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Stolpersteine in Antwerp: From Controversy to Recognition
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In 2012, a heated controversy arose in Antwerp regarding the plan to install so-called Stolpersteine – literally “stumbling stones.” These memorial stones, an initiative by German artist Gunter Demnig, are embedded in the pavement in front of the former residences of people who were deported or murdered by the Nazis. The brass plaques bear the…
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CABR files in Hague
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The original article first appeared in AVOTAYNU, the International Review of Jewish Genealogy, Vol. XXXV, no. 2, Summer 2019. End May 2018 I made contact, through MyHeritage (which is a very valuable tool for at least first contacts if not more), with descendants of one of my great-grandmother’s siblings from the Strauss family. During one…
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The Joodsche Almanak / Almanach Juif issued in 1934 by J. Fuss and J. Salpeter
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In 1934 an almanac in Yiddish, titled “Joodsche Almanak” / “Almanach Juif”, was published by J. Fuss and J. Salpeter. Edition “Progrés” was issued in Antwerp at Lange Kievitstraat 66. In the publishers’ introduction which was originally written in Yiddish, they explained the intention of the Almanac. For your convenience I have translated it into…
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Solving Cold Cases – An Attempt
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I am currently in the middle of reading the book on my Kindle “I’ll Be Gone in the Dark” by Michelle McNamara which tells the story about, what is, or better was, considered a cold case. The book tells the gripping story about a mysterious and violent predator, later nicknamed the “Golden State Killer”, who committed fifty…
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My recent visit to the Alsace
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Last summer holiday I stayed with my family in the French Alsace. Since my children don’t have yet a real interest in musea, I have attempted to squeeze in visits to musea and other (not only Jewish) Points of Interest, which I have mostly succeeded in doing so. Places I have visited are: Rosheim –…
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Interview in Quarterly of the Flemish “Familiekunde Vlaanderen”
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“Familiekunde Vlaanderen“, which is a Flemish genealogy organization, has published in their quarterly, “Vlaamse Stam“, an interview with me. They have kindly given me permission to republish it on my website, I hope that you’ll enjoy reading it (in Dutch): (Click on the image below in order to read all pages on the PDF)
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List of Jews living in Pre-War Charleroi
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Vincent Vagman has recently published an important  list of Jews who have lived in Charleroi before the outbreak of WWII . Charleroi, which is in the Southern part of Belgium, is a very industrial city, which I’d not consider a particularly attractive city. Charleroi used to have a very active Jewish community, mainly thanks to…
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