresses multiple times, while father Israel provided for his family by working as a matrass producer. On 1 May 1925 Georges’ eldest sister Beila Golbert-Zagrai passed away in Antwerp. Georges was only 5 years old at the time. By 1928 he, his parents, his sister Marie and his brother Samuel were living at Plantin en Moretuslei 96. Georges’ parents Sura and Israel then separated, after which Georges and his siblings continued to live with their mother Sura. Georges’ father Israel passed away in Antwerp on 12 December 1931. Georges’ mother Sura struggled to take care of her three remaining children. She earned some money by doing laundry for other families, but all-in-all the family remained poor. In 1932 they moved from Leeuwerikstraat 46 to Bloemstraat 50 in Borgerhout. Georges’ struggled tremendously as a teenager, due to which he became a warden of the state in 1935. As of 1938 he worked as a sailor. The immigration authorities, keeping a close eye on him, also observed that Georges had communist convictions. Georges then met his future wife Elisa Le Bastard, who was born on 22 April 1921 in Borgerhout. Georges found employment as a plumber, working for Elisa’s father Henricus Le …
location of originals: Philippe Golbert-Zagrai, Private collection, Berchem
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: 1920-01-01
has end date: 1956-12-31
has or had holder: be-002157
has or had some members with language: fra
has or had some members with language: nld
has or had subject: 904
has or had subject: 519
has or had subject: 204
has record set type: Collection
identifier: KD_01002
record resource extent: 9 digitised images (3 documents and 2 photos)
results or resulted from: 1
scope and content: This collection contains: two pre-war ID photos of Sura Foder Lazar, a post-war membership ID of the national association of former prisoners of the Dannes labour camp issued to Georges Golbert-Zagrai, a post-war support card sold to fund the establishment of a memorial for the forced labourers and victims of the Dannes labour camp, a post-war certificate issued by the United Nations International Bureau of the Declaration of Deaths regarding the death of Sura Foder Lazar who had been deported from the Dossin barracks to Auschwitz-Birkenau via Transport VII and who had been murdered.
title: Golbert-Zagrai-Lazar family