be-002157-kd 01011
type: RecordSet
archival history: On 8 February 2024 Ruth Ringer, daughter of Salomon Ringer, donated all documents and four photos in this collection to Kazerne Dossin. She also kindly permitted the research staff to digitise two additional photos from her family album (KD_01011_000013 and KD_01011_000014). The envelope and documents pertaining to Chana Ringer were originally part of the collection of documents taken from Dossin barracks detainees by the camp administration in 1943-1944 (KD_00005, relics collection). In 1994 the Belgian Ministry of Reconstruction returned these documents to Ruth Ringer’s brother-in-law, mistakenly identifying this woman (born on 9 October 1888), deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau via transport XXIIB, as Ruth’s paternal aunt Chana Ringer (born on 23 April 1909), who was not deported. Leopold and Augusta Ringer are also not related to Ruth Ringer.
biographical history: Salomon Ringer was born on 7 October 1917 in Antwerp. His parents - Chaskel Ringer (born on 15 August 1886 in Krakow, Poland) and Zipora Kalfuss (born on 30 May 1883 in Bochnia, Poland) - were married religiously in Krakow. Salomon’s three eldest siblings were all born in Podgorze, Poland: Israel on 23 December 1907, Chana on 24 April 1909, and Sara on 19 Augustus 1910. In December 1910, Salomon’s father Chaskel Ringer arrived in Belgium. He settled in Antwerp where he worked as a diamond trader. The rest of the family followed in June 1911. In Belgium, Salomon’s mother Zipora gave birth to four more children: Leon (born on 5 May 1912), Macha (born on 24 March 1914), Rosa (born on 20 June 1916) and Salomon. In November 1918 the family relocated to the Netherlands where Salomon’s two youngest siblings were born: Abraham (on 31 January 1922) and Regina (on 25 February 1925). In October 1929 the Ringer-Kalfuss family returned to Belgium and settled in Antwerp at 22 Hoveniersstraat. Salomon’s parents opened a restaurant in the same street at number 18. The family was religious: Salomon celebrated his Bar Mitzvah in the Portuguese synagogue in Antwerp and was a member of the Betar youth movement. By profession he became a gold smith. Salomon’s eldest siblings found partners and left the Ringer family home: Israel Ringer married Bina Katz recta Klausner, Chana Ringer married Emanuel Hollander, Leon Ringer married Sara Frank and Macha Ringer left for British mandate Palestine in 1935 where she married Mr. Tannenbaum. At a thé dansant in 1936 Salomon met Alice Vandormael (born on 14 February 1919 in Antwerp), who had a catholic background and with whom he fell in love. In 1939 Salomon, who by then had obtained Belgian nationality, was called up for military service at the Beverloo training camp. When Nazi Germany invaded Belgium on 10 May 1940, Salomon, his parents and three of his siblings (Sara, Abraham and Regina) still lived at 22 Hoveniersstraat. They were all forced t…
location of originals: Digitised photos: Ruth Ringer, private collection, Brussels The original index cards of Jews relocated from Antwerp to Limburg are stored at the National Archives of Belgium - Archives Service for War Victims.
related material: The envelope and documents of Chana Ringer in this collection were originally part of collection KD_00005 (relics), but were returned to the family in 1994.
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: 1936-01-01
has end date: 1943-12-31
has or had holder: be-002157
has or had some members with language: deu
has or had some members with language: nld
has or had some members with language: fra
has or had subject: 338
has record set type: Collection
identifier: KD_01011
record resource extent: 14 digitised images (6 documents and 6 photos)
results or resulted from: 1
scope and content: This collection contains: a pre-war photo of Salomon Ringer and two friends walking down a street, 1936 ; a wartime photo of Salomon Ringer and his fiancée Alice Vandormael walking down a street, 1942 ; two passport photos of Leopold Ringer ; two passport photos of Augusta Ringer ; photocopies of two index cards attributed to Leopold and Augusta Ringer, filled out when the Nazis forcefully relocated the siblings to the Limburg province in 1941 ; an envelope from the SS-Sammellager Mecheln (Dossin barracks) used by the camp administration to store the documents carried by Chana Ringer (born on 9 October 1888) upon arrival in the camp ; a Belgian ID card stamped with “Jood-Juif” issued to Chana Ringer (born on 9 October 1888), 1942 ; a certificate issued by the Association of Jews in Belgium to Chana Ringer (born on 9 October 1888), exempting her from forced labour ; a certificate of Belgian nationality issued to Chana Ringer (born on 9 October 1888) by the city of Antwerp (Borgerhout district), 1942.
title: Ringer-Vandormael family. Collection