In the Record Group there is documentation that was submitted to Yad Vashem by private people including personal documents from the war period, lists of various kinds, letters and other types of documentation reflecting Jewish life in Belgium and the persecution of the Jews during the Holocaust period. In the Record Group there is documentation regarding the rescue of Jews, the Belgian underground and participation of Jews in the underground, activities of the Association des Juifs en Belgique (AJB - Association of Jews in Belgium) as well as documentation regarding the Mechlen transit camp.
Personal documentation on Jewish life in Belgium during the Holocaust.
Description of the files are available on IDEA ALM system at Yad Vashem Archives reading room
This fonds contains various documents (in many cases, copies) pertaining to the fate of the Jews in Belgium during the Second World War – including copies of the newspaper Le Flambeau, a list of Jewish children hidden by the Comité de Défense des Juifs, lists of resistance fighters, documents concerning war criminals, … and many other copies documents from archives kept by various organisations and institutions in Belgium.
Some of the documentation in this Record Group was submitted by Serge and Beate Klarsfeld
JL according to the RG description in the YV system
ca. 150 files.
Documentation regarding the Jews of Belgium mainly during the Holocaust period
The only finding aid is an undated hand-written list in Hebrew.
123 files New documantation is added to this collection on regular basis
YV archives Private People