be-002157-kd 01015
type: RecordSet
archival history: David Scharia, grandson of Leon Hirsch and Czipa Zugman, inherited the items in this collection from his mother Rita Hirsch and from his father Benzion Scharia. David kindly permitted Kazerne Dossin to digitise the photos and documents during a reading room visit on 23 February 2024.
biographical history: Leopold alias Leon Hirsch was born in Antwerp, Belgium, on 20 April 1907 as the son of diamond trader Simon Hirsch (born on 19 December 1875 in Krakow, Poland) and Rywka alias Regina Hirsch (born on 26 January 1878 in Krakow, Poland). Leon’s parents were of Polish decent, and lived at Korte Kievistraat 15 in Antwerp. Leon had two younger siblings: Ernestine, born on 10 July 1912, and Elias, born on 12 December 1914. At the outbreak of the First World War, the Hirsch family fled from Belgium to the Netherlands, a neutral country, where they settled at Renbaan 74 in Scheveningen. They returned to Belgium only on 9 September 1920, and lived at Provinciestraat 242 in Antwerp. Leon Hirsch obtained Belgian nationality on 21 October 1925, at the age of 18, and became a diamond clover. In the early 1930s he and his family moved to Walvisstraat 2. On 18 August 1936, Leon Hirsch married Czipa Zugman. Czipa was born in Uhnow, Poland (today Ukraine), on 23 June 1914 as the daughter of Abraham Zugman (born on 16 September 1887 in Sokal, Poland, today Ukraine) and Sara Lea Lieberman (born on 1 August 1882 in Uhnow). Czipa held Polish nationality and became a seamstress. On 1st January 1930, she arrived in Belgium, together with her brother Isak Zugman (born on 10 December 1911 in Uhnow). The siblings moved in with their father Abraham and their elder sister Feiga who were living at Bloemstraat 50 in Borgerhout, Antwerp. In April 1930, after the arrival of Czipa’s mother Sara Lea Lieberman and Czipa’s two younger sisters – Hanera Marjem, born on 27 October 1916, and Rachel, born in June 1922 - the Zugman family moved to Marinisstraat 5 in Borgerhout. After their marriage in 1936, Leon and Czipa Hirsch-Zugman settled at Korte Altaarstraat 8 in Antwerp. Their two eldest children were born there: Charles in 1938 and Rita on 2 January 1940. When, on 10 May 1940, Nazi-Germany invaded Belgium, the Hirsch-Zugman family fled to France. Several of their relatives joined them, including Leo…
location of originals: David Scharia, Private collection
related material: The picture of Leib alias Leon Hirsch, which is part of this collection, was added to the Give them a Face (France) portrait collection (KD_00350).
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: 1930-01-01
has end date: 1979-12-31
has or had holder: be-002157
has or had some members with language: fra
has or had some members with language: lat
has or had some members with language: nld
has or had some members with language: heb
has or had subject: 519
has or had subject: 304
has or had subject: 800
has record set type: Collection
identifier: KD_01015
record resource extent: 17 digitised images (8 photos and 4 documents)
results or resulted from: 1
scope and content: This collection contains: a pre-war photo of Leopold alias Leon and Czipa Hirsch-Zugman walking down a street ; a photo of Leopold alias Leon and Czipa Hirsch-Zugman with their eldest child Charles in the Antwerp city park, 1939 ; a photo of Leopold alias Leon and Czipa Hirsch-Zugman with their eldest children Charles and Rita in Luchon, France, 1940 ; a post-war photo of siblings Charles, Helene and Rita Hirsch ; a photo of a memorial stone for the deported and murdered members of the Zugman family, as placed in the Elah vally in Israel (Memorial to the Deportation of Jews from France) ; a photo of a memorial stone for the deported and murdered Leopold alias Leon and Elias Hirsch, as placed in the Elah vally in Israel (Memorial to the Deportation of Jews from France) ; the post-war Belgian identity card of Rita Hirsch ; photocopies of two postcards sent by Leopold alias Leon Hirsch to his family living in Lacaune, France, after his arrest and internment in Pau and Gurs, France, 1943 ; the pre-war foreigners’ identity card of Rachel Bendas, widow of Lejba alias Leib Scharia ; a pre-war portrait of Lejba alias Leib Scharia ; a pre-war photo of Lejba alias Leib Scharia and his sons Benzion and Ruwen Scharia during an outing to a park.
title: Hirsch-Zugman family. Collection