be-002157-kd 01018
conditions of use: Contact Kazerne Dossin Research Centre: archives@kazernedossin.eu
has or had subject: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/vocabularies/ehri-terms/800
location of originals: Photos and documents (images KD_01018_000011 to KD_01018_000029): Jacques Horn, Private collection, Israel
has or had holder: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/institutions/be-002157
results or resulted from: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/units/be-002157-kd_01018/acquisitions/1
scope and content: This collection contains : an extract of the Czechoslovakian birth certificate of Frantiska (Fani) Safar-ova ; the pre-war Czechoslovakian passport used by Frantiska (Fani) Safar-ova to emigrate from Czechoslovakia to Belgium ; two wartime photos of the Jewish women, relocated from Antwerp to Limburg in February 1941, who were housed at the Terlaemen castle in Zolder, including Frantiska (Fani), Roza and Ruzena (Jeanne) Safar-ova ; a photo of the Terlaemen castle in Zolder, Limburg, were Jewish girls were housed from February 1941 onwards ; the false wartime identity card of Frantiska (Fani) Safar-ova, issued to Marie Louise De Graeve ; a post-war studio portrait of Fani (Frantiska), Roza and Ruzena (Jeanne) Safar-ova ; a document regarding the recognition of Roza Safar-ova as an armed resistance fighter ; the post-war identity cards for World War II combatants issued to Frantiska (Fani) Safar-ova and to Roza Safar-ova for their activities in the armed resistance ; a post-war photo of Roza (Ruzena) and Rachel (Jeanne) Safar-ova with a flag bearer carrying the flag of corps 033 of the armed partisans (Antwerp division) ; a post-war studio portrait of Frantiska (Fani) Safar-ova and her husband Emile Normon wearing uniforms ; two diplomas awarded to Roza Safar-ova for her resistance activities ; four medals awarded to Roza Safar-ova for her resistance activities.
has or had some members with language: fra
has or had some members with language: hun
title: Safar-ova family. Collection
archival history: On 6 March 2024 Regina Normon, daughter of Frantiska Safar-ova, kindly donated the original photos and documents in this collection to Kazerne Dossin (images KD_01018_000001 to KD_01018_000016). The digital copies of the other documents and photos were donated by Mrs. Normon's cousin Jacques Horn.
accruals: No further accruals are to be expected.
record resource extent: 29 digitised images (8 documents, 6 photos and 4 objects)
conditions of access: Contact Kazerne Dossin Research Centre: archives@kazernedossin.eu
type: RecordSet
has or had subject: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/vocabularies/ehri-terms/1095
biographical history: Josef Safar (born in 1888) and his wife Riwka (Regina) Berkowicz (born in 1895) had ten children: Malka, Dov (Bernard), Szmuel, Roza, Fani (Frantiska), Wolf Hersch, Schlomo, Ester, David and Frieda. The family lived in Sinovir in the Czechoslovakian countryside (today Synevyr in Ukraine), and was very religious. Father Josef ran a small farm and transported goods over the Carpathian mountains. In May 1938, daughter Roza Safar-ova (born on 12 May 1917) emigrated to Belgium. She settled in Antwerp where she was joined by her younger sister Frantiska (born on 18 April 1920) and their cousin Ruzena Safar-ova (born on 21 September 1919) six months later. Most of their relatives who remained in Czechoslovakia – including Josef and Riwka Safar-Berkowicz, and their children Malka (married to Bernard Yankovich), Wolf Hersch, Schlomo, Ester, David and Frieda – were murdered during the Holocaust. In Belgium, Roza, Frantiska and Ruzena Safar-ova tried to build a new life. Frantiska earned a living, working as a nanny for the family of Jewish teacher Icek Chodos. Roza worked as servant and a kosher kitchen aid in the household of Samuel Obstfeld. Ruzena also found employment as a member of the household staff of the Wolf-Stein family. When Nazi Germany invaded Belgium on 10 May 1940, the girls still lived in Antwerp, but not at the same address. When they were forced to register in the municipal Jewish register at the end of 1940, Roza lived at De Boeystraat 7, Frantiska at Belgiëlei 48 and Ruzena at Magdalenastraat 44. On 12 February 1941, the three of them became part of the more than 3000 foreigners (mainly Jews) forcefully relocated from Antwerp to the province of Limburg. Some 30 single, young Jewish women were housed in the Terlaemen castle in Zolder. Polish-Jewish Frieda (officially Paja) Buchhalter took charge of the group and inspired the Safar-ova girls to join the communist resistance. On 16 July 1941, the Jewish women sent to the castle in Zolder were allowed to retu…
has end date: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/dates/1956-12-31
has or had some members with language: nld
has or had subject: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/vocabularies/ehri-terms/203
has record set type: Collection
has beginning date: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/dates/1937-01-01
publication note: The testimony of Frantiska (Fani) Safar-ova was published in: Partisans armés juifs. 38 témoignages, Brussels, 1991.
identifier: KD_01018